Emmet County, IA · Painter

Painter prevailing wage in Emmet County, Iowa

$24.27an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum)

$19.31 base wage + $4.96 fringe benefits · SUIA2016-031

Emmet County uses the same painter rates as 18 other counties. See all of them on one page.

On federally funded or assisted building construction in Emmet County, a painter must be paid at least $24.27 an hour: a $19.31 base wage plus $4.96 in fringe benefits, under wage determination IA20260057 (modification 1). DOL prints no total, so $24.27 is our sum of the two.

Wage determination IA20260057, modification 1, published May 18, 2026, for building construction; rate identifier SUIA2016-031 (July 19, 2016). Checked against sam.gov on October 25, 2026.

Davis-Bacon is the only prevailing wage here (federally funded or assisted work). Iowa has no state prevailing wage law (DOL state table).

Base wage and fringe benefits: $19.31 + $4.96

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)	$19.31
Fringe benefits (one figure, not itemized)	$4.96
Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total)	$24.27

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 Iowa change log lists what each one changed.

How Emmet 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 Iowa

Emmet $24.2724961

$24.27Buena Vista$50.37Scott

EmmetNearby: Palo Alto $24.27, Dickinson $24.27, Worth $48.71Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 77 counties pay more than Emmet, 21 the same, 0 less.

Wage and fringe benefits, nearby

Emmet Countybase $19.31$24.27
Palo Alto Countybase $19.31$24.27
Dickinson Countybase $19.31$24.27
Worth Countybase $32.41$48.71

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 Emmet County are the same as in 18 other counties: Buena Vista, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Hamilton, Hancock, Humboldt, Ida and 10 more. The closest county with a different rate is Worth County, at $48.71.

County	Classification	Base wage	Total rate	vs Emmet County
Emmet County	PAINTER (BRUSH AND ROLLER)	$19.31	$24.27
Palo Alto County	PAINTER (BRUSH AND ROLLER)	$19.31	$24.27	same
Dickinson County	PAINTER (BRUSH AND ROLLER)	$19.31	$24.27	same
Kossuth County	PAINTER (BRUSH AND ROLLER)	$19.31	$24.27	same
Clay County	PAINTER (BRUSH AND ROLLER)	$19.31	$24.27	same
Pocahontas County	PAINTER (BRUSH AND ROLLER)	$19.31	$24.27	same
Osceola County	PAINTER (BRUSH AND ROLLER)	$19.31	$24.27	same

Iowa 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 IA20260057 Mod 1, published May 18, 2026: sam.gov/wage-determination/IA20260057/1

We read every active Iowa 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 Emmet County as CSV · Report an error