Pile Driver prevailing wage in Tipton County, Indiana

$59.78an hour, base + fringe

$34.45 wage + $25.33 fringe benefits · CARP0615-001

Tipton County uses the same pile driver rates as 9 other counties. See all of them on one page.

On federally funded or assisted building construction in Tipton County, a pile driver must be paid at least $59.78 an hour: a $34.45 base wage plus $25.33 in fringe benefits, under wage determination IN20260002 (modification 2). DOL prints no total, so $59.78 is our sum of the two.

Wage determination IN20260002, modification 2, published May 18, 2026, for building construction; rate identifier CARP0615-001 (June 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 Indiana repealed its Common Construction Wage Act effective July 1, 2015, and IC 5-16-7.2-5 bars public agencies from setting wage scales (Indiana DOL).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: $34.45 + $25.33

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)	$34.45
Fringe benefits (one figure, not itemized)	$25.33
Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total)	$59.78

When this rate changes

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 Tipton County compares

The main pile driver 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

Tipton $59.785663

$59.21Dearborn$61.02Elkhart

TiptonNearby: Howard $59.78, Grant $59.78, Whitley $59.35Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 9 counties pay more than Tipton, 9 the same, 11 less.

Wage and fringe benefits, nearby

Tipton Countybase $34.45$59.78
Howard Countybase $34.45$59.78
Grant Countybase $34.45$59.78
Whitley Countybase $33.42$59.35

Pile Driver 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 pile driver rates for Tipton County are the same as in 9 other counties: Adams, Cass, Fulton, Grant, Howard, Huntington, Miami, Wabash and 1 more. The closest county with a different rate is Whitley County, at $59.35.

County	Classification	Base + fringe	Base	vs Tipton County
Tipton County	CARPENTER & PILEDRIVERMEN (ADAMS, CASS, FULTON, GRANT, HOWARD, HUNTINGTON, MIAMI, TIPTON, WABASH AND WELLS COUNTIES)	$59.78	$34.45
Howard County	CARPENTER & PILEDRIVERMEN (ADAMS, CASS, FULTON, GRANT, HOWARD, HUNTINGTON, MIAMI, TIPTON, WABASH AND WELLS COUNTIES)	$59.78	$34.45	same
Grant County	CARPENTER & PILEDRIVERMEN (ADAMS, CASS, FULTON, GRANT, HOWARD, HUNTINGTON, MIAMI, TIPTON, WABASH AND WELLS COUNTIES)	$59.78	$34.45	same
Miami County	CARPENTER & PILEDRIVERMEN (ADAMS, CASS, FULTON, GRANT, HOWARD, HUNTINGTON, MIAMI, TIPTON, WABASH AND WELLS COUNTIES)	$59.78	$34.45	same

Indiana pile driver 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 IN20260002 Mod 2, published May 18, 2026: sam.gov/wage-determination/IN20260002/2

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 Tipton County as CSV · Report an error