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Kankakee County prevailing wage rates

Federal Davis-Bacon wage determinations for Kankakee County, Illinois, by construction type. Every rate links to the full table and to the source on SAM.gov.

Data from SAM.gov, fetched October 7, 20264 construction types

Wage determinations for Kankakee County

Construction typeWD numberModPublishedClassificationsSource
Building IL20260006 1 May 18, 2026 31 SAM.gov
Building, also IL20260020Scope: Landscaping work on Building, Residential, Heavy and Highway Construction Projects 2 July 14, 2026 91 SAM.gov
Residential IL20260006 1 May 18, 2026 31 SAM.gov
Residential, also IL20260020Scope: Landscaping work on Building, Residential, Heavy and Highway Construction Projects 2 July 14, 2026 91 SAM.gov
Heavy IL20260020Scope: Landscaping work on Building, Residential, Heavy and Highway Construction Projects 2 July 14, 2026 91 SAM.gov
Heavy, also IL20260013Scope: Excludes Landscape Projects for Grundy County 1 May 18, 2026 87 SAM.gov
Heavy, also IL20260018Scope: ILLINOIS, INDIANA, MICHIGAN, MINNESOTA, NEW YORK, OHIO, PENNSYLVANIA AND WISCONSIN DREDGING AND MARINE CONSTRUCTION Dred 2 June 17, 2026 68 SAM.gov
Heavy, also IL20260019Scope: Dredging Construction Projects: Dredging the following rivers and their tributaries, the Kaskaskia River from the mouth 1 May 18, 2026 13 SAM.gov
Highway IL20260020Scope: Landscaping work on Building, Residential, Heavy and Highway Construction Projects 2 July 14, 2026 91 SAM.gov
Highway, also IL20260013Scope: Excludes Landscape Projects for Grundy County 1 May 18, 2026 87 SAM.gov

Rates for common trades

One representative row per trade from the main wage determination for each type, with its classification as printed. Most trades have several rows (by area, scope or equipment); open the full table to pick the one that fits the work.

Building · WD IL20260006 Mod 1

Sheltered enclosures with walk-in access for housing people, machinery, equipment or supplies, and all their installations. Includes apartment buildings of 5 stories and up.

  • ElectricianELECTRICIAN (BUILDING)$51.60 + $45.00
  • PlumberPLUMBER$55.40 + $38.27
  • CarpenterCARPENTER; DRYWALL HANGER; PILEDRIVER; SOFT FLOOR LAYER (BUILDING & RESIDENTIAL)$44.46 + $40.96
  • LaborerLABORER GROUP 1 GENERAL LABORER AND SKILLED LABORER - HANDLING OF MATERIALS TREATED WITH OIL, CREOSOTE, ASPHALT AND/OR FORIEGN MATERIAL HARMFUL TO SKIN OR CLOTHING; TRACK LABORERS; CEMENT HANDLERS; CHLORIDE HANDLERS; UNLOADING AND LABORERS WITH STEEL WORKERS AND RE-BARS; CONCRETE WORKERS (WET); BATCH DUMPERS; MASON TENDERS; KETTLE AND TAR MEN; TANK CLEANERS; PLASTIC INSTALLERS; SCAFFOLD WORKERS; MOTORIZED BUGGIES OR MOTORIZED UNIT USED FOR WET CONCRETE OR HANDLING OF BUILDING MATERIALS; LABORERS WITH DE-WATERING SYSTEMS; SEWER WORKERS PLUS DEPTH; VIBRATOR OPERATORS; MOTOR MIXER OPERATORS; CEMENT SILICA, CLAY, FLY ASH, LIME AND PLASTERS, HANDLERS (BULK OR BAG); COFFERDAM WORKERS PLUS DEPTH; CONCRETE PAVING, PLACING, CUTTING AND TYING OF REINFORCING; DECK HAND, DREDGE HAND AND SHORE LABORERS; BANKMEN ON FLOATING PLANT; ASPHALT WORKERS WITH MACHINE AND LAYERS; GRADE CHECKER; POWER TOOLS; DRIVING ALL STAKES, STRINGLINES FOR ALL MACHINERY; SETTING AND BUILDING OF MANHOLES AND CATCH BASINS; STRIPPING OF ALL CONCRETE FORMS EXCEPT PAVING FORMS; ALL CONCRETE PAVING AND SLOPE WALLS, PLACING, CUTTING AND TYING OF REINFORCING (RE-BARS AND WIRE MESH); CAISSON WORKERS PLUS DEPTH; GUNNITE NOZZLE MEN; LEAD MAN ON SEWER WORK; WELDERS, CUTTERS, BURNERS, & TORCHMEN; CHAIN SAW OPERATORS; PAVING BREAKER, JACKHAMMER & DRILL OPERATORS; LAYOUT MAN AND/OR TILE LAYER; STEEL FORM SETTERS (STREET & HWY); AIR TAMPING HAMMERMAN; SIGNALMAN ON CRANE; CONCRETE SAW OPERATOR; SCREENMAN ON ASPHALT PAVERS; FRONT END MAN ON CHIP SPREADER; LABORERS TENDING MASONS WITH HOT MATERIALS OR WHERE FOREIGN MATERIALS ARE USED; MULTIPLE CONCRETE DUCT-LEADMAN; LUTEMAN; ASPHALT RAKER; CURB ASPHALT MACHINE OPERATOR; READY MIX SCALEMEN, PERMANENT, PORTABLE OR TEMPORARY PLANT; LABORERS HANDLING MASTERPLATE OR SIMILAR MATERIALS; LASER BEAM OPERATOR; CORING MACHINE OPERATOR; PLASTERER TENDERS; UNDERPINNING AND SHORING OF BUILDING; MATERIAL SELECTOR WHEN WORKING WITH FIREBRICK OR CASTABLE MATERIALS; FIRE WATCH; SIGNALING OF ALL POWER EQUIPMENT; TREE TOPPER OR TRIMMER; TUNNEL HELPERS IN FREE AIR; ROD AND CHAINMEN WITH LEAD SURVEYORS, SURVEYORS, AND TECHNICAL ENGINEERS; CONCRETE BURNING MACHINE OPERATOR$42.25 + $33.59
Full building table
Residential · WD IL20260006 Mod 1

