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Kansas insulator prevailing wage, county by county

An insulator's Davis-Bacon prevailing wage in Kansas runs from $24.08 an hour in Riley County to $81.07 in Allen County. The median county is $81.07.

Main insulator classification in each county, 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.

Norton County insulator: $81.07 per hourGreenwood County insulator: $81.07 per hourLane County insulator: $81.07 per hourMarion County insulator: $81.07 per hourBarber County insulator: $81.07 per hourEdwards County insulator: $81.07 per hourThomas County insulator: $81.07 per hourFord County insulator: $81.07 per hourChase County insulator: $81.07 per hourWoodson County insulator: $81.07 per hourWallace County insulator: $81.07 per hourFranklin County insulator: $81.07 per hourNeosho County insulator: $81.07 per hourCloud County insulator: $81.07 per hourNess County insulator: $81.07 per hourAnderson County insulator: $81.07 per hourEllis County insulator: $81.07 per hourJackson County insulator: $35.54 per hourScott County insulator: $81.07 per hourPratt County insulator: $81.07 per hourCrawford County insulator: $81.07 per hourLyon County insulator: $81.07 per hourPhillips County insulator: $81.07 per hourGrant County insulator: $81.07 per hourGraham County insulator: $81.07 per hourAllen County insulator: $81.07 per hourTrego County insulator: $81.07 per hourElk County insulator: $81.07 per hourHamilton County insulator: $81.07 per hourDecatur County insulator: $81.07 per hourWashington County insulator: $81.07 per hourGray County insulator: $81.07 per hourGeary County insulator: $81.07 per hourWichita County insulator: $81.07 per hourClay County insulator: $81.07 per hourSheridan County insulator: $81.07 per hourKiowa County insulator: $81.07 per hourOsage County insulator: $35.54 per hourSherman County insulator: $81.07 per hourRooks County insulator: $81.07 per hourSaline County insulator: $81.07 per hourEllsworth County insulator: $81.07 per hourMiami County insulator: $81.07 per hourStevens County insulator: $81.07 per hourDoniphan County insulator: $81.07 per hourSedgwick County insulator: $81.07 per hourSmith County insulator: $81.07 per hourHarvey County insulator: $81.07 per hourBrown County insulator: $81.07 per hourCheyenne County insulator: $81.07 per hourGreeley County insulator: $81.07 per hourSumner County insulator: $81.07 per hourPottawatomie County insulator: $81.07 per hourWilson County insulator: $81.07 per hourChautauqua County insulator: $81.07 per hourLinn County insulator: $81.07 per hourKingman County insulator: $81.07 per hourMitchell County insulator: $81.07 per hourHodgeman County insulator: $81.07 per hourMorris County insulator: $81.07 per hourRush County insulator: $81.07 per hourStafford County insulator: $81.07 per hourFinney County insulator: $81.07 per hourJefferson County insulator: $35.54 per hourPawnee County insulator: $81.07 per hourCoffey County insulator: $81.07 per hourClark County insulator: $81.07 per hourStanton County insulator: $81.07 per hourComanche County insulator: $81.07 per hourRawlins County insulator: $81.07 per hourCherokee County insulator: $81.07 per hourShawnee County insulator: $35.54 per hourAtchison County insulator: $81.07 per hourJewell County insulator: $81.07 per hourMarshall County insulator: $81.07 per hourNemaha County insulator: $81.07 per hourKearny County insulator: $81.07 per hourMorton County insulator: $81.07 per hourOttawa County insulator: $81.07 per hourRussell County insulator: $81.07 per hourDouglas County insulator: $81.07 per hourRepublic County insulator: $81.07 per hourLeavenworth County insulator: $81.07 per hourOsborne County insulator: $81.07 per hourRice County insulator: $81.07 per hourWyandotte County insulator: $81.07 per hourLabette County insulator: $81.07 per hourJohnson County insulator: $81.07 per hourDickinson County insulator: $81.07 per hourReno County insulator: $81.07 per hourLogan County insulator: $81.07 per hourHaskell County insulator: $81.07 per hourGove County insulator: $81.07 per hourWabaunsee County insulator: $35.54 per hourMeade County insulator: $81.07 per hourHarper County insulator: $81.07 per hourRiley County insulator: $24.08 per hourLincoln County insulator: $81.07 per hourSeward County insulator: $81.07 per hourBarton County insulator: $81.07 per hourMontgomery County insulator: $81.07 per hourMcPherson County insulator: $81.07 per hourCowley County insulator: $81.07 per hourBourbon County insulator: $81.07 per hourButler County insulator: $81.07 per hour
$24$81$81$81$81$81Insulator (Heat & Frost / Asbestos Worker), main rate, base + fringe per hour. Each shade holds about a fifth of the counties.

How much does an insulator make on prevailing wage in Kansas?

4 groups of counties with identical rates and 27 with rates of their own, highest main rate first. The table below lists which counties are in each group.

