Laborer prevailing wage in Lake County, Minnesota

$60.39an hour, total

$35.22 wage + $25.17 fringe

On Minnesota public works in Lake County, a laborer must be paid at least $60.39 an hour: a $35.22 base wage plus $25.17 in fringe.

DLI certifications of Nov 3 and Dec 22, 2025 (revised to Feb 9, 2026); this rate, effective December 22, 2025. 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 6 laborer rates for Lake County, from $46.51 to $72.41 an hour. See all of them.

Base wage and fringe: $35.22 + $25.17

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)	$35.22
Fringe benefits (one figure, not itemized)	$25.17
Total hourly rate, as printed	$60.39

Davis-Bacon laborer rate in Lake 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 this page leads with a classification the federal determinations don't list one to one. The federal rows for this trade are below; match the classification to the work.

Construction	Federal classification	Base + fringe	Base	WD
Building	BLASTERSAMN2025-001	$46.51	$27.22	MN20260064 Mod 2
Building	LABORER: COMMON (GENERAL LABOR WORK)SAMN2025-001	$60.39	$35.22	MN20260064 Mod 2
Building	LABORER: SKILLED (ASSISTING SKILLED CRAFT JOURNEYMAN)SAMN2025-001	$60.39	$35.22	MN20260064 Mod 2
Building	PIPELAYER (WATER, SEWER AND GAS)SAMN2025-001	$72.41	$46.08	MN20260064 Mod 2
Building	POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: COMMERCIAL GROUP 3 : ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE CRANES; CONCRETE PUMP 32-49 METERS/102-164 FEET; DERRICK (GUY & STIFFLEG); STATIONARY TOWER …SAMN2025-001	$83.08	$52.08	MN20260064 Mod 2
Building	POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: COMMERCIAL GROUP 5 : AIR COMPRESSOR 450 CFM OR OVER (TWO OR MORE MACHINES); CONCRETE MIXER; CONCRETE PUMP UP TO 31 METERS/101 FEET OF …SAMN2025-001	$79.52	$48.52	MN20260064 Mod 2
Building	POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: COMMERCIAL GROUP 7 : AIR COMPRESSOR 600 CFM OR OVER; BRAKEPERSON; CONCRETE PUMP/PUMPCRETE OR COMPLACO TYPE; FIREPERSON, TEMPORARY …SAMN2025-001	$76.34	$45.34	MN20260064 Mod 2
Building	POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: HIGHWAY/HEAVY GROUP 5 : BITUMINOUS ROLLER (UNDER EIGHT TONS); CONCRETE SAW (MULTIPLE BLADE) (POWER OPERATED); FORM TRENCH DIGGER …SAMN2025-001	$67.76	$41.36	MN20260064 Mod 2
Building	UNDERGROUND AND OPEN DITCH LABORER (EIGHT FEET BELOW STARTING GRADE LEVEL)SAMN2025-001	$70.41	$44.08	MN20260064 Mod 2
Highway, Heavy	BLASTERSAMN2025-001	$61.20	$38.53	MN20260231 Mod 2
Highway, Heavy	LABORER: COMMON (GENERAL LABOR WORK)SAMN2025-001	$68.91	$42.58	MN20260231 Mod 2
Highway, Heavy	LABORER: SKILLED (ASSISTING SKILLED CRAFT JOURNEYMAN)SAMN2025-001	$68.91	$42.58	MN20260231 Mod 2
Highway, Heavy	PIPELAYER (WATER, SEWER AND GAS)SAMN2025-001	$72.41	$46.08	MN20260231 Mod 2
Highway, Heavy	POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: HIGHWAY/HEAVY GROUP 2 : HELICOPTER PILOT; CONCRETE PUMP; ALL CRANES WITH OVER 135-FOOT BOOM, EXCLUDING JIB; DRAGLINE, CRAWLER, …SAMN2025-001	$79.71	$48.71	MN20260231 Mod 2
Highway, Heavy	POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: HIGHWAY/HEAVY GROUP 5 : AIR COMPRESSOR, 600 CFM OR OVER; BITUMINOUS ROLLER (UNDER EIGHT TONS); CONCRETE SAW (MULTIPLE BLADE) (POWER …SAMN2025-001	$75.06	$44.06	MN20260231 Mod 2
Highway, Heavy	UNDERGROUND AND OPEN DITCH LABORER (EIGHT FEET BELOW STARTING GRADE LEVEL)SAMN2025-001	$70.41	$44.08	MN20260231 Mod 2
Residential	LABORERS: GROUP 1 GENERAL; CARPENTER TENDER; CONCRETE LABORER; DAMP PROOFER BELOW GRADE; DRILL RUNNER TENDER; DUMPMAN - DIRT, ASPHALT, CONCRETE, CEMENT; HEATER …LABO1091-017	$51.61	$29.92	MN20260026 Mod 1

