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Ironworker prevailing wage in Franklin County, Ohio

Which kind of construction is the job?

The kind of construction decides the rate: each wage determination covers one. Residential covers homes and apartments up to four stories.

$64.02an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum)

$40.87 base wage + $23.15 fringe benefits

IRONWORKER (REINFORCING AND STRUCTURAL) · IRON0172-006

$62.17an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum)

$38.27 base wage + $23.90 fringe benefits

IRONWORKER, REINFORCING (ADAMS (WESTERN PART), BROWN, BUTLER (SOUTHERN PART), CLERMONT, CLINTON (SOUTH OF A LINE DRAWN FROM BLANCHESTER TO LYNCHBURG), HAMILTON, HIGHLAND (EXCLUDING EASTERN ONE-FIFTH & PORTION OF COUNTY INSIDE LINES DRAWN FROM MARSHALL TO LYNCHBURG FROM THE NORTHERN COUNTY LINE THROUGH E. MONROE TO MARSHALL) AND WARREN (SOUTH OF A LINE DRAWN FROM BLANCHESTER THROUGH MORROW TO THE WEST COUNTY LINE) COUNTIES) · IRON0044-001

On federally funded or assisted building construction in Franklin County, an ironworker must be paid at least $64.02 an hour: a $40.87 base wage plus $23.15 in fringe benefits, under wage determination OH20260078 (modification 1). DOL prints no total, so $64.02 is our sum of the two.

Wage determination OH20260078, modification 1, published May 18, 2026, for building construction; rate identifier IRON0172-006 (June 1, 2025). Checked against sam.gov on October 25, 2026.

On federally funded or assisted highway and heavy construction in Franklin County, an ironworker must be paid at least $62.17 an hour: a $38.27 base wage plus $23.90 in fringe benefits, under wage determination OH20260001 (modification 5). DOL prints no total, so $62.17 is our sum of the two.

Wage determination OH20260001, modification 5, published September 17, 2026, for highway and heavy construction; rate identifier IRON0044-001 (June 1, 2025). Checked against sam.gov on October 25, 2026.

Ohio also sets its own rates (ORC 4115, Department of Commerce); on jobs covered by both, pay the higher. Ohio's rates sit behind an OHID login on its prevailing wage portal, so this site shows the Davis-Bacon rates only.

DOL lists 10 ironworker rates for Franklin County, from $51.07 to $64.39 an hour. See all of them.

Base wage and fringe benefits: $40.87 + $23.15

The base wage is the taxable hourly wage. DOL prints the fringe benefits as one hourly figure, not itemized; it can go to health, pension, vacation and training plans, or be paid as cash where the state allows.

Base wage (taxable)	$40.87
Fringe benefits (one figure, not itemized)	$23.15
Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total)	$64.02

Base wage and fringe benefits: $38.27 + $23.90

Base wage (taxable)	$38.27
Fringe benefits (one figure, not itemized)	$23.90
Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total)	$62.17

When does this rate change?

A contract keeps the wage determination in its bid documents. Modifications published before bid opening apply to it, though one published less than 10 days before can be left out if the agency finds there isn't time to tell bidders (29 CFR 1.6(c)).
DOL changes a WD by publishing a numbered modification on SAM.gov. This page reads the modification named in the Source line; the Ohio change log lists what each one changed.

