Illinois prevailing wage rates, by county
Federal Davis-Bacon base + fringe for every Illinois county, next to the market wage, with the determination numbers to cite.
$83.99/hrTypical union electrician packagebase + fringe, per hour
100%Counties with a union electrician rateBuilding type
70Active determinationsIllinois
Jul 30Latest modification2026, SAM.gov
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Union contract rateSurvey rate (marked * in the table)
| County | Electrician | Plumber | Carpenter | Construction laborer | Heavy equipment operator | Ironworker | Sheet metal worker | Painter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams | $83.99 | $66.54 | $76.45 | $62.18 | $114.00 | $70.53 | $71.05 | $80.68 |
| Alexander | $71.70 | $93.67 | $82.92 | $63.04 | $69.46 | $69.76 | $71.05 | $40.00 |
| Bond | $83.99 | $66.54 | $76.45 | $62.18 | $114.00 | $70.53 | $71.05 | $80.68 |
| Boone | $83.99 | $66.54 | $76.45 | $7.25* | $47.05 | $70.53 | $71.05 | $80.68 |
| Brown | $83.99 | $66.54 | $76.45 | $62.18 | $114.00 | $70.53 | $71.05 | $80.68 |
| Bureau | $83.99 | $66.54 | $76.45 | $62.18 | $114.00 | $70.53 | $71.05 | $80.68 |
| Calhoun | $83.99 | $66.54 | $76.45 | $62.18 | $114.00 | $70.53 | $71.05 | $80.68 |
| Carroll | $83.99 | $66.54 | $76.45 | $62.18 | $114.00 | $70.53 | $71.05 | $80.68 |
| Cass | $83.99 | $66.54 | $76.45 | $62.18 | $114.00 | $70.53 | $71.05 | $80.68 |
| Champaign | $71.70 | $93.67 | $82.92 | $63.04 | $69.46 | $69.76 | $71.05 | $40.00 |
| Christian | $71.70 | $93.67 | $82.92 | $63.04 | $69.46 | $69.76 | $71.05 | $40.00 |
| Clark | $71.70 | $93.67 | $82.92 | $63.04 | $69.46 | $69.76 | $71.05 | $40.00 |
| Clay | $71.70 | $93.67 | $82.92 | $63.04 | $69.46 | $69.76 | $71.05 | $40.00 |
| Clinton | $83.99 | $66.54 | $76.45 | $62.18 | $114.00 | $70.53 | $71.05 | $80.68 |
| Coles | $71.70 | $93.67 | $82.92 | $63.04 | $69.46 | $69.76 | $71.05 | $40.00 |
| Cook | $100.64 | $99.52 | $90.86 | $88.34 | $115.80 | $109.04 | $92.01 | $86.96 |
| Crawford | $71.70 | $93.67 | $82.92 | $63.04 | $69.46 | $69.76 | $71.05 | $40.00 |
| Cumberland | $71.70 | $93.67 | $82.92 | $63.04 | $69.46 | $69.76 | $71.05 | $40.00 |
| De Witt | $71.70 | $93.67 | $82.92 | $63.04 | $69.46 | $69.76 | $71.05 | $40.00 |
| DeKalb | $83.99 | $66.54 | $76.45 | $7.25* | $47.05 | $70.53 | $71.05 | $80.68 |
| Douglas | $71.70 | $93.67 | $82.92 | $63.04 | $69.46 | $69.76 | $71.05 | $40.00 |
| DuPage | $103.64 | $99.52 | $80.92 | $88.34 | $115.80 | $109.04 | $95.00 | $80.68 |
| Edgar | $71.70 | $93.67 | $82.92 | $63.04 | $69.46 | $69.76 | $71.05 | $40.00 |
| Edwards | $71.70 | $93.67 | $82.92 | $63.04 | $69.46 | $69.76 | $71.05 | $40.00 |
| Effingham | $71.70 | $93.67 | $82.92 | $63.04 | $69.46 | $69.76 | $71.05 | $40.00 |
| Fayette | $71.70 | $93.67 | $82.92 | $63.04 | $69.46 | $69.76 | $71.05 | $40.00 |
