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New York insulator prevailing wage, county by county

An insulator's prevailing wage on New York public works runs from $64.87 an hour in Franklin County to $111.02 in New York City. The median county is $71.32.

Insulator (Heat & Frost / Asbestos Worker) rate in each New York county, A to Z

63 counties
CountyBase wageFringe benefitsTotal rateEffectiveSource
Albany CountyInsulator - Heat & Frost: Insulator* · Albany County group
$43.02 $28.30 $71.32 Oct 1, 2026NYSDOL-1-40
Allegany CountyInsulator - Heat & Frost: Heat & Frost Insulator · Erie County group
$40.65 $31.54 $72.19 Jul 1, 2026NYSDOL-3-4
Bronx CountyAsbestos Worker Removal & Abatement ONLY* · Kings County group
$48.50 $18.02 $66.52 Jul 1, 2026NYSDOL-4-12a - Removal Only
Broome CountyInsulator - Heat & Frost: Insulation Installer (ON MECHANICAL SYSTEMS ONLY) · Onondaga County group
$45.75 $28.59 $74.34 Jul 1, 2026NYSDOL-7-30-Syracuse
Cattaraugus CountyInsulator - Heat & Frost: Heat & Frost Insulator · Erie County group
$40.65 $31.54 $72.19 Jul 1, 2026NYSDOL-3-4
Cayuga CountyInsulator - Heat & Frost: Insulation Installer (ON MECHANICAL SYSTEMS ONLY) · Onondaga County group
$45.75 $28.59 $74.34 Jul 1, 2026NYSDOL-7-30-Syracuse
Chautauqua CountyInsulator - Heat & Frost: Heat & Frost Insulator · Erie County group
$40.65 $31.54 $72.19 Jul 1, 2026NYSDOL-3-4
Chemung CountyInsulator - Heat & Frost: Insulation Installer (ON MECHANICAL SYSTEMS ONLY) · Onondaga County group
$45.75 $28.59 $74.34 Jul 1, 2026NYSDOL-7-30-Syracuse
Chenango CountyInsulator - Heat & Frost: Insulation Installer (ON MECHANICAL SYSTEMS ONLY) · Onondaga County group
$45.75 $28.59 $74.34 Jul 1, 2026NYSDOL-7-30-Syracuse
Clinton CountyInsulator - Heat & Frost: Insulator* · Franklin County group
$36.57 $28.30 $64.87 Oct 1, 2026NYSDOL-1-40/CF
Columbia CountyInsulator - Heat & Frost: Insulator* · Albany County group
$43.02 $28.30 $71.32 Oct 1, 2026NYSDOL-1-40
Cortland CountyInsulator - Heat & Frost: Insulation Installer (ON MECHANICAL SYSTEMS ONLY) · Onondaga County group
$45.75 $28.59 $74.34 Jul 1, 2026NYSDOL-7-30-Syracuse
Delaware CountyInsulator - Heat & Frost: Insulator* · Albany County group
$43.02 $28.30 $71.32 Oct 1, 2026NYSDOL-1-40
Dutchess CountyInsulator - Heat & Frost: Insulator/Fire Stop Work* (ON MECAHNICAL SYSTEMS ONLY) · Westchester County group
$64.27 $39.85 $104.12 Jul 1, 2026NYSDOL-8-91
Erie CountyInsulator - Heat & Frost: Heat & Frost Insulator · Erie County group
$40.65 $31.54 $72.19 Jul 1, 2026NYSDOL-3-4
Essex CountyInsulator - Heat & Frost: Insulator* · Albany County group
$43.02 $28.30 $71.32 Oct 1, 2026NYSDOL-1-40
Franklin CountyInsulator - Heat & Frost: Insulator* · Franklin County group
$36.57 $28.30 $64.87 Oct 1, 2026NYSDOL-1-40/CF
Fulton CountyInsulator - Heat & Frost: Insulator* · Albany County group
$43.02 $28.30 $71.32 Oct 1, 2026NYSDOL-1-40
Genesee CountyInsulator - Heat & Frost: Insulation Installer (ON MECHANICAL SYSTEMS ONLY)
$43.26 $26.61 $69.87 Jul 1, 2026NYSDOL-7-26
Greene CountyInsulator - Heat & Frost: Insulator* · Albany County group
$43.02 $28.30 $71.32 Oct 1, 2026NYSDOL-1-40
