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Laborer prevailing wage in Johnson County, Iowa
$20.76an hour, base + fringe
$16.52 wage + $4.24 fringe benefits · Building · SUIA2016-043
On federally funded or assisted building construction in Johnson County, a laborer must be paid at least $20.76 an hour: a $16.52 base wage plus $4.24 in fringe benefits, under wage determination IA20260068 (modification 1). DOL prints no total, so $20.76 is our sum of the two.
Wage determination IA20260068, modification 1, published May 18, 2026, for building construction; rate identifier SUIA2016-043 (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).
DOL lists 9 laborer rates for Johnson County, from $20.76 to $48.15 an hour. See all of them.
Base wage and fringe benefits: $16.52 + $4.24
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) | $16.52 |
| Fringe benefits (one figure, not itemized) | $4.24 |
| Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total) | $20.76 |
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 Iowa change log lists what each one changed.
Every laborer rate in Johnson County
As DOL lists them. The highlighted row is the one this page leads with.
- LABORER: PIPELAYERBuilding · LABO0043-015$48.15
- LABORER: COMMON OR GENERAL, MASON TENDER - BRICK, MASON TENDER - CEMENT/CONCRETE, PIPELAYERResidential · LABO0043-008$48.15
- LABORER: GROUP A - Carpenter tender on bridges and box culverts; CCTV* sewer inspection operator; curb machine (without a seat); deck hand; diamond & core drills; drill operator on air tracs, wagon drills, and similar drills; form setter/stringman on paving work; gunnite nozzleman; joint sealer kettleman; laser operator; mason tender (brick/stone), powderman tender; powderman/blaster; sign erector; saw operator; {(Zones 4 and 5) Skilled pipelayer (sewer, water, and conduits); tunnel laborer; asbestos abatement worker}. *new labor classification (CCTV: closed circuit television). ZONES 1, 2, & 3 (ZONE 1 The Counties of Polk, Warren, and Dallas for all Crafts, and Linn County Carpenters only. ZONE 2 The Counties of Dubuque for all Crafts and Linn County for all Crafts except Carpenters. ZONE 3 The Cities of Burlington (including West Burlington), Clinton, Fort Madison, Keokuk, and Middleton (including the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant) and Muscatine (and abutting municipalities of any such cities)Highway, Heavy · SAIA2026-001$41.63
- LABORER: GROUP A - Carpenter tender on bridges and box culverts; CCTV* sewer inspection operator; curb machine (without a seat); deck hand; diamond & core drills; drill operator on air tracs, wagon drills, and similar drills; form setter/stringman on paving work; gunnite nozzleman; joint sealer kettleman; laser operator; mason tender (brick/stone), powderman tender; powderman/blaster; sign erector; saw operator; {(Zones 4 and 5) Skilled pipelayer (sewer, water, and conduits); tunnel laborer; asbestos abatement worker}. *new labor classification (CCTV: closed circuit television). ZONE 5 (All areas of the state not listed)Highway, Heavy · SAIA2026-001$39.87
- LABORER: GROUP B - Air, gas, electric tool operator; barco hammer; carpenter tender; caulker; chain sawman; compressor (under 400 cfm); concrete finisher tender; concrete processing materials and monitors; cutting torch on demolition; drill tender; dumpmen; electric drills; fence erectors; form line expansion joint assembler; form tamper; general laborer; grade checker; handling and placing metal mesh, dowel bars, reinforcing bars and chairs; hot asphalt laborer; installing temporary traffic control devices; jack hammerman; mechanical grouter; painter (all except stripers); paving breaker; planting trees, shrubs and flowers; power broom (not self-propelled); power buggyman; rakers; rodman (tying reinforcing steel); sandblaster; seeding and mulching; sewer utility topman/bottom man; spaders; stressor or stretcherman on pre or post tensioned concrete; stringman on re/surfacing/no grade control; swinging stage, tagline, or block and tackle; tampers; timberman; tool room men and checkers; tree climber; tree groundman; underpinning and shoring caissons over twelve feet deep; vibrators; walk behind trencher; walk behind paint stripers; walk behind vibrating compactor; water pumps (under three inch); work from bosun chair. ZONES 1, 2, & 3 (ZONE 1 The Counties of Polk, Warren, and Dallas for all Crafts, and Linn County Carpenters only. ZONE 2 The Counties of Dubuque for all Crafts and Linn County for all Crafts except Carpenters. ZONE 3 The Cities of Burlington (including West Burlington), Clinton, Fort Madison, Keokuk, and Middleton (including the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant) and Muscatine (and abutting municipalities of any such cities)Highway, Heavy · SAIA2026-001$39.78
