Landscape & Irrigation Laborer prevailing wage in Mercer County, Ohio

$10.39an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum)

$10.39 base wage + $0.00 fringe benefits · SUOH2012-050

On federally funded or assisted building construction in Mercer County, a landscape and irrigation laborer must be paid at least $10.39 an hour: a $10.39 base wage plus $0.00 in fringe benefits, under wage determination OH20260048 (modification 1). DOL prints no total, so $10.39 is our sum of the two.

Wage determination OH20260048, modification 1, published May 18, 2026, for building construction; rate identifier SUOH2012-050 (August 29, 2014). 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.

This base is below $13.65, the Executive Order 13658 minimum. Contracts that order covers must pay at least that (see the WD's note).

Base wage and fringe benefits: $10.39 + $0.00

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)	$10.39
Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total)	$10.39

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.

How Mercer County compares

The main landscape and irrigation laborer 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

Mercer $10.3985

$10.39Auglaize$30.33Franklin

MercerNearby: Auglaize $10.39, Van Wert $10.39, Union $13.74Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 14 counties pay more than Mercer, 13 the same, 0 less.

Wage and fringe benefits, nearby

Mercer Countybase $10.39$10.39
Auglaize Countybase $10.39$10.39
Van Wert Countybase $10.39$10.39
Union Countybase $13.74$13.74

Landscape & Irrigation Laborer 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 Mercer County
Mercer County	LABORER: LANDSCAPE & IRRIGATION	$10.39	$10.39
Auglaize County	LABORER: LANDSCAPE & IRRIGATION	$10.39	$10.39	same
Van Wert County	LABORER: LANDSCAPE & IRRIGATION	$10.39	$10.39	same
Shelby County	LABORER: LANDSCAPE & IRRIGATION	$10.39	$10.39	same
Darke County	LABORER: LANDSCAPE & IRRIGATION	$10.39	$10.39	same
Paulding County	LABORER: LANDSCAPE & IRRIGATION	$10.39	$10.39	same
Putnam County	LABORER: LANDSCAPE & IRRIGATION	$10.39	$10.39	same

Ohio landscape and irrigation laborer 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 OH20260048 Mod 1, published May 18, 2026: sam.gov/wage-determination/OH20260048/1

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 Mercer County as CSV · Report an error