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Laborer prevailing wage, Benton County group, Missouri (2 counties)

DLS sets the same laborer rates, row for row, in 2 counties: Benton and Wayne. Every figure on this page applies in each of them.

$22.76an hour, fringe benefits included

One rate, fringe benefits included (DLS prints no split) · Building construction · Contracting minimum (*)

On Missouri public works in each of these 2 counties, a laborer must be paid at least $22.76 an hour. DLS prints one rate with fringe benefits included, so there is no separate base wage.

Annual Wage Order 33 (final May 29, 2026), effective May 29, 2026. The rates attached to the call for bids "shall remain in effect for the duration of that particular contract" (RSMo 290.250). Checked against labor.mo.gov on October 25, 2026.

DLS lists 8 laborer rates for each of these counties, from $22.76 to $22.76 an hour. See all of them.

One rate, fringe benefits included: $22.76

DLS publishes a single hourly figure that already includes fringe benefits. A contractor can pay it all as wages, or pay part as contributions to bona fide benefit plans for the worker, as long as the two add up to at least $22.76. DLS doesn't publish a base and fringe split, so this page doesn't invent one.

When does this rate change?

Every laborer rate in the Benton County group

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

  1. LaborerBuilding construction · Contracting minimum (*)$22.76
  2. Laborer - First Semi-SkilledBuilding construction · Contracting minimum (*)$22.76
  3. Laborer - GeneralBuilding construction · Contracting minimum (*)$22.76
  4. Laborer - Second Semi-SkilledBuilding construction · Contracting minimum (*)$22.76
  5. Laborer - SkilledBuilding construction · Contracting minimum (*)$22.76
  6. LaborerHeavy & highway construction · Contracting minimum (*)$22.76
  7. Laborer - GeneralHeavy & highway construction · Contracting minimum (*)$22.76
  8. Laborer - SkilledHeavy & highway construction · Contracting minimum (*)$22.76
Hourly rate of each laborer classification in the Benton County group, highest first.
ClassificationBase wageFringe benefitsTotal rateEffective
LaborerBuilding constructionContracting minimum (*)incl.incl.$22.76 May 29, 2026
Laborer - First Semi-SkilledBuilding constructionContracting minimum (*)incl.incl.$22.76 May 29, 2026
Laborer - GeneralBuilding constructionContracting minimum (*)incl.incl.$22.76 May 29, 2026
Laborer - Second Semi-SkilledBuilding constructionContracting minimum (*)incl.incl.$22.76 May 29, 2026
Laborer - SkilledBuilding constructionContracting minimum (*)incl.incl.$22.76 May 29, 2026
LaborerHeavy & highway constructionContracting minimum (*)incl.incl.$22.76 May 29, 2026
Laborer - GeneralHeavy & highway constructionContracting minimum (*)incl.incl.$22.76 May 29, 2026
Laborer - SkilledHeavy & highway constructionContracting minimum (*)incl.incl.$22.76 May 29, 2026

Davis-Bacon laborer rates in these counties

The counties share DLS'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 DLS
Benton CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Wayne CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match

How the Benton County group compares

The main laborer rate in every county that has one. All bars use the same scale.

Every county in Missouri

$19.36Ripley$59.67St. Louis City
BentonNearby: Wayne $22.76Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 104 counties pay more than Benton, 1 the same, 9 less.

Rates nearby

  1. Benton County groupfringes included$22.76
  2. Morgan Countyfringes included$23.24
  3. Hickory Countyfringes included$21.72
  4. Henry Countyfringes included$28.91

Which county is in which laborer group

Every Missouri county with a laborer rate. Counties DLS treats alike share one page; the rest have their own.

