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Prevailing wage rates in McDonough County, Illinois
IDOL's schedule for work performed on or after October 19, 2026 sets 58 rates across 30 trades for public works in McDonough County. Of each trade's main rate, elevator constructor is the highest at $104.34 an hour in base wage plus fringes, and insulator the lowest at $62.31.
IDOL's McDonough County schedule, posted October 19, 2026. Illinois rates don't lock at bid: a revised rate applies to contracts already under way from its effective date (820 ILCS 130/4(l)). IDOL prints no total, so each total here is base plus fringes, added by us. Checked against labor.illinois.gov on October 24, 2026.
McDonough County rates by trade, highest first
Each trade's main rate, highest first, split into the taxable wage and the fringe benefits IDOL lists. All bars share one scale. The table below lists the same rates A to Z with classifications.
- Elevator Constructor$104.34
- Operating Engineer$95.60
- Utility Lineman$95.53
- Machinist$89.59
- Boilermaker$84.16
- Plumber / Pipefitter$78.68
- Pile Driver$77.82
- Millwright$76.22
- Carpenter$75.82
- Drywall Installer / Lather$75.82
- Electrician$75.68
- Painter$73.90
- Teamster (Truck Driver)$72.91
- Glazier$72.57
- Sheet Metal Worker$71.89
- Plasterer$68.66
- Abatement Laborer$68.01
- Bricklayer$66.33
- Tuckpointer$66.33
- Laborer$65.76
- Roofer$65.06
- Marble Mason$64.96
- Tile Setter$64.96
- Cement Mason$64.70
- Ironworker$64.65
- Telecom Technician$64.10
- Marble Finisher$63.02
- Terrazzo Finisher$63.02
- Tile Finisher$63.02
- Heat & Frost Insulator$62.31
All trades and classifications, A to Z
One main rate per trade, with its classification and base wage. Open a trade for its other classifications, overtime, work types and regions. Click a column heading to sort.
| Trade | Main classification | Base + fringes | Base | Rates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asbestos & Lead Abatement Laborer · Hancock County group | Asbestos ABT-GEN (building) | $68.01 | $38.00 | 2 |
| Boilermaker · Champaign County group | Boilermaker (building) | $84.16 | $50.46 | 1 |
| Bricklayer · Pike County group | Brick Mason (building) | $66.33 | $37.50 | 2 |
| Carpenter · McDonough County group | Carpenter (building) | $75.82 | $39.02 | 2 |
| Cement Mason · Sangamon County group | Cement Mason (building) | $64.70 | $35.33 | 2 |
| Drywall Installer / Lather · Hancock County group | Lather (building) | $75.82 | $39.02 | 1 |
| Electrical Utility Lineman · Champaign County group | Electric Pwr Lineman | $95.53 | $66.69 | 4 |
| Electrician | Electrician (building) | $75.68 | $47.75 | 2 |
| Elevator Constructor · Champaign County group | Elevator Constructor (building) | $104.34 | $60.52 | 1 |
| Glazier · Peoria County group | Glazier (building) | $72.57 | $42.79 | 1 |
| Insulator (Heat & Frost / Asbestos Worker) · Rock Island County group | Heat/Frost Insulator (building) | $62.31 | $37.31 | 2 |
| Ironworker · Hancock County group | Iron Worker | $64.65 | $37.05 | 1 |
| Laborer · Hancock County group | Laborer (building) | $65.76 | $35.75 | 2 |
| Machinist · Cook County group | Machinist (building) | $89.59 | $61.89 | 1 |
| Marble Finisher · Champaign County group | Marble Finisher (building) | $63.02 | $37.34 | 1 |
| Marble Mason · Champaign County group | Marble Mason (building) | $64.96 | $38.94 | 1 |
| Millwright · McLean County group | Millwright (building) | $76.22 | $40.50 | 2 |
| Operating Engineer · Peoria County group | Operating Engineer, Class 1 (building) | $95.60 | $49.26 | 6 |
| Painter · Fulton County group | Painter | $73.90 | $44.00 | 1 |
| Pile Driver · McDonough County group | Piledriver (building) | $77.82 | $41.02 | 2 |
