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Sign Installer prevailing wage, St. Louis County group, Minnesota (19 counties)

DLI sets the same sign installer rates, row for row, in 19 counties: Beltrami, Blue Earth, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Freeborn, Itasca, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Olmsted, Otter Tail, Pine, Rice, Sherburne, St. Louis, Stearns, Steele, Waseca and Winona. Every figure on this page applies in each of them.

$55.22an hour, base wage + fringe benefits · SIGN ERECTOR

$34.91 base wage + $20.31 fringe benefits

On Minnesota public works in each of these 19 counties, a sign installer working as sign erector must be paid at least $55.22 an hour: a $34.91 base wage plus $20.31 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: $34.91 + $20.31

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)$34.91
Fringe benefits (one figure, not itemized)$20.31
Total hourly rate, as printed$55.22

When does this rate change?

Davis-Bacon sign installer 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.

CountyFederal classificationBase + fringeWDvs DLI
Beltrami CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Blue Earth CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Carlton CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Cass CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Crow Wing CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Freeborn CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Itasca CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Kanabec CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Mille Lacs CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Olmsted CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Otter Tail CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Pine CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Rice CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Sherburne CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
St. Louis CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Stearns CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Steele CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Waseca CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Winona CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match

How the St. Louis County group compares

The main sign installer 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

$24.89Cottonwood$57.07Murray
St. LouisNearby: Beltrami $55.22, Blue Earth $55.22, Carlton $55.22, Cass $55.22, Crow Wing $55.22, Freeborn $55.22, Itasca $55.22, Kanabec $55.22, Mille Lacs $55.22, Olmsted $55.22, Otter Tail $55.22, Pine $55.22, Rice $55.22, Sherburne $55.22, Stearns $55.22, Steele $55.22, Waseca $55.22, Winona $55.22Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 5 counties pay more than St. Louis, 64 the same, 13 less.

Wage and fringe, nearby

  1. St. Louis County groupbase $34.91$55.22
  2. Lake Countybase $34.91$55.22
  3. Itasca Countybase $34.91$55.22
  4. Cook Countybase $27.10$40.52

Which county is in which sign installer group

Every Minnesota county with a sign installer rate. Counties DLI treats alike share one page; the rest have their own.

CountiesMain classificationBase wageTotal rate
Nobles County group, 4 localities: Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, StevensSIGN ERECTOR (730)$37.19 $57.07 
Rock CountySIGN ERECTOR (730)$37.19 $57.07 
Morrison County group, 32 localities: Aitkin, Becker, Benton, Brown, Clay, Clearwater, Dodge, Douglas, Faribault, Fillmore, Grant, Houston, Hubbard, Kandiyohi, Koochiching, Lake, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Martin, Meeker, Morrison, Mower, Nicollet, Pennington, Pope, Renville, Roseau, Todd, Wabasha, Wadena, Watonwan, WilkinSIGN ERECTOR (730)$34.91 $55.22 
St. Louis County group, 19 localities: Beltrami, Blue Earth, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Freeborn, Itasca, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Olmsted, Otter Tail, Pine, Rice, Sherburne, St. Louis, Stearns, Steele, Waseca, WinonaSIGN ERECTOR (730)$34.91 $55.22 
Hennepin County group, 11 localities: Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Goodhue, Hennepin, Isanti, McLeod, Ramsey, Scott, Washington, WrightSIGN ERECTOR (730)$34.91 $55.22 
Chisago County group, 2 localities: Chisago, SibleySIGN ERECTOR (730)$34.91 $55.22 
Le Sueur CountySIGN ERECTOR (730)$34.91 $55.22 
Yellow Medicine County group, 2 localities: Lac qui Parle, Yellow MedicineSIGN ERECTOR (730)$32.17 $49.82 
Chippewa CountySIGN ERECTOR (730)$32.17 $49.82 
Swift CountySIGN ERECTOR (730)$32.17 $49.82 
Polk County group, 4 localities: Cook, Kittson, Norman, PolkSIGN ERECTOR (730)$27.10 $40.52 
Mahnomen CountySIGN ERECTOR (730)$27.10 $40.52 
Big Stone CountySIGN ERECTOR (730)$23.69 $31.81 
Redwood County group, 2 localities: Jackson, RedwoodSIGN ERECTOR (730)$23.00 $24.89 
Cottonwood CountySIGN ERECTOR (730)$23.00 $24.89 

8 groups of counties with identical DLI rates, and 7 counties with rates of their own.

Minnesota sign installer prevailing wage by county, with a map

More from DLI on this rate

Every trade's rates, county by county: Beltrami · Blue Earth · Carlton · Cass · Crow Wing · Freeborn · Itasca · Kanabec · Mille Lacs · Olmsted · Otter Tail · Pine · Rice · Sherburne · St. Louis · Stearns · Steele · Waseca · Winona

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:

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