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Starke County, IN · Telecommunications Technician
Telecommunications Technician prevailing wage in Starke County, Indiana
$40.87an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum) · ELECTRICIAN
$27.64 base wage + $13.23 fringe benefits · ELEC0531-003
Starke County uses the same telecommunications technician rates as 2 other counties. See all of them on one page.
On federally funded or assisted highway and heavy construction in Starke County, a telecommunications technician working as electrician must be paid at least $40.87 an hour: a $27.64 base wage plus $13.23 in fringe benefits, under wage determination IN20260006 (modification 3). DOL prints no total, so $40.87 is our sum of the two.
Wage determination IN20260006, modification 3, published July 30, 2026, for highway and heavy construction; rate identifier ELEC0531-003 (May 28, 2018). 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 Indiana repealed its Common Construction Wage Act effective July 1, 2015, and IC 5-16-7.2-5 bars public agencies from setting wage scales (Indiana DOL).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: $27.64 + $13.23
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) | $27.64 |
| Fringe benefits (one figure, not itemized) | $13.23 |
| Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total) | $40.87 |
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 Starke 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
- Starke Countybase $27.64$40.87
- Pulaski Countybase $27.64$40.87
- LaPorte Countybase $26.50$44.83
- Marshall Countybase $26.50$44.83
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 Starke County are the same as in 2 other counties: Jasper, Pulaski.
| County | Classification | Base wage | Total rate | vs Starke County |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fulton County | ELECTRICIAN (COMMUNICATION TECHNICIAN ONLY) (BENTON, CARROLL, CASS, FULTON, TIPPECANOE AND WHITE COUNTIES) | $33.02 | $49.12 | +$8.25 |
| LaPorte County | 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) | $26.50 | $44.83 | +$3.96 |
| Marshall County | COMMUNICATION TECHNICIAN (ELKHART, KOSCIUSKO AND MARSHALL COUNTIES) | $26.50 | $44.83 | +$3.96 |
| Porter County | 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) | $26.50 | $44.83 | +$3.96 |
| Starke County | ELECTRICIAN (COMMUNICATION TECHNICIAN ONLY) (JASPER, PULASKI, AND STARKE COUNTIES) | $27.64 | $40.87 | |
| Pulaski County | ELECTRICIAN (COMMUNICATION TECHNICIAN ONLY) (JASPER, PULASKI, AND STARKE COUNTIES) | $27.64 | $40.87 | same |
| Jasper County | ELECTRICIAN (COMMUNICATION TECHNICIAN ONLY) (JASPER, PULASKI, AND STARKE COUNTIES) | $27.64 | $40.87 | same |
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 Starke County as CSV · Report an error