Union County, IN · Painter

Painter prevailing wage in Union County, Indiana

$41.49an hour, base + fringe

$25.10 wage + $16.39 fringe benefits · Building · PAIN0669-002

Union County uses the same painter rates as 3 other counties. See all of them on one page.

On federally funded or assisted building construction in Union County, a painter must be paid at least $41.49 an hour: a $25.10 base wage plus $16.39 in fringe benefits, under wage determination IN20260004 (modification 2). DOL prints no total, so $41.49 is our sum of the two.

Wage determination IN20260004, modification 2, published May 18, 2026, for building construction; rate identifier PAIN0669-002 (May 1, 2024). 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 Indiana repealed its Common Construction Wage Act effective July 1, 2015, and IC 5-16-7.2-5 bars public agencies from setting wage scales (Indiana DOL).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 9 painter rates for Union County, from $12.00 to $47.91 an hour. See all of them.

Base wage and fringe benefits: $25.10 + $16.39

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)	$25.10
Fringe benefits (one figure, not itemized)	$16.39
Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total)	$41.49

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.

Every painter rate in Union County

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

PAINTER BRUSH, ROLLER (NON-BRIDGE WORK)Highway, Heavy · PAIN0047-005$47.91
PAINTER SPRAY AND SAND-BLASTING (NON-BRIDGE WORK)Highway, Heavy · PAIN0047-005$46.41
PAINTERS: SPRAY/WATERBLASTING; SANDBLASTING (FAYETTE, FRANKLIN, HENRY, RANDOLPH, RUSH, UNION AND WAYNE)Building · PAIN0669-002$42.49
PAINTERS: SPRAY/WATERBLASTING; SANDBLASTING (BLACKFORD, DELAWARE, FAYETTE, FRANKLIN, HENRY, HOWARD, JAY, MADISON, MIAMI, RANDOLPH, RUSH, TIPTON, UNION AND WAYNE COUNTIES)Highway, Heavy · PAIN0669-001$42.49
PAINTERS: BRUSH; ROLLER; PAPERHANGING; DRYWALL FINISHERS (FAYETTE, FRANKLIN, HENRY, RANDOLPH, RUSH, UNION AND WAYNE)Building · PAIN0669-002$41.49
PAINTERS: BRUSH; ROLLER; PAPERHANGING; DRYWALL FINISHERS (BLACKFORD, DELAWARE, FAYETTE, FRANKLIN, HENRY, HOWARD, JAY, MADISON, MIAMI, RANDOLPH, RUSH, TIPTON, UNION AND WAYNE COUNTIES)Highway, Heavy · PAIN0669-001$41.49
PAINTER: SPRAYResidential · SUIN2012-005$12.00
PAINTER: ROLLERResidential · SUIN2012-005$12.00
PAINTER: BRUSH ONLYResidential · SUIN2012-005$12.00

Hourly rate of each painter classification in Union County, highest first, split into wage and fringe benefits.

