Lake County · Laborer

Laborer prevailing wage in Lake County, Illinois

$92.11an hour, base + fringes

$53.00 wage + $39.11 fringe benefits

Lake County uses the same laborer rates as 4 other counties. See all of them on one page.

On Illinois public works in Lake County, a laborer must be paid at least $92.11 an hour: a $53.00 base wage plus $39.11 in fringe benefits for health and welfare, pension, vacation, training and other insurance. IDOL lists each part but prints no total, so $92.11 is our sum of its columns. Overtime after 8 hours a day, Monday to Friday, is 1.5 times the base wage.

IDOL's Lake County schedule, posted October 19, 2026, for work performed on or after October 19, 2026. Checked against labor.illinois.gov on October 24, 2026.

Base wage and fringe: $53.00 + $39.11

The base wage is the taxable hourly wage. The other lines are the fringe benefits IDOL lists for each hour: health and welfare, pension, vacation, training, and "other insurance", which IDOL's legend defines as the "employer hourly cost for any other type(s) of insurance".

Base wage (taxable)	$53.00
Health and welfare	$19.86
Pension	$18.34
Training	$0.91
Base + fringes (our sum; IDOL prints no total)	$92.11

IDOL leaves the other insurance column blank for this row, not $0.00. Our sum counts blank as zero.

Foreman base wage: $53.75 an hour, with the same fringe benefits.

Overtime

When	Multiple of base
Monday to Friday, after 8 hours a day	1.5× $79.50
Saturday, every hour	1.5× $79.50
Sunday, every hour	2.0× $106.00
Holidays, every hour	2.0× $106.00

IDOL prints a multiple, not a dollar rate. Its legend: “Unless otherwise noted, OT pay is required for any hour greater than 8 worked each day, Mon through Fri. The number listed is the multiple of the base wage.” The figure under each multiple is the base wage times that multiple.

IDOL's schedule also has two columns headed “Add OT 1.5x owed” and “Add OT 2.0x owed”. For this row they read $0.00 and $0.00. IDOL's legend doesn't define them, so ask IDOL (217-782-1710) before you rely on them.

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Davis-Bacon laborer rate in Lake County

Federally funded or assisted construction here uses the U.S. Department of Labor's wage determinations. When a contract requires both the state rate and the Davis-Bacon rate, paying the higher of the two meets both. The contract documents say which apply.

We don't put a federal figure next to IDOL's here, because the federal determination for this county has no matching classification. The federal rows for this trade are below; match the classification to the work.

Construction	Federal classification	Base + fringe	Base	WD
Building, Residential	LABORER GROUP 1 MORTAR MIXERS, HANDLING ASPHALT SHINGLES; SCAFFOLDS; SEWER AND TRENCH WORK (GROUND LEVEL DOWN TO 8 FEET); CATCH BASIN AND MANHOLE DIGGERS, MESH …LABO0075-001	$80.56	$47.40	IL20260008 Mod 3
Building, Residential	LABORER GROUP 10 BOILER SETTER PLASTIC LABORERS (LAKE COUNTY)LABO0152-001	$88.89	$51.95	IL20260008 Mod 3
Building, Residential	LABORER GROUP 9 WINDLASS AND CAPSTAN PERSONS (LAKE COUNTY)LABO0152-001	$88.54	$51.60	IL20260008 Mod 3
Building, Residential	LABORER GROUP 8 CHIMNEY LABORERS (ON FIRE BRICK); CAISSON DIGGERS; WELL POINT SYSTEM MEN (LAKE COUNTY)LABO0152-001	$88.69	$51.75	IL20260008 Mod 3
Building, Residential	LABORER GROUP 7 FIREBRICK & BOILER LABORER SETTERS (LAKE COUNTY)LABO0152-001	$88.67	$51.73	IL20260008 Mod 3
Building, Residential	LABORER GROUP 6 JACKHAMMERMEN (TAMPERS & VIBRATORS); POWER DRIVEN CONCRETE SAWS (LAKE COUNTY)LABO0152-001	$88.57	$51.63	IL20260008 Mod 3
Building, Residential	LABORER GROUP 5 STONE DERRICKMEN AND HANDLERS (LAKE COUNTY)LABO0152-001	$88.54	$51.60	IL20260008 Mod 3
Building, Residential	LABORER GROUP 3 CHIMNEY OVER 40 FEET; SCAFFOLD LABORERS; WALL MEN OR WRECKERS (LAKE COUNTY)LABO0152-001	$88.44	$51.50	IL20260008 Mod 3
Building, Residential	LABORER GROUP 2 CEMENT GUN LABORERS AND HOSE (LAKE COUNTY)LABO0152-001	$88.42	$51.48	IL20260008 Mod 3
Highway, Heavy	OPERATOR: POWER EQUIPMENT, GROUP 3 BOILERS; BROOMS, ALL POWER PROPELLED; CEMENT SUPPLY TENDER; COMPRESSOR, COMMON RECEIVER (2); CONCRETE MIXER, TWO BAG AND …ENGI0150-024	$111.40	$60.40	IL20260011 Mod 2
Highway, Heavy	LABORER, SEWER CONSTRUCTION: GROUP 1 SIGNALMEN TOP LABORERS, AND ALL OTHER LABORERS NOT MENTIONED. (DUPAGE COUNTY)LABO0002-004	$88.34	$51.40	IL20260011 Mod 2
Highway, Heavy	LABORER GROUP 1 MORTAR MIXERS, HANDLING ASPHALT SHINGLES; SCAFFOLDS; SEWER AND TRENCH WORK (GROUND LEVEL DOWN TO 8 FEET); CATCH BASIN AND MANHOLE DIGGERS, MESH …LABO0075-002	$88.34	$51.40	IL20260011 Mod 2
Highway, Heavy	LABORER GROUP 4 RAKERS AND LUTEMEN; MACHINE SCREWMAN; KETTLEMEN; MIXERMEN, DRUM-MEN; JACKHAMMERMEN (ASPHALT); MITE BOX SPREADERS; LABORERS ON BIRCH OVERMAN AND …LABO0152-003	$88.57	$51.63	IL20260011 Mod 2
Highway, Heavy	LABORER GROUP 3 ASPHALT TAMPERS AND SMOOTHERS (LAKE COUNTY)LABO0152-003	$88.34	$51.40	IL20260011 Mod 2
Highway, Heavy	LABORER GROUP 2 CEMENT GUN LABORERS (LAKE COUNTY)LABO0152-003	$88.42	$51.48	IL20260011 Mod 2
Highway, Heavy	LABORER GROUP 1 GENERAL LABORERS; ASPHALT (LAKE COUNTY)LABO0152-003	$88.34	$51.40	IL20260011 Mod 2

