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Electrical Utility Lineman prevailing wage in Richland County, Illinois

$96.96an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum) · Electric Pwr Lineman

$68.30 base wage + $28.66 fringe benefits

On Illinois public works in Richland County, a utility lineman working as Electric Pwr Lineman must be paid at least $96.96 an hour: a $68.30 base wage plus $28.66 in fringe benefits for health and welfare, pension, vacation, training and other insurance. IDOL lists each part but prints no total, so $96.96 is our sum of its columns. Overtime after 8 hours a day, Monday to Friday, is 1.5 times the base wage.

IDOL's Richland 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 4 utility lineman rates for Richland County, from $60.18 to $96.96 an hour. See all of them.

Base wage and fringe benefits: $68.30 + $28.66

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)$68.30
Health and welfare$8.85
Pension$19.13
Training$0.68
Base + fringes (our sum; IDOL prints no total)$96.96

Foreman base wage: $72.95 an hour, with the same fringe benefits.

When does this rate change?

What each class covers

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

ELECTRIC POWER LINEMAN

Construction, maintenance and dismantling of overhead and underground electric power lines, including high voltage pipe type cable work, and associated structures and equipment. ELECTRIC POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR - CLASS 1 Operation of all crawler type equipment D-4 and larger from the ground to assist the Electric Power Linemen in performing their duties. ELECTRIC POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS - CLASS 2 Operation of all other equipment from the ground to assist the Electric Power Linemen in performing their duties.

ELECTRIC POWER GROUNDMAN

Applies to workers who assist the Electric Power Lineman from the ground. 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. OPERATING ENGINEERS - BUILDING, HEAVY AND HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION Class 1. Draglines, Derricks, Shovels, Gradalls, Mechanics, Tractor Highlift, Tournadozer, Concrete Mixers with Skip, Tournamixer, Two Drum Machine, One Drum Hoist with Tower or Boom, Cableways, Tower Machines, Motor Patrol, Boom Tractor, Boom or Winch Truck, Winch or Hydraulic Boom Truck, Tournapull, Tractor Operating Scoops, Bulldozer, Push Tractor, Asphalt Planer, Finishing Machine on Asphalt, Large Rollers on Earth, Rollers on Asphalt Mix, Ross Carrier or similar Machine, Gravel Processing Machine, Asphalt Plant Engineer, Paver Operator, Dredging Equipment, or Dredge Engineer, or Dredge Operator, Central Mix Plant Engineer, CMI or similar type machine, Concrete Pump, Truck or Skid Mounted, Engineer or Rock Crusher Plant, Concrete Plant Engineer, Ditching Machine with dual attachment, Tractor Mounted Loaders, Hydro Crane, Standard or Dinkey Locomotives, Scoopmobiles, Euclid Loader, Soil Cement Machine, Back Filler, Elevating Machine, Power Blade, Drilling Machine, including Well Testing, Caissons, Shaft or any similar type drilling machines, Motor Driven Paint Machine, Pipe Cleaning Machine, Pipe Wrapping Machine, Pipe Bending Machine, Apsco Paver, Boring Machine, (Head Equipment Greaser), Barber-Greene Loaders, Formless Paver, (Well Point System), Concrete Spreader, Hydra Ax, Span Saw, Marine Scoops, Brush Mulcher, Brush Burner, Mesh Placer, Tree Mover, Helicopter Crew (3), Piledriver-Skid or Crawler, Stump Remover, Root Rake, Tug Boat Operator, Refrigerating Machine, Freezing Operator, Chair Cart- Self-Propelled, Hydra Seeder, Straw Blower, Power Sub Grader, Bull Float, Finishing Machine, Self-Propelled Pavement Breaker, Lull (or similar type Machine), Two Air Compressors, Compressors hooked in Manifold, Chip Spreader, Mud Cat, Sull-Air, Fork Lifts (except when used for landscaping work), Soil Stabilizer (Seaman Tiller, Bo Mag, Rago Gator, and similar types of equipment), Tube Float, Spray Machine, Curing Machine, Concrete or Asphalt Milling Machine, Snooper Truck-Operator, Backhoe, Farm Tractors (with attachments), 4 Point Lift System (Power Lift or similar type), Skid-Steer (Bob Cat or similar type), Wrecking Shears, Water Blaster. Class 2. Concrete Mixers without Skips, Rock Crusher, Ditching Machine under 6', Curbing Machine, One Drum Machines without Tower or Boom, Air Tugger, Self-Propelled Concrete Saw, Machine Mounted Post Hole Digger, two to four Generators, Water Pumps or Welding Machines, within 400 feet, Air Compressor 600 cu. ft. and under, Rollers on Aggregate and Seal Coat Surfaces, Fork Lift (when used for landscaping work), Concrete and Blacktop Curb Machine, One Water Pump, Oilers, Air Valves or Steam Valves, One Welding Machine, Truck Jack, Mud Jack, Gunnite Machine, House Elevators when used for hoisting material, Engine Tenders, Fireman, Wagon Drill, Flex Plane, Conveyor, Siphons and Pulsometer, Switchman, Fireman on Paint Pots, Fireman on Asphalt Plants, Distributor Operator on Trucks, Tampers, Self-Propelled Power Broom, Striping Machine (motor driven), Form Tamper, Bulk Cement Plant, Equipment Greaser, Deck Hands, Truck Crane Oiler-Driver, Cement Blimps, Form Grader, Temporary Heat, Throttle Valve, Super Sucker (and similar type of equipment). Class 3. Power Cranes, Truck or Crawler Crane, Rough Terrain Crane (Cherry Picker), Tower Crane, Overhead Crane. 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.