Counties and the City of St. LouisMain classificationBase wageTotal rate
St. Louis CityLaborer—$59.67 
St. Louis CountyLaborer—$58.92 
Shelby CountyLaborer—$58.88 
Lincoln CountyLaborer—$58.43 
St. Charles CountyLaborer—$58.30 
Warren CountyLaborer—$57.95 
Clinton CountyLaborer—$56.63 
Franklin CountyLaborer—$56.22 
Jefferson CountyLaborer—$55.63 
Marion CountyLaborer—$55.52 
Platte CountyLaborer—$54.55 
Chariton CountyLaborer—$54.22 
Jackson CountyLaborer—$54.22 
Johnson CountyLaborer—$54.20 
Nodaway CountyLaborer—$53.96 
Clay CountyLaborer—$53.62 
Cass CountyLaborer—$52.70 
Washington CountyLaborer—$50.45 
Buchanan CountyLaborer—$49.76 
Phelps CountyLaborer—$49.61 
Polk CountyLaborer—$49.52 
Ste. Genevieve CountyLaborer—$49.08 
Butler CountyLaborer—$48.52 
Osage CountyLaborer—$48.25 
St. Francois CountyLaborer—$48.06 
Boone CountyLaborer—$47.99 
Perry CountyLaborer—$47.77 
Iron CountyLaborer—$47.69 
Cole CountyLaborer—$46.86 
New Madrid CountyLaborer—$46.46 
Scott CountyLaborer—$46.31 
Cape Girardeau CountyLaborer—$46.19 
Bollinger CountyLaborer—$45.97 
Pulaski CountyLaborer—$45.69 
Adair CountyLaborer—$45.53 
Miller CountyLaborer—$45.16 
Ralls CountyLaborer—$45.15 
Douglas CountyLaborer—$44.91 
Mississippi CountyLaborer—$44.64 
Callaway CountyLaborer—$44.22 
Lawrence CountyLaborer—$44.04 
Greene CountyLaborer—$43.49 
Stone CountyLaborer—$43.30 
Taney CountyLaborer—$43.30 
Jasper CountyLaborer—$43.28 
Newton CountyLaborer—$42.65 
Christian CountyLaborer—$42.57 
Dallas CountyLaborer—$42.05 
Bates CountyLaborer—$41.21 
Sullivan CountyLaborer—$29.47 
Montgomery CountyLaborer—$29.25 
Pettis CountyLaborer—$29.19 
Henry CountyLaborer—$28.91 
Crawford CountyLaborer—$28.68 
Audrain CountyLaborer—$28.52 
Reynolds CountyLaborer—$28.45 
Randolph CountyLaborer—$28.32 
Moniteau CountyLaborer—$28.30 
Pike CountyLaborer—$28.21 
Camden CountyLaborer—$27.93 
Laclede CountyLaborer—$27.90 
Ray CountyLaborer—$27.67 
Barry CountyLaborer—$27.60 
Vernon CountyLaborer—$27.45 
Saline CountyLaborer—$27.29 
Webster CountyLaborer—$27.20 
Stoddard CountyLaborer—$27.19 
DeKalb CountyLaborer—$27.00 
Holt CountyLaborer—$26.79 
Howell CountyLaborer—$26.59 
Lewis CountyLaborer—$26.58 
Mercer CountyLaborer—$26.56 
Linn CountyLaborer—$26.55 
Lafayette CountyLaborer—$26.49 
Livingston CountyLaborer—$26.42 
Atchison CountyLaborer—$26.38 
McDonald CountyLaborer—$26.23 
Macon CountyLaborer—$26.00 
Carroll CountyLaborer—$25.97 
Barton CountyLaborer—$25.87 
Scotland CountyLaborer—$25.69 
Gentry CountyLaborer—$25.66 
Howard CountyLaborer—$25.51 
Putnam CountyLaborer—$25.50 
Caldwell CountyLaborer—$25.44 
Dent CountyLaborer—$25.18 
Monroe CountyLaborer—$25.05 
Cooper CountyLaborer—$24.97 
Schuyler CountyLaborer—$24.76 
Knox CountyLaborer—$24.73 
Texas CountyLaborer—$24.72 
Grundy CountyLaborer—$24.69 
Harrison CountyLaborer—$24.40 
Madison CountyLaborer—$24.36 
Daviess CountyLaborer—$24.31 
Maries CountyLaborer—$23.99 
Cedar CountyLaborer—$23.91 
Andrew CountyLaborer—$23.71 
Wright CountyLaborer—$23.61 
Gasconade CountyLaborer—$23.55 
Dade CountyLaborer—$23.47 
St. Clair CountyLaborer—$23.46 
Pemiscot CountyLaborer—$23.34 
Morgan CountyLaborer—$23.24 
Benton County group, 2 localities: Benton, WayneLaborer—$22.76 
Hickory CountyLaborer—$21.72 
Oregon CountyLaborer—$21.65 
Dunklin CountyLaborer—$21.49 
Clark CountyLaborer—$21.35 
Carter CountyLaborer—$21.34 
Shannon CountyLaborer—$21.02 
Ozark CountyLaborer—$19.97 
Worth CountyLaborer—$19.72 
Ripley CountyLaborer—$19.36 

1 group of counties with identical DLS rates, and 113 counties with rates of their own.

Missouri laborer prevailing wage by county, with a map

Notes on this rate

DLS's notes, in DLS's words.

More from DLS on this rate

Every trade's rates, county by county: Benton · Wayne

Are you being paid this rate?

Missouri's rate includes fringe benefits, so add your wage to what your employer pays into benefit plans for you and compare it with the rate. Contractors post the rates on site; the contractor forfeits $100 per worker per day of underpayment, and you can sue for double the difference (RSMo 290.250, 290.300). DLS Wage and Hour: 573-751-3403.

Source

Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DLS), Annual Wage Order 33 (final May 29, 2026). For the row this page leads with:

We read every county's AWO 33 PDF, including the replacement pages DLS issued by May 29, 2026, and check every rate with a second, separate reader. Each figure is the printed rate. How we check · Download every Missouri rate as CSV · Report an error