as a 40% increase in costs.

A 2020 UC Berkeley study of government subsidized affordable housing projects in California found that prevailing wage requirements increased the cost of construction by 13%, or $50,000 per unit.

Support

Supporters of prevailing wage requirements argue that it keeps the earnings of construction workers high and maintains the quality of construction work. Supporters also argue that "if one of the objectives of federal projects is

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