Mills County, IA · Painter

Painter prevailing wage in Mills County, Iowa

$29.89an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum)

$21.35 base wage + $8.54 fringe benefits · SUIA2016-045

On federally funded or assisted building construction in Mills County, a painter must be paid at least $29.89 an hour: a $21.35 base wage plus $8.54 in fringe benefits, under wage determination IA20260070 (modification 1). DOL prints no total, so $29.89 is our sum of the two.

Wage determination IA20260070, modification 1, published May 18, 2026, for building construction; rate identifier SUIA2016-045 (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 2 painter rates for Mills County, from $26.41 to $29.89 an hour. See all of them.

Base wage and fringe benefits: $21.35 + $8.54

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)	$21.35
Fringe benefits (one figure, not itemized)	$8.54
Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total)	$29.89

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.

Every painter rate in Mills County

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

Classification	Base wage	Fringe benefits	Total rate	WD
PAINTER: SPRAYSUIA2016-045	$19.77	$6.64	$26.41	IA20260070 Mod 1
PAINTER (BRUSH AND ROLLER)SUIA2016-045	$21.35	$8.54	$29.89	IA20260070 Mod 1

How Mills 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

Mills $29.89222961

$24.27Buena Vista$50.37Scott

MillsNearby: Fremont $48.71, Pottawattamie $29.89, Montgomery $48.71Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 71 counties pay more than Mills, 3 the same, 24 less.

Wage and fringe benefits, nearby

Mills Countybase $21.35$29.89
Fremont Countybase $32.41$48.71
Pottawattamie Countybase $21.35$29.89
Montgomery 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.

County	Classification	Base wage	Total rate	vs Mills County
Fremont County	PAINTER: BRUSH AND ROLLER	$32.41	$48.71	+$18.82
Montgomery County	PAINTER: BRUSH AND ROLLER	$32.41	$48.71	+$18.82
Page County	PAINTER: BRUSH AND ROLLER	$32.41	$48.71	+$18.82
Cass County	PAINTER: BRUSH AND ROLLER	$32.41	$48.71	+$18.82
Mills County	PAINTER (BRUSH AND ROLLER)	$21.35	$29.89
Pottawattamie County	PAINTER (BRUSH AND ROLLER)	$21.35	$29.89	same
Harrison County	PAINTER (BRUSH AND ROLLER)	$21.35	$29.89	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 IA20260070 Mod 1, published May 18, 2026: sam.gov/wage-determination/IA20260070/1

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 Mills County as CSV · Report an error