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Operating Engineer prevailing wage in Wabash County, Illinois

$77.60an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum)

$48.15 base wage + $29.45 fringe benefits · All work

On Illinois public works in Wabash County, an operating engineer must be paid at least $77.60 an hour: a $48.15 base wage plus $29.45 in fringe benefits for health and welfare, pension, vacation, training and other insurance. IDOL lists each part but prints no total, so $77.60 is our sum of its columns. Overtime after 8 hours a day, Monday to Friday, is 1.5 times the base wage. This is IDOL's all work rate; it lists separate oil & chip rates for this trade in Wabash County. IDOL sorts this trade into numbered classes by equipment or duties, and this is Class 1.

IDOL's Wabash 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 operating engineer rates for Wabash County, from $52.08 to $79.60 an hour. See all of them.

Base wage and fringe benefits: $48.15 + $29.45

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)$48.15
Health and welfare$12.40
Pension$15.50
Training$1.55
Base + fringes (our sum; IDOL prints no total)$77.60

Foreman base wage: $49.15 an hour, with the same fringe benefits.

When does this rate change?

What each class covers

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

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.

OPERATING ENGINEER - OIL AND CHIP

Encompasses following types of work when participating on public works projects involving oil and chip activities: Spreading and compaction of seal coat aggregate on liquid asphalt or road oil and the preparation for such work for maintenance purposes. 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.

Every operating engineer rate in Wabash County

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

  1. Operating Engineer, Class 3All work$79.60
  2. Operating Engineer, Class 1All work$77.60
  3. Operating Engineer, Class 2All work$62.50
  4. Operating EngineerOil & chip$52.08
Total hourly rate of each operating engineer classification in Wabash County, highest first, split into base wage and fringe benefits.
Trade and classBase wageFringe benefitsTotal rateOT Mon–Fri
Operating Engineer, Class 1All work$48.15 $29.45 $77.60 1.5×
Operating Engineer, Class 2All work$33.05 $29.45 $62.50 1.5×
Operating Engineer, Class 3All work$50.15 $29.45 $79.60 1.5×
Operating EngineerOil & chip$33.88 $18.20 $52.08 1.5×

Davis-Bacon operating engineer rate in Wabash 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.

We don't put a federal figure next to IDOL's here, because the federal determinations split this trade into groups that don't line up with IDOL's. The federal rows for this trade are below; match the classification to the work.