Davis-Bacon rates from SAM.gov, read October 25, 2026. Our federal totals are base plus fringe; DOL prints no total. Illinois Davis-Bacon changes

Holidays

IDOL's Lake County schedule: “The following list is considered as those days for which holiday rates of wages for work performed apply: New Years Day, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and Veterans Day in some classifications/counties. Generally, any of these holidays which fall on a Sunday is celebrated on the following Monday. This then makes work performed on that Monday payable at the appropriate overtime rate for holiday pay. Common practice in a given local may alter certain days of celebration. If in doubt, please check with IDOL.”

Holiday work is paid at the holiday multiple in the overtime table (2.0× the base wage for this row).

When this rate changes

Illinois rates don't lock at bid. When IDOL revises a rate, “the revised rate shall apply to such contract” from its effective date, including jobs already under way (820 ILCS 130/4(l)).
A missing notice is no excuse. A public body's failure to send the new rates “does not relieve the contractor of the duty to comply”, or of paying back wages (820 ILCS 130/4(g), (j)).
IDOL surveys in June and must publish the year's schedule by July 15 (820 ILCS 130/9), then posts revisions through the year. In 2026 its postings took effect on Jan 15, Mar 2, Apr 15, May 21, Jul 15, Aug 15, Sep 21 and Oct 19, 2026. Each posting replaces all 102 county schedules.
This page uses the posting for work performed on or after October 19, 2026 (IDOL current rates; older postings are on IDOL's historical rates page).

What each class covers

IDOL's explanation of classes for Lake County, copied as printed. The class number on a row decides its rate.

LANDSCAPING

Landscaping work falls under the existing classifications for laborer, operating engineer and truck driver. The work performed by landscape plantsman and landscape laborer is covered by the existing classification of laborer. The work performed by landscape operators (regardless of equipment used or its size) is covered by the classifications of operating engineer. The work performed by landscape truck drivers (regardless of size of truck driven) is covered by the classifications of truck driver.

How Lake County compares

The main laborer rate in every county that has one, and how the pay splits here and in the nearest counties. All bars use the same scale.

Every county in Illinois

Lake $92.1127841538

$55.65Mercer$92.11Boone

LakeNearby: McHenry $92.11, DuPage $92.11, DeKalb $82.10Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 0 counties pay more than Lake, 8 the same, 93 less.

Wage and fringe benefits, nearby

Lake Countybase $53.00$92.11
McHenry Countybase $53.00$92.11
DuPage Countybase $53.00$92.11
DeKalb Countybase $45.34$82.10

Laborer rates in nearby counties

Current IDOL rates. You pay the rate for the county where the work is done. The Act defines “locality” as the county of the physical work, with narrow exceptions (820 ILCS 130/2).

IDOL's laborer rates for Lake County are the same as in 4 other counties: Cook, DuPage, Grundy, Will.

County	Classification	Base + fringes	Base	vs Lake County
Lake County	Laborer	$92.11	$53.00
McHenry County	Laborer	$92.11	$53.00	same
DuPage County	Laborer	$92.11	$53.00	same
Kane County	Laborer	$92.11	$53.00	same
Cook County	Laborer	$92.11	$53.00	same
Boone County	Laborer	$92.11	$53.00	same
DeKalb County	Laborer (building)	$82.10	$45.34	−$10.01

Illinois laborer prevailing wage by county, with a map

Are you being paid this rate?

Add your base wage to what your employer pays into health, pension and other plans for you, and compare it with $92.11. Your contractor has to post the rates on the job site or give you written notice of them (820 ILCS 130/4(n)), and file a certified payroll with IDOL by the 15th of each month for the month before (820 ILCS 130/5).

A worker paid less than the prevailing rate can sue for the difference (820 ILCS 130/4(g)).

Source

Illinois Department of Labor, prevailing wage rates for Lake County, posted October 19, 2026, page 1: labor.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/idol/laws-rules/conmed/documents/fy27/20261019/Lake.pdf

Each figure is read from IDOL's PDF and checked by a second, separate reader. IDOL prints no total; ours is re-added independently. How we check · Download Lake County as CSV · Report an error