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Operating Engineer prevailing wage in LaSalle County, Illinois

$120.05an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum)

$67.00 base wage + $53.05 fringe benefits · Building

On Illinois public works in LaSalle County, an operating engineer must be paid at least $120.05 an hour: a $67.00 base wage plus $53.05 in fringe benefits for health and welfare, pension, vacation, training and other insurance. IDOL lists each part but prints no total, so $120.05 is our sum of its columns. Overtime after 8 hours a day, Monday to Friday, is 2.0 times the base wage. This is IDOL's building rate; it lists separate highway rates for this trade in LaSalle County. IDOL sorts this trade into numbered classes by equipment or duties, and this is Class 1.

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

IDOL lists 14 operating engineer rates for LaSalle County, from $114.45 to $123.05 an hour. See all of them.

Base wage and fringe benefits: $67.00 + $53.05

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)$67.00
Health and welfare$25.95
Pension$22.30
Vacation and holiday$2.00
Training$2.80
Base + fringes (our sum; IDOL prints no total)$120.05

Foreman base wage: $71.00 an hour, with the same fringe benefits.

When does this rate change?

What each class covers

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

OPERATING ENGINEERS - BUILDING

Class 1. Mechanic; Asphalt Plant; Asphalt Spreader; Autograde; Backhoes w/Caisson attachment; Batch Plant; Benoto (require 2 engineers); Boiler and Throttle Valve; Caisson Rigs; Central Redi-Mix Plant; Combination Back Hoe Front End-Loader Machine; Compressor and Throttle Valve; Concrete Breaker (Truck Mounted); Concrete Conveyor; Concrete Paver over 27E cu. ft.; Concrete Paver 27E cu.ft. and under; Concrete Placer; Concrete Pump (Truck Mounted); Concrete Tower; Cranes, All; Cranes Hammerhead; Creter Crane; Spider Crane; Crusher, Stone, etc.; Derricks, All; Derricks, Traveling; Formless Curb and Gutter Machine; Grader, Elevating; Grouting Machines; Heavy Duty Self-Propelled Transporter or Prime Mover; Highlift Shovels or Front Endloader 2-1/4 yd. and over; Hoists, Elevators, outside type rack and pinion and similar machines; Hoists, One, Two and Three Drum; Hoists, Two Tugger One Floor; Hydraulic Backhoes; Hydraulic Boom Trucks; Hydro Vac (and similar equipment); Locomotives, All; Lubrication Technician; Manipulators; Motor Patrol; Pile Drivers and Skid Rig; Post Hole Digger; Pre-Stress Machine; Pump Cretes Dual Ram; Squeeze Cretes - Screw Type Pumps; Gypsum Bulker and Pump; Roto Mill Grinder; Scoops - Tractor Drawn; Slip-Form Paver; Straddle Buggies; Operation of Tieback Machine; Tournapull; Tractor with Boom and Side Boom; Trenching Machines. Class 2. Boilers; Brick Forklift servicing seven (7) or more Brick Masons; Broom, All Power Propelled; Bulldozers; Concrete Mixer (Two Bag and Over); Conveyor, Portable; Forklift Trucks; Highlift Shovels or Front Endloaders under 2-1/4 yd; Hoists, Automatic; Hoists, inside Freight Elevators; Hoists, Sewer Dragging Machine; Hoists, Tugger Single Drum; Hydro Excavating (excluding hose work); Laser Screed; Rock Drill (self-propelled); Non Self-Loading Ejection Dump; Rock Drill (Truck Mounted); Rollers, All; Steam Generators; Tractors, All; Tractor Drawn Vibratory Roller; Winch Trucks with "A" Frame. Class 3. Air Compressors; Combination - Small Equipment Operator; Generators; Heaters, Mechanical; Hoists, Inside Elevators - (Rheostat Manual Controlled); Hoists, Inside Elevators; Hydraulic Power Units (Pile Driving and Extracting); Lowboys; Pumps, over 3" (1 to 3 not to exceed a total of 300 ft.); Pumps, Well Points; Welding Machines (2 through 5); Winches, 4 Small Electric Drill Winches. Class 4. Brick Forklift; Boom Trucks (Residential); Hoists, Inside Elevators push button with automatic doors; Oilers; Skidsteer Loaders; Vacuum Trucks (excluding hose work). Class 5. Assistant Craft Foreman Class 6. Mechanics and Welders Class 7. Gradall

