Prevailing Wages in Marion County, Iowa
Prevailing wages in Marion County, Iowa run $14.81 to $94.74 per hour (base rate plus fringe benefits) across the 50 Davis-Bacon determination records shown below, which is page one of a larger set. The median total is $47.16, and among the 49 records that list a fringe separately the median fringe is $15.89. The applicable rate depends on the labor classification, the construction type and the funding source.
#federal – Bricklayer/Stone Mason: Zone 5 (All Areas of the State Not Listed) in Marion County, Iowa – Highway
Total Wage: $50.50
Base Rate: $32.65 | Fringe: $17.85
#federal – Bricklayer/Stone Mason: Zone 5 (All Areas of the State Not Listed) in Marion County, Iowa – Heavy
Total Wage: $50.50
Base Rate: $32.65 | Fringe: $17.85
#federal – Carpenter & Piledrivermen: Zone 5** All Areas of the State Not Listed. (** Carpenters and Piledrivermen, or Ironworkers (zone 5)Setting of Structural Steel; Any Welding Incidental to Bridge or Culvert Construction; Setting Concrete Beams.) in Marion County, Iowa – Highway
Total Wage: $47.35
Base Rate: $32.90 | Fringe: $14.45
#federal – Carpenter & Piledrivermen: Zone 5** All Areas of the State Not Listed. (** Carpenters and Piledrivermen, or Ironworkers (zone 5)Setting of Structural Steel; Any Welding Incidental to Bridge or Culvert Construction; Setting Concrete Beams.) in Marion County, Iowa – Heavy
Total Wage: $47.35
Base Rate: $32.90 | Fringe: $14.45
#federal – Concrete Finisher: Zone 5 (All Areas of the State Not Listed) in Marion County, Iowa – Highway
Total Wage: $42.19
Base Rate: $29.61 | Fringe: $12.58
#federal – Concrete Finisher: Zone 5 (All Areas of the State Not Listed) in Marion County, Iowa – Heavy
Total Wage: $42.19
Base Rate: $29.61 | Fringe: $12.58
#federal – Electrician (Street and Highway Lighting and Traffic Signals): Zone 5 (All Areas of the State Not Listed) in Marion County, Iowa – Highway
Total Wage: $58.00
Base Rate: $40.20 | Fringe: $17.80
#federal – Electrician (Street and Highway Lighting and Traffic Signals): Zone 5 (All Areas of the State Not Listed) in Marion County, Iowa – Heavy
Total Wage: $58.00
Base Rate: $40.20 | Fringe: $17.80
#federal – Ironworker (Setting of Structural Steel)Zone 5** All Areas of the State Not Listed. (** Carpenters and Piledrivermen, or Ironworkers (zone 5)Setting of Structural Steel; Any Welding Incidental to Bridge or Culvert Construction; Setting Concrete Beams.) in Marion County, Iowa – Heavy
Total Wage: $47.35
Base Rate: $28.01 | Fringe: $19.34
#federal – Ironworker (Setting of Structural Steel)Zone 5** All Areas of the State Not Listed. (** Carpenters and Piledrivermen, or Ironworkers (zone 5)Setting of Structural Steel; Any Welding Incidental to Bridge or Culvert Construction; Setting Concrete Beams.) in Marion County, Iowa – Highway
Total Wage: $47.35
Base Rate: $28.01 | Fringe: $19.34
#federal – Laborer: Group Aa - Skilled Pipelayer (Sewer, Water, and Conduits)And Tunnel Laborers; Asbestos Abatement Worker. Zone 5 (All Areas of the State Not Listed) in Marion County, Iowa – Highway
Total Wage: $44.30
Base Rate: $29.85 | Fringe: $14.45
#federal – Laborer: Group Aa - Skilled Pipelayer (Sewer, Water, and Conduits)And Tunnel Laborers; Asbestos Abatement Worker. Zone 5 (All Areas of the State Not Listed) in Marion County, Iowa – Heavy
Total Wage: $44.30
Base Rate: $29.85 | Fringe: $14.45
#federal – Laborer: Group a - Carpenter Tender on Bridges and Box Culverts; Cctv* Sewer Inspection Operator; Curb Machine (Without a Seat); Deck Hand; Diamond & Core Drills; Drill Operator on Air Tracs, Wagon Drills, and Similar Drills; Form Setter/Stringman on Paving Work; Gunnite Nozzleman; Joint Sealer Kettleman; Laser Operator; Mason Tender (Brick/Stone), Powderman Tender; Powderman/Blaster; Sign Erector; Saw Operator; { (Zones 4 and 5)Skilled Pipelayer (Sewer, Water, and Conduits); Tunnel Laborer; Asbestos Abatement Worker}. *new Labor Classification (Cctv: Closed Circuit Television). Zone 5 (All Areas of the State Not Listed) in Marion County, Iowa – Highway
Total Wage: $39.87
Base Rate: $25.42 | Fringe: $14.45
