Kansas asbestos and lead abatement laborer prevailing wage, county by county
An asbestos and lead abatement laborer's Davis-Bacon prevailing wage in Kansas is $81.07 an hour in every county that has one (2), for the main classification.
Asbestos & Lead Abatement Laborer rate in each Kansas county, A to Z
Which kind of construction is the job?
The kind of construction decides the rate. Residential covers homes and apartments up to four stories.
2 counties
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Base wage
Fringe benefits
Total rate
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Effective
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Johnson CountyHAZARDOUS MATERIAL HANDLER (INCLUDES PREPARATION, WETTING, STRIPPING, REMOVAL, SCRAPPING, VACUUMING, BAGGING, AND DISPOSING OF ALL INSULATION MATERIALS FROM MECHANICAL SYSTEMS, WHETHER THEY CONTAIN ASBESTOS OR NOT) · Johnson County group
Wyandotte CountyHAZARDOUS MATERIAL HANDLER (INCLUDES PREPARATION, WETTING, STRIPPING, REMOVAL, SCRAPPING, VACUUMING, BAGGING, AND DISPOSING OF ALL INSULATION MATERIALS FROM MECHANICAL SYSTEMS, WHETHER THEY CONTAIN ASBESTOS OR NOT) · Johnson County group
Main asbestos and lead abatement laborer classification in each county (Hazardous material handler (includes preparation, wetting, stripping, removal, scrapping, vacuuming, bagging, and disposing of all insulation materials from mechanical systems, whether they contain asbestos or not)), Davis-Bacon wage determinations on SAM.gov, as of October 25, 2026. 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)). Checked October 25, 2026.
$81$81$81$81$81$81Asbestos & Lead Abatement Laborer, main rate, base + fringe per hour. Each shade holds about a fifth of the counties.
How much does an asbestos and lead abatement laborer make on prevailing wage in Kansas?
$81.07 an hour in every county that has a rate, for the main classification.
HAZARDOUS MATERIAL HANDLER (INCLUDES PREPARATION, WETTING, STRIPPING, REMOVAL, SCRAPPING, VACUUMING, BAGGING, AND DISPOSING OF ALL INSULATION MATERIALS FROM MECHANICAL SYSTEMS, WHETHER THEY CONTAIN ASBESTOS OR NOT)
$45.60
$81.07
1 group of counties with identical DOL rates, and 0 counties with rates of their own.
Questions about Kansas asbestos and lead abatement laborer pay
What is the asbestos and lead abatement laborer prevailing wage in Johnson County?
Does asbestos and lead abatement laborer prevailing wage include fringe benefits?
Yes. In Johnson County the $81.07 total is a $45.60 base wage plus $35.47 in fringe benefits, about 44% of the total. The employer owes the full amount for every hour worked.
Does asbestos and lead abatement laborer prevailing wage pay overtime in Kansas?
Davis-Bacon rates are straight time. On contracts over $100,000, the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act requires 1½ times the basic rate for hours over 40 in a workweek (40 U.S.C. 3702). The fringe is owed for every hour at its straight-time amount.
Do apprentice asbestos and lead abatement laborers get this rate?
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)).
Why do some counties have the same asbestos and lead abatement laborer rate?
DOL often publishes the same asbestos and lead abatement laborer rates for several counties. Across Kansas, the 2 counties with an asbestos and lead abatement laborer rate fall into 1 distinct sets of rates, and 1 of those sets are shared by more than one county; the largest covers 2 counties (the Johnson County group).