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Kansas carpet and soft floor layer prevailing wage, county by county

A carpet and soft floor layer's Davis-Bacon prevailing wage in Kansas runs from $12.00 an hour in Woodson County to $62.19 in Franklin County. The median county is $12.00.

Main carpet and soft floor layer 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 carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourGreenwood County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourLane County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourMarion County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourBarber County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourEdwards County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourThomas County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourFord County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourChase County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourWoodson County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourWallace County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourFranklin County carpet and soft floor layer: $62.19 per hourNeosho County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourCloud County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourNess County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourAnderson County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourEllis County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourJackson County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourScott County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourPratt County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourCrawford County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourLyon County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourPhillips County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourGrant County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourGraham County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourAllen County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourTrego County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourElk County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourHamilton County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourDecatur County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourWashington County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourGray County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourGeary County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourWichita County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourClay County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourSheridan County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourKiowa County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourOsage County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourSherman County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourRooks County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourSaline County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourEllsworth County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourMiami County carpet and soft floor layer: $62.19 per hourStevens County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourDoniphan County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourSedgwick County: no rate for this tradeSmith County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourHarvey County: no rate for this tradeBrown County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourCheyenne County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourGreeley County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourSumner County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourPottawatomie County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourWilson County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourChautauqua County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourLinn County carpet and soft floor layer: $62.19 per hourKingman County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourMitchell County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourHodgeman County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourMorris County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourRush County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourStafford County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourFinney County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourJefferson County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourPawnee County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourCoffey County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourClark County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourStanton County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourComanche County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourRawlins County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourCherokee County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourShawnee County carpet and soft floor layer: $13.86 per hourAtchison County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourJewell County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourMarshall County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourNemaha County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourKearny County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourMorton County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourOttawa County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourRussell County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourDouglas County: no rate for this tradeRepublic County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourLeavenworth County carpet and soft floor layer: $62.19 per hourOsborne County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourRice County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourWyandotte County carpet and soft floor layer: $62.19 per hourLabette County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourJohnson County carpet and soft floor layer: $62.19 per hourDickinson County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourReno County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourLogan County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourHaskell County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourGove County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourWabaunsee County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourMeade County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourHarper County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourRiley County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourLincoln County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourSeward County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourBarton County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourMontgomery County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourMcPherson County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourCowley County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourBourbon County carpet and soft floor layer: $12.00 per hourButler County: no rate for this trade
$12$12$12$12$12$62Carpet & Soft Floor Layer, main rate, base + fringe per hour. Each shade holds about a fifth of the counties.

How much does a carpet and soft floor layer make on prevailing wage in Kansas?

1 group of counties with identical rates and 7 with rates of their own, highest main rate first. The table below lists which counties are in each group.

  1. Franklin County1 county · CARPENTER (FLOOR LAYING-CARPET ONLY)$62.19
  2. Johnson County1 county · CARPENTER (FLOOR LAYING-CARPET ONLY)$62.19
  3. Leavenworth County1 county · CARPENTER (FLOOR LAYING-CARPET ONLY)$62.19
  4. Linn County1 county · CARPENTER (FLOOR LAYING-CARPET ONLY)$62.19
  5. Miami County1 county · CARPENTER (FLOOR LAYING-CARPET ONLY)$62.19
  6. Wyandotte County1 county · CARPENTER (FLOOR LAYING-CARPET ONLY)$62.19
  7. Shawnee County1 county · FLOOR LAYER: CARPET$13.86
  8. Riley County group94 counties · SOFT FLOOR LAYERS$12.00

Which counties pay which rate

CountiesMain classificationBase + fringeBase
Franklin CountyCARPENTER (FLOOR LAYING-CARPET ONLY)$62.19 $40.94 
Johnson CountyCARPENTER (FLOOR LAYING-CARPET ONLY)$62.19 $40.94 
Leavenworth CountyCARPENTER (FLOOR LAYING-CARPET ONLY)$62.19 $40.94 
Linn CountyCARPENTER (FLOOR LAYING-CARPET ONLY)$62.19 $40.94 
Miami CountyCARPENTER (FLOOR LAYING-CARPET ONLY)$62.19 $40.94 
Wyandotte CountyCARPENTER (FLOOR LAYING-CARPET ONLY)$62.19 $40.94 
Shawnee CountyFLOOR LAYER: CARPET$13.86 $11.00 
Riley County group, 94 localities: Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Barber, Barton, Bourbon, Brown, Chase, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cheyenne, Clark, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Comanche, Cowley, Crawford, Decatur, Dickinson, Doniphan, Edwards, Elk, Ellis, Ellsworth, Finney, Ford, Geary, Gove, Graham, Grant, Gray, Greeley, Greenwood, Hamilton, Harper, Haskell, Hodgeman, Jackson, Jefferson, Jewell, Kearny, Kingman, Kiowa, Labette, Lane, Lincoln, Logan, Lyon, Marion, Marshall, McPherson, Meade, Mitchell, Montgomery, Morris, Morton, Nemaha, Neosho, Ness, Norton, Osage, Osborne, Ottawa, Pawnee, Phillips, Pottawatomie, Pratt, Rawlins, Reno, Republic, Rice, Riley, Rooks, Rush, Russell, Saline, Scott, Seward, Sheridan, Sherman, Smith, Stafford, Stanton, Stevens, Sumner, Thomas, Trego, Wabaunsee, Wallace, Washington, Wichita, Wilson, WoodsonSOFT FLOOR LAYERS$12.00 $12.00 

1 group of counties with identical DOL rates, and 7 counties with rates of their own.

Questions about Kansas carpet and soft floor layer pay

What is the carpet and soft floor layer prevailing wage in Johnson County?

$62.19 an hour: a $40.94 base wage plus $21.25 in fringe benefits, under wage determination KS20260052, modification 1. Overtime and every carpet and soft floor layer classification in Johnson County.

Does carpet and soft floor layer prevailing wage include fringe benefits?

Yes. In Johnson County the $62.19 total is a $40.94 base wage plus $21.25 in fringe benefits, about 34% of the total. The employer owes the full amount for every hour worked.

Does carpet and soft floor layer 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 carpet and soft floor layers 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 carpet and soft floor layer rate?

DOL often publishes the same carpet and soft floor layer rates for several counties. Across Kansas, the 101 counties with a carpet and soft floor layer rate fall into 8 distinct sets of rates, and 1 of those sets are shared by more than one county; the largest covers 94 counties (the Riley County group).