Hamilton CountyInsulator - Heat & Frost: Insulator* · Albany County group
$43.02 $28.30 $71.32 Oct 1, 2026NYSDOL-1-40
Herkimer CountyInsulator - Heat & Frost: Insulation Installer (ON MECHANICAL SYSTEMS ONLY) · Onondaga County group
$45.75 $28.59 $74.34 Jul 1, 2026NYSDOL-7-30-Syracuse
Jefferson CountyInsulator - Heat & Frost: Insulation Installer (ON MECHANICAL SYSTEMS ONLY) · Onondaga County group
$45.75 $28.59 $74.34 Jul 1, 2026NYSDOL-7-30-Syracuse
Kings CountyAsbestos Worker Removal & Abatement ONLY* · Kings County group
$48.50 $18.02 $66.52 Jul 1, 2026NYSDOL-4-12a - Removal Only
Lewis CountyInsulator - Heat & Frost: Insulation Installer (ON MECHANICAL SYSTEMS ONLY) · Onondaga County group
$45.75 $28.59 $74.34 Jul 1, 2026NYSDOL-7-30-Syracuse
Livingston CountyInsulator - Heat & Frost: Insulation Installer (ON MECHANICAL SYSTEMS ONLY) · Monroe County group
$43.26 $26.61 $69.87 Jul 1, 2026NYSDOL-7-26
Madison CountyInsulator - Heat & Frost: Insulation Installer (ON MECHANICAL SYSTEMS ONLY) · Onondaga County group
$45.75 $28.59 $74.34 Jul 1, 2026NYSDOL-7-30-Syracuse
Monroe CountyInsulator - Heat & Frost: Insulation Installer (ON MECHANICAL SYSTEMS ONLY) · Monroe County group
$43.26 $26.61 $69.87 Jul 1, 2026NYSDOL-7-26
Montgomery CountyInsulator - Heat & Frost: Insulator* · Albany County group
$43.02 $28.30 $71.32 Oct 1, 2026NYSDOL-1-40
Nassau CountyAsbestos Worker Removal & Abatement ONLY* · Kings County group
$48.50 $18.02 $66.52 Jul 1, 2026NYSDOL-4-12a - Removal Only
New York CityHEAT AND FROST INSULATOR: Heat & Frost Insulator
$73.21 $37.81 $111.02 Jul 1, 2026NYCCOMP-220-2026-07-01
New York CountyAsbestos Worker Removal & Abatement ONLY* · Kings County group
$48.50 $18.02 $66.52 Jul 1, 2026NYSDOL-4-12a - Removal Only
Niagara CountyInsulator - Heat & Frost: Heat & Frost Insulator · Erie County group
$40.65 $31.54 $72.19 Jul 1, 2026NYSDOL-3-4
Oneida CountyInsulator - Heat & Frost: Insulation Installer (ON MECHANICAL SYSTEMS ONLY) · Onondaga County group
$45.75 $28.59 $74.34 Jul 1, 2026NYSDOL-7-30-Syracuse
Onondaga CountyInsulator - Heat & Frost: Insulation Installer (ON MECHANICAL SYSTEMS ONLY) · Onondaga County group
$45.75 $28.59 $74.34 Jul 1, 2026NYSDOL-7-30-Syracuse
Ontario CountyInsulator - Heat & Frost: Insulation Installer (ON MECHANICAL SYSTEMS ONLY) · Monroe County group
$43.26 $26.61 $69.87 Jul 1, 2026NYSDOL-7-26
Orange CountyInsulator - Heat & Frost: Insulator/Fire Stop Work* (ON MECAHNICAL SYSTEMS ONLY) · Westchester County group
$64.27 $39.85 $104.12 Jul 1, 2026NYSDOL-8-91
Orleans CountyInsulator - Heat & Frost: Insulation Installer (ON MECHANICAL SYSTEMS ONLY) · Monroe County group
$43.26 $26.61 $69.87 Jul 1, 2026NYSDOL-7-26
Oswego CountyInsulator - Heat & Frost: Insulation Installer (ON MECHANICAL SYSTEMS ONLY) · Onondaga County group
$45.75 $28.59 $74.34 Jul 1, 2026NYSDOL-7-30-Syracuse
Otsego CountyInsulator - Heat & Frost: Insulation Installer (ON MECHANICAL SYSTEMS ONLY) · Onondaga County group
$45.75 $28.59 $74.34 Jul 1, 2026NYSDOL-7-30-Syracuse
Putnam CountyInsulator - Heat & Frost: Insulator/Fire Stop Work* (ON MECAHNICAL SYSTEMS ONLY) · Westchester County group