OPERATING ENGINEERS - HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION

Class 1. Asphalt Plant; Asphalt Heater and Planer Combination; Asphalt Heater Scarfire; Asphalt Spreader; Autograder/Gomaco or other similar type machines: ABG Paver; Backhoes with Caisson Attachment; Belt Loader; Caisson Rigs; Car Dumper; Central Redi- Mix Plant; Combination Backhoe Front Endloader Machine; Concrete Breaker (Truck Mounted); Concrete Conveyor; Concrete Paver over 27E cu. ft.; Concrete Placer; Concrete Tube Float; Cranes, all attachments; Cranes, Tower of all types; Creter Crane; Spider Crane; Crusher, Stone, etc.; Derricks, All; Derrick Boats; Derricks, Traveling; Dredges; Elevators, Outside Type Rack & Pinion and Similar Machines; Formless Curb and Gutter Machine; Grader, Elevating; Grader, Motor Grader, Motor Patrol, Auto Patrol, Form Grader, Pull Grader, Subgrader; Guard Rail Post Driver Truck Mounted; Heavy Duty Self-Propelled Transporter or Prime Mover; Hoists, One, Two and Three Drum; Hydraulic Backhoes; Locomotives, All; Backhoes with Shear Attachments; Lubrication Technician; Manipulators; Mucking Machine; Pile Drivers and Skid Rig; Pre-Stress Machine; Pump Cretes Dual Ram; Rock Drill- Crawler or Skid Rig; Rock Drill - Truck Mounted; Roto Mill Grinder; Slip-Form Paver; Snow Melters; Soil Test Drill Rig (Truck Mounted); Straddle Buggies; Hydraulic Telescoping Form (Tunnel); Operation of Tieback Machine; Tractor Drawn Belt Loader; Tractor Drawn Belt Loader with attached pusher; Tractor with Boom; Tractaire with Attachments; Transfer Barrier Transfer Machine; Trenching Machine; Truck Mounted Concrete Pump with Boom; Raised or Blind Hole Drills (Tunnel Shaft); Underground Boring and/or Mining Machine; Wheel Excavator; Widener (APSCO). Class 2. Batch Plant; Bituminous Mixer; Boiler and Throttle Valve; Bulldozers; Car Loader Trailing Conveyors; Combination Backhoe Front Endloader Machine (less than 1 cu. yd. Backhoe Bucket or over or with attachments); Compressor and Throttle Valve; Compressor, Common Receiver (3); Concrete Breaker or Hydro Hammer; Concrete Grinding Machine; Concrete Mixer or Paver 7S Series to and including 27 cu. ft.; Concrete Spreader; Concrete Curing Machine, Burlap Machine, Belting Machine and Sealing Machine; Concrete Wheel Saw; Conveyor Muck Cars (Haglund or Similar Type); Drills, All; Finishing Machine - Concrete; Forklifts; Highlift Shovels or Front Endloader; Hoist - Sewer Dragging Machine; Hydraulic Boom Trucks (All Attachments); Hydro-Blaster (requires 2 operators; one being Class 4); Hydro Excavating (excluding hose work); Laser Screed; Locomotives, Dinky; Oil Distributor; Off-Road Hauling Units (Including Articulating); Non Self-Loading Ejection Dump; Pump Cretes; Squeeze Cretes - Screw Type Pumps, Gypsum Bulker and Pump; Roller, Asphalt; Rotary Snow Plows; Rototiller, Seaman, etc., Self-Propelled; Self- Propelled Compactor; Spreader - Chip - Stone, etc.; Scraper; Scraper - Prime Mover in Tandem; Tractors, Push, Pulling Sheeps Foot, Disc, Compactor, etc.; Tug Boats; Mechanic Welders working in permanent shop. Class 3. Boilers; Brooms, All Power Propelled; Cement Supply Tender; Compressor, Common Receiver (2); Concrete Mixer (Two Bag and Over); Conveyor, Portable; Farm-Type Tractors Used for Mowing, Seeding, etc.; Grouting Machine; Hoists, Automatic; Hoists, All Elevators; Hoists, Tugger Single Drum; Jeep Diggers; Low Boys; Pipe Jacking Machine; Post-Hole Digger; Power Saw, Concrete Power Driven; Pug Mills; Rollers, other than asphalt; Seed and Straw Blower; Steam Generators; Stump Machine Heaters, Mechanical; Winch Trucks with "A" Frame; Work Boats; Tamper - Form - Motor Driven. Class 4. Air Compressor; Brick Forklifts (Servicing Seven (7) or more Brick Masons; Combination - Small Equipment Operator; Directional Boring Machine; Generators; Heaters, Mechanical; Hydraulic Power Unit (Pile Driving, Extracting, or Drilling); Hydro- Blaster (requires 2 operators - one being class 2); Light Plants, All (1 through 5); Pumps, over 3" (1 to 3 not to exceed a total of 300 ft.); Pumps, Well Points; Tractaire; Vacuum Trucks (excluding hose work); Welding Machines (2 through 5); Winches, 4 Small Electric Drill Winches. Class 5. Brick Forklifts; Oilers; Skidsteer Loaders (All). Class 6. Field Mechanics and Field Welders. Class 7. Dowell Machine with Air Compressor; Gradall and machines of like nature. TRUCK DRIVER - BUILDING, HEAVY AND HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION Class 1. Drivers on 2 axle trucks hauling less than 9 ton. Air compressor and welding machines and brooms, including those pulled by separate units, truck driver helpers, warehouse employees, mechanic helpers, greasers and tiremen, pickup trucks when hauling materials, tools, or workers to and from and on- the-job site, and fork lifts up to 6,000 lb. capacity. Class 2. Two or three axle trucks hauling more than 9 ton but hauling less than 16 ton. A-frame winch trucks, hydrolift trucks, vactor trucks or similar equipment when used for transportation purposes. Fork lifts over 6,000 lb. capacity, winch trucks, four axle combination units, and ticket writers. Class 3. Two, three or four axle trucks hauling 16 ton or more. Drivers on water pulls, articulated dump trucks, mechanics and working forepersons, and dispatchers. Five axle or more combination units. Class 4. Low Boy and Oil Distributors. Class 5. Drivers who require special protective clothing while employed on hazardous waste work.

