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Indiana cement mason prevailing wage, county by county

A cement mason's Davis-Bacon prevailing wage in Indiana runs from $9.97 an hour in Lawrence County to $61.41 in Jasper County. The median county is $48.76.

Main cement mason classification in each county, Davis-Bacon wage determinations on SAM.gov, as of October 25, 2026. 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)). Checked October 25, 2026.

Lawrence County cement mason: $9.97 per hourJennings County cement mason: $48.22 per hourJay County cement mason: $54.59 per hourJohnson County cement mason: $55.61 per hourNoble County cement mason: $35.32 per hourWayne County cement mason: $54.59 per hourFulton County cement mason: $43.32 per hourHendricks County cement mason: $55.61 per hourStarke County cement mason: $61.41 per hourShelby County cement mason: $39.57 per hourWabash County cement mason: $54.59 per hourAllen County cement mason: $35.32 per hourBoone County cement mason: $55.61 per hourMiami County cement mason: $55.45 per hourClinton County cement mason: $55.45 per hourLaGrange County cement mason: $43.32 per hourFranklin County cement mason: $54.59 per hourBenton County cement mason: $55.45 per hourHenry County cement mason: $54.59 per hourMarshall County cement mason: $43.32 per hourGreene County cement mason: $42.00 per hourPulaski County cement mason: $43.32 per hourHuntington County cement mason: $35.32 per hourDecatur County cement mason: $54.59 per hourPosey County cement mason: $43.21 per hourGrant County cement mason: $54.59 per hourParke County cement mason: $39.25 per hourScott County cement mason: $48.22 per hourCrawford County cement mason: $50.96 per hourFloyd County cement mason: $48.22 per hourOhio County cement mason: $48.22 per hourPerry County cement mason: $50.96 per hourKnox County cement mason: $53.27 per hourElkhart County cement mason: $43.32 per hourSullivan County cement mason: $42.00 per hourFountain County cement mason: $55.45 per hourLake County cement mason: $47.74 per hourTippecanoe County cement mason: $55.45 per hourKosciusko County cement mason: $43.32 per hourOrange County cement mason: $11.06 per hourPike County cement mason: $11.04 per hourRipley County cement mason: $48.22 per hourOwen County cement mason: $39.25 per hourDubois County cement mason: $11.04 per hourMadison County cement mason: $54.59 per hourMartin County cement mason: $50.96 per hourWhite County cement mason: $55.45 per hourJackson County cement mason: $48.22 per hourBrown County cement mason: $48.22 per hourTipton County cement mason: $54.59 per hourGibson County cement mason: $43.21 per hourWarrick County cement mason: $43.21 per hourClark County cement mason: $48.22 per hourSteuben County cement mason: $35.32 per hourVigo County cement mason: $39.25 per hourSwitzerland County cement mason: $48.22 per hourJefferson County cement mason: $48.22 per hourDeKalb County cement mason: $35.32 per hourHamilton County cement mason: $54.59 per hourHoward County cement mason: $55.45 per hourMarion County cement mason: $55.61 per hourMontgomery County cement mason: $55.45 per hourMorgan County cement mason: $55.61 per hourHarrison County cement mason: $53.27 per hourVermillion County cement mason: $39.25 per hourBlackford County cement mason: $54.59 per hourWells County cement mason: $35.32 per hourVanderburgh County cement mason: $43.21 per hourAdams County cement mason: $35.32 per hourWhitley County cement mason: $35.32 per hourDelaware County cement mason: $54.59 per hourSt. Joseph County cement mason: $47.74 per hourHancock County cement mason: $54.59 per hourNewton County cement mason: $55.81 per hourRush County cement mason: $54.59 per hourPutnam County cement mason: $39.25 per hourSpencer County cement mason: $50.96 per hourPorter County cement mason: $61.41 per hourCass County cement mason: $55.45 per hourFayette County cement mason: $54.59 per hourWarren County cement mason: $55.45 per hourClay County cement mason: $39.25 per hourWashington County cement mason: $11.06 per hourDearborn County cement mason: $48.22 per hourDaviess County cement mason: $50.96 per hourRandolph County cement mason: $54.59 per hourJasper County cement mason: $61.41 per hourBartholomew County cement mason: $48.22 per hourLaPorte County cement mason: $61.41 per hourMonroe County cement mason: $49.30 per hourCarroll County cement mason: $55.45 per hourUnion County cement mason: $54.59 per hour
$9$39$48$54$55$61Cement Mason, main rate, base + fringe per hour. Each shade holds about a fifth of the counties.