$64.27 $39.85 $104.12 Jul 1, 2026NYSDOL-8-91
Queens CountyAsbestos Worker Removal & Abatement ONLY* · Kings County group
$48.50 $18.02 $66.52 Jul 1, 2026NYSDOL-4-12a - Removal Only
Rensselaer CountyInsulator - Heat & Frost: Insulator* · Albany County group
$43.02 $28.30 $71.32 Oct 1, 2026NYSDOL-1-40
Richmond CountyAsbestos Worker Removal & Abatement ONLY* · Kings County group
$48.50 $18.02 $66.52 Jul 1, 2026NYSDOL-4-12a - Removal Only
Rockland CountyInsulator - Heat & Frost: Insulator/Fire Stop Work* (ON MECAHNICAL SYSTEMS ONLY) · Westchester County group
$64.27 $39.85 $104.12 Jul 1, 2026NYSDOL-8-91
Saratoga CountyInsulator - Heat & Frost: Insulator* · Albany County group
$43.02 $28.30 $71.32 Oct 1, 2026NYSDOL-1-40
Schenectady CountyInsulator - Heat & Frost: Insulator* · Albany County group
$43.02 $28.30 $71.32 Oct 1, 2026NYSDOL-1-40
Schoharie CountyInsulator - Heat & Frost: Insulator* · Albany County group
$43.02 $28.30 $71.32 Oct 1, 2026NYSDOL-1-40
Schuyler CountyInsulator - Heat & Frost: Insulation Installer (ON MECHANICAL SYSTEMS ONLY) · Onondaga County group
$45.75 $28.59 $74.34 Jul 1, 2026NYSDOL-7-30-Syracuse
Seneca CountyInsulator - Heat & Frost: Insulation Installer (ON MECHANICAL SYSTEMS ONLY) · Onondaga County group
$45.75 $28.59 $74.34 Jul 1, 2026NYSDOL-7-30-Syracuse
St. Lawrence CountyInsulator - Heat & Frost: Insulation Installer (ON MECHANICAL SYSTEMS ONLY) · Onondaga County group
$45.75 $28.59 $74.34 Jul 1, 2026NYSDOL-7-30-Syracuse
Steuben CountyInsulator - Heat & Frost: Insulation Installer (ON MECHANICAL SYSTEMS ONLY) · Monroe County group
$43.26 $26.61 $69.87 Jul 1, 2026NYSDOL-7-26
Suffolk CountyAsbestos Worker Removal & Abatement ONLY* · Kings County group
$48.50 $18.02 $66.52 Jul 1, 2026NYSDOL-4-12a - Removal Only
Sullivan CountyInsulator - Heat & Frost: Insulator* · Albany County group
$43.02 $28.30 $71.32 Oct 1, 2026NYSDOL-1-40
Tioga CountyInsulator - Heat & Frost: Insulation Installer (ON MECHANICAL SYSTEMS ONLY) · Onondaga County group
$45.75 $28.59 $74.34 Jul 1, 2026NYSDOL-7-30-Syracuse
Tompkins CountyInsulator - Heat & Frost: Insulation Installer (ON MECHANICAL SYSTEMS ONLY) · Onondaga County group
$45.75 $28.59 $74.34 Jul 1, 2026NYSDOL-7-30-Syracuse
Ulster CountyInsulator - Heat & Frost: Insulator* · Albany County group
$43.02 $28.30 $71.32 Oct 1, 2026NYSDOL-1-40
Warren CountyInsulator - Heat & Frost: Insulator* · Albany County group
$43.02 $28.30 $71.32 Oct 1, 2026NYSDOL-1-40
Washington CountyInsulator - Heat & Frost: Insulator* · Albany County group
$43.02 $28.30 $71.32 Oct 1, 2026NYSDOL-1-40
Wayne CountyInsulator - Heat & Frost: Insulation Installer (ON MECHANICAL SYSTEMS ONLY) · Monroe County group
$43.26 $26.61 $69.87 Jul 1, 2026NYSDOL-7-26
Westchester CountyInsulator - Heat & Frost: Insulator/Fire Stop Work* (ON MECAHNICAL SYSTEMS ONLY) · Westchester County group
$64.27 $39.85 $104.12 Jul 1, 2026NYSDOL-8-91
Wyoming CountyInsulator - Heat & Frost: Heat & Frost Insulator · Erie County group
$40.65 $31.54 $72.19 Jul 1, 2026NYSDOL-3-4
Yates CountyInsulator - Heat & Frost: Insulation Installer (ON MECHANICAL SYSTEMS ONLY) · Monroe County group
$43.26 $26.61 $69.87 Jul 1, 2026NYSDOL-7-26

