Landscape & Irrigation Laborer prevailing wage in Van Buren County, Iowa

$14.81an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum) · LANDSCAPE

$14.81 base wage + $0.00 fringe benefits · SUIA2016-036

Van Buren County uses the same landscape and irrigation laborer rates as 8 other counties. See all of them on one page.

On federally funded or assisted building construction in Van Buren County, a landscape and irrigation laborer working as landscape must be paid at least $14.81 an hour: a $14.81 base wage plus $0.00 in fringe benefits, under wage determination IA20260061 (modification 1). DOL prints no total, so $14.81 is our sum of the two.

Wage determination IA20260061, modification 1, published May 18, 2026, for building construction; rate identifier SUIA2016-036 (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: $14.81 + $0.00

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)	$14.81
Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total)	$14.81

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 Van Buren County compares

The main landscape and irrigation 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

Van Buren $14.81

$14.81Appanoose$57.37Scott

Van BurenNearby: Jefferson $14.81, Davis $14.81, Scott $57.37Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 1 county pays more than Van Buren, 21 the same, 0 less.

Wage and fringe benefits, nearby

Van Buren Countybase $14.81$14.81
Jefferson Countybase $14.81$14.81
Davis Countybase $14.81$14.81
Scott Countybase $33.77$57.37

Landscape & Irrigation 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.

DOL's landscape and irrigation laborer rates for Van Buren County are the same as in 8 other counties: Henry, Jackson, Jefferson, Keokuk, Louisa, Mahaska, Monroe, Tama. The closest county with a different rate is Scott County, at $57.37.

County	Classification	Base wage	Total rate	vs Van Buren County
Van Buren County	LABORER: LANDSCAPE	$14.81	$14.81
Jefferson County	LABORER: LANDSCAPE	$14.81	$14.81	same
Davis County	LABORER: LANDSCAPE	$14.81	$14.81	same
Lee County	LABORER: LANDSCAPE	$14.81	$14.81	same
Henry County	LABORER: LANDSCAPE	$14.81	$14.81	same
Wapello County	LABORER: LANDSCAPE	$14.81	$14.81	same
Des Moines County	LABORER: LANDSCAPE	$14.81	$14.81	same

Iowa landscape and irrigation laborer 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 IA20260061 Mod 1, published May 18, 2026: sam.gov/wage-determination/IA20260061/1

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 Van Buren County as CSV · Report an error