Kansas boilermaker prevailing wage, county by county
A boilermaker's Davis-Bacon prevailing wage in Kansas is $79.08 an hour in every county that has one (2), for the main classification.
Main boilermaker classification in each county (Boilermaker), 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.
$79$79$79$79$79$79Boilermaker, main rate, base + fringe per hour. Each shade holds about a fifth of the counties.
Does boilermaker prevailing wage include fringe benefits?
Yes. In Johnson County the $79.08 total is a $48.00 base wage plus $31.08 in fringe benefits, about 39% of the total. The employer owes the full amount for every hour worked.
Does boilermaker 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 boilermakers 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 boilermaker rate?
DOL often publishes the same boilermaker rates for several counties. Across Kansas, the 2 counties with a boilermaker 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).