Main insulator classification in each county, 2026-27 schedules, with the October 1, 2026 updates. New York doesn't lock rates at bid: contractors pay the current prevailing rate, including the dated steps in the schedule, and monthly corrections retroactive to July 1 (NYSDOL). Checked October 25, 2026.

Schoharie County insulator: $71.32 per hourSeneca County insulator: $74.34 per hourOrleans County insulator: $69.87 per hourWayne County insulator: $69.87 per hourGreene County insulator: $71.32 per hourAllegany County insulator: $72.19 per hourOswego County insulator: $74.34 per hourNassau County insulator: $66.52 per hourMonroe County insulator: $69.87 per hourHerkimer County insulator: $74.34 per hourNew York County insulator: $66.52 per hourSt. Lawrence County insulator: $74.34 per hourOrange County insulator: $104.12 per hourTompkins County insulator: $74.34 per hourOnondaga County insulator: $74.34 per hourAlbany County insulator: $71.32 per hourSuffolk County insulator: $66.52 per hourJefferson County insulator: $74.34 per hourLivingston County insulator: $69.87 per hourWyoming County insulator: $72.19 per hourSchuyler County insulator: $74.34 per hourTioga County insulator: $74.34 per hourChemung County insulator: $74.34 per hourWestchester County insulator: $104.12 per hourNiagara County insulator: $72.19 per hourOneida County insulator: $74.34 per hourEssex County insulator: $71.32 per hourOtsego County insulator: $74.34 per hourHamilton County insulator: $71.32 per hourMontgomery County insulator: $71.32 per hourFranklin County insulator: $64.87 per hourLewis County insulator: $74.34 per hourBroome County insulator: $74.34 per hourSchenectady County insulator: $71.32 per hourSteuben County insulator: $69.87 per hourChenango County insulator: $74.34 per hourSullivan County insulator: $71.32 per hourPutnam County insulator: $104.12 per hourRockland County insulator: $104.12 per hourColumbia County insulator: $71.32 per hourClinton County insulator: $64.87 per hourKings County insulator: $66.52 per hourCattaraugus County insulator: $72.19 per hourChautauqua County insulator: $72.19 per hourQueens County insulator: $66.52 per hourRensselaer County insulator: $71.32 per hourRichmond County insulator: $66.52 per hourUlster County insulator: $71.32 per hourBronx County insulator: $66.52 per hourSaratoga County insulator: $71.32 per hourFulton County insulator: $71.32 per hourDutchess County insulator: $104.12 per hourCayuga County insulator: $74.34 per hourErie County insulator: $72.19 per hourCortland County insulator: $74.34 per hourMadison County insulator: $74.34 per hourWashington County insulator: $71.32 per hourGenesee County insulator: $69.87 per hourWarren County insulator: $71.32 per hourDelaware County insulator: $71.32 per hourYates County insulator: $69.87 per hourOntario County insulator: $69.87 per hour
$64$69$71$72$74$104Insulator (Heat & Frost / Asbestos Worker), main rate, wage + supplements per hour. Each shade holds about a fifth of the counties.

