Boilermaker prevailing wage in Lake County, Indiana

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

$43.24 base wage + $38.17 fringe benefits · BOIL0374-003

On federally funded or assisted building, highway and heavy construction in Lake 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 IN20260001 (modification 3). DOL prints no total, so $81.41 is our sum of the two.

Wage determination IN20260001, modification 3, published May 18, 2026, for building, highway and heavy construction; rate identifier BOIL0374-003 (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 Indiana repealed its Common Construction Wage Act effective July 1, 2015, and IC 5-16-7.2-5 bars public agencies from setting wage scales (Indiana DOL).

DOL lists 2 boilermaker rates for Lake County, from $81.41 to $98.66 an hour. See all of them.

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.

Every boilermaker rate in Lake County

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

Classification	Base wage	Fringe benefits	Total rate	WD
BOILERMAKER (LAKE COUNTY, CITY OF HAMMOND; NORTH OF 114TH STREET)BOIL0001-005	$58.91	$39.75	$98.66	IN20260001 Mod 3
BOILERMAKERBOIL0374-003	$43.24	$38.17	$81.41	IN20260001 Mod 3

How Lake 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

Lake Countybase $43.24$81.41
Porter Countybase $43.24$81.41
Jasper Countybase $43.24$81.41
Newton 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.

County	Classification	Base wage	Total rate	vs Lake County
Lake County	BOILERMAKER	$43.24	$81.41
Porter County	BOILERMAKER	$43.24	$81.41	same
Jasper County	BOILERMAKER	$43.24	$81.41	same
Newton County	BOILERMAKER	$43.24	$81.41	same
LaPorte County	BOILERMAKER	$43.24	$81.41	same
Starke County	BOILERMAKER	$43.24	$81.41	same
Pulaski County	BOILERMAKER	$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 IN20260001 Mod 3, published May 18, 2026: sam.gov/wage-determination/IN20260001/3

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 Lake County as CSV · Report an error