Classification	Base + fringe	Base	Fringe benefits	WD
PAINTERS: SPRAY/WATERBLASTING; SANDBLASTING (FAYETTE, FRANKLIN, HENRY, RANDOLPH, RUSH, UNION AND WAYNE)BuildingPAIN0669-002	$42.49	$26.10	$16.39	IN20260004 Mod 2
PAINTERS: BRUSH; ROLLER; PAPERHANGING; DRYWALL FINISHERS (FAYETTE, FRANKLIN, HENRY, RANDOLPH, RUSH, UNION AND WAYNE)BuildingPAIN0669-002	$41.49	$25.10	$16.39	IN20260004 Mod 2
PAINTER BRUSH, ROLLER (NON-BRIDGE WORK)Highway, HeavyPAIN0047-005	$47.91	$31.02	$16.89	IN20260006 Mod 3
PAINTER SPRAY AND SAND-BLASTING (NON-BRIDGE WORK)Highway, HeavyPAIN0047-005	$46.41	$30.52	$15.89	IN20260006 Mod 3
PAINTERS: BRUSH; ROLLER; PAPERHANGING; DRYWALL FINISHERS (BLACKFORD, DELAWARE, FAYETTE, FRANKLIN, HENRY, HOWARD, JAY, MADISON, MIAMI, RANDOLPH, RUSH, TIPTON, UNION AND WAYNE COUNTIES)Highway, HeavyPAIN0669-001	$41.49	$25.10	$16.39	IN20260006 Mod 3
PAINTERS: SPRAY/WATERBLASTING; SANDBLASTING (BLACKFORD, DELAWARE, FAYETTE, FRANKLIN, HENRY, HOWARD, JAY, MADISON, MIAMI, RANDOLPH, RUSH, TIPTON, UNION AND WAYNE COUNTIES)Highway, HeavyPAIN0669-001	$42.49	$26.10	$16.39	IN20260006 Mod 3
PAINTER: SPRAYResidentialSUIN2012-005	$12.00	$12.00	$0.00	IN20260020 Mod 1
PAINTER: ROLLERResidentialSUIN2012-005	$12.00	$12.00	$0.00	IN20260020 Mod 1
PAINTER: BRUSH ONLYResidentialSUIN2012-005	$12.00	$12.00	$0.00	IN20260020 Mod 1

How Union County compares

The main painter 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

Union $41.492392017

$7.25Jefferson$72.26White

UnionNearby: Fayette $41.49, Franklin $41.49, Dearborn $46.14Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 70 counties pay more than Union, 13 the same, 6 less.

Wage and fringe benefits, nearby

Union Countybase $25.10$41.49
Fayette Countybase $25.10$41.49
Franklin Countybase $25.10$41.49
Dearborn Countybase $31.68$46.14

Painter 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 painter rates for Union County are the same as in 3 other counties: Fayette, Randolph, Rush.

County	Classification	Base + fringe	Base	vs Union County
Dearborn County	PAINTER: SANDBLASTING, WATERBLASTING (COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL) (DEARBORN, OHIO, RIPLEY AND SWITZERLAND COUNTIES)	$46.14	$31.68	+$4.65
Union County	PAINTERS: BRUSH; ROLLER; PAPERHANGING; DRYWALL FINISHERS (FAYETTE, FRANKLIN, HENRY, RANDOLPH, RUSH, UNION AND WAYNE)	$41.49	$25.10
Fayette County	PAINTERS: BRUSH; ROLLER; PAPERHANGING; DRYWALL FINISHERS (FAYETTE, FRANKLIN, HENRY, RANDOLPH, RUSH, UNION AND WAYNE)	$41.49	$25.10	same
Franklin County	PAINTERS: BRUSH; ROLLER; PAPERHANGING; DRYWALL FINISHERS (FAYETTE, FRANKLIN, HENRY, RANDOLPH, RUSH, UNION AND WAYNE)	$41.49	$25.10	same
Wayne County	PAINTERS: BRUSH; ROLLER; PAPERHANGING; DRYWALL FINISHERS (FAYETTE, FRANKLIN, HENRY, RANDOLPH, RUSH, UNION AND WAYNE)	$41.49	$25.10	same
Rush County	PAINTERS: BRUSH; ROLLER; PAPERHANGING; DRYWALL FINISHERS (FAYETTE, FRANKLIN, HENRY, RANDOLPH, RUSH, UNION AND WAYNE)	$41.49	$25.10	same
Henry County	PAINTERS: BRUSH; ROLLER; PAPERHANGING; DRYWALL FINISHERS (FAYETTE, FRANKLIN, HENRY, RANDOLPH, RUSH, UNION AND WAYNE)	$41.49	$25.10	same

Indiana painter 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 IN20260004 Mod 2, published May 18, 2026: sam.gov/wage-determination/IN20260004/2

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 Union County as CSV · Report an error