How much does an insulator make on prevailing wage in New York?

$64.87 to $111.02 an hour depending on the county; the median county pays $71.32. 7 groups of counties with identical rates and 2 with rates of their own, highest main rate first.

  1. New York City1 county$111.02
  2. Westchester County group5 counties$104.12
  3. Onondaga County group18 counties$74.34
  4. Erie County group6 counties$72.19
  5. Albany County group16 counties$71.32
  6. Monroe County group7 counties$69.87
  7. Genesee County1 county$69.87
  8. Kings County group7 counties$66.52
  9. Franklin County group2 counties$64.87
Which counties share a rate
Counties and New York CityMain classificationBase wageTotal rate
New York CityHEAT AND FROST INSULATOR: Heat & Frost Insulator$73.21 $111.02 
Westchester County group, 5 localities: Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, WestchesterInsulator - Heat & Frost: Insulator/Fire Stop Work* (ON MECAHNICAL SYSTEMS ONLY)$64.27 $104.12 
Onondaga County group, 18 localities: Broome, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego, Otsego, Schuyler, Seneca, St. Lawrence, Tioga, TompkinsInsulator - Heat & Frost: Insulation Installer (ON MECHANICAL SYSTEMS ONLY)$45.75 $74.34 
Erie County group, 6 localities: Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Niagara, WyomingInsulator - Heat & Frost: Heat & Frost Insulator$40.65 $72.19 
Albany County group, 16 localities: Albany, Columbia, Delaware, Essex, Fulton, Greene, Hamilton, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Sullivan, Ulster, Warren, WashingtonInsulator - Heat & Frost: Insulator*$43.02 $71.32 
Monroe County group, 7 localities: Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans, Steuben, Wayne, YatesInsulator - Heat & Frost: Insulation Installer (ON MECHANICAL SYSTEMS ONLY)$43.26 $69.87 
Genesee County*Insulator - Heat & Frost: Insulation Installer (ON MECHANICAL SYSTEMS ONLY)$43.26 $69.87 
Kings County group, 7 localities: Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Queens, Richmond, SuffolkAsbestos Worker Removal & Abatement ONLY*$48.50 $66.52 
Franklin County group, 2 localities: Clinton, FranklinInsulator - Heat & Frost: Insulator*$36.57 $64.87 

7 groups of counties with identical NYSDOL rates, and 2 counties with rates of their own. * Part of the county has a rate of its own; its page lists each part's rate.

NYSDOL schedules list registered-apprentice wages as a percentage of the journeyworker rate, with their own supplement amounts, under REGISTERED APPRENTICES (verbatim in `apprentice_text`). Only registered apprentices may be paid those rates.

Questions about New York insulator pay

What is the insulator prevailing wage in New York City?

$111.02 an hour: a $73.21 base wage plus $37.81 in supplements, under 2026-27 schedules, with the October 1, 2026 updates. Overtime and every insulator classification in New York City.

Does insulator prevailing wage include fringe benefits?

Yes. In New York City the $111.02 total is a $73.21 base wage plus $37.81 in supplements, about 34% of the total. The employer owes the full amount for every hour worked.

Does insulator prevailing wage pay overtime in New York?

Work over eight hours in a day or more than five days in a week is overtime at "a premium wage commensurate with the premium wages prevailing in the area" (Labor Law §220(2)). Each trade's rules are NYSDOL codes, copied here; they combine, so we don't compute overtime dollars.

Do apprentice insulators get this rate?

NYSDOL schedules list registered-apprentice wages as a percentage of the journeyworker rate, with their own supplement amounts, under REGISTERED APPRENTICES (verbatim in `apprentice_text`). Only registered apprentices may be paid those rates.

Why do some counties have the same insulator rate?

NYSDOL often publishes the same insulator rates for several counties. Across New York, the 63 counties with an insulator rate fall into 9 distinct sets of rates, and 7 of those sets are shared by more than one county; the largest covers 18 counties (the Onondaga County group).