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Prevailing wage rates in Randolph County, Illinois

IDOL's schedule for work performed on or after October 19, 2026 sets 87 rates across 30 trades for public works in Randolph County. Of each trade's main rate, elevator constructor is the highest at $109.64 an hour in base wage plus fringes, and tile finisher the lowest at $51.07.

IDOL's Randolph 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.

Randolph 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.

  1. Elevator Constructor$109.64
  2. Utility Lineman$97.59
  3. Operating Engineer$91.80
  4. Machinist$89.59
  5. Electrician$86.69
  6. Boilermaker$84.84
  7. Plumber / Pipefitter$75.80
  8. Ironworker$75.33
  9. Sheet Metal Worker$73.35
  10. Teamster (Truck Driver)$73.27
  11. Carpenter$72.02
  12. Millwright$72.02
  13. Pile Driver$72.02
  14. Abatement Laborer$70.63
  15. Laborer$70.13
  16. Glazier$67.65
  17. Soft Floor Layer$67.22
  18. Heat & Frost Insulator$66.67
  19. Bricklayer$64.82
  20. Tuckpointer$64.82
  21. Roofer$64.36
  22. Telecom Technician$63.22
  23. Cement Mason$60.33
  24. Plasterer$60.33
  25. Marble Mason$58.92
  26. Terrazzo Worker$58.92
  27. Painter$58.49
  28. Marble Finisher$51.07
  29. Terrazzo Finisher$51.07
  30. Tile Finisher$51.07

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.

TradeMain classificationBase + fringesBaseRates
Asbestos & Lead Abatement Laborer · Randolph County groupAsbestos ABT-GEN$70.63 $38.44 1
Boilermaker · Madison County groupBoilermaker (building)$84.84 $48.00 1
Bricklayer · Franklin County groupBrick Mason (building)$64.82 $40.48 2
Carpenter · Madison County groupCarpenter$72.02 $47.37 1
Carpet & Soft Floor Layer · Madison County groupFloor Layer (building)$67.22 $42.57 1
Cement Mason · Franklin County groupCement Mason (building)$60.33 $36.53 2
Electrical Utility LinemanElectric Pwr Lineman$97.59 $67.43 8
ElectricianElectrician$86.69 $54.95 2
Elevator Constructor · Madison County groupElevator Constructor (building)$109.64 $65.43 1
Glazier · Champaign County groupGlazier (building)$67.65 $44.02 1
Insulator (Heat & Frost / Asbestos Worker) · Madison County groupHeat/Frost Insulator (building)$66.67 $41.13 2
Ironworker · Madison County groupIron Worker$75.33 $43.35 1
Laborer · Randolph County groupLaborer$70.13 $37.94 1
Machinist · Cook County groupMachinist (building)$89.59 $61.89 1
Marble Finisher · Franklin County groupMarble Finisher (building)$51.07 $29.20 1
Marble Mason · Madison County groupMarble Mason (building)$58.92 $35.01 1
Millwright · Madison County groupMillwright$72.02 $47.37 1
Operating Engineer · Madison County groupOperating Engineer, Class 1 (building)$91.80 $51.70 27
Painter · Franklin County groupPainter (building)$58.49 $36.09 5
Pile Driver · Madison County groupPiledriver$72.02 $47.37 1
Plasterer · Franklin County groupPlasterer (building)$60.33 $36.73 1
Plumber / PipefitterPlumber (building)$75.80 $50.00 7
Roofer · Madison County groupRoofer (building)$64.36 $41.60 1
Sheet Metal Worker · Madison County groupSheetmetal Worker$73.35 $45.58 1
Teamster (Truck Driver) · Henry County groupTruck Driver, Class 1$73.27 $48.21 10
Telecommunications TechnicianElectronic System Tech (building)$63.22 $44.08 2
Terrazzo Finisher · Franklin County groupTerrazzo Finisher (building)$51.07 $29.20 1
Terrazzo Worker · Madison County groupTerrazzo Mason (building)$58.92 $35.01 1
Tile Finisher · Franklin County groupCeramic Tile Finisher (building)$51.07 $29.20 1
Tuckpointer · Franklin County groupTuckpointer (building)$64.82 $40.48 1

IDOL's notes for Randolph 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 AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS TECHNICIAN (NORTHWEST) - Township of Red Bud.

PLUMBERS & PIPEFITTERS (NORTH) - Towns of Red Bud, Prairie, and Ruma.

PLUMBERS & PIPEFITTERS (SOUTHEAST) - That part of the county East of a line between Ste. Genevieve, Mo. and Rt. 155 then south of a diagonal line to the North-East corner of the county.

PLUMBERS & PIPEFITTERS (WEST) - Towns of Roots, Kellog, Modoc and Prairie DuRocher. 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 (5 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 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.

