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Construction Wage Rate Requirements

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether construction wage rate requirements apply to the IDV record. In FPDS XML, this is the legislative mandate indicator at IDV/legislativeMandates/constructionWageRateRequirements, and values may appear as a flag such as "X" or as an equivalent coded representation.

Family: IDV
Category: Legislative Mandates
Data Type: boolean_or_code_flag
Semantic Type: flag
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__IDV__legislativeMandates__constructionWageRateRequirements
Title
Construction Wage Rate Requirements
FPDS Path
IDV/legislativeMandates/constructionWageRateRequirements
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether construction wage rate requirements apply to the IDV record. In FPDS XML, this is the legislative mandate indicator at IDV/legislativeMandates/constructionWageRateRequirements, and values may appear as a flag such as "X" or as an equivalent coded representation.
Business Meaning
This field identifies awards subject to construction wage rate compliance requirements, which is important for labor compliance review, mandate analysis, and segmentation of construction-related procurement activity. Analysts use it to distinguish IDVs that carry wage-rate obligations from those that do not, supporting oversight of regulatory coverage and obligation patterns.
Example Value
X
Observed Non-Null Count
5,861,946

FPDS Compare

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

Use Cases

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

Common Usage

  • Filter IDVs subject to construction wage rate requirements
  • Segment construction procurements for compliance analysis
  • Compare mandate presence across agencies, NAICS, or periods

Common Mistakes

  • Treating the field as a dollar amount or count
  • Assuming null means no mandate without checking dataset encoding conventions

Query Guidance

Use explicit value checks for the affirmative flag observed in your extract, such as WHERE constructionWageRateRequirements = 'X' or an equivalent true indicator. If the data uses mixed encodings, normalize values first and test for non-null affirmative cases separately from blanks.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__IDV__legislativeMandates__constructionWageRateRequirements AS construction_wage_rate_requirements
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__IDV__legislativeMandates__constructionWageRateRequirements IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

SELECT
    content__IDV__legislativeMandates__constructionWageRateRequirements AS flag_value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__IDV__legislativeMandates__constructionWageRateRequirements IS NOT NULL
GROUP BY flag_value
ORDER BY record_count DESC

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