| Ford | $71.70 | $93.67 | $82.92 | $63.04 | $69.46 | $69.76 | $71.05 | $40.00 |
| Franklin | $71.70 | $93.67 | $82.92 | $63.04 | $69.46 | $69.76 | $71.05 | $40.00 |
| Fulton | $83.99 | $66.54 | $76.45 | $62.18 | $114.00 | $70.53 | $71.05 | $80.68 |
| Gallatin | $71.70 | $93.67 | $82.92 | $63.04 | $69.46 | $69.76 | $71.05 | $40.00 |
| Greene | $83.99 | $66.54 | $76.45 | $62.18 | $114.00 | $70.53 | $71.05 | $80.68 |
| Grundy | $103.64 | $99.52 | $80.92 | $88.34 | $115.80 | $109.04 | $95.00 | $80.68 |
| Hamilton | $71.70 | $93.67 | $82.92 | $63.04 | $69.46 | $69.76 | $71.05 | $40.00 |
| Hancock | $83.99 | $66.54 | $76.45 | $62.18 | $114.00 | $70.53 | $71.05 | $80.68 |
| Hardin | $71.70 | $93.67 | $82.92 | $63.04 | $69.46 | $69.76 | $71.05 | $40.00 |
| Henderson | $83.99 | $66.54 | $76.45 | $62.18 | $114.00 | $70.53 | $71.05 | $80.68 |
| Henry | $83.99 | $66.54 | $76.45 | $7.25* | $47.05 | $70.53 | $71.05 | $80.68 |
| Iroquois | $71.70 | $93.67 | $82.92 | $63.04 | $69.46 | $69.76 | $71.05 | $40.00 |
| Jackson | $71.70 | $93.67 | $82.92 | $63.04 | $69.46 | $69.76 | $71.05 | $40.00 |
| Jasper | $71.70 | $93.67 | $82.92 | $63.04 | $69.46 | $69.76 | $71.05 | $40.00 |
| Jefferson | $71.70 | $93.67 | $82.92 | $63.04 | $69.46 | $69.76 | $71.05 | $40.00 |
| Jersey | $83.99 | $66.54 | $76.45 | $62.18 | $114.00 | $70.53 | $71.05 | $80.68 |
| Jo Daviess | $83.99 | $66.54 | $76.45 | $62.18 | $114.00 | $70.53 | $71.05 | $80.68 |
| Johnson | $71.70 | $93.67 | $82.92 | $63.04 | $69.46 | $69.76 | $71.05 | $40.00 |
| Kane | $103.64 | $99.52 | $80.92 | $88.34 | $115.80 | $109.04 | $95.00 | $80.68 |
| Kankakee | $96.60 | $93.67 | $85.42 | $76.84 | $115.80 | $85.30 | $95.00 | $68.80 |
| Kendall | $103.64 | $99.52 | $80.92 | $88.34 | $115.80 | $109.04 | $95.00 | $80.68 |
| Knox | $83.99 | $66.54 | $76.45 | $62.18 | $114.00 | $70.53 | $71.05 | $80.68 |
| LaSalle | $83.99 | $66.54 | $76.45 | $62.18 | $114.00 | $70.53 | $71.05 | $80.68 |
| Lake | $103.64 | $99.52 | $80.92 | $88.34 | $115.80 | $109.04 | $95.00 | $80.68 |
| Lawrence | $71.70 | $93.67 | $82.92 | $63.04 | $69.46 | $69.76 | $71.05 | $40.00 |
| Lee | $83.99 | $66.54 | $76.45 | $62.18 | $114.00 | $70.53 | $71.05 | $80.68 |
| Livingston | $83.99 | $66.54 | $76.45 | $62.18 | $114.00 | $70.53 | $71.05 | $80.68 |
| Logan | $83.99 | $66.54 | $76.45 | $62.18 | $114.00 | $70.53 | $71.05 | $80.68 |
| Macon | $72.16 | $63.59 | $61.96 | $61.43 | $69.46 | $67.55 | $67.00 | $52.80 |
| Macoupin | $83.99 | $66.54 | $76.45 | $62.18 | $114.00 | $70.53 | $71.05 | $80.68 |
| Madison | $82.68 | $65.00 | $60.26 | $64.73 | $82.25 | $72.83 | $71.05 | $48.37 |
| Marion | $71.70 | $93.67 | $82.92 | $63.04 | $69.46 | $69.76 | $71.05 | $40.00 |
| Marshall | $83.99 | $66.54 | $76.45 | $62.18 | $114.00 | $70.53 | $71.05 | $80.68 |
