Prevailing Wage Rate Compliance Specialist; CS

Position Title

Prevailing Wage Rate Compliance Specialist (CS2)

02/12/2026

02/22/2026

Bureau of Labor and Industries

$4,865 - $7,117

Employee

The Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) is proud to be an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer committed to workforce diversity. We welcome members of historically underrepresented racial/ethnic groups, women, individuals with disabilities, veterans, LGBTQIA2S community members, and others to apply.

BOLI has an opening for two PWR (Prevailing Wage Rate) Compliance Specialist (Compliance Specialist
2) positions in the Wage and Hour Division. This position is hybrid with some in‑person requirements for meetings, site visits outside of the office, and other in‑office related duties. The successful candidate will be eligible to work a hybrid schedule out of the Portland, Salem, or Eugene BOLI office.

This is a permanent,
full‑time
, SEIU represented position. This recruitment may be used to fill additional vacancies as they occur.

• Permanent, full‑time employment
• Work/life balance, vacation, sick leave, 11 paid holidays a year, and personal days off
• Competitive benefits package including medical, vision, and dental
• Pension and retirement programs
• Advancement opportunity within BOLI and other State agencies
• Opportunity to expand your technical and professional skills
• Work with others who are passionate about public service
• Make a difference in the lives of Oregonians
• Possible eligibility for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program

Below is a sample of job duties. It is not meant to encompass all duties. The primary purpose of this position is to independently affect compliance through enforcement among Oregon businesses and political subdivisions of the state of all wage and hour laws administered by the Bureau of Labor and Industries. These laws include, but are not limited to, administration of the state’s minimum wage and prevailing wage, overtime, wage collection, child labor laws, Wage Security Fund, working conditions provisions such as rest and meal period requirements, expression of milk in the workplace regulations, sick time law, and labor contractor licensing requirements.

Here is a non‑exhaustive list of duties for this position:

• Conduct investigations pertaining to a variety of wage and hour statutes and administrative rules, with a focus on prevailing wage rate laws, to either resolve claims/complaints or to make final determination regarding disposition of cases and whether further action is warranted.
• Investigate complaints filed against public agencies for failure to comply with the state’s least‑cost contracting policy.
• Devise the investigative plan for obtaining evidence and essential facts needed to make a final determination regarding the legitimacy and resolution of the matter.
• Interpret and apply relevant law, rule, and policy to findings of fact.
• Prepare the investigative file for the administrative hearing process or referral of case for litigation by the Department of Justice.
• Research, analyze, amend, and apply past precedents relating to construction duties, equipment, and materials to the Commissioner’s Definitions of Covered Occupations for Public Works Contracts in Oregon in order to determine correct classifications of work and correspondence Prevailing Wage Rates.
• Conduct impromptu on‑site prevailing wage inspections to ascertain status of compliance with prevailing wage and wage and hour laws on multi‑employer sites of work. This may include interviewing all potential witnesses while simultaneously collecting all other evidence available at the project's worksite.
• Conduct outreach activities and educate external stakeholders and interested parties on the complexity of related regulatory issues as they relate to Wage and Hour and Prevailing Wage Rate Laws.

Led by Labor Commissioner Christina Stephenson, the Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) works to ensure that Oregon jobs are good jobs, where workers get paid what they are owed and have a discrimination‑free…