- LABORER: GROUP B - Air, gas, electric tool operator; barco hammer; carpenter tender; caulker; chain sawman; compressor (under 400 cfm); concrete finisher tender; concrete processing materials and monitors; cutting torch on demolition; drill tender; dumpmen; electric drills; fence erectors; form line expansion joint assembler; form tamper; general laborer; grade checker; handling and placing metal mesh, dowel bars, reinforcing bars and chairs; hot asphalt laborer; installing temporary traffic control devices; jack hammerman; mechanical grouter; painter (all except stripers); paving breaker; planting trees, shrubs and flowers; power broom (not self-propelled); power buggyman; rakers; rodman (tying reinforcing steel); sandblaster; seeding and mulching; sewer utility topman/bottom man; spaders; stressor or stretcherman on pre or post tensioned concrete; stringman on re/surfacing/no grade control; swinging stage, tagline, or block and tackle; tampers; timberman; tool room men and checkers; tree climber; tree groundman; underpinning and shoring caissons over twelve feet deep; vibrators; walk behind trencher; walk behind paint stripers; walk behind vibrating compactor; water pumps (under three inch); work from bosun chair. ZONE 5 (All areas of the state not listed)Highway, Heavy · SAIA2026-001$38.02
- LABORERS: CLASS B- Tree climber, form setter, potmen (not mechanical), depth grade checker, and cutting torches on demolition work, trencher operator (walk behind), safety boat operators, power buggyman, concrete and paving sawmen, form line and expansion joint assembler, bottomman, caulker-jointer and painter (striper), timber and chair-sawman, mechanical stresser or strechman on post-tension or pre-stressed concrete on or off job, form tamper, air-gas and electric tool opertors-vibrators- Barcohammer-Pavec-tampers-electric drills-hammers and jackhammers, tree groundman, chair tenders-tool room men and checkers, concrete processing material and monitors, stringman on paving work, broom operator (not self propelled), fence erectors, handling and placing of metal mesh, dowel bars, reinforcing baars and chairs, dumpmen and spotters, carring reinforcing rods, corrugated culvert pipe, stake chaser, seeding or mulching and planting of trees shrubs and flowers, water pumps (under 3""), compressors (under 400 CFM), general laborer, rodman, hot asphalt labor, carpenter tender, concrete finisher tender. (MISSISSIPPI RIVER)Heavy · SUIA2002-002$37.82
- LABORERS: CLASS B- Tree climber, form setter, potmen (not mechanical), depth grade checker, and cutting torches on demolition work, trencher operator (walk behind), safety boat operators, power buggyman, concrete and paving sawmen, form line and expansion joint assembler, bottomman, caulker-jointer and painter (striper), timber and chair-sawman, mechanical stresser or strechman on post-tension or pre-stressed concrete on or off job, form tamper, air-gas and electric tool opertors-vibrators- Barcohammer-Pavec-tampers-electric drills-hammers and jackhammers, tree groundman, chair tenders-tool room men and checkers, concrete processing material and monitors, stringman on paving work, broom operator (not self propelled), fence erectors, handling and placing of metal mesh, dowel bars, reinforcing baars and chairs, dumpmen and spotters, carring reinforcing rods, corrugated culvert pipe, stake chaser, seeding or mulching and planting of trees shrubs and flowers, water pumps (under 3""), compressors (under 400 CFM), general laborer, rodman, hot asphalt labor, carpenter tender, concrete finisher tender. (MISSOURI RIVER)Heavy · SUIA2002-002$36.82
- LABORER: COMMON OR GENERALBuilding · SUIA2016-043$20.76
| Classification | Base + fringe | Base | Fringe benefits | WD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LABORER: PIPELAYERBuildingLABO0043-015 | $48.15 | $28.33 | $19.82 | IA20260068 Mod 1 |
| LABORER: COMMON OR GENERALBuildingSUIA2016-043 | $20.76 | $16.52 | $4.24 | IA20260068 Mod 1 |
| LABORER: GROUP A - Carpenter tender on bridges and box culverts; CCTV* sewer inspection operator; curb machine (without a seat); deck hand; diamond & core drills; drill operator on air tracs, wagon drills, and similar drills; form setter/stringman on paving work; gunnite nozzleman; joint sealer kettleman; laser operator; mason tender (brick/stone), powderman tender; powderman/blaster; sign erector; saw operator; {(Zones 4 and 5) Skilled pipelayer (sewer, water, and conduits); tunnel laborer; asbestos abatement worker}. *new labor classification (CCTV: closed circuit television). ZONES 1, 2, & 3 (ZONE 1 The Counties of Polk, Warren, and Dallas for all Crafts, and Linn County Carpenters only. ZONE 2 The Counties of Dubuque for all Crafts and Linn County for all Crafts except Carpenters. ZONE 3 The Cities of Burlington (including West Burlington), Clinton, Fort Madison, Keokuk, and Middleton (including the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant) and Muscatine (and abutting municipalities of any such cities)Highway, HeavySAIA2026-001 | $41.63 | $27.18 | $14.45 | IA20260028 Mod 4 |
