Davis-Bacon rates — Jefferson County, Indiana

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

IN20260010 rev 1 · 05/18/2026 · 16 classifications

Classification	Base rate	Fringe	Total
SHEET METAL WORKER (REMAINGING WORK)	10.00	—	10.00
SHEET METAL WORKER (HVAC DUCT WORK)	12.87	—	12.87
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: LOADER	14.67	—	14.67
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: BULLDOZER	9.00	—	9.00
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: (BACKHOE)	11.06	—	11.06
PLUMBER (REMAINING WORK)	10.75	0.66	11.41
PLUMBER (HVAC WORK)	14.14	2.71	16.85
PAINTER (EXCLUDING DRYWALL FINISHING)	7.25	—	7.25
LABORER (UNSKILLED)	9.43	2.19	11.62
IRONWORKER (STRUCTURAL)	10.00	—	10.00
HOD CARRIER (REMAINING COUNTY)	12.90	4.30	17.20
HOD CARRIER (ORANGE COUNTY)	14.38	4.30	18.68
ELECTRICIAN (INCLUDING HVAC CONTROL WIRING)	10.00	0.58	10.58
DRYWALL FINISHER/TAPER	16.20	2.93	19.13
CARPENTER	10.24	—	10.24
BRICKLAYER	9.73	1.20	10.93

Residential

IN20260023 rev 1 · 05/18/2026 · 12 classifications

Classification	Base rate	Fringe	Total
ELECTRICIAN	25.25	15.74	40.99
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: (1) BOBCAT/SKID STEER/ SKID LOADER AND GRADER/BLADE	30.63	14.52	45.15
PLUMBER	34.01	14.00	48.01
PAINTER: SPRAY	12.00	—	12.00
PAINTER: ROLLER	12.00	—	12.00
PAINTER: BRUSH ONLY	12.00	—	12.00
LABORER: COMMON OR GENERAL	21.72	8.89	30.61
HVAC MECHANIC: DUCT INSTALLATION	15.13	—	15.13
CEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER	16.00	—	16.00
CARPENTER	19.18	2.29	21.47
TRUCK DRIVER: WATER TRUCK	39.81	—	39.81
TRUCK DRIVER: LOWBOY	31.81	16.85	48.66

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.