The dataset

Explore the data behind every project.

Search, filter and analyse 9,708,635 winning-bid line items read from public bid tabulations, award abstracts and pay estimates — 203,990 documents published by 434 agencies across 50 states.

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Three ways people use the index.

Search & compare

Find real unit prices from public bid tabulations. Filter by state, agency, category and letting date, then compare the median, the middle-half range and the full spread across markets.

Trend analysis

See how a price has moved. Every item with enough depth carries a quarterly median series and a per-agency comparison.

Source documents

Open the bid tabulation, award abstract or pay estimate a price was read from. Every published row links to one.

From document to price

Read

A public bid tabulation, award abstract or pay estimate is parsed line by line, exactly as printed.

Check

Unit price times quantity has to equal the document’s own line total. Rows that fail the arithmetic never publish.

Group

Wording differs by agency, so lines are matched to one canonical item and one unit — the description you saw stays with the row.

Publish

The median, the p25–p75 range and the spread are computed from every observation, each one still linked to its document.

What is in a row

Every published observation is one priced line off one document. This is a real row from the index — not a mock-up — with each field it carries. Nothing here is derived, estimated or filled in.

One observation of Mobilization

1Line itemMOBILIZATIONThe description exactly as printed on the document, plus the canonical item it was grouped into.

2Unit price$120,000The awarded unit price, as printed. Never averaged, never adjusted.

3Quantity & unit1 LSThe quantity let and its unit, folded to one spelling per unit.

4AgencyTxDOT (Waco district)Who let the work.

5Letting dateJul 2, 2026When it was let.

6LocationLimestone, TexasAs printed on the document. Counties only where the agency prints one — never inferred.

7ContractorBIG CREEK CONSTRUCTION, LTD.The winning bidder, where the document names one.

8Price classAwardAward, bid or actual. The three are never mixed into one figure.

9Source documentBid tab · CSJ 0625-01-001The bid tabulation, award abstract or pay estimate this row was read from.

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Cost by state, county and local agency

Median awarded unit prices for the most-bid items, state by state: what construction items cost in each state, with county pages inside each state. What cities, counties and utilities award: prices by local agency.