| LABORER: GROUP A - Carpenter tender on bridges and box culverts; CCTV* sewer inspection operator; curb machine (without a seat); deck hand; diamond & core drills; drill operator on air tracs, wagon drills, and similar drills; form setter/stringman on paving work; gunnite nozzleman; joint sealer kettleman; laser operator; mason tender (brick/stone), powderman tender; powderman/blaster; sign erector; saw operator; {(Zones 4 and 5) Skilled pipelayer (sewer, water, and conduits); tunnel laborer; asbestos abatement worker}. *new labor classification (CCTV: closed circuit television). ZONE 5 (All areas of the state not listed)Highway, HeavySAIA2026-001 LABORER: GROUP A - Carpenter tender on bridges and box culverts; CCTV* sewer inspection operator; curb machine (without a seat); deck hand; diamond & core drills; drill operator on air tracs, wagon drills, and similar drills; form setter/stringman on paving work; gunnite nozzleman; joint sealer kettleman; laser operator; mason tender (brick/stone), powderman tender; powderman/blaster; sign erector; saw operator; {(Zones 4 and 5) Skilled pipelayer (sewer, water, and conduits); tunnel laborer; asbestos abatement worker}. *new labor classification (CCTV: closed circuit television). ZONE 5 (All areas of the state not listed) | $39.87 | $25.42 | $14.45 | IA20260028 Mod 4 |
| LABORER: GROUP B - Air, gas, electric tool operator; barco hammer; carpenter tender; caulker; chain sawman; compressor (under 400 cfm); concrete finisher tender; concrete processing materials and monitors; cutting torch on demolition; drill tender; dumpmen; electric drills; fence erectors; form line expansion joint assembler; form tamper; general laborer; grade checker; handling and placing metal mesh, dowel bars, reinforcing bars and chairs; hot asphalt laborer; installing temporary traffic control devices; jack hammerman; mechanical grouter; painter (all except stripers); paving breaker; planting trees, shrubs and flowers; power broom (not self-propelled); power buggyman; rakers; rodman (tying reinforcing steel); sandblaster; seeding and mulching; sewer utility topman/bottom man; spaders; stressor or stretcherman on pre or post tensioned concrete; stringman on re/surfacing/no grade control; swinging stage, tagline, or block and tackle; tampers; timberman; tool room men and checkers; tree climber; tree groundman; underpinning and shoring caissons over twelve feet deep; vibrators; walk behind trencher; walk behind paint stripers; walk behind vibrating compactor; water pumps (under three inch); work from bosun chair. ZONES 1, 2, & 3 (ZONE 1 The Counties of Polk, Warren, and Dallas for all Crafts, and Linn County Carpenters only. ZONE 2 The Counties of Dubuque for all Crafts and Linn County for all Crafts except Carpenters. ZONE 3 The Cities of Burlington (including West Burlington), Clinton, Fort Madison, Keokuk, and Middleton (including the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant) and Muscatine (and abutting municipalities of any such cities)Highway, HeavySAIA2026-001 | $39.78 | $25.33 | $14.45 | IA20260028 Mod 4 |
| LABORER: GROUP B - Air, gas, electric tool operator; barco hammer; carpenter tender; caulker; chain sawman; compressor (under 400 cfm); concrete finisher tender; concrete processing materials and monitors; cutting torch on demolition; drill tender; dumpmen; electric drills; fence erectors; form line expansion joint assembler; form tamper; general laborer; grade checker; handling and placing metal mesh, dowel bars, reinforcing bars and chairs; hot asphalt laborer; installing temporary traffic control devices; jack hammerman; mechanical grouter; painter (all except stripers); paving breaker; planting trees, shrubs and flowers; power broom (not self-propelled); power buggyman; rakers; rodman (tying reinforcing steel); sandblaster; seeding and mulching; sewer utility topman/bottom man; spaders; stressor or stretcherman on pre or post tensioned concrete; stringman on re/surfacing/no grade control; swinging stage, tagline, or block and tackle; tampers; timberman; tool room men and checkers; tree climber; tree groundman; underpinning and shoring caissons over twelve feet deep; vibrators; walk behind trencher; walk behind paint stripers; walk behind vibrating compactor; water pumps (under three inch); work from bosun chair. ZONE 5 (All areas of the state not listed)Highway, HeavySAIA2026-001 LABORER: GROUP B - Air, gas, electric tool operator; barco hammer; carpenter tender; caulker; chain sawman; compressor (under 400 cfm); concrete finisher tender; concrete processing materials and monitors; cutting