How much does a cement mason make on prevailing wage in Indiana?

20 groups of counties with identical rates and 32 with rates of their own, highest main rate first. The top 40 are drawn. The table below lists which counties are in each group.

  1. Jasper County1 county$61.41
  2. LaPorte County1 county$61.41
  3. Porter County1 county$61.41
  4. Starke County1 county$61.41
  5. Newton County1 county$55.81
  6. Marion County group5 counties$55.61
  7. Montgomery County group4 counties$55.45
  8. Tippecanoe County group3 counties$55.45
  9. Benton County1 county$55.45
  10. Cass County1 county$55.45
  11. Miami County1 county$55.45
  12. White County1 county$55.45
  13. Randolph County group4 counties$54.59
  14. Grant County group3 counties$54.59
  15. Madison County group3 counties$54.59
  16. Hamilton County group2 counties$54.59
  17. Decatur County1 county$54.59
  18. Franklin County1 county$54.59
  19. Henry County1 county$54.59
  20. Jay County1 county$54.59
  21. Wayne County1 county$54.59
  22. Harrison County1 county$53.27
  23. Knox County1 county$53.27
  24. Daviess County group2 counties$50.96
  25. Perry County group2 counties$50.96
  26. Spencer County1 county$50.96
  27. Monroe County1 county$49.30
  28. Floyd County group4 counties$48.22
  29. Ripley County group3 counties$48.22
  30. Clark County group2 counties$48.22
  31. Jefferson County group2 counties$48.22
  32. Jackson County1 county$48.22
  33. Lake County1 county$47.74
  34. St. Joseph County1 county$47.74
  35. Kosciusko County group2 counties$43.32
  36. Elkhart County1 county$43.32
  37. Fulton County1 county$43.32
  38. Marshall County1 county$43.32
  39. Pulaski County1 county$43.32
  40. Vanderburgh County group4 counties$43.21

