Landscape & Irrigation Laborer prevailing wage in McLeod County, Minnesota

$54.44an hour, base wage + fringe benefits

$31.66 base wage + $22.78 fringe benefits · Adjacent-county rate

McLeod County uses the same landscape and irrigation laborer rates as 5 other counties. See all of them on one page.

On Minnesota public works in McLeod County, a landscape and irrigation laborer must be paid at least $54.44 an hour: a $31.66 base wage plus $22.78 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.

Base wage and fringe benefits: $31.66 + $22.78

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)	$31.66
Fringe benefits (one figure, not itemized)	$22.78
Total hourly rate, as printed	$54.44

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.

Davis-Bacon landscape and irrigation laborer rate in McLeod 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	LABORER: LANDSCAPING (GARDENER, SOD LAYER AND NURSERY OPERATOR)SAMN2025-001	$31.66	$54.44	MN20260072 Mod 2
Building	LANDSCAPING EQUIPMENT (INCLUDES HYDRO SEEDER OR MULCHER, SOD ROLLER, FARM TRACTOR WITH ATTACHMENT SPECIFICALLY SEEDING, SODDING, OR PLANT, AND TWO-FRAMED …SAMN2025-001	$30.04	$51.20	MN20260072 Mod 2
Highway, Heavy	LABORER: LANDSCAPING (GARDENER, SOD LAYER AND NURSERY OPERATOR)SAMN2025-001	$31.66	$54.44	MN20260238 Mod 2
Highway, Heavy	LANDSCAPING EQUIPMENT (INCLUDES HYDRO SEEDER OR MULCHER, SOD ROLLER, FARM TRACTOR WITH ATTACHMENT SPECIFICALLY SEEDING, SODDING, OR PLANT, AND TWO-FRAMED …SAMN2025-001	$31.66	$54.44	MN20260238 Mod 2
Residential	LANDSCAPER: SEEDING, SODDING , PLANTING OF EVERGREEN & DECIDUOUS SHRUBS & TREES ON ALL WORK, EXCEPT RESIDENTIAL OF 4 UNITS OR LESS (SIBLEY COUNTY)LABO0563-004	$28.25	$44.45	MN20260008 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

How McLeod County compares

The main landscape and irrigation 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

McLeod $54.4438285222

$11.41Murray$54.44Aitkin

McLeodNearby: Sibley $54.44, Carver $54.44, Renville $23.00Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 0 counties pay more than McLeod, 41 the same, 42 less.

Wage and fringe, nearby

McLeod Countybase $31.66$54.44
Sibley Countybase $31.66$54.44
Carver Countybase $31.66$54.44
Renville Countybase $21.00$23.00

Landscape & Irrigation 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).

DLI's landscape and irrigation laborer rates for McLeod County are the same as in 5 other counties: Chisago, Goodhue, Isanti, Sibley, Wright.

County	Classification	Base wage	Total rate	vs McLeod County
McLeod County	LABORER, LANDSCAPING (GARDENER, SOD LAYER AND NURSERY OPERATOR) (103)	$31.66	$54.44
Sibley County	LABORER, LANDSCAPING (GARDENER, SOD LAYER AND NURSERY OPERATOR) (103)	$31.66	$54.44	same
Carver County	LABORER, LANDSCAPING (GARDENER, SOD LAYER AND NURSERY OPERATOR) (103)	$31.66	$54.44	same
Meeker County	LABORER, LANDSCAPING (GARDENER, SOD LAYER AND NURSERY OPERATOR) (103)	$31.66	$54.44	same
Wright County	LABORER, LANDSCAPING (GARDENER, SOD LAYER AND NURSERY OPERATOR) (103)	$31.66	$54.44	same
Nicollet County	LABORER, LANDSCAPING (GARDENER, SOD LAYER AND NURSERY OPERATOR) (103)	$31.66	$54.44	same
Renville County	LABORER, LANDSCAPING (GARDENER, SOD LAYER AND NURSERY OPERATOR) (103)	$21.00	$23.00	−$31.44

Minnesota landscape and irrigation laborer 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 schedule DLI-C-46-2025-12-22-rev-2026-02-09, issued February 9, 2026, effective December 22, 2025, page 411: 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 McLeod County as CSV · Report an error