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.

Every operating engineer rate in LaSalle County

As IDOL lists them. The highlighted row is the one this page leads with.

  1. Operating Engineer, Class 6Building$123.05
  2. Operating Engineer, Class 6Highway$123.05
  3. Operating Engineer, Class 5Building$122.05
  4. Operating Engineer, Class 7Building$121.05
  5. Operating Engineer, Class 7Highway$121.05
  6. Operating Engineer, Class 1Building$120.05
  7. Operating Engineer, Class 1Highway$120.05
  8. Operating Engineer, Class 2Highway$119.50
  9. Operating Engineer, Class 2Building$118.75
  10. Operating Engineer, Class 3Highway$117.45
  11. Operating Engineer, Class 3Building$116.20
  12. Operating Engineer, Class 4Highway$116.05
  13. Operating Engineer, Class 5Highway$114.85
  14. Operating Engineer, Class 4Building$114.45
Total hourly rate of each operating engineer classification in LaSalle County, highest first, split into base wage and fringe benefits.
Trade and classBase wageFringe benefitsTotal rateOT Mon–Fri
Operating Engineer, Class 1Building$67.00 $53.05 $120.05 2.0×
Operating Engineer, Class 2Building$65.70 $53.05 $118.75 2.0×
Operating Engineer, Class 3Building$63.15 $53.05 $116.20 2.0×
Operating Engineer, Class 4Building$61.40 $53.05 $114.45 2.0×
Operating Engineer, Class 5Building$69.00 $53.05 $122.05 2.0×
Operating Engineer, Class 6Building$70.00 $53.05 $123.05 2.0×
Operating Engineer, Class 7Building$68.00 $53.05 $121.05 2.0×
Operating Engineer, Class 1Highway$67.00 $53.05 $120.05 1.5×
Operating Engineer, Class 2Highway$66.45 $53.05 $119.50 1.5×
Operating Engineer, Class 3Highway$64.40 $53.05 $117.45 1.5×
Operating Engineer, Class 4Highway$63.00 $53.05 $116.05 1.5×
Operating Engineer, Class 5Highway$61.80 $53.05 $114.85 1.5×
Operating Engineer, Class 6Highway$70.00 $53.05 $123.05 1.5×
Operating Engineer, Class 7Highway$68.00 $53.05 $121.05 1.5×

Davis-Bacon operating engineer rate in LaSalle 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 determinations split this trade into groups that don't line up with IDOL's. The federal rows for this trade are below; match the classification to the work.

