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Tile Finisher prevailing wage, Benton County group, Missouri (2 counties)

DLS sets the same tile finisher 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 tile finisher 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?

How the Benton County group compares

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

Every county in Missouri

$19.36Ripley$64.98Jasper
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 tile finisher group

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

Counties and the City of St. LouisMain classificationBase wageTotal rate
Jefferson County group, 2 localities: Jasper, JeffersonTile Finisher—$64.98 
St. Louis CityTile Finisher—$63.56 
Boone CountyTile Finisher—$61.63 
St. Francois CountyTile Finisher—$61.05 
Cole CountyTile Finisher—$60.77 
Buchanan CountyTile Finisher—$59.62 
St. Charles CountyTile Finisher—$58.68 
Platte CountyTile Finisher—$57.87 
St. Louis CountyTile Finisher—$57.31 
Jackson CountyTile Finisher—$56.49 
Phelps CountyTile Finisher—$56.11 
Greene CountyTile Finisher—$55.51 
Christian CountyTile Finisher—$54.82 
Clay CountyTile Finisher—$53.63 
Pettis CountyTile Finisher—$53.60 
Callaway CountyTile Finisher—$51.88 
Ste. Genevieve CountyTile Finisher—$34.42 
Lincoln CountyTile Finisher—$31.59 
Newton CountyTile Finisher—$31.34 
Ralls CountyTile Finisher—$31.09 
Cape Girardeau CountyTile Finisher—$30.70 
Franklin CountyTile Finisher—$30.66 
Osage CountyTile Finisher—$30.59 
Perry CountyTile Finisher—$30.44 
Marion CountyTile Finisher—$30.34 
Warren CountyTile Finisher—$30.11 
Scott CountyTile Finisher—$29.63 
Sullivan CountyTile Finisher—$29.47 
Montgomery CountyTile Finisher—$29.25 
Henry CountyTile Finisher—$28.91 
Crawford CountyTile Finisher—$28.68 
Cass CountyTile Finisher—$28.56 
Iron CountyTile Finisher—$28.55 
Audrain CountyTile Finisher—$28.52 
Reynolds CountyTile Finisher—$28.45 
Clinton CountyTile Finisher—$28.39 
Randolph CountyTile Finisher—$28.32 
Moniteau CountyTile Finisher—$28.30 
Pike CountyTile Finisher—$28.21 
Pulaski CountyTile Finisher—$28.13 
Lawrence CountyTile Finisher—$27.94 
Camden CountyTile Finisher—$27.93 
Laclede CountyTile Finisher—$27.90 
Butler CountyTile Finisher—$27.82 
Ray CountyTile Finisher—$27.67 
Johnson CountyTile Finisher—$27.66 
Barry CountyTile Finisher—$27.60 
Vernon CountyTile Finisher—$27.45 
Polk CountyTile Finisher—$27.39 
Saline CountyTile Finisher—$27.29 
Webster CountyTile Finisher—$27.20 
Stoddard CountyTile Finisher—$27.19 
DeKalb CountyTile Finisher—$27.00 
Holt County group, 2 localities: Holt, ShelbyTile Finisher—$26.79 
Howell CountyTile Finisher—$26.59 
Lewis CountyTile Finisher—$26.58 
Mercer CountyTile Finisher—$26.56 
Linn CountyTile Finisher—$26.55 
Miller CountyTile Finisher—$26.53 
Lafayette CountyTile Finisher—$26.49 
Livingston CountyTile Finisher—$26.42 
Atchison CountyTile Finisher—$26.38 
New Madrid CountyTile Finisher—$26.37 
Adair CountyTile Finisher—$26.28 
McDonald CountyTile Finisher—$26.23 
Mississippi CountyTile Finisher—$26.03 
Macon CountyTile Finisher—$26.00 
Carroll CountyTile Finisher—$25.97 
Barton CountyTile Finisher—$25.87 
Nodaway CountyTile Finisher—$25.79 
Scotland CountyTile Finisher—$25.69 
Gentry CountyTile Finisher—$25.66 
Howard CountyTile Finisher—$25.51 
Putnam CountyTile Finisher—$25.50 
Caldwell CountyTile Finisher—$25.44 
Bates CountyTile Finisher—$25.38 
Chariton CountyTile Finisher—$25.32 
Dent CountyTile Finisher—$25.18 
Monroe CountyTile Finisher—$25.05 
Cooper CountyTile Finisher—$24.97 
Taney CountyTile Finisher—$24.94 
Schuyler CountyTile Finisher—$24.76 
Knox CountyTile Finisher—$24.73 
Texas CountyTile Finisher—$24.72 
Grundy CountyTile Finisher—$24.69 
Bollinger CountyTile Finisher—$24.59 
Harrison CountyTile Finisher—$24.40 
Madison CountyTile Finisher—$24.36 
Daviess CountyTile Finisher—$24.31 
Maries CountyTile Finisher—$23.99 
Cedar CountyTile Finisher—$23.91 
Andrew CountyTile Finisher—$23.71 
Washington CountyTile Finisher—$23.65 
Wright CountyTile Finisher—$23.61 
Stone CountyTile Finisher—$23.59 
Gasconade CountyTile Finisher—$23.55 
Dade CountyTile Finisher—$23.47 
St. Clair CountyTile Finisher—$23.46 
Pemiscot CountyTile Finisher—$23.34 
Morgan CountyTile Finisher—$23.24 
Benton County group, 2 localities: Benton, WayneTile Finisher—$22.76 
Douglas CountyTile Finisher—$22.63 
Hickory CountyTile Finisher—$21.72 
Oregon CountyTile Finisher—$21.65 
Dunklin County group, 2 localities: Dallas, DunklinTile Finisher—$21.49 
Clark CountyTile Finisher—$21.35 
Carter CountyTile Finisher—$21.34 
Shannon CountyTile Finisher—$21.02 
Ozark CountyTile Finisher—$19.97 
Worth CountyTile Finisher—$19.72 
Ripley CountyTile Finisher—$19.36 

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

Missouri tile finisher 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