Polk County, IA · Bricklayer

Bricklayer prevailing wage in Polk County, Iowa

$56.56an hour, base + fringe

$37.44 wage + $19.12 fringe benefits · Building · BRIA0003-042

On federally funded or assisted building construction in Polk County, a bricklayer must be paid at least $56.56 an hour: a $37.44 base wage plus $19.12 in fringe benefits, under wage determination IA20260071 (modification 1). DOL prints no total, so $56.56 is our sum of the two.

Wage determination IA20260071, modification 1, published May 18, 2026, for building construction; rate identifier BRIA0003-042 (May 1, 2025). 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 6 bricklayer rates for Polk County, from $50.50 to $56.61 an hour. See all of them.

Base wage and fringe benefits: $37.44 + $19.12

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)	$37.44
Fringe benefits (one figure, not itemized)	$19.12
Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total)	$56.56

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 bricklayer rate in Polk County

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

BRICKLAYER/STONE MASON: ZONE 1 (The Counties of Polk, Warren, and Dallas for all Crafts, and Linn County Carpenters only.)Highway, Heavy · SAIA2026-001$56.61
BRICKLAYER/STONE MASON: ZONE 2 (The Counties of Dubuque for all Crafts and Linn County for all Crafts except Carpenters.)Highway, Heavy · SAIA2026-001$56.61
BRICKLAYER AND STONEMASONBuilding · BRIA0003-042$56.56
BRICKLAYERResidential · BRIA0003-010$56.56
BRICKLAYER/STONE MASON: ZONE 4 (Story, Black Hawk, Cedar, Jasper, Jones, Jackson, Louisa, Madison, and Marion Counties; Clinton County (except the City of Clinton), Johnson County, Muscatine County (except the City of Muscatine), the City of Council Bluffs, Lee County and Des Moines County.)Highway, Heavy · SAIA2026-001$53.60
BRICKLAYER/STONE MASON: ZONE 5 (All areas of the state not listed)Highway, Heavy · SAIA2026-001$50.50

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

Classification	Base + fringe	Base	Fringe benefits	WD
BRICKLAYER AND STONEMASONBuildingBRIA0003-042	$56.56	$37.44	$19.12	IA20260071 Mod 1
BRICKLAYER/STONE MASON: ZONE 1 (The Counties of Polk, Warren, and Dallas for all Crafts, and Linn County Carpenters only.)Highway, HeavySAIA2026-001	$56.61	$37.44	$19.17	IA20260028 Mod 4
BRICKLAYER/STONE MASON: ZONE 2 (The Counties of Dubuque for all Crafts and Linn County for all Crafts except Carpenters.)Highway, HeavySAIA2026-001	$56.61	$37.44	$19.17	IA20260028 Mod 4
BRICKLAYER/STONE MASON: ZONE 4 (Story, Black Hawk, Cedar, Jasper, Jones, Jackson, Louisa, Madison, and Marion Counties; Clinton County (except the City of Clinton), Johnson County, Muscatine County (except the City of Muscatine), the City of Council Bluffs, Lee County and Des Moines County.)Highway, HeavySAIA2026-001	$53.60	$35.75	$17.85	IA20260028 Mod 4
BRICKLAYER/STONE MASON: ZONE 5 (All areas of the state not listed)Highway, HeavySAIA2026-001 BRICKLAYER/STONE MASON: ZONE 5 (All areas of the state not listed)	$50.50	$32.65	$17.85	IA20260028 Mod 4
BRICKLAYERResidentialBRIA0003-010	$56.56	$37.44	$19.12	IA20260026 Mod 1

How Polk County compares

The main bricklayer 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

Polk $56.56246516

$34.50Grundy$59.85Scott

PolkNearby: Dallas $56.56, Warren $56.56, Jasper $35.63Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 3 counties pay more than Polk, 4 the same, 91 less.

Wage and fringe benefits, nearby

Polk Countybase $37.44$56.56
Dallas Countybase $37.44$56.56
Warren Countybase $37.44$56.56
Jasper Countybase $25.93$35.63

Bricklayer 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 Polk County
Madison County	BRICKLAYER/STONE MASON: ZONE 2 (The Counties of Dubuque for all Crafts and Linn County for all Crafts except Carpenters.)	$56.61	$37.44	+$0.05
Polk County	BRICKLAYER AND STONEMASON	$56.56	$37.44
Dallas County	BRICKLAYER AND STONEMASON	$56.56	$37.44	same
Warren County	BRICKLAYER AND STONEMASON	$56.56	$37.44	same
Story County	BRICKLAYER AND STONEMASON	$56.56	$37.44	same
Boone County	BRICKLAYER	$56.56	$37.44	same
Jasper County	BRICKLAYER	$35.63	$25.93	−$20.93

Iowa bricklayer 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 IA20260071 Mod 1, published May 18, 2026: sam.gov/wage-determination/IA20260071/1

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 Polk County as CSV · Report an error