Which counties pay which rate

CountiesMain classificationBase + fringeBase
Jasper CountyCEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER (PULASKI (NORTHERN 2/3), JASPER (N. EASTERN PORTION OF, WEST TO, BUT NOT INCLUDING WHEATFIELD), STARKE (ENTIRETY))$61.41 $36.01 
LaPorte CountyCEMENT MASON: BUILDING CONSTRUCTION (LAPORTE COUNTY, EASTERN PORTION OF PORTER COUNTY WEST TO BUT NOT INCLUDING CHESTERTON IN THE NORTH AND WEST TO AND INCLUDING KOUTS IN THE SOUTH)$61.41 $36.01 
Porter CountyCEMENT MASON: BUILDING CONSTRUCTION (LAPORTE COUNTY, EASTERN PORTION OF PORTER COUNTY WEST TO BUT NOT INCLUDING CHESTERTON IN THE NORTH AND WEST TO AND INCLUDING KOUTS IN THE SOUTH)$61.41 $36.01 
Starke CountyCEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER (PULASKI (NORTHERN 2/3), JASPER (N. EASTERN PORTION OF, WEST TO, BUT NOT INCLUDING WHEATFIELD), STARKE (ENTIRETY))$61.41 $36.01 
Newton CountyCEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER (NEWTON COUNTY)$55.81 $37.28 
Marion County group, 5 localities: Boone, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, MorganCEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER: AREA #532 (BOONE, HAMILTON (SOUTH HALF OF COUNTY NORTH TO NEW ROUTE INDIANA #32 INCLUDING NOBLESVILLE); HANCOCK COUNTY (SOUTHERN AND WESTERN PART OF HANCOCK COUNTY, NORTH TO BUT NOT INCLUDING FORTVILLE); HENDRICKS, JOHNSON, MARION AND MORGAN COUNTIES)$55.61 $35.00 
Montgomery County group, 4 localities: Clinton, Fountain, Montgomery, WarrenCEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER: AREA #121 (BENTON, CARROLL, CASS, CLINTON, FOUNTAIN, HOWARD, MIAMI, MONTGOMERY, TIPPECANOE, WARREN, WHITE AND VERMILLION (NORTHERN PART) COUNTIES)$55.45 $33.50 
Tippecanoe County group, 3 localities: Carroll, Howard, TippecanoeCEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER: AREA #121 (BENTON, CARROLL, CASS, CLINTON, FOUNTAIN, HOWARD, MIAMI, MONTGOMERY, TIPPECANOE, WARREN, WHITE AND VERMILLION (NORTHERN PART) COUNTIES)$55.45 $33.50 
Benton CountyCEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER: AREA #121 (BENTON, CARROLL, CASS, CLINTON, FOUNTAIN, HOWARD, MIAMI, MONTGOMERY, TIPPECANOE, WARREN, WHITE AND VERMILLION (NORTHERN PART) COUNTIES)$55.45 $33.50 
Cass CountyCEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER: AREA #121 (BENTON, CARROLL, CASS, CLINTON, FOUNTAIN, HOWARD, MIAMI, MONTGOMERY, TIPPECANOE, WARREN, WHITE AND VERMILLION (NORTHERN PART) COUNTIES)$55.45 $33.50 
Miami CountyCEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER: AREA #121 (BENTON, CARROLL, CASS, CLINTON, FOUNTAIN, HOWARD, MIAMI, MONTGOMERY, TIPPECANOE, WARREN, WHITE AND VERMILLION (NORTHERN PART) COUNTIES)$55.45 $33.50 
White CountyCEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER: AREA #121 (BENTON, CARROLL, CASS, CLINTON, FOUNTAIN, HOWARD, MIAMI, MONTGOMERY, TIPPECANOE, WARREN, WHITE AND VERMILLION (NORTHERN PART) COUNTIES)$55.45 $33.50 
Randolph County group, 4 localities: Fayette, Randolph, Rush, UnionCEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER: AREA #83 (DECATUR, FAYETTE, FRANKLIN, HENRY, RANDOLPH, RUSH, UNION AND WAYNE COUNTIES)$54.59 $32.55 
Grant County group, 3 localities: Blackford, Grant, WabashCEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER: AREA #83 (BLACKFORD, DELAWARE, GRANT, HAMILTON (NORTHERN PART), HANCOCK (NORTHERN PART), JAY, MADISON, TIPTON, AND WABASH COUNTIES)$54.59 $32.55 
Madison County group, 3 localities: Delaware, Madison, TiptonCEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER: AREA #83 (BLACKFORD, DELAWARE, GRANT, HAMILTON (NORTHERN PART), HANCOCK (NORTHERN PART), JAY, MADISON, TIPTON, AND WABASH COUNTIES)$54.59 $32.55 
Hamilton County group, 2 localities: Hamilton, HancockCEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER: AREA #83 (BLACKFORD, DELAWARE, GRANT, HAMILTON (NORTHERN PART), HANCOCK (NORTHERN PART), JAY, MADISON, TIPTON, AND WABASH COUNTIES)$54.59 $32.55 
Decatur CountyCEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER: AREA #83 (DECATUR, FAYETTE, FRANKLIN, HENRY, RANDOLPH, RUSH, UNION AND WAYNE COUNTIES)$54.59 $32.55 
Franklin CountyCEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER: AREA #83 (DECATUR, FAYETTE, FRANKLIN, HENRY, RANDOLPH, RUSH, UNION AND WAYNE COUNTIES)$54.59 $32.55 
Henry CountyCEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER: AREA #83 (DECATUR, FAYETTE, FRANKLIN, HENRY, RANDOLPH, RUSH, UNION AND WAYNE COUNTIES)$54.59 $32.55 
Jay CountyCEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER: AREA #83 (BLACKFORD, DELAWARE, GRANT, HAMILTON (NORTHERN PART), HANCOCK (NORTHERN PART), JAY, MADISON, TIPTON, AND WABASH COUNTIES)$54.59 $32.55 
Wayne CountyCEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER: AREA #83 (DECATUR, FAYETTE, FRANKLIN, HENRY, RANDOLPH, RUSH, UNION AND WAYNE COUNTIES)$54.59 $32.55 
Harrison CountyCEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER: AREA #566 (CRAWFORD, DAVIESS, DUBOIS, GIBSON, HARRISON, KNOX, MARTIN, PERRY, PIKE, POSEY, SPENCER, VANDERBURGH AND WARRICK COUNTIES)$53.27 $32.50 
