Painter prevailing wage in Jefferson County, Wisconsin

$15.97an hour, base + fringe · SPRAY

$13.72 wage + $2.25 fringe benefits · Building · SUWI2002-001

On federally funded or assisted building construction in Jefferson County, a painter working as spray must be paid at least $15.97 an hour: a $13.72 base wage plus $2.25 in fringe benefits, under wage determination WI20260011 (modification 1). DOL prints no total, so $15.97 is our sum of the two.

Wage determination WI20260011, modification 1, published May 18, 2026, for building construction; rate identifier SUWI2002-001 (January 23, 2002). Checked against sam.gov on October 25, 2026.

Davis-Bacon is the only prevailing wage here (federally funded or assisted work). Wisconsin repealed its local law from January 1, 2017 and its state law for projects bid after September 23, 2017 (2017 Act 59; WisDOT).

DOL lists 9 painter rates for Jefferson County, from $15.97 to $68.06 an hour. See all of them.

Base wage and fringe benefits: $13.72 + $2.25

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)	$13.72
Fringe benefits (one figure, not itemized)	$2.25
Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total)	$15.97

When this rate changes

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 Wisconsin change log lists what each one changed.

Every painter rate in Jefferson County

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

PAINTERS: SPRAY & SANDBLAST (JEFFERSON, MILWAUKEE, OZAUKEE, WASHINGTON, AND WAUKESHA COUNTIES)Highway · PAIN0781-002$68.06
PAINTERS: BRIDGE (JEFFERSON, MILWAUKEE, OZAUKEE, WASHINGTON, AND WAUKESHA COUNTIES)Highway · PAIN0781-002$68.06
PAINTERS: SPRAY & SANDBLAST (JEFFERSON, MILWAUKEE, OZAUKEE, WASHINGTON, AND WAUKESHA COUNTIES)Heavy · PAIN0781-002$68.06
PAINTERS: BRIDGE (JEFFERSON, MILWAUKEE, OZAUKEE, WASHINGTON, AND WAUKESHA COUNTIES)Heavy · PAIN0781-002$68.06
PAINTERS: BRUSH (JEFFERSON, MILWAUKEE, OZAUKEE, WASHINGTON, AND WAUKESHA COUNTIES)Highway · PAIN0781-002$67.31
PAINTERS: BRUSH (JEFFERSON, MILWAUKEE, OZAUKEE, WASHINGTON, AND WAUKESHA COUNTIES)Heavy · PAIN0781-002$67.31
PAINTER: BRUSH AND ROLLERResidential · SUWI2012-007$22.92
PAINTERS: (BRUSH & ROLLER (EXCLUDING DRYWALL FINISHING))Building · SUWI2002-001$17.19
PAINTERS: SPRAYBuilding · SUWI2002-001$15.97

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

Classification	Base + fringe	Base	Fringe benefits	WD
PAINTERS: SPRAYBuildingSUWI2002-001	$15.97	$13.72	$2.25	WI20260011 Mod 1
PAINTERS: (BRUSH & ROLLER (EXCLUDING DRYWALL FINISHING))BuildingSUWI2002-001	$17.19	$14.64	$2.55	WI20260011 Mod 1
PAINTERS: SPRAY & SANDBLAST (JEFFERSON, MILWAUKEE, OZAUKEE, WASHINGTON, AND WAUKESHA COUNTIES)HighwayPAIN0781-002	$68.06	$43.19	$24.87	WI20260010 Mod 1
PAINTERS: BRUSH (JEFFERSON, MILWAUKEE, OZAUKEE, WASHINGTON, AND WAUKESHA COUNTIES)HighwayPAIN0781-002	$67.31	$42.44	$24.87	WI20260010 Mod 1
PAINTERS: BRIDGE (JEFFERSON, MILWAUKEE, OZAUKEE, WASHINGTON, AND WAUKESHA COUNTIES)HighwayPAIN0781-002	$68.06	$43.19	$24.87	WI20260010 Mod 1
PAINTERS: SPRAY & SANDBLAST (JEFFERSON, MILWAUKEE, OZAUKEE, WASHINGTON, AND WAUKESHA COUNTIES)HeavyPAIN0781-002	$68.06	$43.19	$24.87	WI20260015 Mod 1
PAINTERS: BRUSH (JEFFERSON, MILWAUKEE, OZAUKEE, WASHINGTON, AND WAUKESHA COUNTIES)HeavyPAIN0781-002	$67.31	$42.44	$24.87	WI20260015 Mod 1
PAINTERS: BRIDGE (JEFFERSON, MILWAUKEE, OZAUKEE, WASHINGTON, AND WAUKESHA COUNTIES)HeavyPAIN0781-002	$68.06	$43.19	$24.87	WI20260015 Mod 1
PAINTER: BRUSH AND ROLLERResidentialSUWI2012-007	$22.92	$18.72	$4.20	WI20260023 Mod 1

How Jefferson County compares

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

Every county in Wisconsin

Jefferson $15.97586

$15.97Adams$67.99Kenosha

JeffersonNearby: Waukesha $67.31, Walworth $15.97, Dodge $15.97Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 20 counties pay more than Jefferson, 51 the same, 0 less.

Wage and fringe benefits, nearby

Jefferson Countybase $13.72$15.97
Waukesha Countybase $42.44$67.31
Walworth Countybase $13.72$15.97
Dodge Countybase $13.72$15.97

Painter 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 + fringe	Base	vs Jefferson County
Waukesha County	PAINTERS: (1) BRUSH, ROLLER	$67.31	$42.44	+$51.34
Washington County	PAINTERS: (1) BRUSH, ROLLER	$67.31	$42.44	+$51.34
Rock County	PAINTER: BRUSH (COLUMBIA, DANE, DODGE, GRANT, GREEN, IOWA, LAFAYETTE, RICHLAND, ROCK, AND SAUK COUNTIES)	$58.82	$37.65	+$42.85
Dane County	PAINTER: BRUSH (COLUMBIA, DANE, DODGE, GRANT, GREEN, IOWA, LAFAYETTE, RICHLAND, ROCK, AND SAUK COUNTIES)	$58.82	$37.65	+$42.85
Jefferson County	PAINTERS: SPRAY	$15.97	$13.72
Walworth County	PAINTERS: SPRAY	$15.97	$13.72	same
Dodge County	PAINTERS: SPRAY	$15.97	$13.72	same

Wisconsin painter 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 WI20260011 Mod 1, published May 18, 2026: sam.gov/wage-determination/WI20260011/1

We read every active Wisconsin 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 Jefferson County as CSV · Report an error