Kansas prevailing wage rates, by county
What contractors must pay each trade on federally funded jobs in Kansas, county by county. Wage plus fringe, next to what the same trade earns on private work.
$64.30/hrTypical union electrician ratewage + fringe, per hour
22%Counties on a union rateelectricians, Building
150Wage determinationsKansas
May 18Latest change2026, SAM.gov
Look up the prevailing wage in your Kansas county
Rates by county for the main trades
Rates are set by county, not by city. The Kansas metros with their own pay pages are Kansas City (Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami and more). Click any county below for every trade on its determination.
Union contract rateSurvey rate (marked * in the table)
| County | Electrician | Plumber | Carpenter | Construction laborer | Heavy equipment operator | Ironworker | Sheet metal worker | Painter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Anderson | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Atchison | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Barber | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Barton | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Bourbon | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Brown | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Butler | $58.93 | $65.84 | $19.55* | $14.36* | $23.99* | $41.12 | $27.14* | $56.15 |
| Chase | $53.75 | $37.37* | $21.73* | $16.89* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Chautauqua | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Cherokee | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Cheyenne | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Clark | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Clay | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Cloud | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Coffey | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Comanche | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Cowley | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Crawford | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Decatur | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Dickinson | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Doniphan | $45.07* | $48.65* | $61.99 | $48.55 | $33.70* | $73.25 | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Douglas | $64.30 | $65.84 | $61.99 | $48.55 | $33.70* | $73.25 | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Edwards | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Elk | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Ellis | $38.59* | $38.64* | $18.00* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Ellsworth | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Finney | $38.56* | $38.64* | $22.60* | $14.54* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Ford | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Franklin | $77.26 | $78.07 | $67.03 | $48.55 | $67.90 | $73.25 | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Geary | $39.29* | $46.29* | $23.18* | $23.09* | $45.68* | $70.25 | $43.25* | $56.15 |
| Gove | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Graham | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Grant | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Gray | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Greeley | $38.59* | $38.64* | $18.36* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Greenwood | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Hamilton | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Harper | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Harvey | $58.93 | $65.84 | $19.55* | $14.36* | $23.99* | $41.12 | $27.14* | $56.15 |
| Haskell | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Hodgeman | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Jackson | $64.30 | $65.84 | $29.26* | $28.73* | $33.70* | $54.35* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Jefferson | $64.30 | $65.84 | $29.26* | $28.73* | $33.70* | $54.35* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Jewell | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Johnson | $77.26 | $78.07 | $67.03 | $48.55 | $67.90 | $73.25 | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Kearny | $38.56* | $38.64* | $22.60* | $12.38* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Kingman | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Kiowa | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Labette | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Lane | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Leavenworth | $77.26 | $78.07 | $67.03 | $38.44* | $47.72* | $73.25 | $56.12* | $56.15 |
| Lincoln | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Linn | $77.26 | $78.07 | $67.03 | $48.55 | $67.90 | $73.25 | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Logan | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Lyon | $53.75 | $37.37* | $21.73* | $16.89* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Marion | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Marshall | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| McPherson | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Meade | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Miami | $77.26 | $78.07 | $67.03 | $48.55 | $67.90 | $73.25 | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Mitchell | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Montgomery | $64.30 | $38.64* | $22.99* | $20.15* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Morris | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Morton | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Nemaha | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Neosho | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Ness | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Norton | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Osage | $64.30 | $65.84 | $29.26* | $28.73* | $33.70* | $54.35* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Osborne | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Ottawa | $53.75 | $37.37* | $21.73* | $16.89* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Pawnee | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Phillips | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Pottawatomie | $64.30 | $65.84 | $16.31* | $15.04* | $42.84* | $54.35* | $43.25* | $56.15 |
| Pratt | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Rawlins | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Reno | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $18.58* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Republic | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Rice | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Riley | $64.30 | $65.84 | $16.31* | $15.04* | $42.84* | $54.35* | $43.25* | $56.15 |
| Rooks | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Rush | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Russell | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Saline | $53.75 | $37.37* | $21.73* | $16.89* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Scott | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $12.99* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Sedgwick | $58.93 | $29.98* | $19.55* | $14.60* | $23.99* | $41.12 | $26.67* | $56.15 |
| Seward | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $11.40* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Shawnee | $64.30 | $65.84 | $29.98* | $28.73* | $33.70* | $54.35* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Sheridan | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Sherman | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Smith | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Stafford | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Stanton | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Stevens | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Sumner | $58.93 | $65.84 | $19.55* | $14.36* | $23.99* | $26.10* | $27.14* | $56.15 |
| Thomas | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Trego | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Wabaunsee | $64.30 | $65.84 | $29.26* | $28.73* | $33.70* | $54.35* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Wallace | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Washington | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Wichita | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Wilson | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Woodson | $38.59* | $38.64* | $22.99* | $15.14* | $17.67* | $38.11* | $79.33 | $56.15 |
| Wyandotte | $77.26 | $78.07 | $67.03 | $48.55 | $67.90 | $73.25 | $79.33 | $56.15 |
Building construction, wage + fringe per hour, current revision. * = survey rate. Not the official determination: the lookup gives the determination number and a link to the official text.
Prevailing wage vs market pay in Kansas
The prevailing wage is what federally funded jobs must pay. The market median is what Kansas employers report paying across all work, with no benefits in it. Every trade in the state is ranked on the highest-paying trades in Kansas page, and every state is compared on the prevailing wage rates by state page.
| Trade | Market median $/hr | Prevailing wage $/hr (wage + fringe) | Rate type | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electrician in Kansas | $31.66 | $64.30 | Union | +$32.64 |
| Plumber in Kansas | $31.36 | $65.84 | Union | +$34.48 |
| Carpenter in Kansas | $27.39 | $67.03 | Union | +$39.64 |
| Construction laborer in Kansas | $21.56 | $48.55 | Union | +$26.99 |
| Heavy equipment operator in Kansas | $24.82 | $67.90 | Union | +$43.08 |
| Ironworker in Kansas | $28.15 | $73.25 | Union | +$45.10 |
| Sheet metal worker in Kansas | $30.13 | $79.33 | Union | +$49.20 |
| Painter in Kansas | $21.88 | $56.15 | Union | +$34.27 |
Prevailing wage is the typical Davis-Bacon rate across counties with one, Building construction. The market median has no benefits in it, so the gap is bigger than the difference in take-home pay. Not the official determination.
Questions this page answers
What is the prevailing wage in Kansas?
On federally funded construction in Kansas, it is the Davis-Bacon rate: a wage plus a fringe amount for benefits, set by county and trade in 150 wage determinations covering Building, Residential, Heavy and Highway work. Electricians are on a union rate in 23 of the 105 counties with a Building rate, and the typical union rate is $64.30 an hour, wage and fringe together.
How many Davis-Bacon wage determinations cover Kansas?
150 active determinations cover Kansas: 30 Building, 24 Heavy, 90 Highway, 6 Residential. The Building ones list rates for 105 counties, shown on this page. This page covers the federal rates; state-funded jobs may fall under Kansas's own prevailing wage law.
How often do the rates change?
The Department of Labor publishes changes most Thursdays. The latest change to a Kansas determination in our data is dated 2026-05-18. New determination numbers come out each January.
Sources and notes
- SAM.gov Davis-Bacon wage determinations for Kansas, current revisions as of 2026-11-13: Residential 6, Building 30, Heavy 24, Highway 90.
- BLS OEWS May 2025 for market medians.
- Trade names simplified from the official classification labels by Skilled Wages; where a determination lists several electrician or laborer classes, the journeyman or general class is shown. The official text governs.