Davis-Bacon prevailing wage rates in Lake County, Indiana
2 Davis-Bacon wage determinations cover Lake County for building, residential, highway and heavy construction, with 79 rates across 24 trades. Of each trade's main rate, elevator constructor is the highest at $109.12 an hour and fence builder the lowest at $44.62, base plus fringe.
The Department of Labor modifies these determinations on SAM.gov in weekly batches through the year; the latest Indiana modification we hold is dated July 30, 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 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 Indiana repealed its Common Construction Wage Act effective July 1, 2015, and IC 5-16-7.2-5 bars public agencies from setting wage scales (Indiana DOL).
Lake County rates by trade, highest first
Each trade's main rate, highest first, split into the base wage and the fringe benefits DOL lists. All bars share one scale. The table below lists the same rates A to Z with classifications.
- Elevator Constructor$109.12
- Glazier$98.43
- Operating Engineer$94.63
- Inland Boatman$89.30
- Ironworker$89.03
- Millwright$85.15
- Electrician$84.85
- Sheet Metal Worker$84.37
- Carpenter$81.81
- Boilermaker$81.41
- Roofer$75.28
- Utility Lineman$72.44
- Abatement Laborer$72.13
- Heat & Frost Insulator$72.13
- Plumber / Pipefitter$72.08
- Teamster (Truck Driver)$72.08
- Plaster Tender$70.94
- Laborer$70.19
- Tunnel Worker$69.20
- Bricklayer$54.84
- Plasterer$50.60
- Cement Mason$47.74
- Telecom Technician$44.83
- Fence Builder$44.62
All trades and classifications, A to Z
One main rate per trade, with its classification and base wage. Open a trade for its other classifications, dated steps and DOL's notes. Click a column heading to sort.
| Trade | Main classification | Base + fringe | Base | Rates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asbestos & Lead Abatement Laborer · Lake County group | HAZARDOUS MATERIAL HANDLER: INCLUDES PREPARATION, WETTING, STRIPPING, REMOVAL, SCRAPPING, VACCUMING, BAGGING, AND DISPOSAL OF ALL INSULATION MATERIALS, WHETHER THEY CONTAIN ASBESTOS OR NOT, FROM MECHANICAL SYSTEMS (REMAINING COUNTIES) | $72.13 | $41.20 | 3 |
| Boilermaker | BOILERMAKER | $81.41 | $43.24 | 2 |
| Bricklayer · Lake County group | BRICKLAYER: TERRAZZO FINISHER (LAKE, LAPORTE AND PORTER COUNTIES) | $54.84 | $33.00 | 3 |
| Carpenter · Lake County group | CARPENTER (LAKE, LAPORTE AND PORTER COUNTIES) | $81.81 | $45.91 | 2 |
| Cement Mason | CEMENT 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 | 4 |
| Electrical Utility Lineman · Lake County group | LINE CONSTRUCTION:: LINEMAN (LAKE & PORTER COUNTIES (CALUMET AREA, NORTH OF U.S. HWY 30)) | $72.44 | $50.28 | 5 |
| Electrician | ELECTRICIAN (LAKE COUNTY) | $84.85 | $52.00 | 4 |
| Elevator Constructor · Lake County group | ELEVATOR MECHANIC: (LAKE AND PORTER COUNTIES) | $109.12 | $70.68 | 1 |
