Illinois machinery mover prevailing wage, county by county
A machinery mover's prevailing wage on Illinois public works runs from $82.81 an hour in Woodford County to $82.81 in Fulton County, base wage plus fringe benefits. The median county is $82.81.
Main machinery mover classification in each county (Machinery mover), IDOL posting for work on or after October 19, 2026. IDOL prints no total; each figure is base wage plus fringes. Checked October 24, 2026.
$82$82$82$82$82$82Machinery Mover, main rate, base + fringes per hour. Each shade holds about a fifth of the counties. Hatched counties are split by region.
How much does a machinery mover make on prevailing wage in Illinois?
1 group of counties with identical rates and 5 counties with rates of their own, highest main rate first, each split into wage and fringe benefits on one scale. The table below lists which counties are in each group.
1 group of counties with identical IDOL rates, and 5 counties with rates of their own. * Rate set by region inside the county; its page lists each region's rate.
These are journeyworker rates. IDOL's county schedules list journeyworker and foreman rates only; apprentice pay follows the registered apprenticeship program's standards.
Questions about Illinois machinery mover pay
What is the machinery mover prevailing wage in Peoria County?
Does machinery mover prevailing wage include fringe benefits?
Yes. In Peoria County the $82.81 total is a $47.72 base wage plus $35.09 in fringe benefits, about 42% of the total. The employer owes the full amount for every hour worked.
Do apprentice machinery movers get this rate?
IDOL's county schedules list journeyworker and foreman rates only. Apprentice pay follows the registered apprenticeship program's standards.
Why do some counties have the same machinery mover rate?
IDOL often publishes the same machinery mover rates for several counties. Across Illinois, the 9 counties with a machinery mover rate fall into 6 distinct sets of rates, and 1 of those sets are shared by more than one county; the largest covers 4 counties (the Peoria County group).