| Plasterer · Sangamon County group | Plasterer (building) | $68.66 | $39.65 | 1 |
| Plumber / Pipefitter · Peoria County group | Plumber (building) | $78.68 | $45.85 | 3 |
| Roofer · Peoria County group | Roofer (building) | $65.06 | $40.55 | 1 |
| Sheet Metal Worker · Rock Island County group | Sheetmetal Worker (building) | $71.89 | $46.99 | 1 |
| Teamster (Truck Driver) · Peoria County group | Truck Driver, Class 1 | $72.91 | $48.17 | 10 |
| Telecommunications Technician · Tazewell County group | Electronic System Tech (building) | $64.10 | $39.64 | 1 |
| Terrazzo Finisher · Champaign County group | Terrazzo Finisher (building) | $63.02 | $37.34 | 1 |
| Tile Finisher · Champaign County group | Ceramic Tile Finisher (building) | $63.02 | $37.34 | 1 |
| Tile Setter · Champaign County group | Tile Mason (building) | $64.96 | $38.94 | 1 |
| Tuckpointer · Pike County group | Tuckpointer (building) | $66.33 | $37.50 | 1 |
IDOL's notes for McDonough County
Copied from the “Explanations” part of the county schedule. They define the holidays, oil and chip work, and the boundaries of any regions inside the county.
Explanations
ELECTRICIANS (NORTH) - Blandinville, Bushnell, Chalmers, Colchester, Emmet, Hire, Macomb, Mound, New Sales, Prairie City, Scotland, Sciota, Tennessee, and Walnut Grove.
ELECTRICIANS (SOUTH) - Bethel, Eldorado, Industry and Lamoine. 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. Oil and chip resealing (O&C) means the application of road oils and liquid asphalt to coat an existing road surface, followed by application of aggregate chips or gravel to coated surface, and subsequent rolling of material to seal the surface.
Explanation of classes (6 sections)
CERAMIC TILE FINISHER, MARBLE FINISHER, TERRAZZO FINISHER Assisting, helping or supporting the tile, marble and terrazzo mechanic by performing their historic and traditional work assignments required to complete the proper installation of the work covered by said crafts. The term "Ceramic" is used for naming the classification only and is in no way a limitation of the product handled. Ceramic takes into consideration most hard tiles.
ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS TECHNICIAN Installation, service and maintenance of low-voltage systems which utilizes the transmission and/or transference of voice, sound, vision, or digital for commercial, education, security and entertainment purposes for the following: TV monitoring and surveillance, background/foreground music, intercom and telephone interconnect, field programming, inventory control systems, microwave transmission, multi-media, multiplex, radio page, school, intercom and sound burglar alarms and low voltage master clock systems. Excluded from this classification are energy management systems, life safety systems, supervisory controls and data acquisition systems not intrinsic with the above listed systems, fire alarm systems, nurse call systems and raceways exceeding fifteen feet in length. 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.
TRUCK DRIVER - OIL AND CHIP RESEALING ONLY. This shall encompass laborers, workers and mechanics who drive contractor or subcontractor owned, leased, or hired pickup, dump, service, or oil distributor trucks. The work includes transporting materials and equipment (including but not limited to, oils, aggregate supplies, parts, machinery and tools) to or from the job site; distributing oil or liquid asphalt and aggregate; stock piling material when in connection with the actual oil and chip contract. The Truck Driver (Oil & Chip Resealing) wage classification does not include supplier delivered materials.
