Boilermaker prevailing wage in Bell County, Kentucky

$72.29an hour, base + fringe

$43.85 wage + $28.44 fringe benefits · Building · BOIL0040-001

On federally funded or assisted building construction in Bell County, a boilermaker must be paid at least $72.29 an hour: a $43.85 base wage plus $28.44 in fringe benefits, under wage determination KY20260019 (modification 1). DOL prints no total, so $72.29 is our sum of the two.

Wage determination KY20260019, modification 1, published May 18, 2026, for building construction; rate identifier BOIL0040-001 (January 1, 2025). Checked against sam.gov on October 25, 2026.

Davis-Bacon is the only prevailing wage here (federally funded or assisted work). Kentucky repealed its law in 2017 (HB 3), which also bars local prevailing wage rules (17RS HB 3).

DOL lists 2 boilermaker rates for Bell County, from $37.59 to $72.29 an hour. See all of them.

Base wage and fringe benefits: $43.85 + $28.44

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)	$43.85
Fringe benefits (one figure, not itemized)	$28.44
Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total)	$72.29

When this rate changes

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 Kentucky change log lists what each one changed.

Every boilermaker rate in Bell County

As DOL lists them. The highlighted row is the one this page leads with.

Classification	Base + fringe	Base	Fringe benefits	WD
BOILERMAKERBuildingBOIL0040-001	$72.29	$43.85	$28.44	KY20260019 Mod 1
BOILERMAKERHighwaySUKY2015-047	$37.59	$24.65	$12.94	KY20260107 Mod 2

How Bell County compares

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

Every county in Kentucky

Wage and fringe benefits, nearby

Bell Countybase $43.85$72.29
Knox Countybase $43.85$72.29
Harlan Countybase $43.85$72.29
Whitley Countybase $43.85$72.29

Boilermaker 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.

County	Classification	Base + fringe	Base	vs Bell County
Bell County	BOILERMAKER	$72.29	$43.85
Knox County	BOILERMAKER	$72.29	$43.85	same
Harlan County	BOILERMAKER	$72.29	$43.85	same
Whitley County	BOILERMAKER	$72.29	$43.85	same
Leslie County	BOILERMAKER	$72.29	$43.85	same
Clay County	BOILERMAKER	$72.29	$43.85	same
Laurel County	BOILERMAKER	$72.29	$43.85	same

Kentucky boilermaker 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 KY20260019 Mod 1, published May 18, 2026: sam.gov/wage-determination/KY20260019/1

We read every active Kentucky 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 Bell County as CSV · Report an error