Davis-Bacon rates — Cape Girardeau County, Missouri

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

MO20260083 rev 1 · 05/18/2026 · 24 classifications

Classification	Base rate	Fringe	Total
HEAT & FROST INSULATOR (INCLUDES DUCT, PIPE AND MECHANICAL SYSTEMS)	43.48	27.24	70.72
BRICKLAYER	41.15	23.90	65.05
TILE SETTER	34.09	20.36	54.45
CARPENTER	32.59	22.40	54.99
ELECTRICIAN	49.29	33.64	82.93
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: FORKLIFT	43.46	30.22	73.68
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: BOBCAT/SKID STEER/SKID LOADER	43.46	30.22	73.68
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR BACKHOE/EXCAVATOR/TRACKHOE	43.46	30.22	73.68
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: (LOADER)	39.06	30.38	69.44
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: OILER	39.06	30.38	69.44
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: BULLDOZER	45.96	30.57	76.53
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: CRANE	45.96	30.57	76.53
IRONWORKER	44.27	31.65	75.92
LABORER: PIPELAYER	40.82	17.56	58.38
LABORER: COMMON OR GENERAL	30.48	14.91	45.39
LABORER: MASON TENDER - CEMENT/CONCRETE	31.80	14.91	46.71
PAINTER	39.40	17.66	57.06
CEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER	38.46	20.15	58.61
PIPEFITTER	52.60	29.93	82.53
PLUMBER	52.60	29.93	82.53
ROOFER	32.25	17.46	49.71
SHEET METAL WORKER	52.00	27.12	79.12
OPERATOR: ROLLER	39.61	30.15	69.76
LABORER: MASON TENDER - BRICK	37.58	17.21	54.79

Residential

MO20260060 rev 1 · 05/18/2026 · 8 classifications

Classification	Base rate	Fringe	Total
BRICKLAYER (CARTER, HOWELL, OREGON, SHANNON, AND TEXAS COUNTIES)	31.51	15.00	46.51
SHEET METAL WORKER: INSTALLATION OF HVAC DUCT AND HVAC SYSTEM (CARTER, HOWELL, OREGON, REYNOLDS, RIPLEY, SHANNON & TEXAS COUNTIES)	34.43	17.86	52.29
SHEET METAL WORKER: INSTALLATION OF HVAC DUCT AND HVAC SYSTEM (BOLLINGER, BUTLER, CAPE GIRARDEAU, DUNKLIN, IRON, MADISON, MISSISSIPPI, NEW MADRID, PEMISCOT, PERRY, SCOTT, ST. FRANCOIS, STE GENEVIEVE, STODDARD & WAYNE COUNTIES)	52.00	27.12	79.12
PAINTER: ROLLER	18.75	5.80	24.55
PAINTER: BRUSH ONLY	18.75	5.80	24.55
LABORER: COMMON OR GENERAL	17.15	5.69	22.84
ELECTRICIAN	15.53	—	15.53
CARPENTER	17.16	2.77	19.93

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.