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Construction Wage Rate Requirements Description

Human-readable description for the award-level construction wage rate requirements indicator. It explains the coded or categorical value recorded for whether construction wage rate requirements apply and how they are characterized on the award.

Family: Award
Category: Legislative Mandates
Data Type: string
Semantic Type: description
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__award__legislativeMandates__constructionWageRateRequirements__description
Title
Construction Wage Rate Requirements Description
FPDS Path
award/legislativeMandates/constructionWageRateRequirements/description
Description
Human-readable description for the award-level construction wage rate requirements indicator. It explains the coded or categorical value recorded for whether construction wage rate requirements apply and how they are characterized on the award.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts identify awards subject to construction wage standards and distinguish applicable from non-applicable cases. It is useful for compliance review, labor requirement analysis, and reporting on procurement actions that may trigger wage-related obligations.
Example Value
NOT APPLICABLE
Observed Non-Null Count
111,458,568

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__award__legislativeMandates__constructionWageRateRequirements__description
FPDS XML Path
award/legislativeMandates/constructionWageRateRequirements/description
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'award/legislativeMandates/constructionWageRateRequirements/description' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__award__legislativeMandates__constructionWageRateRequirements__description'.

Use Cases

  • Dictionary lookup and field explanation
  • SQL filtering and grouping
  • Analytical reporting and reusable query building

Common Usage

  • Identify awards with construction wage rate requirements
  • Group awards by applicability or exemption status
  • Support compliance and labor-related reporting

Common Mistakes

  • Using the description as if it were the authoritative code
  • Filtering only on text without checking the paired coded field

Query Guidance

Use this field for display, validation, and text-based review. In SQL, join or filter on the paired code field when possible, and use this description field to label results or to verify unexpected coded values in source data.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__legislativeMandates__constructionWageRateRequirements__description AS construction_wage_rate_requirements_description
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__legislativeMandates__constructionWageRateRequirements__description IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Top values

SELECT
    content__award__legislativeMandates__constructionWageRateRequirements__description AS value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__legislativeMandates__constructionWageRateRequirements__description IS NOT NULL
GROUP BY value
ORDER BY record_count DESC
LIMIT 25

Each dictionary item includes SQL-ready examples generated alongside the variable metadata, allowing immediate use in FPDS Query for filtering, aggregation, and analysis.