Every ironworker rate in Franklin County

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

IRONWORKER (ALLEN (NORTHERN HALF), DEFIANCE (NORTHERN PART, EXCLUDING SOUTH OF A LINE DRAWN FROM WHERE RTE. #66 MEETS THE NORTHERN LINE THROUGH INDEPENDENCE TO THE EASTERN COUNTY BORDER), MERCER (NORTHERN HALF), PAULDING, PUTNAM (WESTERN PART, EXCLUDING EAST OF A LINE DRAWN FROM THE NORTHERN BORDER DOWN THROUGH MILLER CITY TO WHERE #696 MEETS THE SOUTHERN BORDER), VAN WERT, AND WILLIAMS (WESTERN PART, EXCLUDING EAST OF A LINE DRAWN FROM PIONEER THROUGH STRYKER TO THE SOUTHERN BORDER) COUNTIES)Highway, Heavy · IRON0147-002$64.39
IRONWORKER (REINFORCING AND STRUCTURAL)Building · IRON0172-006$64.02
IRONWORKER (ALLEN (SOUTHERN HALF), AUGLAIZE, BUTLER (NORTH OF A LINE DRAWN FROM EAST TO THE WEST COUNTY LINE GOING THROUGH OXFORD, DARRTOWN & WOODSDALE), CHAMPAIGN (EXCLUDING EAST OF A LINE DRAWN FROM CATAWLA TO THE POINT WHERE #68 INTERSECTS THE NORTHERN COUNTY LINE), CLARK (WESTERN TWO-THIRDS), CLINTON (EXCLUDING SOUTH OF A LINE DRAWN FROM BLANCHESTER TO LYNCHBURG), DARKE, GREENE, HIGHLAND (INSIDE LINES DRAWN FROM MARSHALL TO LYNCHBURG & FROM THE NORTHERN COUNTY LINE THROUGH EAST MONROE TO MARSHALL), LOGAN (WEST OF A LINE DRAWN FROM WEST LIBERTY TO WHERE THE NORTHERN COUNTY LINE MEETS THE WESTERN COUNTY LINE OF HARDIN), MERCER (SOUTHERN HALF), MIAMI, MONTGOMERY, PREBLE, SHELBY, & WARREN (EXCLUDING SOUTH OF A LINE DRAWN FROM BLANCHESTER THROUGH MORROW TO THE WESTERN COUNTY LINE) COUNTIES)Highway, Heavy · IRON0290-002$62.74
IRONWORKER, REINFORCING (ADAMS (WESTERN PART), BROWN, BUTLER (SOUTHERN PART), CLERMONT, CLINTON (SOUTH OF A LINE DRAWN FROM BLANCHESTER TO LYNCHBURG), HAMILTON, HIGHLAND (EXCLUDING EASTERN ONE-FIFTH & PORTION OF COUNTY INSIDE LINES DRAWN FROM MARSHALL TO LYNCHBURG FROM THE NORTHERN COUNTY LINE THROUGH E. MONROE TO MARSHALL) AND WARREN (SOUTH OF A LINE DRAWN FROM BLANCHESTER THROUGH MORROW TO THE WEST COUNTY LINE) COUNTIES)Highway, Heavy · IRON0044-001$62.17
IRONWORKER: ORNAMENTAL; STRUCTURAL (CLINTON (SOUTH OF A LINE DRAWN FROM BLANCHESTER TO LYNCHBURG), HAMILTON, HIGHLAND (EXCLUDING EASTERN ONE-FIFTH & PORTION OF COUNTY INSIDE LINES DRAWN FROM MARSHALL TO LYNCHBURG FROM THE NORTHERN COUNTY LINE THROUGH E. MONROE TO MARSHALL) & WARREN (SOUTH OF A LINE DRAWN FROM BLANCHESTER THROUGH MORROW TO THE WEST COUNTY LINE))Highway, Heavy · IRON0044-002$61.67
IRONWORKER (BELMONT, GUERNSEY, HARRISON, JEFFERSON, MONROE & MUSKINGUM (EXCLUDING PORTION WEST OF A LINE STARTING AT ADAMS MILL GOING TO ADAMSVILLE AND GOING FROM ADAMSVILLE THROUGH BLUE ROCK TO THE SOUTH BORDER))Highway, Heavy · IRON0549-003$60.85
IRONWORKER: FENCE ERECTOR (CLINTON (SOUTH OF A LINE DRAWN FROM BLANCHESTER TO LYNCHBURG), HAMILTON, HIGHLAND (EXCLUDING EASTERN ONE-FIFTH & PORTION OF COUNTY INSIDE LINES DRAWN FROM MARSHALL TO LYNCHBURG FROM THE NORTHERN COUNTY LINE THROUGH E. MONROE TO MARSHALL) & WARREN (SOUTH OF A LINE DRAWN FROM BLANCHESTER THROUGH MORROW TO THE WEST COUNTY LINE))Highway, Heavy · IRON0044-002$59.78
IRONWORKER: ORNAMENTALBuilding · IRON0550-009$59.57
IRONWORKERS: STRUCTURAL, ORNAMENTAL AND REINFORCING (ASHLAND, CARROLL, COLUMBIANA (W. OF A LINE FROM DAMASCUS TO HIGHLANDTOWN), COSHOCTON (E. OF A LINE BEGINNING AT NW CO. LINE GOING THROUGH WALHONDING & TUNNEL HILL TO THE SOUTH CO. LINE), HOLMES, HURON (S. OF OLD RTE. #224), MAHONING (S. OF OLD RTE. #224), MEDINA (S. OF OLD RTE. #224), PORTAGE (S. OF OLD RTE. #224), RICHLAND, STARK, SUMMIT (S. OF OLD RTE. #224, EXCLUDING CITY LIMITS OF BARBERTON), TUSCARAWAS, & WAYNE)Highway, Heavy · IRON0550-004$57.58
IRONWORKER: ALL OTHER WORK (CRAWFORD (AREA BETWEEN LINES DRAWN FROM WHERE HWY #598 & #30 MEET THROUGH N. LIBERTY TO THE NORTHERN BORDER & FROM SAID HWY JUNCTION POINT DUE WEST TO THE BORDER), DEFIANCE (S. OF A LINE DRAWN FROM WHERE RTE. #66 MEETS THE NORTHERN LINE THROUGH INDEPENDENCE TO THE EASTERN COUNTY BORDER), ERIE (WESTERN 1/3), FULTON, HANCOCK, HARDIN (NORTH OF A LINE DRAWN FROM MAYSVILLE TO A POINT 4 MILES SOUTH OF THE NORTHERN LINE ON THE EASTERN LINE), HENRY, HURON (WEST OF A LINE DRAWN FROM MAYSVILLE TO A POINT 4 MILES SOUTH OF THE NORTHEN LINE OF THE EASTERN LINE), HENRY, HURON (WEST OF A LINE DRAWN FROM THE NORTHERN BORDER THROUGH MONROEVILLE & WILLARD), LUCAS, OTTAWA, PUTNAM (EAST OF A LINE DRAWN FROM THE NORTHERN BORDER DOWN THROUGH MILLER CITY TO WHERE #696 MEETS THE SOURTHERN BORDER), SANDUSKY, SENECA, WILLIAMS (EAST OF A LINE DRAWN FROM PIONEER THROUGH STRYKER TO THE SOUTHERN BORDER), WOOD & WYANDOT (NORTH OF RTE. #30))Highway, Heavy · IRON0055-003$51.07

