Electrical Utility Lineman prevailing wage in Rawlins County, Kansas

$15.35an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum)

$15.35 base wage + $0.00 fringe benefits · SUKS2019-069

Rawlins County uses the same utility lineman rates as 14 other counties. See all of them on one page.

On federally funded or assisted highway construction in Rawlins County, a utility lineman must be paid at least $15.35 an hour: a $15.35 base wage plus $0.00 in fringe benefits, under wage determination KS20260130 (modification 1). DOL prints no total, so $15.35 is our sum of the two.

Wage determination KS20260130, modification 1, published May 18, 2026, for highway construction; rate identifier SUKS2019-069 (May 9, 2019). 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 Kansas repealed its law in 1987 (DOL state table).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: $15.35 + $0.00

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)	$15.35
Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total)	$15.35

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 Rawlins County compares

The main utility lineman 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

Rawlins $15.35416

$15.31Chase$18.43Doniphan

RawlinsNearby: Thomas $15.35, Decatur $15.35, Ottawa $15.31Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 20 counties pay more than Rawlins, 80 the same, 4 less.

Wage and fringe benefits, nearby

Rawlins Countybase $15.35$15.35
Thomas Countybase $15.35$15.35
Decatur Countybase $15.35$15.35
Ottawa Countybase $15.31$15.31

Electrical Utility Lineman 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 utility lineman rates for Rawlins County are the same as in 14 other counties: Cheyenne, Comanche, Edwards, Elk, Gove, Greeley, Meade, Morton and 6 more. The closest county with a different rate is Ottawa County, at $15.31.

County	Classification	Base wage	Total rate	vs Rawlins County
Rawlins County	OPERATOR: ROTO MILL GROUNDMAN	$15.35	$15.35
Thomas County	OPERATOR: ROTO MILL GROUNDMAN	$15.35	$15.35	same
Decatur County	OPERATOR: ROTO MILL GROUNDMAN	$15.35	$15.35	same
Cheyenne County	OPERATOR: ROTO MILL GROUNDMAN	$15.35	$15.35	same
Sheridan County	OPERATOR: ROTO MILL GROUNDMAN	$15.35	$15.35	same
Sherman County	OPERATOR: ROTO MILL GROUNDMAN	$15.35	$15.35	same
Logan County	OPERATOR: ROTO MILL GROUNDMAN	$15.35	$15.35	same

Kansas utility lineman 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 KS20260130 Mod 1, published May 18, 2026: sam.gov/wage-determination/KS20260130/1

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 Rawlins County as CSV · Report an error