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Carpet & Soft Floor Layer prevailing wage, Itasca County group, Minnesota (5 counties)

DLI sets the same carpet and soft floor layer rates, row for row, in 5 counties: Aitkin, Carlton, Itasca, Koochiching and Lake. Every figure on this page applies in each of them.

$75.40an hour, base wage + fringe benefits · CARPET LAYERS

$48.00 base wage + $27.40 fringe benefits · Adjacent-county rate

On Minnesota public works in each of these 5 counties, a carpet and soft floor layer working as carpet layers must be paid at least $75.40 an hour: a $48.00 base wage plus $27.40 in fringe.

DLI certifications of Nov 3 and Dec 22, 2025 (revised to Feb 9, 2026); this rate, effective June 1, 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.

Base wage and fringe benefits: $48.00 + $27.40

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)	$48.00
Fringe benefits (one figure, not itemized)	$27.40
Total hourly rate, as printed	$75.40

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 CARPET LAYERS (LINOLEUM) (705). The one in force on October 25, 2026 leads this page; scheduled lines take effect on their date.

Effective	Rate	Status
Dec 22, 2025	$71.90 ($44.50 + $27.40)	Earlier
Jun 1, 2026	$75.40 ($48.00 + $27.40)	In force

Davis-Bacon carpet and soft floor layer rates in these counties

The counties share DLI's rates, but not always the same federal wage determination. 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.

County	Federal classification	Base + fringe	WD	vs DLI
Aitkin County	CARPET LAYER (LINOLEUM)	$75.40	MN20260027 Mod 2	same
Carlton County	CARPET LAYER (LINOLEUM)	$75.40	MN20260035 Mod 2	same
Itasca County	CARPET LAYER (LINOLEUM)	$75.40	MN20260057 Mod 2	same
Koochiching County	CARPET LAYER (LINOLEUM)	$75.40	MN20260062 Mod 2	same
Lake County	CARPET LAYER (LINOLEUM)	$75.40	MN20260064 Mod 2	same

How the Itasca County group compares

The main carpet and soft floor layer 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

Itasca $75.4077226441213

$35.21Big Stone$78.38Anoka

ItascaNearby: Aitkin $75.40, Carlton $75.40, Koochiching $75.40, Lake $75.40Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 13 counties pay more than Itasca, 5 the same, 67 less.

Wage and fringe, nearby

Itasca County groupbase $48.00$75.40
Cass Countybase $32.00$56.95
Koochiching Countybase $48.00$75.40
St. Louis Countybase $48.00$75.40

Which county is in which carpet and soft floor layer group

Every Minnesota county with a carpet and soft floor layer rate. Counties DLI treats alike share one page; the rest have their own.