Hourly rate of each ironworker classification in Franklin County, highest first, split into wage and fringe benefits.

Classification	Base wage	Fringe benefits	Total rate	WD
IRONWORKER (REINFORCING AND STRUCTURAL)BuildingIRON0172-006	$40.87	$23.15	$64.02	OH20260078 Mod 1
IRONWORKER: ORNAMENTALBuildingIRON0550-009	$36.00	$23.57	$59.57	OH20260078 Mod 1
IRONWORKER, REINFORCING (ADAMS (WESTERN PART), BROWN, BUTLER (SOUTHERN PART), CLERMONT, CLINTON (SOUTH OF A LINE DRAWN FROM BLANCHESTER TO LYNCHBURG), HAMILTON, HIGHLAND (EXCLUDING EASTERN ONE-FIFTH & PORTION OF COUNTY INSIDE LINES DRAWN FROM MARSHALL TO LYNCHBURG FROM THE NORTHERN COUNTY LINE THROUGH E. MONROE TO MARSHALL) AND WARREN (SOUTH OF A LINE DRAWN FROM BLANCHESTER THROUGH MORROW TO THE WEST COUNTY LINE) COUNTIES)Highway, HeavyIRON0044-001	$38.27	$23.90	$62.17	OH20260001 Mod 5
IRONWORKER: FENCE ERECTOR (CLINTON (SOUTH OF A LINE DRAWN FROM BLANCHESTER TO LYNCHBURG), HAMILTON, HIGHLAND (EXCLUDING EASTERN ONE-FIFTH & PORTION OF COUNTY INSIDE LINES DRAWN FROM MARSHALL TO LYNCHBURG FROM THE NORTHERN COUNTY LINE THROUGH E. MONROE TO MARSHALL) & WARREN (SOUTH OF A LINE DRAWN FROM BLANCHESTER THROUGH MORROW TO THE WEST COUNTY LINE))Highway, HeavyIRON0044-002	$35.88	$23.90	$59.78	OH20260001 Mod 5
IRONWORKER: ORNAMENTAL; STRUCTURAL (CLINTON (SOUTH OF A LINE DRAWN FROM BLANCHESTER TO LYNCHBURG), HAMILTON, HIGHLAND (EXCLUDING EASTERN ONE-FIFTH & PORTION OF COUNTY INSIDE LINES DRAWN FROM MARSHALL TO LYNCHBURG FROM THE NORTHERN COUNTY LINE THROUGH E. MONROE TO MARSHALL) & WARREN (SOUTH OF A LINE DRAWN FROM BLANCHESTER THROUGH MORROW TO THE WEST COUNTY LINE))Highway, HeavyIRON0044-002	$37.77	$23.90	$61.67	OH20260001 Mod 5
IRONWORKER: ALL OTHER WORK (CRAWFORD (AREA BETWEEN LINES DRAWN FROM WHERE HWY #598 & #30 MEET THROUGH N. LIBERTY TO THE NORTHERN BORDER & FROM SAID HWY JUNCTION POINT DUE WEST TO THE BORDER), DEFIANCE (S. OF A LINE DRAWN FROM WHERE RTE. #66 MEETS THE NORTHERN LINE THROUGH INDEPENDENCE TO THE EASTERN COUNTY BORDER), ERIE (WESTERN 1/3), FULTON, HANCOCK, HARDIN (NORTH OF A LINE DRAWN FROM MAYSVILLE TO A POINT 4 MILES SOUTH OF THE NORTHERN LINE ON THE EASTERN LINE), HENRY, HURON (WEST OF A LINE DRAWN FROM MAYSVILLE TO A POINT 4 MILES SOUTH OF THE NORTHEN LINE OF THE EASTERN LINE), HENRY, HURON (WEST OF A LINE DRAWN FROM THE NORTHERN BORDER THROUGH MONROEVILLE & WILLARD), LUCAS, OTTAWA, PUTNAM (EAST OF A LINE DRAWN FROM THE NORTHERN BORDER DOWN THROUGH MILLER CITY TO WHERE #696 MEETS THE SOURTHERN BORDER), SANDUSKY, SENECA, WILLIAMS (EAST OF A LINE DRAWN FROM PIONEER THROUGH STRYKER TO THE SOUTHERN BORDER), WOOD & WYANDOT (NORTH OF RTE. #30))Highway, HeavyIRON0055-003	$29.77	$21.30	$51.07	OH20260001 Mod 5
