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Laborer prevailing wage in Wayne County, Illinois

$66.07an hour, base + fringes

$37.40 wage + $28.67 fringe benefits · Building

On Illinois public works in Wayne County, a laborer must be paid at least $66.07 an hour: a $37.40 base wage plus $28.67 in fringe benefits for health and welfare, pension, vacation, training and other insurance. IDOL lists each part but prints no total, so $66.07 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 building rate; it lists separate highway rates for this trade in Wayne County.

IDOL's Wayne 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 2 laborer rates for Wayne County, from $66.07 to $66.07 an hour. See all of them.

Base wage and fringe: $37.40 + $28.67

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)	$37.40
Health and welfare	$8.93
Pension	$18.94
Training	$0.80
Base + fringes (our sum; IDOL prints no total)	$66.07

Foreman base wage: $38.40 an hour, with the same fringe benefits.

Overtime

When	Multiple of base
Monday to Friday, after 8 hours a day	1.5× $56.10
Saturday, every hour	1.5× $56.10
Sunday, every hour	2.0× $74.80
Holidays, every hour	2.0× $74.80

IDOL prints a multiple, not a dollar rate. Its legend: “Unless otherwise noted, OT pay is required for any hour greater than 8 worked each day, Mon through Fri. The number listed is the multiple of the base wage.” The figure under each multiple is the base wage times that multiple.

IDOL's schedule also has two columns headed “Add OT 1.5x owed” and “Add OT 2.0x owed”. For this row they read $0.00 and $0.00. IDOL's legend doesn't define them, so ask IDOL (217-782-1710) before you rely on them.

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Davis-Bacon laborer rate in Wayne 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 determination for this county has no matching classification. The federal rows for this trade are below; match the classification to the work.

Construction	Federal classification	Base + fringe	Base	WD
Building	LABORER GROUP 1 GENERAL LABORER AND SKILLED LABORER - HANDLING OF MATERIALS TREATED WITH OIL, CREOSOTE, ASPHALT AND/OR FORIEGN MATERIAL HARMFUL TO SKIN OR …LABO0751-001	$75.84	$42.25	IL20260002 Mod 4
Building	LABORER: GENERAL LABORER (CLAY, CRAWFORD, EDWARDS, EFFINGHAM, FAYETTE, HAMILTON. JASPER, JEFFERSON, LAWRENCE, MARION, RICHLAND, WABASH, WAYNE, AND WHITE COUNTIES)LABO1197-002	$63.04	$35.15	IL20260002 Mod 4
Highway, Heavy	LABORER (CLAY, CRAWFORD, EDWARDS, EFFINGHAM, FAYETTE, HAMILTON, JASPER, JEFFERSON, LAWRENCE, MARION, RICHLAND, WABASH, WAYNE, AND WHITE COUNTIES)LABO1197-001	$60.39	$32.75	IL20260016 Mod 2
Residential	LABORERLABO1197-003	$58.54	$31.51	IL20260033 Mod 2

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

When this rate changes

Illinois rates don't lock at bid. When IDOL revises a rate, “the revised rate shall apply to such contract” from its effective date, including jobs already under way (820 ILCS 130/4(l)).
A missing notice is no excuse. A public body's failure to send the new rates “does not relieve the contractor of the duty to comply”, or of paying back wages (820 ILCS 130/4(g), (j)).
IDOL surveys in June and must publish the year's schedule by July 15 (820 ILCS 130/9), then posts revisions through the year. In 2026 its postings took effect on Jan 15, Mar 2, Apr 15, May 21, Jul 15, Aug 15, Sep 21 and Oct 19, 2026. Each posting replaces all 102 county schedules.
This page uses the posting for work performed on or after October 19, 2026 (IDOL current rates; older postings are on IDOL's historical rates page).

What each class covers

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

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 laborer rate in Wayne County

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

Trade and class	Base + fringes	Base	Fringes	OT Mon–Fri
LaborerBuilding	$66.07	$37.40	$28.67	1.5×
LaborerHighway	$66.07	$37.40	$28.67	1.5×

How Wayne County compares

The main laborer 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

Wayne $66.07278415389

$55.65Mercer$92.11Boone

WayneNearby: Edwards $66.07, Clay $66.07, Washington $70.13Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 48 counties pay more than Wayne, 26 the same, 27 less.

Wage and fringe benefits, nearby

Wayne Countybase $37.40$66.07
Edwards Countybase $37.40$66.07
Clay Countybase $37.40$66.07
Washington Countybase $37.94$70.13

Laborer 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).

County	Classification	Base + fringes	Base	vs Wayne County
Wayne County	Laborer (building)	$66.07	$37.40
Edwards County	Laborer (building)	$66.07	$37.40	same
Clay County	Laborer (building)	$66.07	$37.40	same
Hamilton County	Laborer (building)	$66.07	$37.40	same
White County	Laborer (building)	$66.07	$37.40	same
Richland County	Laborer (building)	$66.07	$37.40	same
Jefferson County	Laborer (building)	$66.07	$37.40	same

Illinois laborer prevailing wage by county, with a map

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 $66.07. 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 Wayne County, posted October 19, 2026, page 1: labor.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/idol/laws-rules/conmed/documents/fy27/20261019/Wayne.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 Wayne County as CSV · Report an error