Single family houses and apartment buildings of no more than 4 stories.

  • ElectricianELECTRICIAN (RESIDENTIAL)$46.48 + $33.36
  • PlumberPLUMBER$55.40 + $38.27
  • CarpenterCARPENTER; DRYWALL HANGER; PILEDRIVER; SOFT FLOOR LAYER (BUILDING & RESIDENTIAL)$44.46 + $40.96
  • LaborerLABORER GROUP 2 ASBESTOS ABATEMENT WORKER AND HAZARDOUS WASTE WORKER; DYNAMITE MAN; LEAD BASE PAINT ABATEMENT WORKER$43.25 + $33.59
Full residential table
Heavy · WD IL20260020 Mod 2

Projects that are not building, residential or highway: for example dams, sewer and water lines, utilities and other civil work.

  • LaborerLABORER: HEAVY CONSTRUCTION (LANDSCAPE WORK)- LANDSCAPE LABORERS (COOK COUNTY)$7.25 + $0.00
  • OperatorOPERATORS- HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION (LANDSCAPE WORK): THE LANDSCAPE WORK FOR THE LANDSCAPE EQUIPMENT OPERATOR ECLUDES THE PREPARATION OF SUB-GRADE PRIOR TO APPLICATION OF FINISH LANDSCAPE MATERIALS AND THE UTILIZATION OF ANY EQUIPMENT OVER ONE CUBIC YARD. INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING: ANGLE DOZER, SMALL; BOBCAT AND OTHER SIMILAR TYPE MACHINES, 1 CU YD OR LESS; CHIPPING MACHINE; COMBINATION BACKHOE AND FRONT END LOADER 1 CU YD OR LESS; FORK LIFT TRUCK; HI-REACH AND HIGH-RANGER;HYDRAULIC BOOM WITH CLAM;LOG SKIDDER; STTRAW BLOWER AND SEEDER; STUMP MACHINE;TRACTORS, CRAWLERS, RUBBER TIRE TRACTORS, HIGHLIFT SHOVELS OR FRONT END LOADERS 1 CU YD OR LESS; TREE SPADES, ALL; UTILITY TRACTOR AND ATTACHMENTS, AND RUBBER TIRE FRONT END LOADER OR SIMILAR MACHINE OF 1 TO 1.5 CU YD SOLELY USED FOR PLACEMENT OF LARGE DECORATIVE BOULDERS, TREES WITH BALLED SOIL, AND OTHER DECORATIVE LANDSCAPE MATERIAL TOO LARGE TO BE ACCOMMODATED IN A 1 CU YD BUCKET. ALL OTHER EQUIPMENT UTILIZED FOR PERFORMING LANDSCAPE WORK, TREE TRIMMING OR REMOVAL OF STEES, AND TO INSTALL PLANTS; TRANSPORT TREES; EXCAVATE PLANT PITS; PLACE SOIL AND OTHER LANDSCAPE MATERIALS; AND APPLY FINISH LANDSCAPE MATERIAL ON SUBGRADE PREPARED BY OTHERS (HENRY, MCLEAN, OGLE, PEORIA, ROCK ISLAND, TAZEWELL, WINNEBAGO, AND WOODFORD COUNTIES)$37.55 + $9.50
Full heavy table
Highway · WD IL20260020 Mod 2

Roads, streets, highways, runways, bridges, parking areas and related work.