| Mason | $83.99 | $66.54 | $76.45 | $62.18 | $114.00 | $70.53 | $71.05 | $80.68 |
| Massac | $71.70 | $93.67 | $82.92 | $63.04 | $69.46 | $69.76 | $71.05 | $40.00 |
| McDonough | $83.99 | $66.54 | $76.45 | $62.18 | $114.00 | $70.53 | $71.05 | $80.68 |
| McHenry | $103.64 | $99.52 | $80.92 | $88.34 | $115.80 | $109.04 | $95.00 | $80.68 |
| McLean | $83.99 | $66.54 | $76.45 | $7.25* | $47.05 | $70.53 | $71.05 | $80.68 |
| Menard | $83.99 | $66.54 | $76.45 | $62.18 | $114.00 | $70.53 | $71.05 | $80.68 |
| Mercer | $83.99 | $66.54 | $76.45 | $62.18 | $114.00 | $70.53 | $71.05 | $80.68 |
| Monroe | $83.99 | $66.54 | $76.45 | $62.18 | $114.00 | $70.53 | $71.05 | $80.68 |
| Montgomery | $83.99 | $66.54 | $76.45 | $62.18 | $114.00 | $70.53 | $71.05 | $80.68 |
| Morgan | $83.99 | $66.54 | $76.45 | $62.18 | $114.00 | $70.53 | $71.05 | $80.68 |
| Moultrie | $71.70 | $93.67 | $82.92 | $63.04 | $69.46 | $69.76 | $71.05 | $40.00 |
| Ogle | $83.99 | $66.54 | $76.45 | $7.25* | $47.05 | $70.53 | $71.05 | $80.68 |
| Peoria | $63.74 | $73.68 | $62.68 | $67.28 | $91.21 | $73.12 | $72.56 | $66.90 |
| Perry | $71.70 | $93.67 | $82.92 | $63.04 | $69.46 | $69.76 | $71.05 | $40.00 |
| Piatt | $71.70 | $93.67 | $82.92 | $63.04 | $69.46 | $69.76 | $71.05 | $40.00 |
| Pike | $83.99 | $66.54 | $76.45 | $62.18 | $114.00 | $70.53 | $71.05 | $80.68 |
| Pope | $71.70 | $93.67 | $82.92 | $63.04 | $69.46 | $69.76 | $71.05 | $40.00 |
| Pulaski | $71.70 | $93.67 | $82.92 | $63.04 | $69.46 | $69.76 | $71.05 | $40.00 |
| Putnam | $83.99 | $66.54 | $76.45 | $62.18 | $114.00 | $70.53 | $71.05 | $80.68 |
| Randolph | $83.99 | $66.54 | $76.45 | $62.18 | $114.00 | $70.53 | $71.05 | $80.68 |
| Richland | $71.70 | $93.67 | $82.92 | $63.04 | $69.46 | $69.76 | $71.05 | $40.00 |
| Rock Island | $83.99 | $66.54 | $76.45 | $7.25* | $47.05 | $70.53 | $71.05 | $80.68 |
| Saline | $71.70 | $93.67 | $82.92 | $63.04 | $69.46 | $69.76 | $71.05 | $40.00 |
| Sangamon | $41.95 | $69.60 | $57.38 | $62.16 | $69.46 | $67.55 | $68.91 | $52.81 |
| Schuyler | $83.99 | $66.54 | $76.45 | $62.18 | $114.00 | $70.53 | $71.05 | $80.68 |
| Scott | $83.99 | $66.54 | $76.45 | $62.18 | $114.00 | $70.53 | $71.05 | $80.68 |
| Shelby | $71.70 | $93.67 | $82.92 | $63.04 | $69.46 | $69.76 | $71.05 | $40.00 |
| St. Clair | $82.68 | $65.00 | $60.26 | $64.73 | $82.25 | $72.83 | $71.05 | $48.37 |
| Stark | $83.99 | $66.54 | $76.45 | $62.18 | $114.00 | $70.53 | $71.05 | $80.68 |
| Stephenson | $83.99 | $66.54 | $76.45 | $62.18 | $114.00 | $70.53 | $71.05 | $80.68 |
| Tazewell | $63.74 | $73.68 | $62.68 | $67.28 | $91.21 | $73.12 | $72.56 | $66.90 |
| Union | $71.70 | $93.67 | $82.92 | $63.04 | $69.46 | $69.76 | $71.05 | $40.00 |
| Vermilion | $71.70 | $93.67 | $82.92 | $63.04 | $69.46 | $69.76 | $71.05 | $40.00 |
| Wabash | $71.70 | $93.67 | $82.92 | $63.04 | $69.46 | $69.76 | $71.05 | $40.00 |