torch on demolition; drill tender; dumpmen; electric drills; fence erectors; form line expansion joint assembler; form tamper; general laborer; grade checker; handling and placing metal mesh, dowel bars, reinforcing bars and chairs; hot asphalt laborer; installing temporary traffic control devices; jack hammerman; mechanical grouter; painter (all except stripers); paving breaker; planting trees, shrubs and flowers; power broom (not self-propelled); power buggyman; rakers; rodman (tying reinforcing steel); sandblaster; seeding and mulching; sewer utility topman/bottom man; spaders; stressor or stretcherman on pre or post tensioned concrete; stringman on re/surfacing/no grade control; swinging stage, tagline, or block and tackle; tampers; timberman; tool room men and checkers; tree climber; tree groundman; underpinning and shoring caissons over twelve feet deep; vibrators; walk behind trencher; walk behind paint stripers; walk behind vibrating compactor; water pumps (under three inch); work from bosun chair. ZONE 5 (All areas of the state not listed) | $38.02 | $23.57 | $14.45 | IA20260028 Mod 4 |
| LABORERS: CLASS B- Tree climber, form setter, potmen (not mechanical), depth grade checker, and cutting torches on demolition work, trencher operator (walk behind), safety boat operators, power buggyman, concrete and paving sawmen, form line and expansion joint assembler, bottomman, caulker-jointer and painter (striper), timber and chair-sawman, mechanical stresser or strechman on post-tension or pre-stressed concrete on or off job, form tamper, air-gas and electric tool opertors-vibrators- Barcohammer-Pavec-tampers-electric drills-hammers and jackhammers, tree groundman, chair tenders-tool room men and checkers, concrete processing material and monitors, stringman on paving work, broom operator (not self propelled), fence erectors, handling and placing of metal mesh, dowel bars, reinforcing baars and chairs, dumpmen and spotters, carring reinforcing rods, corrugated culvert pipe, stake chaser, seeding or mulching and planting of trees shrubs and flowers, water pumps (under 3""), compressors (under 400 CFM), general laborer, rodman, hot asphalt labor, carpenter tender, concrete finisher tender. (MISSISSIPPI RIVER)HeavySUIA2002-002 | $37.82 | $29.22 | $8.60 | IA20260002 Mod 2 |
| LABORERS: CLASS B- Tree climber, form setter, potmen (not mechanical), depth grade checker, and cutting torches on demolition work, trencher operator (walk behind), safety boat operators, power buggyman, concrete and paving sawmen, form line and expansion joint assembler, bottomman, caulker-jointer and painter (striper), timber and chair-sawman, mechanical stresser or strechman on post-tension or pre-stressed concrete on or off job, form tamper, air-gas and electric tool opertors-vibrators- Barcohammer-Pavec-tampers-electric drills-hammers and jackhammers, tree groundman, chair tenders-tool room men and checkers, concrete processing material and monitors, stringman on paving work, broom operator (not self propelled), fence erectors, handling and placing of metal mesh, dowel bars, reinforcing baars and chairs, dumpmen and spotters, carring reinforcing rods, corrugated culvert pipe, stake chaser, seeding or mulching and planting of trees shrubs and flowers, water pumps (under 3""), compressors (under 400 CFM), general laborer, rodman, hot asphalt labor, carpenter tender, concrete finisher tender. (MISSOURI RIVER)HeavySUIA2002-002 | $36.82 | $28.22 | $8.60 | IA20260002 Mod 2 |
| LABORER: COMMON OR GENERAL, MASON TENDER - BRICK, MASON TENDER - CEMENT/CONCRETE, PIPELAYERResidentialLABO0043-008 | $48.15 | $28.33 | $19.82 | IA20260016 Mod 1 |
How Johnson County compares
The main laborer 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
Wage and fringe benefits, nearby
- Johnson Countybase $16.52$20.76
- Cedar Countybase $17.25$24.18
- Washington Countybase $16.52$20.76
- Iowa Countybase $17.25$24.18
Laborer 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.
| County | Classification | Base + fringe | Base | vs Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linn County | LABORER (COMMON OR GENERAL) | $48.15 | $28.33 | +$27.39 |
| Cedar County | LABORER: COMMON OR GENERAL | $24.18 | $17.25 | +$3.42 |
| Iowa County | LABORER: COMMON OR GENERAL | $24.18 | $17.25 | +$3.42 |
| Muscatine County | LABORER: COMMON OR GENERAL | $24.18 | $17.25 | +$3.42 |
| Louisa County | LABORER: COMMON OR GENERAL | $24.18 | $17.25 | +$3.42 |
| Johnson County | LABORER: COMMON OR GENERAL | $20.76 | $16.52 | |
| Washington County | LABORER: COMMON OR GENERAL | $20.76 | $16.52 | same |
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 IA20260068 Mod 1, published May 18, 2026: sam.gov/wage-determination/IA20260068/1
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 Johnson County as CSV · Report an error