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Telecommunications Technician prevailing wage, Dunklin County group, Missouri (2 counties)
DLS sets the same telecommunications technician rates, row for row, in 2 counties: Dallas and Dunklin. Every figure on this page applies in each of them.
$21.49an hour, fringe benefits included · Communication Technician
One rate, fringe benefits included (DLS prints no split) · Contracting minimum (*)
On Missouri public works in each of these 2 counties, a telecommunications technician working as communication technician must be paid at least $21.49 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: $21.49
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 $21.49. DLS doesn't publish a base and fringe split, so this page doesn't invent one.
When does this rate change?
- The rates attached to the call for bids "shall remain in effect for the duration of that particular contract" (RSMo 290.250). Where a rate comes from a union agreement, DLS may issue replacement pages for its yearly raise.
- DLS files the initial Annual Wage Order by March 10; objections are due in 30 days and the final order by July 1 (RSMo 290.262). AWO 33 was filed March 10, 2026 and became final May 29, 2026.
How the Dunklin County group compares
The main telecommunications technician rate in every county that has one. All bars use the same scale.
Every county in Missouri
Rates nearby
- Dunklin County groupfringes included$21.49
- Pemiscot Countyfringes included$23.34
- New Madrid Countyfringes included$26.37
- Butler Countyfringes included$27.82
Which county is in which telecommunications technician group
Every Missouri county with a telecommunications technician rate. Counties DLS treats alike share one page; the rest have their own.
| Counties and the City of St. Louis | Main classification | Base wage | Total rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clay County | Communication Technician | — | $71.65 |
| Platte County | Communication Technician | — | $71.54 |
| Jackson County | Communication Technician | — | $69.46 |
| St. Charles County | Communication Technician | — | $68.88 |
| Pulaski County | Communication Technician | — | $68.38 |
| St. Louis County | Communication Technician | — | $67.84 |
| Phelps County | Communication Technician | — | $67.08 |
| Cole County | Communication Technician | — | $64.69 |
| Miller County | Communication Technician | — | $64.12 |
| Boone County | Communication Technician | — | $64.11 |
| Osage County | Communication Technician | — | $63.78 |
| Randolph County | Communication Technician | — | $63.66 |
| Callaway County | Communication Technician | — | $63.45 |
| Buchanan County | Communication Technician | — | $58.23 |
| Jefferson County | Communication Technician | — | $57.12 |
| St. Louis City | Communication Technician | — | $55.55 |
| Perry County | Communication Technician | — | $35.04 |
| Ste. Genevieve County | Communication Technician | — | $34.42 |
| Greene County | Communication Technician | — | $34.41 |
| Cape Girardeau County | Communication Technician | — | $31.76 |
| Lincoln County | Communication Technician | — | $31.59 |
| Newton County | Communication Technician | — | $31.34 |
| Ralls County | Communication Technician | — | $31.09 |
| Franklin County | Communication Technician | — | $30.66 |
| Marion County | Communication Technician | — | $30.34 |
| Warren County | Communication Technician | — | $30.11 |
| Jasper County | Communication Technician | — | $29.74 |
| Scott County | Communication Technician | — | $29.63 |
| Sullivan County | Communication Technician | — | $29.47 |
| Montgomery County | Communication Technician | — | $29.25 |
| Pettis County | Communication Technician | — | $29.19 |
| Henry County | Communication Technician | — | $28.91 |
| Christian County | Communication Technician | — | $28.86 |
| Crawford County | Communication Technician | — | $28.68 |
| Cass County | Communication Technician | — | $28.56 |
| Iron County | Communication Technician | — | $28.55 |
| Audrain County | Communication Technician | — | $28.52 |
| Reynolds County | Communication Technician | — | $28.45 |
| Clinton County | Communication Technician | — | $28.39 |
| Moniteau County | Communication Technician | — | $28.30 |
| Pike County | Communication Technician | — | $28.21 |
| Lawrence County | Communication Technician | — | $27.94 |
| Camden County | Communication Technician | — | $27.93 |
| Laclede County | Communication Technician | — | $27.90 |
| Butler County | Communication Technician | — | $27.82 |
| Ray County | Communication Technician | — | $27.67 |
| Johnson County | Communication Technician | — | $27.66 |
| Barry County | Communication Technician | — | $27.60 |