OPERATING ENGINEERS - BUILDING Class 1. Cranes; Overhead Cranes; Gradall; All Cherry Pickers; Mechanics; Central Concrete Mixing Plant Operator; Road Pavers (27E - Dual Drum - Tri Batchers); Blacktop Plant Operators and Plant Engineers; 3 Drum Hoist; Derricks; Hydro Cranes; Shovels; Skimmer Scoops; Koehring Scooper; Drag Lines; Backhoe; Derrick Boats; Pile Drivers and Skid Rigs; Clamshells; Locomotive Cranes; Dredge (all types) Motor Patrol; Power Blades - Dumore - Elevating and similar types; Tower Cranes (Crawler-Mobile) and Stationary; Crane-type Backfiller; Drott Yumbo and similar types considered as Cranes; Caisson Rigs; Dozer; Tournadozer; Work Boats; Ross Carrier; Helicopter; Tournapulls - all and similar types; Scoops (all sizes); Pushcats; Endloaders (all types); Asphalt Surfacing Machine; Slip Form Paver; Rock Crusher; Heavy Equipment Greaser; CMI, CMI Belt Placer, Auto Grade & 3 Track and similar types; Side Booms; Multiple Unit Earth Movers; Creter Crane; Trench Machine; Pump-crete-Belt Crete-Squeeze Cretes- Screw-type Pumps and Gypsum; Bulker & Pump - Operator will clean; Formless Finishing Machine; Flaherty Spreader or similar types; Screed Man on Laydown Machine; Wheel Tractors (industrial or Farm-type w/Dozer-Hoe-Endloader or other attachments); F.W.D. & Similar Types; Vermeer Concrete Saw. Class 2. Dinkeys; Power Launches; PH One-pass Soil Cement Machine (and similar types); Pugmill with Pump; Backfillers; Euclid Loader; Forklifts; Jeeps w/Ditching Machine or other attachments; Tuneluger; Automatic Cement and Gravel Batching Plants; Mobile Drills (Soil Testing) and similar types; Gurries and Similar Types; (1) and (2) Drum Hoists (Buck Hoist and Similar Types); Chicago Boom; Boring Machine & Pipe Jacking Machine; Hydro Boom; Dewatering System; Straw Blower; Hydro Seeder; Assistant Heavy Equipment Greaser on Spread; Tractors (Track type) without Power Unit pulling Rollers; Rollers on Asphalt -- Brick Macadem; Concrete Breakers; Concrete Spreaders; Mule Pulling Rollers; Center Stripper; Cement Finishing Machines & CMI Texture & Reel Curing Machines; Cement Finishing Machine; Barber Green or similar loaders; Vibro Tamper (All similar types) Self-propelled; Winch or Boom Truck; Mechanical Bull Floats; Mixers over 3 Bag to 27E; Tractor pulling Power Blade or Elevating Grader; Porter Rex Rail; Clary Screed; Truck Type Hoptoe Oilers; Fireman; Spray Machine on Paving; Curb Machines; Truck Crane Oilers; Oil Distributor; Truck-Mounted Saws. Class 3. Air Compressor; Power Subgrader; Straight Tractor; Trac Air without attachments; Herman Nelson Heater, Dravo, Warner, Silent Glo, and similar types; Roller: Five (5) Ton and under on Earth or Gravel; Form Grader; Crawler Crane & Skid Rig Oilers; Freight Elevators - permanently installed; Pump; Light Plant; Generator; Conveyor (1) or (2) - Operator will clean; Welding Machine; Mixer (3) Bag and Under (Standard Capacity with skip); Bulk Cement Plant; Oiler on Central Concrete Mixing Plant.