| Fence Builder | LABORERS: (HEAVY AND HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION) GROUP 1 CONSTRUCTION LABORER; FENCE ERECTOR; FLAGGER; GRADE CHECKER; GUARD RAIL ERECTOR; WIRE MESH LAYER; JOINT MAN (MORTAR, MASTIC AND ALL OTHER TYPES); LIGHTING INSTALLER (PERMANENT OR TEMPORARY); LINEMAN FOR AUTOMATIC GRADE MAKER ON PAVING MACHINES; MORTAR MAN; MULTI-PLATEERECTOR; RIP-RAP INSTALLER (ALL PRODUCTS AND MATERIALS); ROAD MARKIN AND DELINEATION LABORER; SETTING AND PLACING OF ALL PRECAST CONCRETE PRODUCTS; SIGN INSTALLATION INCLUDING SUPPORTING STRUCTURE; SPRAYING OF ALL EPOXY, CURING COMPOUND, OR LIKE MATERIAL; SOD LAYER; AIR TOOL, POWER TOOL, AND POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR; ASPHALT LUTE MAN; ASPHALT RAKER MAN; BATCH TRUCK DUMPER; BRIDGE HANDRAIL ERECTOR; HANDLER (BULK OR BAG CEMENT); CHAIN SAW MAN; CONCRETE PUDDLER; CONCRETE RUBBER; CONCRETE SAW OPERATOR; CORE DRILL OPERATOR, EYE LEVEL; HAND BLADE OPERATOR; HYDRO SEEDER MAN; MOTOR-DRIVEN GEORGIA BUGGY OPERATOR; POWER-DRIVEN CMPACTOR OR TAMPER OPERATOR; POWER SAW OPERATOR; PUMPCRETE ASSEMBLY MAN; SCREED MAN OR SCREW MAN OR ASPHALT PAVER; REBAR INSTALLER; SANDBLASTER MAN; SEALER APPLICATOR FOR ASPHALT (TOXIC); SETTING AND PLACING PRESTRESSED OR PRECAST CONCRETE STRUCTURAL MEMBERS; SIDE RAIL SETTER (FOR SIDEWALKS, SIDE DITCHES, RADII, AND PAVEMENTS); SPREADER BOX TENDER (MANUAL OR POWER-DRIVEN); STRAW BLOWER MAN; SUBSURFACE DRAIN AND CULVERT PIPE LAYER; CONCRETE CONVEYOR ASSEMBLY MAN; HORIZONTAL BORING AND JACKING MAN; JACKMAN AND SHEETMAN; PIPE GRADE MAN; WINCH AND WINDLASS OPERATOR (ST. JOSEPH COUNTY) | $44.62 | $27.40 | 1 |
| Glazier | GLAZIER (LAKE COUNTY, WEST OF HIGHWAY #41, INCLUDING HAMMOND AREA) | $98.43 | $53.55 | 1 |
| Inland Boatman · Lake County group | POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, HEAVY/HIGHWAY GROUP 5 DECK HAND, HETHERINGTON DRIVER, MECHANICAL HEATER (1 TO 5), OUTBOARD OR INBOARD MOTOR BOAT, OILER, POWER SAW (CONCRETE POWER DRIVEN), WATER PUMP, GRASSCUTTER. (LAKE, LAPORTE, PORTER AND ST. JOSEPH COUNTIES) | $89.30 | $45.90 | 1 |
| Insulator (Heat & Frost / Asbestos Worker) · Lake County group | ASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR (REMAINING COUNTIES) | $72.13 | $41.20 | 3 |
| Ironworker · Lake County group | IRONWORKER: STRUCTURAL & ORNAMENTAL (LAKE, PORTER AND LAPORTE (FROM LAKE MICHIGAN ON NORTH TO 50 MILES S. OF LAKE MICHIGAN ON THE S. AND FROM IN/IL STATE LINE ON W. TO 3 MILES E. OF IN. COUNTIES) | $89.03 | $47.75 | 3 |
| Laborer | LABORERS: GROUP 1 BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION LABORERS; SCAFFOLD BUILDERS (OTHER THAN FOR MASON OR PLASTERERS); MECHANIC TENDERS; RODMEN AND CHAINMEN, RAILROAD WORKERS, MASONRY WALL WORKERS, (INTERIOR & EXTERIOR); ROOFER TENDERS, CEMENT FINISHER TENDERS, CARPENTER TENDERS, PORTABLE WATER, PUMPS WITH DISCHARGE UP TO 3 INCHES; WATERPROOFING; HAULING OF CREOSOTE LUMBER OR LUTEMEN; ASPHALT RAKERS; KETTLEM, EARTH COMPACTORS; JACKMAN AND SHEETMEN IN DITCHES MORE THAN 6 FT. DEEP; LABORERS IN DITCHES 6' DEEP OR DEEPER; ASSEMBLY OF UNCRETE PUMP; TILE LAYERS (SEWER OR FIELD); SEWER PIPE LAYERS; MOTOR DRIVEN WHEELBARROWS AND CONCRETE BUGGIES; HYSTER OPERATOR; PUMP CRETE ASSEMBLERS; CORE DRILL OPERATOR; CEMENT, LINE OR SILICA CLAY HANDERS; HANDLING OF TOXIC MATERIALS DAMAGING TO CLOTHING; PNEUMATIC SPIKERS; DECK ENGINE AND WINCH OPERATOR; WATER MAIN AND CABLE DUCKING; SCREED MAN OR SCREW OPERATOR ON ASPHALT PAVER; CHAIN SAW AND DEMOLITION SAW OPERATOR; CONCRETE CONVEYOR ASSEMBLER (LAKE (EASTERN HALF), LA PORTE, AND PORTER COUNTIES) | $70.19 | $39.89 | 10 |