| Vernon County | Communication Technician | — | $27.45 |
| Polk County | Communication Technician | — | $27.39 |
| Saline County | Communication Technician | — | $27.29 |
| Webster County | Communication Technician | — | $27.20 |
| Stoddard County | Communication Technician | — | $27.19 |
| DeKalb County | Communication Technician | — | $27.00 |
| Holt County group, 2 localities: Holt, Shelby | Communication Technician | — | $26.79 |
| Howell County | Communication Technician | — | $26.59 |
| Lewis County | Communication Technician | — | $26.58 |
| Mercer County | Communication Technician | — | $26.56 |
| Linn County | Communication Technician | — | $26.55 |
| Lafayette County | Communication Technician | — | $26.49 |
| Livingston County | Communication Technician | — | $26.42 |
| Atchison County | Communication Technician | — | $26.38 |
| New Madrid County | Communication Technician | — | $26.37 |
| Adair County | Communication Technician | — | $26.28 |
| McDonald County | Communication Technician | — | $26.23 |
| St. Francois County | Communication Technician | — | $26.05 |
| Mississippi County | Communication Technician | — | $26.03 |
| Macon County | Communication Technician | — | $26.00 |
| Carroll County | Communication Technician | — | $25.97 |
| Barton County | Communication Technician | — | $25.87 |
| Nodaway County | Communication Technician | — | $25.79 |
| Scotland County | Communication Technician | — | $25.69 |
| Gentry County | Communication Technician | — | $25.66 |
| Howard County | Communication Technician | — | $25.51 |
| Putnam County | Communication Technician | — | $25.50 |
| Caldwell County | Communication Technician | — | $25.44 |
| Bates County | Communication Technician | — | $25.38 |
| Chariton County | Communication Technician | — | $25.32 |
| Dent County | Communication Technician | — | $25.18 |
| Monroe County | Communication Technician | — | $25.05 |
| Cooper County | Communication Technician | — | $24.97 |
| Taney County | Communication Technician | — | $24.94 |
| Schuyler County | Communication Technician | — | $24.76 |
| Knox County | Communication Technician | — | $24.73 |
| Texas County | Communication Technician | — | $24.72 |
| Grundy County | Communication Technician | — | $24.69 |
| Bollinger County | Communication Technician | — | $24.59 |
| Harrison County | Communication Technician | — | $24.40 |
| Madison County | Communication Technician | — | $24.36 |
| Daviess County | Communication Technician | — | $24.31 |
| Maries County | Communication Technician | — | $23.99 |
| Cedar County | Communication Technician | — | $23.91 |
| Andrew County | Communication Technician | — | $23.71 |
| Washington County | Communication Technician | — | $23.65 |
| Wright County | Communication Technician | — | $23.61 |
| Stone County | Communication Technician | — | $23.59 |
| Gasconade County | Communication Technician | — | $23.55 |
| Dade County | Communication Technician | — | $23.47 |
| St. Clair County | Communication Technician | — | $23.46 |
| Pemiscot County | Communication Technician | — | $23.34 |
| Morgan County | Communication Technician | — | $23.24 |
| Benton County group, 2 localities: Benton, Wayne | Communication Technician | — | $22.76 |
| Douglas County | Communication Technician | — | $22.63 |
| Hickory County | Communication Technician | — | $21.72 |
| Oregon County | Communication Technician | — | $21.65 |
| Dunklin County group, 2 localities: Dallas, Dunklin | Communication Technician | — | $21.49 |
| Clark County | Communication Technician | — | $21.35 |
| Carter County | Communication Technician | — | $21.34 |
| Shannon County | Communication Technician | — | $21.02 |
| Ozark County | Communication Technician | — | $19.97 |
| Worth County | Communication Technician | — | $19.72 |
| Ripley County | Communication Technician | — | $19.36 |
3 groups of counties with identical DLS rates, and 109 counties with rates of their own.
Missouri telecommunications technician prevailing wage by county, with a map
Notes on this rate
DLS's notes, in DLS's words.
- * Public works contracting minimum wage: DLS received fewer than 1,000 reportable hours for this occupational title in this county, so the rate is 120% of the county's average hourly wage (MERIC data), not a survey average (RSMo 290.257.2, .4(2)).
More from DLS on this rate
- DLS's Annual Wage Order look-up
- The order lists journeyworker rates. Registered apprentices and entry-level workers get 50% of the journeyworker rate, no more than one per journeyworker (RSMo 290.235).
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:
- Dallas: MO-AWO33-030, page 2
- Dunklin: MO-AWO33-035, page 2
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