ConstructionFederal classificationBase wageTotal rateWD
BuildingOPERATOR: POWER EQUIPMENT: RIVER Class 2ENGI0318-001$36.78 $68.78 IL20260002 Mod 4
BuildingOPERATOR: POWER EQUIPMENT: RIVER Class 1ENGI0318-001$40.23 $72.23 IL20260002 Mod 4
BuildingOPERATOR: POWER EQUIPMENT: RIVER (Class 2)ENGI0318-001$36.78 $68.78 IL20260002 Mod 4
BuildingOPERATOR: POWER EQUIPMENT: RIVER (Class 1)ENGI0318-001$40.23 $72.23 IL20260002 Mod 4
BuildingOPERATOR: POWER EQUIPMENT, GROUP 1 POWER CRANES, DRAGLINES, DERRICKS, SHOVELS, GRADALLS, MECHANICS, TRACTOR HIGHLIFT, TOURNADOZER, CONCRETE MIXERS WITH SKIP, …ENGI0841-005$45.15 $71.15 IL20260002 Mod 4
BuildingOPERATOR: POWER EQUIPMENT, GROUP 2 CONCRETE MIXERS WITHOUT SKIPS, ROCK CRUSHER, DITCHING MACHINE UNDER 6', CURBING MACHINE, ONE DRUM MACHINES WITHOUT TOWER OR …ENGI0841-006$30.05 $56.05 IL20260002 Mod 4
BuildingPOWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR GROUP 3 AIR COMPRESSOR, TRACK OR SELF-PROPELLED; BULK CEMENT BATCHING- PLANTS; CONVEYORS; CONCRETE MIERS (EXCEPT PLANT,PAVER,TOWER) …ENGI0965-005$34.30 $63.05 IL20260002 Mod 4
Highway, HeavyPOWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR GROUP 10 CERTIFIED CRANE OPERATORS 17.5 TONS AND ABOVE, WHEN REQUESTED BY THE CONTRACTOR OR REQUIRED BY THE OWNER (FAYETTE, JEFFERSON, …ENGI0520-004$46.75 $81.70 IL20260016 Mod 2
Highway, HeavyPOWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR GROUP 11 MASTER MECHANIC (FAYETTE, JEFFERSON, MARION, PERRY, AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES) INCLUDING BUILDING CONSTRUCTION ON HEAVY …ENGI0520-004$44.45 $79.40 IL20260016 Mod 2
Highway, HeavyPOWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR GROUP 12 LICENSED BOAT PILOT (FAYETTE, JEFFERSON, MARION, PERRY, AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES) INCLUDING BUILDING CONSTRUCTION ON HEAVY …ENGI0520-004$45.45 $80.40 IL20260016 Mod 2
Highway, HeavyPOWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: GROUP 02 ASSISTANT OPERATORS (FAYETTE, JEFFERSON, MARION, PERRY, AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES) INCLUDING BUILDING CONSTRUCTION ON HEAVY …ENGI0520-004$41.32 $76.27 IL20260016 Mod 2
Highway, HeavyPOWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: GROUP 03 AIR COMPRESSOR ONE; WATER PUMP REGARDLESS OF SIZE ONE; WELDING MACHINE ONE; 1-BAG MIXER ONE; CONVEYOR ONE; SIPHON OR JET; …ENGI0520-004$36.84 $71.79 IL20260016 Mod 2
Highway, HeavyPOWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: GROUP 05 OILERS (FAYETTE, JEFFERSON, MARION, PERRY, AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES) INCLUDING BUILDING CONSTRUCTION ON HEAVY INDUSTRIAL SITES …ENGI0520-004$44.45 $79.40 IL20260016 Mod 2
Highway, HeavyPOWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: GROUP 06 OPERATORS ON EQUIPMENT WITH BOOMS, INCLUDING JIBS, 100 FT AND OVER, BUT LESS THAN 150 FT (FAYETTE, JEFFERSON, MARION, PERRY, …ENGI0520-004$45.00 $79.95 IL20260016 Mod 2
Highway, HeavyPOWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: GROUP 07 OPERATORS ON EQUIPMENT WITH BOOMS, INCLUDING JIBS, 150 FT AND OVER, BUT LESS THAN 200 FT (FAYETTE, JEFFERSON, MARION, PERRY, …ENGI0520-004$45.30 $80.25 IL20260016 Mod 2
Highway, HeavyPOWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: GROUP 08 OPERATORS ON EQUIPMENT WITH BOOMNS, INCLUDING JIBS, 200 FT AND OVER; TOWER CRANES, AND WHIRLEY CRANES (FAYETTE, JEFFERSON, …ENGI0520-004$45.60 $80.55 IL20260016 Mod 2
Highway, HeavyPOWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: GROUP 09 CERTIFIED CRANE OPERATORS, BELOW 17.5 TONS, WHEN REQUESTED BY THE CONTRACTOR OR REQUIRED BY THE OWNER. (FAYETTE, JEFFERSON, …ENGI0520-004$46.25 $81.20 IL20260016 Mod 2
Highway, HeavyPOWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: GROUP 2 CONCRETE MIXERS WITHOUT SKIPS, ROCK CRUSHER, DITCHING MACHINE UNDER 6', CURBING MACHINE, ONE DRUM MACHINES WITHOUT TOWER OR …ENGI0841-004$30.05 $56.05 IL20260016 Mod 2
ResidentialBACKHOEENGI0841-013$45.15 $71.15 IL20260036 Mod 1

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 Wabash 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 Wabash County compares

The main operating engineer 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

$76.13Alexander$121.85Cook
WabashNearby: Edwards $77.60, Lawrence $77.60, White $76.13Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 69 counties pay more than Wabash, 18 the same, 14 less.

Base wage and fringe benefits, nearby

  1. Wabash Countybase $48.15$77.60
  2. Edwards Countybase $48.15$77.60
  3. Lawrence Countybase $48.15$77.60
  4. White Countybase $42.13$76.13

Operating Engineer 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 Wabash County
Wabash CountyOperating Engineer, Class 1$48.15 $77.60 
Edwards CountyOperating Engineer, Class 1$48.15 $77.60 same
Lawrence CountyOperating Engineer, Class 1$48.15 $77.60 same
Richland CountyOperating Engineer, Class 1$48.15 $77.60 same
Wayne CountyOperating Engineer, Class 1$48.15 $77.60 same
Crawford CountyOperating Engineer, Class 1$48.15 $77.60 same
White CountyOperating Engineer, Class 1$42.13 $76.13 −$1.47

Illinois operating engineer prevailing wage by county, with a map

More from IDOL on this rate

  • Wabash County schedule (IDOL PDF, page 2)
  • 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 Wabash 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 $77.60. 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 Wabash County, posted October 19, 2026, page 2: labor.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/idol/laws-rules/conmed/documents/fy27/20261019/Wabash.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 Wabash County as CSV · Report an error