Knox CountyCEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER: AREA #566 (CRAWFORD, DAVIESS, DUBOIS, GIBSON, HARRISON, KNOX, MARTIN, PERRY, PIKE, POSEY, SPENCER, VANDERBURGH AND WARRICK COUNTIES)$53.27 $32.50 
Daviess County group, 2 localities: Daviess, MartinCEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER (DAVIESS & MARTIN COUNTIES)$50.96 $31.25 
Perry County group, 2 localities: Crawford, PerryCEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER (DAVIESS & MARTIN COUNTIES)$50.96 $31.25 
Spencer CountyCEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER (DAVIESS & MARTIN COUNTIES)$50.96 $31.25 
Monroe CountyCEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER: AREA #75 (MONROE COUNTY)$49.30 $30.90 
Floyd County group, 4 localities: Brown, Dearborn, Floyd, OhioCEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER: AREA #821 (BROWN, CLARKE, DEARBORN, FLOYD, FRANKLIN (SOUTHERN 1/2), JENNINGS, OHIO, RIPLEY AND SWITZERLAND COUNTIES)$48.22 $30.02 
Ripley County group, 3 localities: Jennings, Ripley, SwitzerlandCEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER: AREA #821 (BROWN, CLARKE, DEARBORN, FLOYD, FRANKLIN (SOUTHERN 1/2), JENNINGS, OHIO, RIPLEY AND SWITZERLAND COUNTIES)$48.22 $30.02 
Clark County group, 2 localities: Bartholomew, ClarkCEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER: AREA #821 (BARTHOLOMEW, BROWN, CLARK, DEARBORN, FLOYD, JACKSON, JEFFERSON, JENNINGS, LAWRENCE, OHIO, ORANGE, RIPLEY, SCOTT, SHELBY, SWITZERLAND, AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES)$48.22 $30.02 
Jefferson County group, 2 localities: Jefferson, ScottCEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER: AREA #821 (BARTHOLOMEW, BROWN, CLARK, DEARBORN, FLOYD, JACKSON, JEFFERSON, JENNINGS, LAWRENCE, OHIO, ORANGE, RIPLEY, SCOTT, SHELBY, SWITZERLAND, AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES)$48.22 $30.02 
Jackson CountyCEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER (AREA #821)$48.22 $30.02 
Lake CountyCEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER: HEAVY & HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION (LAKE COUNTY (NORTHWARD ON LAKE COUNTY LINE TO AND INCLUDING THE CITY OF MERRILLVILLE, BUT NOT THE CITY LIMITS OF CROWN POINT) AND PORTER COUNTIES)$47.74 $32.00 
St. Joseph CountyCEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER: HEAVY & HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION (LAKE COUNTY (EXCEPT BY THE NORTHEAST SECTION LYING NORTH OF CROWN POINT AND EAST OF GRIFFITH))$47.74 $33.94 
Kosciusko County group, 2 localities: Kosciusko, LaGrangeCEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER (ELKHART, KOSCIUSKO AND LAGRANGE COUNTIES)$43.32 $28.84 
Elkhart CountyCEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER (ELKHART, KOSCIUSKO AND LAGRANGE COUNTIES)$43.32 $28.84 
Fulton CountyCEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER (FULTON COUNTY)$43.32 $28.84 
Marshall CountyCEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER (MARSHALL COUNTY AND PULASKI (SOUTHERN 1/2))$43.32 $28.84 
Pulaski CountyCEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER (MARSHALL COUNTY AND PULASKI (SOUTHERN 1/2))$43.32 $28.84 
Vanderburgh County group, 4 localities: Gibson, Posey, Vanderburgh, WarrickCEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER (GIBSON, POSEY, VANDERBURGH AND WARRICK COUNTIES)$43.21 $26.30 
Greene County group, 2 localities: Greene, SullivanCEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER (GREENE AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES)$42.00 $28.50 
Shelby CountyCEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER (BARTHOLEMEW AND SHELBY COUNTIES)$39.57 $24.58 
Vigo County group, 4 localities: Clay, Owen, Putnam, VigoCEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER (CLAY, OWEN, PARKE, PUTNAM, VERMILLION AND VIGO COUNTIES:)$39.25 $25.75 
Parke CountyCEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER (CLAY, OWEN, PARKE, PUTNAM, VERMILLION AND VIGO COUNTIES:)$39.25 $25.75 
Vermillion CountyCEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER (CLAY, OWEN, PARKE, PUTNAM, VERMILLION AND VIGO COUNTIES:)$39.25 $25.75 
Noble County group, 4 localities: Adams, DeKalb, Noble, SteubenCEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER (ADAMS, ALLEN, DEKALB, HUNTINGTON, NOBLE, STEUBEN, WELLS AND WHITLEY COUNTIES)$35.32 $23.38 
Allen County group, 3 localities: Allen, Wells, WhitleyCEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER (ADAMS, ALLEN, DEKALB, HUNTINGTON, NOBLE, STEUBEN, WELLS AND WHITLEY COUNTIES)$35.32 $23.38 
Huntington CountyCEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER (ADAMS, ALLEN, DEKALB, HUNTINGTON, NOBLE, STEUBEN, WELLS AND WHITLEY COUNTIES)$35.32 $23.38 
Orange CountyCEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER$11.06 $9.24 
Washington CountyCEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER$11.06 $9.24 
Dubois County group, 2 localities: Dubois, PikeCEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER$11.04 $10.15 
Lawrence CountyCEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER$9.97 $8.25 