IRONWORKER (ALLEN (NORTHERN HALF), DEFIANCE (NORTHERN PART, EXCLUDING SOUTH OF A LINE DRAWN FROM WHERE RTE. #66 MEETS THE NORTHERN LINE THROUGH INDEPENDENCE TO THE EASTERN COUNTY BORDER), MERCER (NORTHERN HALF), PAULDING, PUTNAM (WESTERN PART, EXCLUDING EAST OF A LINE DRAWN FROM THE NORTHERN BORDER DOWN THROUGH MILLER CITY TO WHERE #696 MEETS THE SOUTHERN BORDER), VAN WERT, AND WILLIAMS (WESTERN PART, EXCLUDING EAST OF A LINE DRAWN FROM PIONEER THROUGH STRYKER TO THE SOUTHERN BORDER) COUNTIES)Highway, HeavyIRON0147-002	$38.00	$26.39	$64.39	OH20260001 Mod 5
IRONWORKER (ALLEN (SOUTHERN HALF), AUGLAIZE, BUTLER (NORTH OF A LINE DRAWN FROM EAST TO THE WEST COUNTY LINE GOING THROUGH OXFORD, DARRTOWN & WOODSDALE), CHAMPAIGN (EXCLUDING EAST OF A LINE DRAWN FROM CATAWLA TO THE POINT WHERE #68 INTERSECTS THE NORTHERN COUNTY LINE), CLARK (WESTERN TWO-THIRDS), CLINTON (EXCLUDING SOUTH OF A LINE DRAWN FROM BLANCHESTER TO LYNCHBURG), DARKE, GREENE, HIGHLAND (INSIDE LINES DRAWN FROM MARSHALL TO LYNCHBURG & FROM THE NORTHERN COUNTY LINE THROUGH EAST MONROE TO MARSHALL), LOGAN (WEST OF A LINE DRAWN FROM WEST LIBERTY TO WHERE THE NORTHERN COUNTY LINE MEETS THE WESTERN COUNTY LINE OF HARDIN), MERCER (SOUTHERN HALF), MIAMI, MONTGOMERY, PREBLE, SHELBY, & WARREN (EXCLUDING SOUTH OF A LINE DRAWN FROM BLANCHESTER THROUGH MORROW TO THE WESTERN COUNTY LINE) COUNTIES)Highway, HeavyIRON0290-002	$37.39	$25.35	$62.74	OH20260001 Mod 5
IRONWORKER (BELMONT, GUERNSEY, HARRISON, JEFFERSON, MONROE & MUSKINGUM (EXCLUDING PORTION WEST OF A LINE STARTING AT ADAMS MILL GOING TO ADAMSVILLE AND GOING FROM ADAMSVILLE THROUGH BLUE ROCK TO THE SOUTH BORDER))Highway, HeavyIRON0549-003	$35.19	$25.66	$60.85	OH20260001 Mod 5
IRONWORKERS: STRUCTURAL, ORNAMENTAL AND REINFORCING (ASHLAND, CARROLL, COLUMBIANA (W. OF A LINE FROM DAMASCUS TO HIGHLANDTOWN), COSHOCTON (E. OF A LINE BEGINNING AT NW CO. LINE GOING THROUGH WALHONDING & TUNNEL HILL TO THE SOUTH CO. LINE), HOLMES, HURON (S. OF OLD RTE. #224), MAHONING (S. OF OLD RTE. #224), MEDINA (S. OF OLD RTE. #224), PORTAGE (S. OF OLD RTE. #224), RICHLAND, STARK, SUMMIT (S. OF OLD RTE. #224, EXCLUDING CITY LIMITS OF BARBERTON), TUSCARAWAS, & WAYNE)Highway, HeavyIRON0550-004	$34.70	$22.88	$57.58	OH20260001 Mod 5