OPERATING ENGINEER - BUILDING GROUP I Cranes, Draglines, Shovels, Skimmer Scoops, Clamshells or Derrick Boats, Pile Drivers, Crane-Type Backhoes, Asphalt Plant Operators, Concrete Plant Operators, Dredges, Asphalt Spreading Machines, Screws on Asphalt Spreading Machines, All Locomotives, Cable Ways or Tower Machines, Hoists, Hydraulic Backhoes, Ditching Machines, or Backfiller, Cherrypickers, overhead Cranes, Roller, Steam or Gas, Concrete Pavers, Excavator Concrete Breakers, Concrete Pumps, Bulk Cement Plants, Cement Pumps, Derrick-Type Drills, Boat Operators, Motor Graders or Pushcats, Scoops or Tournapulls, Bulldozers, Endloaders or Fork Lifts, Power Blade or Elevating Graders, Winch Cats, Boom or Winch Trucks or Boom Tractors, Pipe Wrapping or Painting Machines, Asphalt Plant Engineer, Journeyman Lubricating Engineer, Drills (other than derrick type), Mud Jacks, or Well Drilling Machines, Boring Machines or Track Jacks, Mixers, Conveyors (two), Air Compressors (two) Water Pumps, regardless of size (two), Welding Machines (two), Siphons or Jets (two), Winch Head or Apparatuses (two), Light Plants (two), Waterblasters (two), all Tractors, regardless of size (straight tractor only), Fireman on Stationary Boilers, Automatic Elevators, Form Grading Machines, Finishing Machines, Power Sub-Grader or Ribbon Machines, Longitudinal Floats, Distributor Operators on Trucks, Winch Heads or Apparatuses (one), Mobil Track air and heaters (two to five), Heavy Equipment Greaser, Relief Operator, Assistant Master Mechanic and Heavy Duty Mechanic, Autonomous and semi-autonomous equipment, concrete saws of all types and sizes with their attachments, gob-hoppers, excavators all sizes, the repair, greasing, and fueling of all diesel hammers, the operation, set-up and cleaning of bidwells, concrete placement booms, the alterations, repair of all barges, water blasters of all sizes and their clutches, mobile lifts, hydraulic jacks where used for hoisting, diesel or gas powered flashing signs used for traffic control, micro pavers, log skiders, iceolators used on and off of pipeline, condor cranes, drill rigs of all sizes, bow boats, survey boats, ross carriers, bob-cats and all their attachments, skid steer loaders and all their attachments, creter crane, direct drive electric motors the bolting and unbolting the adjusting and shimming, (dewatering jobs, whirley crane, conveyor belts) etc., batch plants (all sizes), roto mills, conveyors systems of any size and any configuration, hydroseeders and straw-blowers all sizes, operation, repair, service of all vibratory hammers, all power pacs and their controls regardless of location, curtains or brush burning machines, stump cutter machines, grout machines regardless of size, Nail Launchers when mounted on a machine or self-propelled, con- cover machines, Goldhofer and similar S.P.M.T. (self-propelled modular transporters) heavy transport units and all Operators (except those listed below). GROUP II Assistant Operators GROUP III Air Compressors (one), Water Pumps, regardless of size (one), Water-blasters (one), Welding Machine (one), Mixers (one bag), Conveyor (one), Siphon or Jet (one), Light Plant (one), Heater (one), Immobile Track Air (one), and Self-Propelled Walk Behind Rollers. GROUP IV CCO-17 ton and below GROUP V CCO-17.5 to 35 Ton and Boom to 50’ GROUP VI CCO-35.5 to 75 Ton and Boom to 100’ GROUP VII CCO-75.5 to 125 Ton and Boom to 125’ GROUP VIII CCO- 125.5 to 200 Ton and Boom to 100’ GROUP IX CCO-200.5 to 300 Ton and Boom to 100’ GROUP X CCO-300.5 to 450 Ton and Boom to 150’ GROUP XI Master Mechanic GROUP XII Operator Foreman, Licensed Boat Pilot GROUP XIII Track type hydraulic hoes & crawler gradealls prep time. GROUP XIV Fireman on Whirlies and Heavy Equipment Oilers, Truck Cranes, Dredges, Monigans, Large Cranes - (Over 65-ton rated capacity) Concrete Plant Oiler, Blacktop Plant oiler and Creter Crane Oiler (when required), barge tenders, oilers on drill rigs used for caisson or for pile driving and Oiler. OPERATING ENGINEERS – Highway GROUP I Cranes, Draglines, Shovels, Skimmer Scoops, Clamshells or Derrick Boats, Pile Drivers, Crane-Type Backhoes, Asphalt Plant Operators, Concrete Plant Operators, Dredges, Asphalt Spreading Machines, Screws on Asphalt Spreading Machines, All Locomotives, Cable Ways or Tower Machines, Hoists, Hydraulic Backhoes, Ditching Machines, or Backfiller, Cherrypickers, overhead Cranes, Roller, Steam or Gas, Concrete Pavers, Excavator Concrete Breakers, Concrete Pumps, Bulk Cement Plants, Cement Pumps, Derrick¬Type Drills, Boat Operators, Motor Graders or Pushcats, Scoops or Tournapulls, Bulldozers, Endloaders or Fork Lifts, Power Blade or Elevating Graders, Winch Cats, Boom or Winch Trucks or Boom Tractors, Pipe Wrapping or Painting Machines, Asphalt Plant Engineer, Journeyman Lubricating Engineer, Drills (other than derrick type), Mud Jacks, or Well Drilling Machines, Boring Machines or Track Jacks, Mixers, Conveyors (two), Air Compressors (two) Water Pumps, regardless of size (two), Welding Machines (two), Siphons or Jets (two), Winch Head or Apparatuses (two), Light Plants (two), Waterblasters (two), all Tractors, regardless of size (straight tractor only), Fireman on Stationary Boilers, Automatic Elevators, Form Grading Machines, Finishing Machines, Power Sub-Grader or Ribbon Machines, Longitudinal Floats, Distributor Operators on Trucks, Winch Heads or Apparatuses (one), Mobil Track air and heaters (two to five), Heavy Equipment Greaser, Relief Operator, Assistant Master Mechanic and Heavy Duty Mechanic, concrete saws of all types and sizes with their attachments, gob¬hoppers, excavators all sizes, the repair, greasing, and fueling of all diesel hammers, the operation, set-up and cleaning of bidwells, concrete placement booms, the alterations, repair of all barges, water blasters of all sizes and their clutches, mobile lifts, hydraulic jacks where used for hoisting, diesel or gas powered flashing sings used for traffic control, micro pavers, log skiders, iceolators used on and off of pipeline, condor cranes, drill rigs of all sizes, bow boats, survey boats, ross carriers, bob-cats and all their attachments, skid steer loaders and all their attachments, creter crane, direct drive electric motors the bolting and unbolting the adjusting and shimming, (dewatering jobs, whirley crane, conveyor belts) etc., batch plants (all sizes), roto mills, conveyors systems of any size and any configuration, hydroseeders and straw-blowers all sizes, operation, repair, service of all vibratory hammers, all power pacs and their controls regardless of location, curtains or brush burning machines, stump cutter machines, grout machines regardless of size, Nail launchers when mounted on a machine or self-propelled, con-cover machines, Goldhofer and similar S.P.M.T. (self- propelled modular transporters) heavy transport units and all Operators (except those listed below). GROUP II Assistant Operators GROUP III Air Compressors (one), Water Pumps, regardless of size (one), Water-blasters (one), Welding Machine (one), Mixers (one bag), Conveyor (one), Siphon or Jet (one), Light Plant (one), Heater (one), Immobile Track Air (one), and Self-Propelled Walk Behind Rollers. GROUP IV CCO-17 ton and below GROUP V CCO-17.5 to 35 Ton and Boom to 50’ GROUP VI CCO- 35.5 to 75 Ton and Boom to 100’ GROUP VII CCO- 75.5 to 125 Ton and Boom to 75’ GROUP VIII CCO- 125.5 to 200 Ton and Boom to 100’ GROUP IX CCO- 200.5 to 300 Ton and Boom to 100’ GROUP X CCO- 300.5 to 450 Ton and Boom to 150’ GROUP XI Master Mechanic, Working Foreman/Mechanic. GROUP XII Operator Foreman, licensed boat pilot. GROUP XIII Fireman on Whirlies and Heavy Equipment Oilers, Truck Cranes, Dredges, Monigans, Large Cranes - (Over 65-ton rated capacity) Concrete Plant Oiler, Blacktop Plant Oiler and Creter Crane Oiler (when required), barge tenders, oilers on drill rigs used for caisson or for pile driving, and Oiler. 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.

