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Landscape & Irrigation Laborer prevailing wage in Fayette County, Pennsylvania

$45.40an hour, base wage + fringe benefits · Landscape Laborer

$26.37 base wage + $19.03 fringe benefits

On Pennsylvania public works in Fayette County, a landscape and irrigation laborer working as landscape laborer must be paid at least $45.40 an hour: a $26.37 base wage plus $19.03 in fringe benefits.

PPWS county schedules from each county's newest determination (Oct 25, 2026); this rate, effective January 1, 2026. Rates are set per project: the public body gets a determination before bidding, and once the contract is signed its rates "shall not be altered" while it is in force (Act § 4). A determination must be re-requested if the contract isn't awarded within 120 days (34 Pa. Code 9.104(a)). Checked against dliweb.pa.gov on October 25, 2026.

L&I lists 3 landscape and irrigation laborer rates for Fayette County, from $45.40 to $46.12 an hour. See all of them.

Pennsylvania publishes no county rate schedule. These are the rates printed in each county's newest project determination; the binding rates for a job are the ones in that job's own determination.

Base wage and fringe benefits: $26.37 + $19.03

The base wage is the taxable hourly wage. L&I 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)$26.37
Fringe benefits (one figure, not itemized)$19.03
Total hourly rate, as printed$45.40

When does this rate change?

Dated rates for this classification

L&I prints more than one dated line for Landscape Laborer. The one in force on October 25, 2026 leads this page; scheduled lines take effect on their date.

EffectiveRateStatus
Jan 1, 2025$44.15 ($25.37 + $18.78)Earlier
Jan 1, 2026$45.40 ($26.37 + $19.03)In force

Every landscape and irrigation laborer rate in Fayette County

As L&I lists them. The highlighted row is the one this page leads with.

  1. Landscape Laborer (Tractor Operator)$46.12
  2. Landscape Laborer (Skilled)$45.82
  3. Landscape Laborer$45.40
Hourly rate of each landscape and irrigation laborer classification in Fayette County, highest first, split into wage and fringe benefits.
ClassificationBase wageFringe benefitsTotal rateEffective
Landscape Laborer$26.37 $19.03 $45.40 Jan 1, 2026
Landscape Laborer (Skilled)$26.79 $19.03 $45.82 Jan 1, 2026
Landscape Laborer (Tractor Operator)$27.09 $19.03 $46.12 Jan 1, 2026

Davis-Bacon landscape and irrigation laborer rate in Fayette County

Federally funded or assisted construction here uses the U.S. Department of Labor's wage determinations. Pennsylvania's Act doesn't cover projects where Davis-Bacon applies, so a job uses one schedule or the other (L&I FAQ).

We don't put a federal figure next to L&I's here, because the federal determinations split this trade into groups that don't line up with L&I's. The federal rows for this trade are below; match the classification to the work.

ConstructionFederal classificationBase wageTotal rateWD
BuildingLABORER: LANDSCAPESUPA2011-047$18.10 $18.10 PA20260089 Mod 6

Davis-Bacon rates from SAM.gov, read October 25, 2026. Our federal totals are base plus fringe; DOL prints no total. Pennsylvania Davis-Bacon changes

How Fayette 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 Pennsylvania

$34.08Forest$56.45Bucks
FayetteNearby: Westmoreland $45.40, Greene $45.40, Forest $34.08Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 5 counties pay more than Fayette, 31 the same, 1 less.

Wage and fringe benefits, nearby

  1. Fayette Countybase $26.37$45.40
  2. Westmoreland Countybase $26.37$45.40
  3. Greene Countybase $26.37$45.40
  4. Forest Countybase $17.60$34.08

Landscape & Irrigation Laborer rates in nearby counties

Current L&I rates. L&I sets rates by county, and counties in the same collective bargaining area often share them.

CountyClassificationBase wageTotal ratevs Fayette County
Fayette CountyLandscape Laborer$26.37 $45.40 
Westmoreland CountyLandscape Laborer$26.37 $45.40 same
Greene CountyLandscape Laborer$26.37 $45.40 same
Somerset CountyLandscape Laborer$26.37 $45.40 same
Washington CountyLandscape Laborer$26.37 $45.40 same
Allegheny CountyLandscape Laborer$26.37 $45.40 same
Indiana CountyLandscape Laborer$26.37 $45.40 same

Pennsylvania landscape and irrigation laborer prevailing wage by county, with a map

More from L&I on this rate

All Fayette County prevailing wage rates

Are you being paid this rate?

Add your base wage to the fringe your employer pays for you, and compare it with the total. A worker can protest to L&I within three months: Bureau of Labor Law Compliance, 1-800-932-0665 (L&I).

Source

Department of Labor & Industry (L&I), PPWS determination 26-08555, issued September 23, 2026, effective January 1, 2026: www.dliweb.pa.gov/PrevWage/Pages/Project.aspx

We read each county's newest PPWS determination from L&I's site and check every number with a second read. The totals are the ones L&I prints. How we check · Download Fayette County as CSV · Report an error