Prevailing wage rates in Mercer County, Illinois

ELECTRICIAN (SOUTHEAST) - Townships of Ohio Grove, Suez, and North Henderson. 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.

CERAMIC TIEL 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.

LABORER - BUILDING Class 1: General laborer, carpenter tender, tool cribman, salamander tender, flagman, form handler, floor sweeper, material handler, fencing laborer, cleaning lumber, landscaper, unloading explosives, laying of sod, planting/removal of trees, wrecking laborer, unloading of Re-Bars, scaffold worker, signal man on crane. Class 2: Handling of materials treated with creosote, kettle men, prime mover or motorized unit used for wet concrete or handling of building materials, vibrator operator, motar mixer, power tools used under the jurisdiction of laborers, sand points, gunnite nozzle men, welders, cutters, burners and torchmen, chain saw operator, jackhammer and drill operators, paving breakers, air tamping hammerman, concrete saw operator, concrete burning machine operator, coring machine operator - hod carrier and plasterer tender. Class 3: Caisson worker after 6 foot depth, dynamite man, asbestos abatement worker, tunnel miners - mixerman (plaster only), pump man.

LABORER - HEAVY & HIGHWAY Class 1: Rod or chain man, flagman, dumpman, spotter, broom man, landscaper, planting and removal of trees, fencing laborers, dispatcher, ticket writer, scaleman, cleaning of forms or lumber (in bone yard), laying of sod, moving and/or maintenance of flares and barricades. Class 2: Operation of all hand, electric, air, hydraulic or mechanically powered tools under the jurisdiction of Laborers' including jackhammers, tempers, air spades, augers, concrete saws, chain saws, utility saws, rock drills, vibrators, mortar mixer, power and hand saw (when clearing timber) general laborer (not elsewhere covered), craft-tender, material checker, material handler, form handler, concrete dumper, puddler, form setter helper, explosives handler, dynamite helper, center strip, reinforcing in concrete, wire mesh handler and installer, prime mover or any mechanical device taking the place of concrete buggy or wheelbarrow, sandpoint setter, asphalt kettleman. Sheeting hammer drivers, laying and jointing of telephone conduit, gas distribution men, pipe setter on laterals, drain tiles, culvert pipe, and storm sewer catch basin leads, catch basins, manholes, batch dumpers, tank cleaners, cofferdam workers, bankman on floating plant, jointman with pipelayers. Back-up man (corker, joint maker) with pipe setter on sewer and water mains, batterboard man or laser operator on sewer and water main, labor in ditch, or tunnel, on sewer or water mains and telephone conduit. Cutters, burners, torchman, gravel box man, asphalt plant laborers, concrete plant laborer, deck hand, unloading of steel and rebar, laser beam operator, wrecking laborers. Class 3: Asphalt raker or luteman, head form setter, head dynamite man (powderman) head string or wireline man (on paving), pipe setter on sewer or water main, gunnite nozzle man, asphalt or concrete curb machine operator, head grade man, head tunnel miner, concrete burning machine operator, coring machine operator, welder. MATERIAL TESTER/INSPECTOR I: Hand coring and drilling for testing of materials; field inspection of uncured concrete and asphalt. MATERIAL TESTER/INSPECTOR II: Field inspection of welds, structural steel, fireproofing, masonry, soil, facade, reinforcing steel, formwork, cured concrete, and concrete and asphalt batch plants; adjusting proportions of bituminous mixtures.

OPERATING ENGINEERS - BUILDING Class 1. Shovel; Concrete Spreader; Dipper Dredge Operator; Dipper Dredge Crane man; Dual Purpose Truck (boom, Boom, Winch, etc.); Pile Driver; Boom Tractor or Side Boom; Trenching Machine (40 H.P. and over); Building Hoist (1, 2 or 3 drums); Cleaning and Priming Machine; Backfiller (throw bucket); Locomotive Engineer; Concrete Paver; Slip Form Paver; Caisson Augering Machines; Mucking Machine; Asphalt Heater-Planer Unit; Laser Screed; Pug Mill; Concrete Conveyor or Pump; Mechanical loaded Log Chippers or similar machines; Group Equipment Greaser; Off-Road Haul Units; Pipe Bending; Automatic Curbing Machines; Blastholer; Self-Propelled Rotary Drill or similar machines; Work Boat; Combination Concrete Finishing Machine and Float; Asphalt Paver Screed Operator; Forklift (6,000 lb. cap. or over or working heights 28 ft. and above); Chip Spreader; Straddle Carrier; Asphalt Paver; Asphalt Plant Operator; Boring Machine (Directional, Vertical, or Horizontal); Central Redi-Mix Plant Operator; Combination Backhoe Front End loader; Concrete Breaker or Hydro-Hammer (excluding walk-behinds); Concrete Wheel Saw (Large self-propelled - excluding walk-behinds); Crusher (Stone, Concrete, Asphalt, etc.); Curing-Tinning Machine; Excavator; Farm-type Tractor Operating Scoop or Scraper or with Power Attachment; Grader; Motor Grader; Motor Patrol; Auto Grader; Form Grader; Pull Grader; Sub Grader; Elevating Grader; Guard Rail Post Driver; Hoists; Hydraulic Dredge Leverman or Engineer; Hydro-Vac truck mounted or pull type (excluding hose work), and similar equipment; Loader (Track, Rubber Tire, or Articulated); Milling Machine (excluding walk-behinds); Road Widener-Shoulder Spreader; Scraper (Self- Propelled); Self-Propelled Roller or Tire Roller (on asphalt or Blacktop); Sheep Foot or Pad Foot Compactor (excluding walk- behinds); Steel Track-Type Tractor (Dozer, Push Cat, etc.); Transfer or Shuttle Buggy (excluding motorized wheel barrows and Georgia buggies). Class 2. Asphalt Booster; Fireman and Pump Operator at Asphalt Plant; Mud Jack; Distributor; Self-propelled Roller (other than provided for in Class I); Pump Operator (more than one well-point pump); Trench Machine (under 40 H.P.); Forklift (less than 6,000 lb. cap. or working heights below 28 ft.); Gypsum Pump; Conveyor over 20 H.P.; Light Plant; Boiler (Engineer or Fireman); Mechanical Broom; Driver on Truck Crane or similar machines; Elevator (Permanent inside or Temporary outside); Farm-Type Tractor (without Power Attachment); Grout Pump (excluding hose work). Class 3. Skid Loader; Oiler; Mechanic's Helper; Mechanical Heater (other than steam boiler); Small Outboard Motor Boat (Safety Boat and Life Boat); Engine Driven Welding Machine; Water Pumps; Air Compressor (400 c.f.m. or over); Deck Engineers. Class 4. Leadman - Mechanic or Equipment Greaser. Class 5. Track Excavator with Bucket (4 cubic yard and up to but not including 6 cubic yard). Class 6. Track Excavator with Bucket (6 cubic yard and over). Class 7. Crane (Friction or Hydraulic, regardless of size or attachments); Tow or Push Boat. Class 8. Truck Mounted Concrete Conveyor or Pumps Extending to 90’ or more. Class 9. Crawler Crane Class 10 Mechanic-Welder