Every utility lineman rate in Richland County

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

  1. Electric Pwr Lineman$96.96
  2. Electric Pwr Eqmt Op, Class 1$78.96
  3. Electric Pwr Eqmt Op, Class 2$71.37
  4. Electric Pwr Grndman$60.18
Total hourly rate of each utility lineman classification in Richland County, highest first, split into base wage and fringe benefits.
Trade and classBase wageFringe benefitsTotal rateOT Mon–Fri
Electric Pwr Eqmt Op, Class 1$54.35 $24.61 $78.96 1.5×
Electric Pwr Eqmt Op, Class 2$48.47 $22.90 $71.37 1.5×
Electric Pwr Grndman$39.80 $20.38 $60.18 1.5×
Electric Pwr Lineman$68.30 $28.66 $96.96 1.5×

Davis-Bacon utility lineman rate in Richland 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.

For highway and heavy work, the matching Davis-Bacon classification is LINE CONSTRUCTION: LINEMAN (ALEXANDER, CLAY, CRAWFORD, EDWARDS, EFFINGHAM, FRANKLIN, FAYETTE (EXCLUDES PORTION NORTH AVENA), GALLATIN, HAMILTON, HARDIN, JACKSON, JASPER, JEFFERSON, JOHNSON, LAWRENCE, MARION, MASSAC, PERRY, POPE, PULASKI, RANDOLPH (EXCEPT RED BUD TWPS), RICHLAND, SALINE, UNION, WABAS at $93.37 ($65.52 base + $27.85 fringe), from IL20260016 modification 2, published July 30, 2026, rate ELEC0702-002. Against IDOL's $96.96: IDOL's rate is $3.59 an hour higher. Note: federal rate covers only part of the county (see federal classification text).

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 Richland 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 Richland County compares

The main utility lineman 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

$82.13Rock Island$107.20Cook
RichlandNearby: Lawrence $96.96, Jasper $96.96, Douglas $95.53Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 11 counties pay more than Richland, 35 the same, 54 less.

Base wage and fringe benefits, nearby

  1. Richland Countybase $68.30$96.96
  2. Lawrence Countybase $68.30$96.96
  3. Jasper Countybase $68.30$96.96
  4. Douglas Countybase $66.69$95.53

Electrical Utility Lineman 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 Richland County
Richland CountyElectric Pwr Lineman$68.30 $96.96 
Lawrence CountyElectric Pwr Lineman$68.30 $96.96 same
Jasper CountyElectric Pwr Lineman$68.30 $96.96 same
Edwards CountyElectric Pwr Lineman$68.30 $96.96 same
Clay CountyElectric Pwr Lineman$68.30 $96.96 same
Wabash CountyElectric Pwr Lineman$68.30 $96.96 same
Crawford CountyElectric Pwr Lineman$68.30 $96.96 same

Illinois utility lineman prevailing wage by county, with a map

More from IDOL on this rate

  • Richland County schedule (IDOL PDF, page 1)
  • 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 Richland 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 $96.96. 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 Richland County, posted October 19, 2026, page 1: labor.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/idol/laws-rules/conmed/documents/fy27/20261019/Richland.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 Richland County as CSV · Report an error