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Telecommunications Technician prevailing wage in Carlton County, Minnesota

$78.46an hour, base wage + fringe benefits

$54.44 base wage + $24.02 fringe benefits

Carlton County uses the same telecommunications technician rates as 25 other counties. See all of them on one page.

On Minnesota public works in Carlton County, a telecommunications technician must be paid at least $78.46 an hour: a $54.44 base wage plus $24.02 in fringe.

DLI certifications of Nov 3 and Dec 22, 2025 (revised to Feb 9, 2026); this rate, effective July 2, 2026. The rates "must be ascertained before the state asks for bids" and written into the contract, with their dated steps (Minn. Stat. 177.43). Checked against dli.mn.gov on October 25, 2026.

DLI lists 2 telecommunications technician rates for Carlton County, from $57.30 to $78.46 an hour. See all of them.

Base wage and fringe benefits: $54.44 + $24.02

The base wage is the taxable hourly wage. DLI prints the fringe 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)	$54.44
Fringe benefits (one figure, not itemized)	$24.02
Total hourly rate, as printed	$78.46

When does this rate change?

Minnesota rates are set before bids and written into the contract, including their dated steps (Minn. Stat. 177.43, subd. 3–4). The schedule in your bid documents controls.
DLI certifies rates at least once a year from a survey of the previous 12 months, and may certify changes at any time (Minn. R. 5200.1020, 5200.1120). Highway/heavy was certified November 3, 2025 and commercial December 22, 2025, with revisions through February 9, 2026.

Dated rates for this classification

DLI prints more than one dated line for WIRING SYSTEM TECHNICIAN (727). The one in force on October 25, 2026 leads this page; scheduled lines take effect on their date.

Effective	Rate	Status
Dec 22, 2025	$75.09 ($51.07 + $24.02)	Earlier
Jul 2, 2026	$78.46 ($54.44 + $24.02)	In force

Every telecommunications technician rate in Carlton County

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

Classification	Base wage	Fringe benefits	Total rate	Effective
WIRING SYSTEM TECHNICIAN (727)	$54.44	$24.02	$78.46	Jul 2, 2026
WIRING SYSTEMS INSTALLER (728)	$38.15	$19.15	$57.30	Jul 2, 2026

Davis-Bacon telecommunications technician rate in Carlton County

Federally funded or assisted construction here uses the U.S. Department of Labor's wage determinations. When a contract requires both the state rate and the Davis-Bacon rate, paying the higher of the two meets both. The contract documents say which apply.

We don't put a federal figure next to DLI's here, because the federal determinations split this trade into groups that don't line up with DLI's. The federal rows for this trade are below; match the classification to the work.

Construction	Federal classification	Base wage	Total rate	WD
Building	WIRING SYSTEM TECHNICIANSAMN2025-001	$54.44	$78.46	MN20260035 Mod 2
Building	WIRING SYSTEMS INSTALLERSAMN2025-001	$38.15	$57.30	MN20260035 Mod 2
Highway, Heavy	WIRING SYSTEM TECHNICIANSAMN2025-001	$54.44	$78.46	MN20260231 Mod 2
Highway, Heavy	WIRING SYSTEMS INSTALLERSAMN2025-001	$35.78	$54.51	MN20260231 Mod 2

Davis-Bacon rates from SAM.gov, read October 25, 2026. Our federal totals are base plus fringe; DOL prints no total. Minnesota Davis-Bacon changes

How Carlton County compares

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

Every county in Minnesota

Carlton $78.4622334

$33.47Red Lake$78.46Aitkin

CarltonNearby: Pine $78.46, Aitkin $78.46, Douglas $69.97Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 0 counties pay more than Carlton, 63 the same, 23 less.

Wage and fringe, nearby

Carlton Countybase $54.44$78.46
Pine Countybase $54.44$78.46
Aitkin Countybase $54.44$78.46
Douglas Countybase $47.73$69.97

Telecommunications Technician rates in nearby counties

Current DLI rates. Commercial rates are county by county, highway and heavy by area (Minn. R. 5200.1030, 5200.1035).

DLI's telecommunications technician rates for Carlton County are the same as in 25 other counties: Aitkin, Blue Earth, Brown, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Dodge, Freeborn and 17 more. The closest county with a different rate is Douglas County, at $69.97.

County	Classification	Base wage	Total rate	vs Carlton County
Carlton County	WIRING SYSTEM TECHNICIAN (727)	$54.44	$78.46
Pine County	WIRING SYSTEM TECHNICIAN (727)	$54.44	$78.46	same
Aitkin County	WIRING SYSTEM TECHNICIAN (727)	$54.44	$78.46	same
Kanabec County	WIRING SYSTEM TECHNICIAN (727)	$54.44	$78.46	same
Mille Lacs County	WIRING SYSTEM TECHNICIAN (727)	$54.44	$78.46	same
Crow Wing County	WIRING SYSTEM TECHNICIAN (727)	$54.44	$78.46	same
St. Louis County	WIRING SYSTEM TECHNICIAN (727)	$54.44	$78.46	same

Minnesota telecommunications technician prevailing wage by county, with a map

Are you being paid this rate?

Add your basic rate to what your employer pays into fringe plans for you, and compare it with the total. Contractors post the rates on site and give payroll copies to the contracting agency within 14 days of each pay period (Minn. Stat. 177.43). DLI Prevailing Wage: 651-284-5091.

Source

Department of Labor and Industry (DLI), DLI schedule DLI-C-09-2025-12-22, issued December 22, 2025, effective July 2, 2026, page 83: workplace.doli.state.mn.us/prevwage/report/consolidated/commercial.pdf

We read DLI's consolidated commercial and highway/heavy PDFs line by line and check every number with a second, separate reader. Basic plus fringe equals DLI's printed total on every priced row. How we check · Download Carlton County as CSV · Report an error