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Ripley County, IN · Telecommunications Technician
Telecommunications Technician prevailing wage in Ripley County, Indiana
$54.72an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum) · ELECTRICIAN
$35.76 base wage + $18.96 fringe benefits · ELEC0481-004
Ripley County uses the same telecommunications technician rates as 15 other counties. See all of them on one page.
On federally funded or assisted highway and heavy construction in Ripley County, a telecommunications technician working as electrician must be paid at least $54.72 an hour: a $35.76 base wage plus $18.96 in fringe benefits, under wage determination IN20260006 (modification 3). DOL prints no total, so $54.72 is our sum of the two.
Wage determination IN20260006, modification 3, published July 30, 2026, for highway and heavy construction; rate identifier ELEC0481-004 (January 1, 2023). 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 Indiana repealed its Common Construction Wage Act effective July 1, 2015, and IC 5-16-7.2-5 bars public agencies from setting wage scales (Indiana DOL).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: $35.76 + $18.96
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) | $35.76 |
| Fringe benefits (one figure, not itemized) | $18.96 |
| Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total) | $54.72 |
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 Ripley County compares
The main telecommunications technician 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
- Ripley Countybase $35.76$54.72
- Dearborn Countybase $27.20$41.74
- Decatur Countybase $35.76$54.72
- Ohio Countybase $27.20$41.74
Telecommunications Technician 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 telecommunications technician rates for Ripley County are the same as in 15 other counties: Bartholomew, Boone, Decatur, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Jennings, Johnson and 7 more.
| County | Classification | Base wage | Total rate | vs Ripley County |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin County | ELECTRICIAN (COMMUNICATION TECHNICIAN ONLY) (BLACKFORD, DELAWARE, FAYETTE, FRANKLIN, HENRY, JAY, RANDOLPH, UNION AND WAYNE COUNTIES) | $39.20 | $57.15 | +$2.43 |
| Ripley County | ELECTRICIAN (COMMUNICATION TECHNICIAN ONLY) (BARTHOLOMEW, BOONE, DECATUR, HAMILTON, HANCOCK, HENDRICKS, JENNINGS, JOHNSON, MADISON, MARION, MONTGOMERY, MORGAN, PUTNAM, RIPLEY, RUSH AND SHELBY COUNTIES) | $35.76 | $54.72 | |
| Decatur County | ELECTRICIAN (COMMUNICATION TECHNICIAN ONLY) (BARTHOLOMEW, BOONE, DECATUR, HAMILTON, HANCOCK, HENDRICKS, JENNINGS, JOHNSON, MADISON, MARION, MONTGOMERY, MORGAN, PUTNAM, RIPLEY, RUSH AND SHELBY COUNTIES) | $35.76 | $54.72 | same |
| Jennings County | ELECTRICIAN (COMMUNICATION TECHNICIAN ONLY) (BARTHOLOMEW, BOONE, DECATUR, HAMILTON, HANCOCK, HENDRICKS, JENNINGS, JOHNSON, MADISON, MARION, MONTGOMERY, MORGAN, PUTNAM, RIPLEY, RUSH AND SHELBY COUNTIES) | $35.76 | $54.72 | same |
| Dearborn County | ELECTRICIAN (COMMUNICATION TECHNICIAN ONLY) (DEARBORN, OHIO, AND SWITZERLAND COUNTIES) | $27.20 | $41.74 | −$12.98 |
| Ohio County | ELECTRICIAN (COMMUNICATION TECHNICIAN ONLY) (DEARBORN, OHIO, AND SWITZERLAND COUNTIES) | $27.20 | $41.74 | −$12.98 |
| Switzerland County | ELECTRICIAN (COMMUNICATION TECHNICIAN ONLY) (DEARBORN, OHIO, AND SWITZERLAND COUNTIES) | $27.20 | $41.74 | −$12.98 |
Indiana telecommunications technician prevailing wage by county, with a map
More from DOL on this rate
- DOL wage determination
- SAM.gov wage determinations
- 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)).
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 IN20260006 Mod 3, published July 30, 2026: sam.gov/wage-determination/IN20260006/3
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 Ripley County as CSV · Report an error