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 Randolph 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.

ConstructionWage determinationModificationPublished
BuildingIL20260001
Excludes Landscape projects for Boone and Dekalb Counties
6October 22, 2026
ResidentialIL202600542May 18, 2026
HighwayIL20260016
Heavy Construction Highway Construction
2July 30, 2026
HeavyIL20260016
Heavy Construction Highway Construction
2July 30, 2026

Specialty WDs also cover Randolph 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).

What changed in these determinations this year

Questions about Randolph County rates

How much does an electrician make on prevailing wage in Randolph County?

$86.69 an hour: a $54.95 base wage plus $31.74 in fringe benefits, for the main classification, under IDOL's county schedule. Overtime and every electrician rate in Randolph County.

What is the prevailing wage for a laborer in Randolph County?

$70.13 an hour: a $37.94 base wage plus $32.19 in fringe benefits, for the main classification, under IDOL's county schedule. Overtime and every laborer rate in Randolph 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 Randolph County, the $109.64 total is a $65.43 base wage plus $44.21 in fringe benefits.

Do Davis-Bacon rates apply in Randolph County?

On federally funded or assisted construction, yes: IL20260001 (modification 6, October 22, 2026) for building construction, IL20260054 (modification 2, May 18, 2026) for residential construction and IL20260016 (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 Randolph County share its rates with other counties?

For 26 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 9 counties (the Madison County group). The other 4 are Randolph County's own.