20 groups of counties with identical DOL rates, and 32 counties with rates of their own.

Questions about Indiana cement mason pay

What is the cement mason prevailing wage in Marion County?

$55.61 an hour: a $35.00 base wage plus $20.61 in fringe benefits, under wage determination IN20260002, modification 2. Overtime and every cement mason classification in Marion County.

Does cement mason prevailing wage include fringe benefits?

Yes. In Marion County the $55.61 total is a $35.00 base wage plus $20.61 in fringe benefits, about 37% of the total. The employer owes the full amount for every hour worked.

Does cement mason prevailing wage pay overtime in Indiana?

Davis-Bacon rates are straight time. On contracts over $100,000, the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act requires 1½ times the basic rate for hours over 40 in a workweek (40 U.S.C. 3702). The fringe is owed for every hour at its straight-time amount.

Do apprentice cement masons get this rate?

Davis-Bacon determinations list journeyworker rates. Apprentices in a program registered with DOL or a recognized state agency can be paid the program's percentage of the rate, within its ratio; anyone else gets the full rate (29 CFR 5.5(a)(4)).

Why do some counties have the same cement mason rate?

DOL often publishes the same cement mason rates for several counties. Across Indiana, the 92 counties with a cement mason rate fall into 52 distinct sets of rates, and 20 of those sets are shared by more than one county; the largest covers 5 counties (the Marion County group).