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Electrical Utility Lineman prevailing wage in Scott County, Iowa
$75.56an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum) · CABLE SPLICER
$47.00 base wage + $28.56 fringe benefits · ELEC0145-004
On federally funded or assisted highway and heavy construction in Scott County, a utility lineman working as cable splicer must be paid at least $75.56 an hour: a $47.00 base wage plus $28.56 in fringe benefits, under wage determination IA20260001 (modification 2). DOL prints no total, so $75.56 is our sum of the two.
Wage determination IA20260001, modification 2, published July 30, 2026, for highway and heavy construction; rate identifier ELEC0145-004 (June 2, 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).
Base wage and fringe benefits: $47.00 + $28.56
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) | $47.00 |
| Fringe benefits (one figure, not itemized) | $28.56 |
| Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total) | $75.56 |
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.
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 IA20260001 Mod 2, published July 30, 2026: sam.gov/wage-determination/IA20260001/2
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 Scott County as CSV · Report an error