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

DLS sets the same painter 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) · Contracting minimum (*)

On Missouri public works in each of these 2 counties, a painter 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.

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?

Davis-Bacon painter 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 painter rate in every county that has one. All bars use the same scale.

Every county in Missouri

$19.36Ripley$60.95Clay
BentonNearby: Wayne $22.76Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 102 counties pay more than Benton, 1 the same, 11 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 painter group

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

Counties and the City of St. LouisMain classificationBase wageTotal rate
Clay CountyPainter—$60.95 
Jackson CountyPainter—$59.65 
Franklin CountyPainter—$58.48 
Jefferson CountyPainter—$57.74 
St. Louis CountyPainter—$57.67 
St. Charles CountyPainter—$57.37 
St. Louis CityPainter—$57.26 
Lincoln CountyPainter—$56.87 
Platte CountyPainter—$54.44 
Phelps CountyPainter—$52.21 
Pulaski CountyPainter—$50.79 
St. Francois CountyPainter—$48.15 
Iron CountyPainter—$47.44 
Ste. Genevieve CountyPainter—$47.14 
Perry CountyPainter—$46.45 
Buchanan CountyPainter—$46.20 
Cole CountyPainter—$45.79 
Boone CountyPainter—$45.72 
Osage CountyPainter—$45.29 
Scott CountyPainter—$45.03 
Cape Girardeau County group, 2 localities: Butler, Cape GirardeauPainter—$44.96 
New Madrid CountyPainter—$44.92 
Pemiscot CountyPainter—$44.71 
Stoddard CountyPainter—$44.44 
Polk CountyPainter—$44.07 
Jasper CountyPainter—$43.57 
Christian CountyPainter—$43.46 
Greene CountyPainter—$42.54 
Cooper CountyPainter—$40.08 
Callaway CountyPainter—$34.78 
Newton CountyPainter—$31.34 
Ralls CountyPainter—$31.09 
Marion CountyPainter—$30.34 
Warren CountyPainter—$30.11 
Sullivan CountyPainter—$29.47 
Montgomery CountyPainter—$29.25 
Pettis CountyPainter—$29.19 
Henry CountyPainter—$28.91 
Crawford CountyPainter—$28.68 
Cass CountyPainter—$28.56 
Audrain CountyPainter—$28.52 
Reynolds CountyPainter—$28.45 
Clinton CountyPainter—$28.39 
Randolph CountyPainter—$28.32 
Moniteau CountyPainter—$28.30 
Pike CountyPainter—$28.21 
Lawrence CountyPainter—$27.94 
Camden CountyPainter—$27.93 
Laclede CountyPainter—$27.90 
Ray CountyPainter—$27.67 
Johnson CountyPainter—$27.66 
Barry CountyPainter—$27.60 
Vernon CountyPainter—$27.45 
Saline CountyPainter—$27.29 
Webster CountyPainter—$27.20 
DeKalb CountyPainter—$27.00 
Holt County group, 2 localities: Holt, ShelbyPainter—$26.79 
Howell CountyPainter—$26.59 
Lewis CountyPainter—$26.58 
Mercer CountyPainter—$26.56 
Linn CountyPainter—$26.55 
Miller CountyPainter—$26.53 
Lafayette CountyPainter—$26.49 
Livingston CountyPainter—$26.42 
Atchison CountyPainter—$26.38 
Adair CountyPainter—$26.28 
McDonald CountyPainter—$26.23 
Mississippi CountyPainter—$26.03 
Macon CountyPainter—$26.00 
Carroll CountyPainter—$25.97 
Barton CountyPainter—$25.87 
Nodaway CountyPainter—$25.79 
Scotland CountyPainter—$25.69 
Gentry CountyPainter—$25.66 
Howard CountyPainter—$25.51 
Putnam CountyPainter—$25.50 
Caldwell CountyPainter—$25.44 
Bates CountyPainter—$25.38 
Chariton CountyPainter—$25.32 
Dent CountyPainter—$25.18 
Monroe CountyPainter—$25.05 
Taney CountyPainter—$24.94 
Schuyler CountyPainter—$24.76 
Knox CountyPainter—$24.73 
Texas CountyPainter—$24.72 
Grundy CountyPainter—$24.69 
Bollinger CountyPainter—$24.59 
Harrison CountyPainter—$24.40 
Madison CountyPainter—$24.36 
Daviess CountyPainter—$24.31 
Maries CountyPainter—$23.99 
Cedar CountyPainter—$23.91 
Andrew CountyPainter—$23.71 
Washington CountyPainter—$23.65 
Wright CountyPainter—$23.61 
Stone CountyPainter—$23.59 
Gasconade CountyPainter—$23.55 
Dade CountyPainter—$23.47 
St. Clair CountyPainter—$23.46 
Morgan CountyPainter—$23.24 
Benton County group, 2 localities: Benton, WaynePainter—$22.76 
Douglas CountyPainter—$22.63 
Hickory CountyPainter—$21.72 
Oregon CountyPainter—$21.65 
Dunklin County group, 2 localities: Dallas, DunklinPainter—$21.49 
Clark CountyPainter—$21.35 
Carter CountyPainter—$21.34 
Shannon CountyPainter—$21.02 
Ozark CountyPainter—$19.97 
Worth CountyPainter—$19.72 
Ripley CountyPainter—$19.36 

4 groups of counties with identical DLS rates, and 107 counties with rates of their own.

Missouri painter 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