| Warren | $83.99 | $66.54 | $76.45 | $62.18 | $114.00 | $70.53 | $71.05 | $80.68 |
| Washington | $83.99 | $66.54 | $76.45 | $62.18 | $114.00 | $70.53 | $71.05 | $80.68 |
| Wayne | $71.70 | $93.67 | $82.92 | $63.04 | $69.46 | $69.76 | $71.05 | $40.00 |
| White | $71.70 | $93.67 | $82.92 | $63.04 | $69.46 | $69.76 | $71.05 | $40.00 |
| Whiteside | $83.99 | $66.54 | $76.45 | $62.18 | $114.00 | $70.53 | $71.05 | $80.68 |
| Will | $103.64 | $99.52 | $80.92 | $88.34 | $115.80 | $109.04 | $95.00 | $80.68 |
| Williamson | $71.70 | $93.67 | $82.92 | $63.04 | $69.46 | $69.76 | $71.05 | $40.00 |
| Winnebago | $83.99 | $66.54 | $76.45 | $7.25* | $47.05 | $70.53 | $71.05 | $80.68 |
| Woodford | $83.99 | $66.54 | $76.45 | $7.25* | $47.05 | $70.53 | $71.05 | $80.68 |
Building construction type, base + fringe per hour, current revision. * = survey rate. Not the official determination; use the lookup for the determination number and a link to the official text.
Rates that have not kept up
Survey-based rates that are eight or more years old and how they compare with today's market median for the county's metro (or state).
| County | Trade | Survey year | Required package $/hr | Market median $/hr |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boone | Construction laborer | 1993 | $7.25 | $28.07 |
| DeKalb | Construction laborer | 1993 | $7.25 | $29.27 |
| Henry | Construction laborer | 1993 | $7.25 | $26.14 |
Questions this page answers
What is the prevailing wage in Illinois?
For federally funded construction, the Davis-Bacon determinations for Illinois (70 active documents covering Building, Residential, Heavy and Highway work) set the required base wage and fringe by county and classification. Union-contract rates apply to electricians in 102 of 102 counties with a Building rate; the typical union package is $83.99 an hour.
How many Davis-Bacon determinations cover Illinois?
70 active general wage determinations cover Illinois: 10 Building, 11 Heavy, 9 Highway, 59 Residential. Together they list rates for 102 counties in the Building type shown here. State-funded projects may fall under a separate Illinois prevailing wage law; this page covers the federal rates.
How often do the rates change?
The Department of Labor publishes modifications most Thursdays. The latest change to a Illinois determination in our data is dated 2026-07-30. New determination numbers are issued each January.
Sources and notes
- SAM.gov Davis-Bacon wage determinations for Illinois, current revisions as of 2026-09-28: Building 10, Residential 59, Heavy 11, Highway 9.
- BLS OEWS May 2025 for market medians.
- Classification labels normalised to trades by Skilled Wages; where a determination lists several electrician or laborer classes, the journeyman / general class is shown. The official text governs.