Insulator (Heat & Frost / Asbestos Worker) prevailing wage in Ottawa County, Kansas

$81.07an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum)

$45.60 base wage + $35.47 fringe benefits · ASBE0027-002

Ottawa County uses the same insulator rates as 1 other county. See all of them on one page.

On federally funded or assisted building construction in Ottawa County, an insulator must be paid at least $81.07 an hour: a $45.60 base wage plus $35.47 in fringe benefits, under wage determination KS20260045 (modification 1). DOL prints no total, so $81.07 is our sum of the two.

Wage determination KS20260045, modification 1, published May 18, 2026, for building construction; rate identifier ASBE0027-002 (October 6, 2025). Checked against sam.gov on October 25, 2026.

Davis-Bacon is the only prevailing wage here (federally funded or assisted work). Kansas repealed its law in 1987 (DOL state table).

Base wage and fringe benefits: $45.60 + $35.47

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)	$45.60
Fringe benefits (one figure, not itemized)	$35.47
Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total)	$81.07

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 Kansas change log lists what each one changed.

How Ottawa County compares

The main insulator rate in every county that has one, and how the pay splits here and nearby. All bars use the same scale.

Every county in Kansas

Ottawa $81.075

$24.08Riley$81.07Allen

OttawaNearby: Cloud $81.07, Saline $81.07, Riley $24.08Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 0 counties pay more than Ottawa, 98 the same, 6 less.

Wage and fringe benefits, nearby

Ottawa Countybase $45.60$81.07
Cloud Countybase $45.60$81.07
Saline Countybase $45.60$81.07
Riley Countybase $18.04$24.08

Insulator (Heat & Frost / Asbestos Worker) 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 insulator rates for Ottawa County are the same as in 1 other county: Saline. The closest county with a different rate is Riley County, at $24.08.

County	Classification	Base wage	Total rate	vs Ottawa County
Ottawa County	ASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR	$45.60	$81.07
Cloud County	ASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR	$45.60	$81.07	same
Saline County	ASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR	$45.60	$81.07	same
Clay County	ASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR	$45.60	$81.07	same
Lincoln County	ASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR	$45.60	$81.07	same
Dickinson County	ASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR	$45.60	$81.07	same
Mitchell County	ASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR	$45.60	$81.07	same

Kansas insulator 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 KS20260045 Mod 1, published May 18, 2026: sam.gov/wage-determination/KS20260045/1

We read every active Kansas 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 Ottawa County as CSV · Report an error