OPERATING ENGINEERS - HEAVY AND HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION CLASS 1. Cranes; Hydro Cranes; Shovels; Crane Type Backfiller; Tower, Mobile, Crawler, & Stationary Cranes; Derricks; Hoists (3 Drum); Draglines; Drott Yumbo & Similar Types considered as Cranes; 360 Degree Swing Excavator (Shears, Grapples, Movacs, etc.); Back Hoe; Derrick Boats; Pile Driver and Skid Rigs; Clam Shell; Locomotive - Cranes; Road Pavers - Single Drum - Dual Drum - Tri Batcher; Motor Patrols & Power Blades - Dumore - Elevating & Similar Types; Mechanics; Central Concrete Mixing Plant Operator; Asphalt Batch Plant Operators and Plant Engineers; Gradall; Caisson Rigs; Skimmer Scoop - Koering Scooper; Dredges (all types); Hoptoe; All Cherry Pickers; Work Boat; Ross Carrier; Helicopter; Dozer; Tournadozer; Tournapulls - all and similar types; Operation of Concrete and all Recycle Machines; Multiple Unit Earth Movers; Scoops (all sizes); Pushcats; Endloaders (all types); Asphalt Surfacing Machine; Slip Form Paver; Rock Crusher; Operation of Material Crusher, Screening Plants, and Tunnel Boring Machine; Heavy Equipment Greaser (top greaser on spread); CMI, Auto Grade, CMI Belt Placer & 3 Track and Similar Types; Side Booms; Asphalt Heater & Planer Combination (used to plane streets); Wheel Tractors (with Dozer, Hoe or Endloader Attachments); CAT Earthwork Compactors and Similar Types; Blaw Knox Spreader and Similar Types; Trench Machines; Pump Crete - Belt Crete - Squeeze Crete - Screw Type Pumps and Gypsum (operator will clean); Creter Crane; Operation of Concrete Pump Truck; Formless Finishing Machines; Flaherty Spreader or Similar Types; Screed Man on Laydown Machine; Vermeer Concrete Saw; Operation of Laser Screed; Span Saw; Dredge Leverman; Dredge Engineer; Lull or Similar Type; Hydro-Boom Truck; Operation of Guard Rail Machine; and Starting Engineer on Pipeline or Construction (11 or more pieces) including: Air Compressor (Trailer Mounted), All Forced Air Heaters (regardless of Size), Water Pumps (Greater than 4-1/2" or Total Discharge Over 4-1/2"), Light Plants, Generators (Trailer Mounted - Excluding Decontamination Trailer), Welding Machines (Any Size or Mode of Power), Conveyor, Mixer (any size), Stud Welder, Power Pac, etc, and Ground Heater (Trailer Mounted). CLASS 2. Bulker & Pump; Power Launches; Boring Machine & Pipe Jacking Machine; Dinkeys; Operation of Carts, Powered Haul Unit for a Boring Machine; P & H One Pass Soil Cement Machines and Similar Types; Wheel Tractors (Industry or Farm Type - Other); Back Fillers; Euclid Loader; Fork Lifts; Jeep w/Ditching Machine or Other Attachments; Tunneluger; Automatic Cement & Gravel Batching Plants; Mobile Drills - Soil Testing and Similar Types; Pugmill with Pump; All (1) and (2) Drum Hoists; Dewatering System; Straw Blower; Hydro-Seeder; Bump Grinders (self-propelled); Assistant Heavy Equipment Greaser; Apsco Spreader; Tractors (Track-Type) without Power Units Pulling Rollers; Rollers on Asphalt - Brick or Macadam; Concrete Breakers; Concrete Spreaders; Cement Strippers; Cement Finishing Machines & CMI Texture & Reel Curing Machines; Vibro-Tampers (All Similar Types Self-Propelled); Mechanical Bull Floats; Self-Propelled Concrete Saws; Truck Mounted Power Saws; Operation of Curb Cutters; Mixers - Over Three (3) Bags; Winch and Boom Trucks; Tractor Pulling Power Blade or Elevating Grader; Porter Rex Rail; Clary Screed; Mule Pulling Rollers; Pugmill without Pump; Barber Greene or Similar Loaders; Track Type Tractor w/Power Unit attached (minimum); Fireman; Spray Machine on Paving; Curb Machines; Paved Ditch Machine; Power Broom; Self-Propelled Sweepers; Self-Propelled Conveyors; Power Subgrader; Oil Distributor; Straight Tractor; Truck Crane Oiler; Truck Type Oilers; Directional Boring Machine; Horizontal Directional Drill; Articulating End Dump Vehicles; Starting Engineer on Pipeline or Construction (6 -10 pieces) including: Air Compressor (Trailer Mounted), All Forced Air Heaters (regardless of Size), Water Pumps (Greater than 4-1/2" or Total Discharge Over 4-1/2"), Light Plants, Generators (Trailer Mounted - Excluding Decontamination Trailer), Welding Machines (Any Size or Mode of Power), Conveyor, Mixer (any size), Stud Welder, Power Pac, etc., and Ground Heater (Trailer Mounted). CLASS 3. Straight Framed Truck Mounted Vac Unit (separately powered); Trac Air Machine (without attachments); Rollers - Five Ton and Under on Earth and Gravel; Form Graders; Bulk Cement Plant; Oilers; and Starting Engineer on Pipeline or Construction (3 - 5 pieces) including: Air Compressor (Trailer Mounted), All Forced Air Heaters (regardless of Size), Water Pumps (Greater than 4- 1/2" or Total Discharge Over 4-1/2"), Light Plants, Generators (Trailer Mounted - Excluding Decontamination Trailer), Welding Machines (Any Size or Mode of Power), Conveyor, Mixer (any size), Stud Welder, Power Pac, etc., and Ground Heater (Trailer Mounted). Other Classifications of Work: For definitions of classifications not otherwise set out, the Department generally has on file such definitions which are available. If a task to be performed is not subject to one of the classifications of pay set out, the Department will upon being contacted state which neighboring county has such a classification and provide such rate, such rate being deemed to exist by reference in this document. If no neighboring county rate applies to the task, the Department shall undertake a special determination, such special determination being then deemed to have existed under this determination. If a project requires these, or any classification not listed, please contact IDOL at 217-782-1710 for wage rates or clarifications.
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.
Work that no listed trade covers: IDOL “will … state which neighboring county has such a classification”. Call IDOL at 217-782-1710.
Davis-Bacon wage determinations for McDonough County
Federally funded or assisted construction here uses the U.S. Department of Labor's rates. 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. Each trade's page shows its federal rate next to IDOL's.
| Construction | Wage determination | Modification | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Building | IL20260001 Excludes Landscape projects for Boone and Dekalb Counties | 6 | October 22, 2026 |
| Residential | IL20260023 | 2 | May 18, 2026 |
| Highway | IL20260014 Heavy Construction Highway Construction | 2 | July 30, 2026 |
| Heavy | IL20260014 Heavy Construction Highway Construction | 2 | July 30, 2026 |
Specialty WDs also cover McDonough County for narrow kinds of work, and don't stand in for the rates above: IL20260018 (ILLINOIS, INDIANA, MICHIGAN, MINNESOTA, NEW YORK, OHIO, PENNSYLVANIA AND WISCONSIN / DREDG); IL20260019 (Dredging Construction Projects: Dredging the following rivers and their tributaries, the K).
Questions about McDonough County rates
How much does an electrician make on prevailing wage in McDonough County?
$75.68 an hour: a $47.75 base wage plus $27.93 in fringe benefits, for the main classification, under IDOL's county schedule. Overtime and every electrician rate in McDonough County.
What is the prevailing wage for a laborer in McDonough County?
$65.76 an hour: a $35.75 base wage plus $30.01 in fringe benefits, for the main classification, under IDOL's county schedule. Overtime and every laborer rate in McDonough County.
Does the prevailing wage include fringe benefits?
Yes. The rate is a base wage plus fringe benefits, and the employer owes both for every hour. For elevator constructor, the highest-paid trade in McDonough County, the $104.34 total is a $60.52 base wage plus $43.82 in fringe benefits.
Do Davis-Bacon rates apply in McDonough County?
On federally funded or assisted construction, yes: IL20260001 (modification 6, October 22, 2026) for building construction, IL20260023 (modification 2, May 18, 2026) for residential construction and IL20260014 (modification 2, July 30, 2026) for highway and heavy construction. 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.
Does McDonough County share its rates with other counties?
For 29 of its 30 trades, yes: IDOL sets the same rates, row for row, in other counties too. Carpenter rates, for example, are the same in 2 counties (the McDonough County group). The other 1 are McDonough County's own.