How Franklin County compares

The main ironworker rate in every county that has one, and how the pay splits here and nearby. All bars use the same scale.

Every county in Ohio

Franklin $64.02825101913

$28.52Allen$69.29Adams

FranklinNearby: Madison $42.75, Delaware $42.75, Pickaway $42.75Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 39 counties pay more than Franklin, 0 the same, 48 less.

Wage and fringe benefits, nearby

Franklin Countybase $40.87$64.02
Madison Countybase $26.52$42.75
Delaware Countybase $26.52$42.75
Pickaway Countybase $26.52$42.75

Ironworker rates in nearby counties

Current DOL rates. Davis-Bacon rates are set for groups of counties, so neighbours often share them; the county where the work is done decides.

County	Classification	Base wage	Total rate	vs Franklin County
Franklin County	IRONWORKER (REINFORCING AND STRUCTURAL)	$40.87	$64.02
Madison County	IRONWORKER, STRUCTURAL	$26.52	$42.75	−$21.27
Delaware County	IRONWORKER, STRUCTURAL	$26.52	$42.75	−$21.27
Pickaway County	IRONWORKER, STRUCTURAL	$26.52	$42.75	−$21.27
Fairfield County	IRONWORKER, STRUCTURAL	$26.52	$42.75	−$21.27
Licking County	IRONWORKER, STRUCTURAL	$26.52	$42.75	−$21.27
Union County	IRONWORKER, STRUCTURAL	$26.52	$42.75	−$21.27

Ohio ironworker prevailing wage by county, with a map

Are you being paid this rate?

Add your base pay to the fringe your employer pays for you, in cash or into plans, and compare the sum with the total. The Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division takes complaints: 1-866-487-9243, or dol.gov/agencies/whd/contact/complaints.

Source

U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division (DOL), wage determination OH20260078 Mod 1, published May 18, 2026: sam.gov/wage-determination/OH20260078/1

We read every active Ohio Davis-Bacon wage determination from SAM.gov's own data and check every number with a second, independent read of the same file. DOL prints no total; ours is base plus fringe. How we check · Download Franklin County as CSV · Report an error