Plaster Tender prevailing wage in Waukesha County, Wisconsin

$64.40an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum)

$40.48 base wage + $23.92 fringe benefits · LABO0113-001

Waukesha County uses the same plaster tender rates as 3 other counties. See all of them on one page.

On federally funded or assisted building construction in Waukesha County, a plaster tender must be paid at least $64.40 an hour: a $40.48 base wage plus $23.92 in fringe benefits, under wage determination WI20260001 (modification 1). DOL prints no total, so $64.40 is our sum of the two.

Wage determination WI20260001, modification 1, published May 18, 2026, for building construction; rate identifier LABO0113-001 (June 2, 2025). 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 Wisconsin repealed its local law from January 1, 2017 and its state law for projects bid after September 23, 2017 (2017 Act 59; WisDOT).

Base wage and fringe benefits: $40.48 + $23.92

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)	$40.48
Fringe benefits (one figure, not itemized)	$23.92
Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total)	$64.40

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 Wisconsin change log lists what each one changed.

How Waukesha County compares

The main plaster tender 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

Wage and fringe benefits, nearby

Waukesha Countybase $40.48$64.40
Milwaukee Countybase $40.48$64.40
Washington Countybase $40.48$64.40
Ozaukee Countybase $40.48$64.40

Plaster Tender 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.

DOL's plaster tender rates for Waukesha County are the same as in 3 other counties: Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Washington.

County	Classification	Base wage	Total rate	vs Waukesha County
Waukesha County	LABORER: (1) GENERAL LABORER (INCLUDING PLASTER TENDER)	$40.48	$64.40
Milwaukee County	LABORER: (1) GENERAL LABORER (INCLUDING PLASTER TENDER)	$40.48	$64.40	same
Washington County	LABORER: (1) GENERAL LABORER (INCLUDING PLASTER TENDER)	$40.48	$64.40	same
Ozaukee County	LABORER: (1) GENERAL LABORER (INCLUDING PLASTER TENDER)	$40.48	$64.40	same

Wisconsin plaster tender 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 WI20260001 Mod 1, published May 18, 2026: sam.gov/wage-determination/WI20260001/1

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 Waukesha County as CSV · Report an error