Boilermaker prevailing wage in Blackford County, Indiana

$81.41an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum)

$43.24 base wage + $38.17 fringe benefits · BOIL0374-002

Blackford County uses the same boilermaker rates as 36 other counties. See all of them on one page.

On federally funded or assisted building construction in Blackford County, a boilermaker must be paid at least $81.41 an hour: a $43.24 base wage plus $38.17 in fringe benefits, under wage determination IN20260002 (modification 2). DOL prints no total, so $81.41 is our sum of the two.

Wage determination IN20260002, modification 2, published May 18, 2026, for building construction; rate identifier BOIL0374-002 (May 1, 2025). Checked against sam.gov on October 25, 2026.

Davis-Bacon is the only prevailing wage here (federally funded or assisted work). Indiana repealed its Common Construction Wage Act effective July 1, 2015, and IC 5-16-7.2-5 bars public agencies from setting wage scales (Indiana DOL).

Base wage and fringe benefits: $43.24 + $38.17

The base wage is the taxable hourly wage. DOL prints the fringe benefits as one hourly figure, not itemized; it can go to health, pension, vacation and training plans, or be paid as cash where the state allows.

Base wage (taxable)	$43.24
Fringe benefits (one figure, not itemized)	$38.17
Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total)	$81.41

When does this rate change?

A contract keeps the wage determination in its bid documents. Modifications published before bid opening apply to it, though one published less than 10 days before can be left out if the agency finds there isn't time to tell bidders (29 CFR 1.6(c)).
DOL changes a WD by publishing a numbered modification on SAM.gov. This page reads the modification named in the Source line; the Indiana change log lists what each one changed.

How Blackford County compares

The main boilermaker rate in every county that has one, and how the pay splits here and nearby. All bars use the same scale.

Every county in Indiana

Wage and fringe benefits, nearby

Blackford Countybase $43.24$81.41
Jay Countybase $43.24$81.41
Delaware Countybase $43.24$81.41
Grant Countybase $43.24$81.41

Boilermaker rates in nearby counties

Current DOL rates. Davis-Bacon rates are set for groups of counties, so neighbours often share them; the county where the work is done decides.

DOL's boilermaker rates for Blackford County are the same as in 36 other counties: Adams, Allen, Bartholomew, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Cass, Clinton and 28 more.

County	Classification	Base wage	Total rate	vs Blackford County
Blackford County	BOILERMAKER	$43.24	$81.41
Jay County	BOILERMAKER	$43.24	$81.41	same
Delaware County	BOILERMAKER	$43.24	$81.41	same
Grant County	BOILERMAKER	$43.24	$81.41	same
Wells County	BOILERMAKER	$43.24	$81.41	same
Huntington County	BOILERMAKER	$43.24	$81.41	same
Randolph County	BOILERMAKER (REMAINING COUNTIES)	$43.24	$81.41	same

Indiana boilermaker prevailing wage by county, with a map

Are you being paid this rate?

Add your base pay to the fringe your employer pays for you, in cash or into plans, and compare the sum with the total. The Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division takes complaints: 1-866-487-9243, or dol.gov/agencies/whd/contact/complaints.

Source

U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division (DOL), wage determination IN20260002 Mod 2, published May 18, 2026: sam.gov/wage-determination/IN20260002/2

We read every active Indiana Davis-Bacon wage determination from SAM.gov's own data and check every number with a second, independent read of the same file. DOL prints no total; ours is base plus fringe. How we check · Download Blackford County as CSV · Report an error