  1. Crawford County group71 counties$81.07
  2. Miami County group2 counties$81.07
  3. Saline County group2 counties$81.07
  4. Butler County1 county$81.07
  5. Chase County1 county$81.07
  6. Doniphan County1 county$81.07
  7. Douglas County1 county$81.07
  8. Ellis County1 county$81.07
  9. Finney County1 county$81.07
  10. Geary County1 county$81.07
  11. Greeley County1 county$81.07
  12. Harvey County1 county$81.07
  13. Johnson County1 county$81.07
  14. Kearny County1 county$81.07
  15. Leavenworth County1 county$81.07
  16. Linn County1 county$81.07
  17. Lyon County1 county$81.07
  18. Montgomery County1 county$81.07
  19. Norton County1 county$81.07
  20. Pottawatomie County1 county$81.07
  21. Reno County1 county$81.07
  22. Rice County1 county$81.07
  23. Scott County1 county$81.07
  24. Sedgwick County1 county$81.07
  25. Seward County1 county$81.07
  26. Sumner County1 county$81.07
  27. Wyandotte County1 county$81.07
  28. Osage County group3 counties$35.54
  29. Jefferson County1 county$35.54
  30. Shawnee County1 county$35.54
  31. Riley County1 county$24.08

Which counties pay which rate

CountiesMain classificationBase + fringeBase
Crawford County group, 71 localities: Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Barber, Barton, Bourbon, Brown, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cheyenne, Clark, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Comanche, Cowley, Crawford, Decatur, Dickinson, Edwards, Elk, Ellsworth, Ford, Gove, Graham, Grant, Gray, Greenwood, Hamilton, Harper, Haskell, Hodgeman, Jewell, Kingman, Kiowa, Labette, Lane, Lincoln, Logan, Marion, Marshall, McPherson, Meade, Mitchell, Morris, Morton, Nemaha, Neosho, Ness, Osborne, Pawnee, Phillips, Pratt, Rawlins, Republic, Rooks, Rush, Russell, Sheridan, Sherman, Smith, Stafford, Stanton, Stevens, Thomas, Trego, Wallace, Washington, Wichita, Wilson, WoodsonASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR$81.07 $45.60 
Miami County group, 2 localities: Franklin, MiamiASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR (MECHANICAL (DUCT, PIPE & MECHANICAL SYSTEM INSULATION))$81.07 $45.60 
Saline County group, 2 localities: Ottawa, SalineASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR$81.07 $45.60 
Butler CountyASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR$81.07 $45.60 
Chase CountyASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR$81.07 $45.60 
Doniphan CountyASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR (MECHANICAL (DUCT, PIPE & MECHANICAL SYSTEM INSULATION))$81.07 $45.60 
Douglas CountyASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR$81.07 $45.60 
Ellis CountyASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR$81.07 $45.60 
Finney CountyASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR$81.07 $45.60 
Geary CountyASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR (MECHANICAL (DUCT, PIPE & MECHANICAL SYSTEM INSULATION))$81.07 $45.60 
Greeley CountyASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR$81.07 $45.60 
Harvey CountyASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR$81.07 $45.60 
Johnson CountyASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR (MECHANICAL (DUCT, PIPE & MECHANICAL SYSTEM INSULATION))$81.07 $45.60 
Kearny CountyASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR$81.07 $45.60 
Leavenworth CountyASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR (MECHANICAL (DUCT, PIPE & MECHANICAL SYSTEM INSULATION))$81.07 $45.60 
Linn CountyASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR (MECHANICAL (DUCT, PIPE & MECHANICAL SYSTEM INSULATION))$81.07 $45.60 
Lyon CountyASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR$81.07 $45.60 
Montgomery CountyASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR$81.07 $45.60 
Norton CountyASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR$81.07 $45.60 
Pottawatomie CountyASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR (MECHANICAL (DUCT, PIPE & MECHANICAL SYSTEM INSULATION))$81.07 $45.60 
Reno CountyASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR$81.07 $45.60 
Rice CountyASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR$81.07 $45.60 
Scott CountyASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR$81.07 $45.60 
Sedgwick CountyASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR (MECHANICAL (DUCT, PIPE & MECHANICAL SYSTEM INSULATION))$81.07 $45.60 
Seward CountyASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR$81.07 $45.60 
Sumner CountyASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR (MECHANICAL (DUCT, PIPE & MECHANICAL SYSTEM INSULATION))$81.07 $45.60 
Wyandotte CountyASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR (MECHANICAL (DUCT, PIPE & MECHANICAL SYSTEM INSULATION))$81.07 $45.60 
Osage County group, 3 localities: Jackson, Osage, WabaunseeASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR$35.54 $23.95 
Jefferson CountyASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR$35.54 $23.95 
Shawnee CountyASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR$35.54 $23.95 
Riley CountyASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR - MECHANICAL (DUCT, PIPE & MECHANICAL SYSTEM INSULATION)$24.08 $18.04 

4 groups of counties with identical DOL rates, and 27 counties with rates of their own.

Questions about Kansas insulator pay

What is the insulator prevailing wage in Johnson County?

$81.07 an hour: a $45.60 base wage plus $35.47 in fringe benefits, under wage determination KS20260052, modification 1. Overtime and every insulator classification in Johnson County.

Does insulator 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 insulator 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 insulators 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 insulator rate?

DOL often publishes the same insulator rates for several counties. Across Kansas, the 105 counties with an insulator rate fall into 31 distinct sets of rates, and 4 of those sets are shared by more than one county; the largest covers 71 counties (the Crawford County group).