| Millwright · Lake County group | MILLWRIGHT (LAKE, LAPORTE AND PORTER COUNTIES) | $85.15 | $47.92 | 1 |
| Operating Engineer · Lake County group | POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, BUILDING CONSTRUCTION GROUP 1 ASPHALT PLANT; AUTOGRADE; BATCH PLANT); BENOTO (REQUIRES 2 ENGINEERS; BOILER & THROTTLE VALVE; BORING MACHINE (MINING MACHINE); CAISSON RIGS; CENTRAL REDI-MIX PLANT; COMBINATION BACKHOE ENDLOADER WITH BACKHOE BUCKET OVER 1/2 CU. YD. OR WITH ATTACHMENTS; COMBINATION TUGGER HOIST & AIR COMPRESSOR; COMPRESSOR & THROTTLE; CONCRETE BREAKER (TRUCK MOUNTED); CONCRETE CONVEYOR; CONCRETE CONVEYOR (TRUCK MOUNTED); CONCRETE PAVER OVER 27E CU.FT.; CONCRETE PAVER 27E CU. FT. & UNDER; CONCRETE PLACING BOOM; CONCRETE PUMP/GROUT PUMP WITH BOOM (TRUCK MOUNTED); CONCRETE PUMP WITH BOOM (TRUCK MOUNTED); CONCRETE TOWER; CRANES AND BACKHOES (ALL ATTACHMENTS); CRANES, HAMMERHEAD TOWER; CRETER CRANE; DERRICKS (ALL); DERRICKS (TRAVELING); FORKLIFT LULL TYPE; FORKLIFT, 10 TON & OVER; GRADALL, HOIST 1, 2, AND 3 DRUMS; HOIST (2 TUGGER L FLOOR), HYDRAULIC BOOM TRUCK, LASER SCREED, LOCOMOTIVE (ALL), MOTOR PATROL, MUCKING MACHINE; PILE DRIVING AND SKID RIG, PIT MACHINE, PRESTRESS MACHINES, PUMP CRETES (AND SIMILAR TYPES), ROCK DRILL (SELF-PROPELLED), ROCK DRILL TRUCK MOUNTED; SLIP FORM PAVER, STRADDLE BUGGIES, TRACTOR WITH BOOM AND SIDE BOOM, TRENCHING MECHINE; WINCH TRACTORS, WELDING MACHINES (6-9), (LAKE, LAPORTE, AND PORTER COUNTIES) | $94.63 | $48.70 | 15 |
| Plaster Tender | LABORERS: GROUP 2 PLASTER TENDERS, MASONS TENDERS; MORTAR MIXERS; WELDERS (ACETYLENE OR ELECTRIC); CUTTING TORCH OR BURNER; CEMENT NOZZLE; CEMENT GUN; SCAFFOLD BUILDERS WHEN WORKING FOR PLASTERERS, AND MASON; WATER BLAST MACHINE OPERATOR; AIR TOOL OPERATORS AND ALL PHEUMATIC TOOL OPERATORS; AIR AND ELECTRIC VIBRATORS AND CHIPPING HAMMER OPERATORS; ASBESTOS REMOVAL; HAZARDOUS WASTE REMOVAL (LAKE (EASTERN HALF), LA PORTE, AND PORTER COUNTIES) | $70.94 | $40.64 | 2 |
| Plasterer | PLASTERER (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) | $50.60 | $33.28 | 2 |
| Plumber / Pipefitter | SPRINKLER FITTER | $72.08 | $44.20 | 2 |
| Roofer · Lake County group | ROOFER (LAKE AND PORTER COUNTIES) | $75.28 | $47.47 | 2 |
| Sheet Metal Worker · Lake County group | SHEET METAL WORKER (LAKE, LAPORTE, AND PORTER COUNTIES) | $84.37 | $52.96 | 2 |
| Teamster (Truck Driver) · Lake County group | TRUCK DRIVER BUILDING, HEAVY AND HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION (INCLUDING ASPHALT PAVING WORK) (LAKE AND PORTER COUNTIES) (GROUP 6) | $72.08 | $36.60 | 6 |