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

When this rate changes

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.

Every laborer rate in Lake County

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

PIPELAYER (WATER, SEWER AND GAS) (107)$72.41
UNDERGROUND AND OPEN DITCH LABORER (EIGHT FEET BELOW STARTING GRADE LEVEL) (109)Adjacent-county rate$70.41
LABORER, COMMON (GENERAL LABOR WORK) (101)$60.39
LABORER, SKILLED (ASSISTING SKILLED CRAFT JOURNEYMAN) (102)$60.39
WATCH PERSON (105)Adjacent-county rate$47.31
BLASTER (106)Adjacent-county rate$46.51

Hourly rate of each laborer classification in Lake County, highest first, split into wage and fringe.

Classification	Total	Base	Fringe	Effective
LABORER, COMMON (GENERAL LABOR WORK) (101)	$60.39	$35.22	$25.17	Dec 22, 2025
LABORER, SKILLED (ASSISTING SKILLED CRAFT JOURNEYMAN) (102)	$60.39	$35.22	$25.17	Dec 22, 2025
WATCH PERSON (105)Adjacent-county rate	$47.31	$26.37	$20.94	Dec 22, 2025
BLASTER (106)Adjacent-county rate	$46.51	$27.22	$19.29	Dec 22, 2025
PIPELAYER (WATER, SEWER AND GAS) (107)	$72.41	$46.08	$26.33	Dec 22, 2025
UNDERGROUND AND OPEN DITCH LABORER (EIGHT FEET BELOW STARTING GRADE LEVEL) (109)Adjacent-county rate	$70.41	$44.08	$26.33	Dec 22, 2025

How Lake County compares

The main laborer 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

Lake $60.392625171312

$21.00Big Stone$74.12Anoka

LakeNearby: Cook $60.39, St. Louis $60.39, Itasca $60.83Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 61 counties pay more than Lake, 3 the same, 22 less.

Wage and fringe, nearby

Lake Countybase $35.22$60.39
Cook Countybase $35.22$60.39
St. Louis Countybase $35.22$60.39
Itasca Countybase $34.87$60.83

Laborer rates in nearby counties

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

County	Classification	Total	Base	vs Lake County
Aitkin County	LABORER, COMMON (GENERAL LABOR WORK) (101)	$62.62	$37.41	+$2.23
Itasca County	LABORER, COMMON (GENERAL LABOR WORK) (101)	$60.83	$34.87	+$0.44
Koochiching County	LABORER, COMMON (GENERAL LABOR WORK) (101)	$60.83	$34.87	+$0.44
Lake County	LABORER, COMMON (GENERAL LABOR WORK) (101)	$60.39	$35.22
Cook County	LABORER, COMMON (GENERAL LABOR WORK) (101)	$60.39	$35.22	same
St. Louis County	LABORER, COMMON (GENERAL LABOR WORK) (101)	$60.39	$35.22	same
Carlton County	LABORER, COMMON (GENERAL LABOR WORK) (101)	$60.39	$35.22	same

Minnesota laborer 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-38-2025-12-22, issued December 22, 2025, effective December 22, 2025, page 339: 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 Lake County as CSV · Report an error