Elevator Constructor prevailing wage in LaPorte County, Indiana

$100.71an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum)

$62.27 base wage + $38.44 fringe benefits · ELEV0044-001

LaPorte County uses the same elevator constructor rates as 1 other county. See all of them on one page.

On federally funded or assisted building, highway and heavy construction in LaPorte County, an elevator constructor must be paid at least $100.71 an hour: a $62.27 base wage plus $38.44 in fringe benefits, under wage determination IN20260001 (modification 3). DOL prints no total, so $100.71 is our sum of the two.

Wage determination IN20260001, modification 3, published May 18, 2026, for building, highway and heavy construction; rate identifier ELEV0044-001 (January 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 Indiana repealed its Common Construction Wage Act effective July 1, 2015, and IC 5-16-7.2-5 bars public agencies from setting wage scales (Indiana DOL).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: $62.27 + $38.44

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)	$62.27
Fringe benefits (one figure, not itemized)	$38.44
Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total)	$100.71

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 LaPorte County compares

The main elevator constructor 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

LaPorte $100.71262

$25.47Daviess$109.12Lake

LaPorteNearby: Porter $109.12, Starke $100.71, St. Joseph $100.71Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 6 counties pay more than LaPorte, 15 the same, 58 less.

Wage and fringe benefits, nearby

LaPorte Countybase $62.27$100.71
Porter Countybase $70.68$109.12
Starke Countybase $62.27$100.71
St. Joseph Countybase $62.27$100.71

Elevator Constructor 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 elevator constructor rates for LaPorte County are the same as in 1 other county: St. Joseph.

County	Classification	Base wage	Total rate	vs LaPorte County
Porter County	ELEVATOR MECHANIC: (LAKE AND PORTER COUNTIES)	$70.68	$109.12	+$8.41
Lake County	ELEVATOR MECHANIC: (LAKE AND PORTER COUNTIES)	$70.68	$109.12	+$8.41
LaPorte County	ELEVATOR MECHANIC (LA PORTE AND ST. JOSEPH COUNTIES) A) PAID HOLIDAYS: NEW YEAR'S DAY, MEMORIAL DAY, INDEPENDENCE DAY, LABOR DAY, VETERANS' DAY, THANKSGIVING DAY, THE FRIDAY AFTER THANKSGIVING, AND CHRISTMAS DAY. B) EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTES 8% OF REGULAR HOURLY RATE TO VACATION PAY CREDIT FOR EMPLOYEE WITH MORE THAN 5 YEARS OF SERVICE; 6% FOR LESS THAN 5 YEARS' SERVICE	$62.27	$100.71
Starke County	ELEVATOR MECHANIC (ELKHART, KOSCIUSKO, LAGRANGE, MARSHALL AND STARKE COUNTIES) A) PAID HOLIDAYS: NEW YEAR'S DAY, MEMORIAL DAY, INDEPENDENCE DAY, LABOR DAY, VETERANS' DAY, THANKSGIVING DAY, THE FRIDAY AFTER THANKSGIVING, AND CHRISTMAS DAY. B) EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTES 8% OF REGULAR HOURLY RATE TO VACATION PAY CREDIT FOR EMPLOYEE WITH MORE THAN 5 YEARS OF SERVICE; 6% FOR LESS THAN 5 YEARS' SERVICE	$62.27	$100.71	same
St. Joseph County	ELEVATOR MECHANIC (LA PORTE AND ST. JOSEPH COUNTIES) A) PAID HOLIDAYS: NEW YEAR'S DAY, MEMORIAL DAY, INDEPENDENCE DAY, LABOR DAY, VETERANS' DAY, THANKSGIVING DAY, THE FRIDAY AFTER THANKSGIVING, AND CHRISTMAS DAY. B) EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTES 8% OF REGULAR HOURLY RATE TO VACATION PAY CREDIT FOR EMPLOYEE WITH MORE THAN 5 YEARS OF SERVICE; 6% FOR LESS THAN 5 YEARS' SERVICE	$62.27	$100.71	same
Marshall County	ELEVATOR MECHANIC (ELKHART, KOSCIUSKO, LAGRANGE, MARSHALL AND STARKE COUNTIES) A) PAID HOLIDAYS: NEW YEAR'S DAY, MEMORIAL DAY, INDEPENDENCE DAY, LABOR DAY, VETERANS' DAY, THANKSGIVING DAY, THE FRIDAY AFTER THANKSGIVING, AND CHRISTMAS DAY. B) EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTES 8% OF REGULAR HOURLY RATE TO VACATION PAY CREDIT FOR EMPLOYEE WITH MORE THAN 5 YEARS OF SERVICE; 6% FOR LESS THAN 5 YEARS' SERVICE	$62.27	$100.71	same
Pulaski County	ELEVATOR MECHANIC (JASPER, NEWTON AND PULASKI COUNTIES) A) PAID HOLIDAYS: NEW YEAR'S DAY, MEMORIAL DAY, INDEPENDENCE DAY, LABOR DAY, VETERN'S DAY, THANKSGIVING DAY, THE FRIDAY AFTER THANKSGIVING, AND CHRISTMAS DAY. B) EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTES 8% OF REGULAR HOURLY RATE TO VACATION PAY CREDIT FOR EMPLOYEE WITH MORE THAN 5 YEARS OF SERVICE; 6% FOR LESS THAN 5 YEARS' SERVICE	$60.17	$98.61	−$2.10

Indiana elevator constructor 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 LaPorte County as CSV · Report an error