Counties	Main classification	Base wage	Total rate
Hennepin County group, 9 localities: Anoka, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, Washington, Wright	CARPET LAYERS (LINOLEUM) (705)	$50.05	$78.38
Sherburne County group, 2 localities: Pine, Sherburne	CARPET LAYERS (LINOLEUM) (705)	$50.05	$78.38
Isanti County	CARPET LAYERS (LINOLEUM) (705)	$50.05	$78.38
Kanabec County	CARPET LAYERS (LINOLEUM) (705)	$50.05	$78.38
Itasca County group, 5 localities: Aitkin, Carlton, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake	CARPET LAYERS (LINOLEUM) (705)	$48.00	$75.40
St. Louis County	CARPET LAYERS (LINOLEUM) (705)	$48.00	$75.40
Fillmore County group, 4 localities: Dodge, Fillmore, Wabasha, Winona	CARPET LAYERS (LINOLEUM) (705)	$45.91	$72.67
Goodhue County	CARPET LAYERS (LINOLEUM) (705)	$45.91	$72.67
Olmsted County	CARPET LAYERS (LINOLEUM) (705)	$45.91	$72.67
Stearns County group, 7 localities: Benton, Meeker, Morrison, Mower, Stearns, Steele, Waseca	CARPET LAYERS (LINOLEUM) (705)	$45.80	$70.59
McLeod County group, 2 localities: McLeod, Sibley	CARPET LAYERS (LINOLEUM) (705)	$45.80	$70.59
Rice County group, 2 localities: Mille Lacs, Rice	CARPET LAYERS (LINOLEUM) (705)	$45.80	$70.59
Le Sueur County	CARPET LAYERS (LINOLEUM) (705)	$45.80	$70.59
Cook County	CARPET LAYERS (LINOLEUM) (705)	$43.25	$67.92
Houston County	CARPET LAYERS (LINOLEUM) (705)	$41.00	$66.45
Freeborn County	CARPET LAYERS (LINOLEUM) (705)	$39.03	$64.46
Blue Earth County	CARPET LAYERS (LINOLEUM) (705)	$39.58	$64.03
Faribault County	CARPET LAYERS (LINOLEUM) (705)	$39.58	$64.03
Crow Wing County	CARPET LAYERS (LINOLEUM) (705)	$36.85	$63.80
Nicollet County	CARPET LAYERS (LINOLEUM) (705)	$38.83	$61.48
Kandiyohi County group, 4 localities: Douglas, Kandiyohi, Pope, Todd	CARPET LAYERS (LINOLEUM) (705)	$34.23	$59.61
Martin County	CARPET LAYERS (LINOLEUM) (705)	$34.78	$59.23
Marshall County group, 7 localities: Clearwater, Hubbard, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington, Roseau, Wadena	CARPET LAYERS (LINOLEUM) (705)	$32.00	$56.95
Cass County group, 2 localities: Beltrami, Cass	CARPET LAYERS (LINOLEUM) (705)	$32.00	$56.95
Redwood County group, 5 localities: Cottonwood, Jackson, Redwood, Renville, Watonwan	CARPET LAYERS (LINOLEUM) (705)	$34.03	$56.68
Brown County	CARPET LAYERS (LINOLEUM) (705)	$34.03	$56.68
Swift County group, 2 localities: Chippewa, Swift	CARPET LAYERS (LINOLEUM) (705)	$30.65	$50.68
Polk County group, 2 localities: Polk, Red Lake	CARPET LAYERS (LINOLEUM) (705)	$29.03	$47.74
Traverse County	CARPET LAYERS (LINOLEUM) (705)	$33.92	$46.59
Grant County group, 2 localities: Grant, Stevens	CARPET LAYERS (LINOLEUM) (705)	$27.15	$44.53
Lyon County group, 5 localities: Lincoln, Lyon, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock	CARPET LAYERS (LINOLEUM) (705)	$28.55	$42.58
Murray County	CARPET LAYERS (LINOLEUM) (705)	$28.55	$42.58
Yellow Medicine County	CARPET LAYERS (LINOLEUM) (705)	$29.92	$42.17
Otter Tail County group, 6 localities: Becker, Clay, Mahnomen, Norman, Otter Tail, Wilkin	CARPET LAYERS (LINOLEUM) (705)	$23.47	$39.14
Kittson County	CARPET LAYERS (LINOLEUM) (705)	$23.47	$39.14
Big Stone County	CARPET LAYERS (LINOLEUM) (705)	$25.44	$35.21

16 groups of counties with identical DLI rates, and 20 counties with rates of their own.

Minnesota carpet and soft floor layer prevailing wage by county, with a map

Notes on this rate

DLI's notes, in DLI's words.

* * Indicates that adjacent county rates were used for the labor class listed.

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 certifications of Nov 3 and Dec 22, 2025 (revised to Feb 9, 2026). For the row this page leads with:

Aitkin: DLI-C-01-2025-12-22, page 8
Carlton: DLI-C-09-2025-12-22, page 82
Itasca: DLI-C-31-2025-12-22, page 283
Koochiching: DLI-C-36-2025-12-22, page 328
Lake: DLI-C-38-2025-12-22, page 346

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 every Minnesota rate as CSV · Report an error