  • LaborerLABORER: HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION (LANDSCAPE WORK)- LANDSCAPE LABORER (DE KALB COUNTY)$7.25 + $0.00
  • OperatorOPERATORS- BUILDING AND HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION (LANDSCAPE WORK): THE LANDSCAPE WORK FOR THE LANDSCAPE EQUIPMENT OPERATOR EXCLUDES THE PREPARATION OF SUB-GRADE PRIOR TO APPLICATION OF FINISH LANDSCAPE MATERIALS AND THE UTILIZATION OF ANY EQUIPMENT OVER ONE CUBIC YARD. INCLUDES ANGLE DOZER, SMALL; BOBCAT AND OTHER SIMILAR TYPE MACHINES, 1 CU YD OR LESS; CHIPPING MACHINE; COMBINATION BACKHOE AND FRONT END LOADER 1 CU YD OR LESS; FORK LIFT TRUCK; HI-REACH AND HIGH-RANGER;HYDRAULIC BOOM WITH CLAM;LOG SKIDDER; STTRAW BLOWER AND SEEDER; STUMP MACHINE;TRACTORS, CRAWLERS, RUBBER TIRE TRACTORS, HIGHLIFT SHOVELS OR FRONT END LOADERS 1 CU YD OR LESS; TREE SPADES, ALL; UTILITY TRACTOR AND ATTACHMENTS, AND RUBBER TIRE FRONT END LOADER OR SIMILAR MACHINE OF 1 TO 1.5 CU YD SOLELY USED FOR PLACEMENT OF LARGE DECORATIVE BOULDERS, TREES WITH BALLED SOIL, AND OTHER DECORATIVE LANDSCAPE MATERIAL TOO LARGE TO BE ACCOMMODATED IN A 1 CU YD BUCKET. ALL OTHER EQUIPMENT UTILIZED FOR PERFORMING LANDSCAPE WORK, TREE TRIMMING OR REMOVAL OF STEES, AND TO INSTALL PLANTS; TRANSPORT TREES; EXCAVATE PLANT PITS; PLACE SOIL AND OTHER LANDSCAPE MATERIALS; AND APPLY FINISH LANDSCAPE MATERIAL ON SUBGRADE PREPARED BY OTHERS (BOONE, COOK, DUPAGE, GRUNDY, KANE, KENDALL, LAKE, MCHENRY, AND WILL COUNTIES)$37.55 + $9.50
Full highway table

Base + fringe per hour as printed in the WD. Footnote benefits (paid holidays, vacation) are extra and shown on each full table.

Questions

What is the prevailing wage for electricians in Kankakee County?
For building construction on federal or federally assisted work, WD IL20260006 Mod 1 (published May 18, 2026) lists "ELECTRICIAN (BUILDING)" at $51.60 base plus $45.00 fringe, $96.60 an hour in total. Other construction types have their own rates.
What is the prevailing wage for plumbers in Kankakee County?
For building construction on federal or federally assisted work, WD IL20260006 Mod 1 (published May 18, 2026) lists "PLUMBER" at $55.40 base plus $38.27 fringe, $93.67 an hour in total. Other construction types have their own rates.
What is the prevailing wage for carpenters in Kankakee County?
For building construction on federal or federally assisted work, WD IL20260006 Mod 1 (published May 18, 2026) lists "CARPENTER; DRYWALL HANGER; PILEDRIVER; SOFT FLOOR LAYER (BUILDING & RESIDENTIAL)" at $44.46 base plus $40.96 fringe, $85.42 an hour in total. Other construction types have their own rates.
How many wage determinations cover Kankakee County?
SAM.gov lists 5 active general wage determinations for Kankakee County across 4 construction types. Which one applies depends on the construction type of your project and the WD written into your contract.
Are these the same as state prevailing wage rates?
No. These are federal Davis-Bacon rates for work paid for or assisted with federal money. Illinois public works can carry state prevailing wage requirements too. See Illinois prevailing wage.

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