Davis-Bacon rates — Davis County, Iowa

Every active general wage determination covering this county, one section per construction type. These rates are the minimum that must be paid on a federal or federally assisted contract.

Pick the construction type that matches your contract, not the highest rate. Building, Residential, Highway and Heavy are separate determinations with different rates, and using the wrong one is a common reason a certified payroll comes back rejected. Where your trade appears under several classifications the choice between them is a judgement call — the plainest match is usually right, and the contracting officer can confirm it.

Building

IA20260040 rev 1 · 05/18/2026 · 30 classifications

Classification	Base rate	Fringe	Total
BOILERMAKER	48.48	33.91	82.39
CARPENTER (FORM WORK ONLY)	34.25	29.53	63.78
ELEVATOR MECHANIC FOOTNOTES: A. EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTES 8% OF REGULAR BASIC HOURLY RATE AS VACATION PAY CREDIT FOR EMPLOYEES WITH MORE THAN 5 YEARS OF SERVICE, AND 6% FOR EMPLOYEES WITH LESS THAN 5 YEARS OF SERVICE. B. PAID HOLIDAYS: NEW YEAR'S DAY; MEMORIAL DAY; INDEPENDENCE DAY; LABOR DAY; VETERAN'S DAY; THANKSGIVING DAY; DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING; & CHRISTMAS DAY	56.30	38.44	94.74
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: CRANE	36.93	21.94	58.87
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: (CLASS 2)- FORKLIFT (OTHER THAN THE ABOVE)	34.70	21.94	56.64
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: (CLASS 1)- FORKLIFT (ON STEEL ERECTION AND MACHINERY MOVING OR HOISTING ABOVE ONE COMPLETE STORY)	35.02	21.94	56.96
IRONWORKER: REINFORCING	37.50	30.99	68.49
IRONWORKER: ORNAMENTAL	36.30	25.80	62.10
LABORER: MASON TENDER - BRICK	28.57	17.53	46.10
PAINTER: BRUSH AND ROLLER	32.41	16.30	48.71
DRYWALL FINISHER/TAPER	31.82	19.05	50.87
PIPEFITTER (INCLUDES HVAC PIPE AND UNIT INSTALLATION)	46.10	27.05	73.15
SPRINKLER FITTER (FIRE SPRINKLERS)	45.99	26.42	72.41
SHEET METAL WORKER (INCLUDES HVAC DUCT INSTALLATION)	37.12	22.22	59.34
ROOFER	14.00	3.91	17.91
PLUMBER	31.85	15.12	46.97
OPERATOR: LOADER	25.80	17.19	42.99
OPERATOR: BULLDOZER	22.31	8.36	30.67
OPERATOR: BOBCAT/SKID STEER/SKID LOADER	27.55	22.85	50.40
OPERATOR: BACKHOE/EXCAVATOR/TRACKHOE	27.31	15.35	42.66
LABORER: PIPELAYER	18.00	2.70	20.70
LABORER: LANDSCAPE	14.81	—	14.81
LABORER: COMMON OR GENERAL	17.25	6.93	24.18
IRONWORKER, STRUCTURAL	25.29	15.89	41.18
INSULATOR: MECHANICAL (DUCT, PIPE AND MECHANICAL SYSTEM INSULATION)	19.04	7.32	26.36
ELECTRICIAN, INCLUDES LOW VOLTAGE WIRING AND INSTALLATION OF HVAC/TEMPERATURE CONTROLS	23.58	9.15	32.73
CEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER	21.12	11.07	32.19
CARPENTER, INCLUDES ACOUSTICAL CEILING INSTALLATION, AND DRYWALL HANGING (EXCLUDES FORM WORK)	23.30	12.28	35.58
BRICKLAYER	25.93	9.70	35.63
MILLWRIGHT	35.93	28.05	63.98

Residential

IA20260010 rev 1 · 05/18/2026 · 10 classifications

Classification	Base rate	Fringe	Total
BRICKLAYER (CEDAR, CLINTON, DAVIS, HENRY, JACKSON, JEFFERSON, KEOKUK, LOUISA, MAHASKA, MONROE, VAN BUREN, AND WAPELLO COUNTIES)	29.80	17.16	46.96
BRICKLAYER (IOWA COUNTY)	36.00	17.79	53.79
TRUCK DRIVER	12.00	—	12.00
PLUMBER	14.04	1.54	15.58
OPERATOR: BACKHOE/EXCAVATOR	16.00	—	16.00
LABORER: MASON TENDER - BRICK	10.00	0.34	10.34
LABORER: COMMON OR GENERAL	8.71	—	8.71
FORM WORKER	13.48	—	13.48
CEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER	13.73	2.22	15.95
CARPENTER, EXCLUDES FORM WORK	13.72	1.76	15.48

Filing the WH-347 that these rates feed into? I build certified payroll tools, and I will prepare your first weekly filing from your payroll register free, with worker names removed — partly to be useful, partly because real registers are the only way to test the thing properly. hamza.aiemployee@gmail.com. No sign-up on this site, and nothing here is tracked.