ConstructionFederal classificationBase wageTotal rateWD
BuildingOPERATOR: POWER EQUIPMENT, GROUP 4 BOBCAT/SKID STEER LOADER; BOOM TRUCKS (RESIDENTIAL); BRICK FORKLIFT; HOISTS, INSIDE ELEVATORS PUSH BUTTON WITH AUTOMATIC …ENGI0150-005$57.40 $108.40 IL20260001 Mod 6
BuildingOPERATOR: POWER EQUIPMENT, GROUP 3 AIR COMPRESSOR, SMALL 250 AND UNDER (1 TO 5 NOT TO EXCEED A TOTAL OF 300 FT; AIR COMPRESSOR, LARGE OVER 250; COMBINATION …ENGI0150-005$59.15 $110.15 IL20260001 Mod 6
BuildingOPERATOR: POWER EQUIPMENT, GROUP 2 BOILER; BROOM, ALL POWER PROPELLED; BULLDOZERS; CONCRETE MIXER 2 BAG AND OVER; CONVEYOR, PORTABLE; FORKLIFT TRUCKS; GREASER …ENGI0150-005$61.70 $112.70 IL20260001 Mod 6
BuildingOPERATOR: POWER EQUIPMENT, GROUP 1 MECHANIC; ASPHALT PLANT*; ASPHALT SPREADER; AUTOGRADE*; BACKHOES WITH CAISSON ATTACHMENT*; BATCH PLANT*; BENOTO (REQUIRES …ENGI0150-005$63.00 $114.00 IL20260001 Mod 6
BuildingPOWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR GROUP 3 AIR COMPRESSOR, TRACK OR SELF-PROPELLED; BULK CEMENT BATCHING- PLANTS; CONVEYORS; CONCRETE MIXERS (EXCEPT PLANT, PAVER, TOWER) …ENGI0965-001$34.30 $63.05 IL20260001 Mod 6
Highway, HeavyOPERATOR: POWER EQUIPMENT, GROUP 5 BOBCATS (ALL); BRICK FORKLIFTS; DIRECTIONAL BORING MACHINE LOCATOR; OILERS (GRUNDY, KANKAKEE, LA SALLE, LIVINGSTON, AND …ENGI0150-007$57.80 $108.80 IL20260013 Mod 1
Highway, HeavyOPERATOR: POWER EQUIPMENT, GROUP 4 AIR COMPRESSOR - SMALL 250 AND UNDER (1 TO 5 NOT TO EXCEED A TOTAL OF 300 FT); AIR COMPRESSOR - LARGE OVER 250; COMBINATION …ENGI0150-007$59.00 $110.00 IL20260013 Mod 1
Highway, HeavyOPERATOR: POWER EQUIPMENT, GROUP 2 BATCH PLANT; BITUMINOUS MIXER; BOILER AND THROTTLE VALVE; BULLDOZER; CAR LOADER TRAILING CONVEYORS; COMBINATION BACKKHOE …ENGI0150-007$62.45 $113.45 IL20260013 Mod 1
Highway, HeavyOPERATOR: POWER EQUIPMENT, GROUP 1 ASPHALT PLANT*; ASPHALT HEATER AND PLANER COMBINATION; ASPHALT HEATER SCARFIRE*; ASPHALT SPREADER; AUTOGRADER; ABG PAVER*; …ENGI0150-007$63.00 $114.00 IL20260013 Mod 1
Highway, HeavyOPERATOR: POWER EQUIPMENT, GROUP 1 POWER CRANES, DRAGLINES, DERRICKS, SHOVELS, GRADALLS, MECHANICS, TRACTOR HIGHLIFT, TOURNADOZER, CONCRETE MIXERS WITH SKIP, …ENGI0841-002$45.15 $71.15 IL20260013 Mod 1

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 LaSalle 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).

How LaSalle County compares

The main operating engineer 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

$76.13Alexander$121.85Cook
LaSalleNearby: Putnam $120.05, Grundy $121.85, Kendall $121.85Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 9 counties pay more than LaSalle, 3 the same, 89 less.

Base wage and fringe benefits, nearby

  1. LaSalle Countybase $67.00$120.05
  2. Putnam Countybase $67.00$120.05
  3. Grundy Countybase $68.80$121.85
  4. Kendall Countybase $68.80$121.85

Operating Engineer 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).

CountyClassificationBase wageTotal ratevs LaSalle County
Grundy CountyOperating Engineer, Class 1 (building)$68.80 $121.85 +$1.80
Kendall CountyOperating Engineer, Class 1 (building)$68.80 $121.85 +$1.80
LaSalle CountyOperating Engineer, Class 1 (building)$67.00 $120.05 
Putnam CountyOperating Engineer, Class 1 (building)$67.00 $120.05 same
Bureau CountyOperating Engineer, Class 1 (building)$67.00 $120.05 same
Lee CountyOperating Engineer, Class 1 (building)$60.75 $113.65 −$6.40
Marshall CountyOperating Engineer, Class 1 (building)$49.26 $95.60 −$24.45

Illinois operating engineer prevailing wage by county, with a map

More from IDOL on this rate

  • LaSalle County schedule (IDOL PDF, page 2)
  • Work that no listed trade covers: IDOL names a neighboring county's classification to use. Call 217-782-1710.
  • Apprentices: IDOL's county schedules list journeyworker and foreman rates only.

All LaSalle County prevailing wage rates

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 $120.05. 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 LaSalle County, posted October 19, 2026, page 2: labor.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/idol/laws-rules/conmed/documents/fy27/20261019/LaSalle.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 LaSalle County as CSV · Report an error