| Telecommunications Technician | COMMUNICATION TECHNICIAN- INCLUDES THE INSTALLATION, OPERATION, INSPECTION, MODIFICATION, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF SYSTEMS USED FOR THE TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION OF SIGNALS OF ANY NATURE, FOR ANY PURPOSE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, SOUND AND VOICE TRANSMISSION/TRANSFERENCE SYSTEMS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS THAT TRANSMIT OR RECEIVE INFORMATION AND/OR CONTROL SYSTEMS, TELEVISION AND VIDEO SYSTEMS, MICRO-PROCESSOR CONTROLLED FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS, AND SECURITY SYSTEMS AND THE PERFORMANCE OF ANY TASK DIRECTLY RELATED TO SUCH INSTALLATION OR SERVICE. THE SCOPE OF WORK SHALL EXCLUDE THE INSTALLATION OF ELECTRICAL POWER WIRING AND THE INSTALLATION OF CONDUIT RACEWAYS EXCEEDING FIFTEEN (15) FEET IN LENGTH. (ST JOSEPH COUNTY) | $44.83 | $26.50 | 3 |
| Tunnel Worker | LABORERS: CAISSON AND TUNNEL WORK (COMPRESSED & FREE AIR) (BUILDING CONSTRUCTION) (LAKE COUNTY (WESTERN HALF)) Premium for all employees working in compressed air shall be as follows: 0 - 15 lbs. $1.00 per hour 16 - 20 lbs. 1.50 per hour 21 - 26 lbs. 2.00 per hour 27 - 33 lbs. 3.00 per hour 34 & over 4.00 per hour | $69.20 | $40.30 | 1 |
Wage determinations for Lake County
The WD that applies depends on the kind of construction. Every rate on this page names its WD and modification.
| Construction | Wage determination | Modification | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Building | IN20260001 | 3 | May 18, 2026 |
| Residential | IN20260054 | 1 | May 18, 2026 |
| Highway | IN20260001 | 3 | May 18, 2026 |
| Heavy | IN20260001 | 3 | May 18, 2026 |
Questions about Lake County rates
How much does an electrician make on prevailing wage in Lake County?
$84.85 an hour: a $52.00 base wage plus $32.85 in fringe benefits, for the main classification, under wage determination IN20260001, modification 3. Overtime and every electrician rate in Lake County.
What is the prevailing wage for a laborer in Lake County?
$70.19 an hour: a $39.89 base wage plus $30.30 in fringe benefits, for the main classification, under wage determination IN20260001, modification 3. Overtime and every laborer rate in Lake County.
Does the prevailing wage include fringe benefits?
Yes. The rate is a base wage plus fringe benefits, and the employer owes both for every hour. For elevator constructor, the highest-paid trade in Lake County, the $109.12 total is a $70.68 base wage plus $38.44 in fringe benefits.
Which Davis-Bacon wage determination covers Lake County?
It depends on the kind of construction: IN20260001 (modification 3, May 18, 2026) for building, highway and heavy construction and IN20260054 (modification 1, May 18, 2026) for residential construction. Your contract names the one that applies.
Does Lake County share its rates with other counties?
For 13 of its 24 trades, yes: DOL sets the same rates, row for row, in other counties too. Carpenter rates, for example, are the same in 2 counties (the Lake County group). The other 11 are Lake County's own.