OPERATING ENGINEERS- HIGHWAY Class 1. Shovel; Concrete Spreader; Dipper Dredge Operator; Dipper Dredge Crane man; Dual Purpose Truck (Boom, Winch, etc.); Pile Driver; Boom Tractor or Side Boom; Building Hoist (1, 2 or 3 drums); Cleaning and Priming Machine; Backfiller (throw bucket); Locomotive Engineer; Concrete Paver; Slip Form Paver; Caisson Augering Machines; Mucking Machine; Asphalt Heater Planer Unit; Laser Screed; Pug Mill; Concrete Conveyor or Pump (excluding truck-mounted); Mechanical loaded Log Chippers or similar machines; Group Equipment Greaser; off-road haul units; Pipe Bending; Automatic Curbing Machines; Blastholer; Self-propelled Rotary Drill or similar machines; Work Boat; Combination Concrete Finishing Machine and Float; Asphalt Paver Screed Operator; Forklift (6,000 lb. cap. or over or working heights above 28 ft.); Chip Spreader; Asphalt Paver; Asphalt Plant Operator; Boring Machine (Directional, Vertical, or Horizontal); Central Redi-Mix Plant Operator; Combination Backhoe Front End loader; Concrete Breaker or Hydro-Hammer (excluding walk-behinds); Concrete Wheel Saw (Large self-propelled - excluding walk-behinds); Crusher (Stone, Concrete, Asphalt, etc.); Curing-Tinning Machine; Excavator; Farm-Type Tractor Operating Scoop or Scraper with Power Attachment; Grader; Motor Grader; Motor Patrol; Auto Grader; Form Grader; Pull Grader; Sub Grader; Elevating Grader; Guard Rail Post Driver; Hoists; Hydraulic Dredge Leverman or Engineer; Hydro-Vac truck mounted or pull type, and similar equipment; Loader (Track, Rubber Tire, or Articulated); Milling Machine (excluding walk-behinds); Road Widener-Shoulder Spreader; Scraper (self-propelled); Self-propelled Roller or Tire Roller (on asphalt or Blacktop); Sheep Foot or Pad Foot Compactor (excluding walk-behinds); Steel Track-Type Tractor (Dozer, Push Cat, etc.); Transfer or Shuttle Buggy (excluding motorized wheel barrows and Georgia buggies); Trenching Machine (40 H.P. and over). Class 2. Asphalt Booster; Fireman and Pump Operator at Asphalt Plant; Mud Jack; Farm-Type Tractor without Power attachment; Distributor; Straddle Carrier; Self-propelled Roller or Compactor (other than provided for in Class I); Pump Operator (more than one well-point pump); Trench Machine (under 40 H.P.); Forklift (less than 6,000 lb. capacity or working heights below 28 ft.); Conveyor over 20 H.P.; Air Compressor (400 c.f.m. or over); Light Plant; Boiler (Engineer or Fireman); Mechanical Broom; Driver on Truck Crane or similar machines; Elevator (Permanent inside or Temporary outside); Grout Pump (excluding hose work). Class 3. Oiler; Mechanic's Helper; Mechanical Heater (other than steam boiler); Small Outboard Motor Boat (Safety Boat and Life Boat); Engine Driven Welding Machine; skid steer. Class 4. Leadman - Mechanic or Equipment Greaser. Class 5. Track Excavator with Bucket (4 cubic yard and up to but not including 6 cubic yard). Class 6. Track Excavator with Bucket (6 cubic yard and over). Class 7. Truck mounted Concrete Conveyor or Pumps Extending to 90 ft. or more. Class 8. Crane (Friction or Hydraulic, regardless of size or attachments); Tow or Push Boat. Class 9. Crawler Crane Class 10. Mechanic-Welder 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. 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.

MATERIAL TESTER & MATERIAL TESTER/INSPECTOR I AND II Notwithstanding the difference in the classification title, the classification entitled "Material Tester I" involves the same job duties as the classification entitled "Material Tester/Inspector I". Likewise, the classification entitled "Material Tester II" involves the same job duties as the classification entitled "Material Tester/Inspector II".