#federal – Laborer: Group a - Carpenter Tender on Bridges and Box Culverts; Cctv* Sewer Inspection Operator; Curb Machine (Without a Seat); Deck Hand; Diamond & Core Drills; Drill Operator on Air Tracs, Wagon Drills, and Similar Drills; Form Setter/Stringman on Paving Work; Gunnite Nozzleman; Joint Sealer Kettleman; Laser Operator; Mason Tender (Brick/Stone), Powderman Tender; Powderman/Blaster; Sign Erector; Saw Operator; { (Zones 4 and 5)Skilled Pipelayer (Sewer, Water, and Conduits); Tunnel Laborer; Asbestos Abatement Worker}. *new Labor Classification (Cctv: Closed Circuit Television). Zone 5 (All Areas of the State Not Listed) in Marion County, Iowa – Heavy
Total Wage: $39.87
Base Rate: $25.42 | Fringe: $14.45
#federal – Laborer: Group B - Air, Gas, Electric Tool Operator; Barco Hammer; Carpenter Tender; Caulker; Chain Sawman; Compressor (Under 400 Cfm); Concrete Finisher Tender; Concrete Processing Materials and Monitors; Cutting Torch on Demolition; Drill Tender; Dumpmen; Electric Drills; Fence Erectors; Form Line Expansion Joint Assembler; Form Tamper; General Laborer; Grade Checker; Handling and Placing Metal Mesh, Dowel Bars, Reinforcing Bars and Chairs; Hot Asphalt Laborer; Installing Temporary Traffic Control Devices; Jack Hammerman; Mechanical Grouter; Painter (All Except Stripers); Paving Breaker; Planting Trees, Shrubs and Flowers; Power Broom (Not Self-propelled); Power Buggyman; Rakers; Rodman (Tying Reinforcing Steel); Sandblaster; Seeding and Mulching; Sewer Utility Topman/Bottom Man; Spaders; Stressor or Stretcherman on Pre or Post Tensioned Concrete; Stringman on Re/Surfacing/No Grade Control; Swinging Stage, Tagline, or Block and Tackle; Tampers; Timberman; Tool Room Men and Checkers; Tree Climber; Tree Groundman; Underpinning and Shoring Caissons Over Twelve Feet Deep; Vibrators; Walk Behind Trencher; Walk Behind Paint Stripers; Walk Behind Vibrating Compactor; Water Pumps (Under Three Inch); Work from Bosun Chair. Zone 5 (All Areas of the State Not Listed) in Marion County, Iowa – Highway
Total Wage: $38.02
Base Rate: $23.57 | Fringe: $14.45
#federal – Laborer: Group B - Air, Gas, Electric Tool Operator; Barco Hammer; Carpenter Tender; Caulker; Chain Sawman; Compressor (Under 400 Cfm); Concrete Finisher Tender; Concrete Processing Materials and Monitors; Cutting Torch on Demolition; Drill Tender; Dumpmen; Electric Drills; Fence Erectors; Form Line Expansion Joint Assembler; Form Tamper; General Laborer; Grade Checker; Handling and Placing Metal Mesh, Dowel Bars, Reinforcing Bars and Chairs; Hot Asphalt Laborer; Installing Temporary Traffic Control Devices; Jack Hammerman; Mechanical Grouter; Painter (All Except Stripers); Paving Breaker; Planting Trees, Shrubs and Flowers; Power Broom (Not Self-propelled); Power Buggyman; Rakers; Rodman (Tying Reinforcing Steel); Sandblaster; Seeding and Mulching; Sewer Utility Topman/Bottom Man; Spaders; Stressor or Stretcherman on Pre or Post Tensioned Concrete; Stringman on Re/Surfacing/No Grade Control; Swinging Stage, Tagline, or Block and Tackle; Tampers; Timberman; Tool Room Men and Checkers; Tree Climber; Tree Groundman; Underpinning and Shoring Caissons Over Twelve Feet Deep; Vibrators; Walk Behind Trencher; Walk Behind Paint Stripers; Walk Behind Vibrating Compactor; Water Pumps (Under Three Inch); Work from Bosun Chair. Zone 5 (All Areas of the State Not Listed) in Marion County, Iowa – Heavy
Total Wage: $38.02
Base Rate: $23.57 | Fringe: $14.45
#federal – Laborer: Group C - Scale Weigh Person; Traffic Control/Flagger, Surveillance or Monitor; Water Carrier. Zone 5 (All Areas of the State Not Listed) in Marion County, Iowa – Highway
Total Wage: $36.05
Base Rate: $21.60 | Fringe: $14.45
#federal – Laborer: Group C - Scale Weigh Person; Traffic Control/Flagger, Surveillance or Monitor; Water Carrier. Zone 5 (All Areas of the State Not Listed) in Marion County, Iowa – Heavy
Total Wage: $36.05
Base Rate: $21.60 | Fringe: $14.45
#federal – Power Equipment Operator: Group C - Boom & Winch Truck; Concrete Spreader/Belt Placer; Deep Wells for Dewatering; Farm Type Tractor (Over 75 Hp.)Pulling Disc or Roller; Forklift; Front End Loader (Under 2 Cu. Yd.); Motor Grader (Rough); Pile Hammer Power Unit; Pump (Greater Than Three Inch Diameter); Pumps on Well Points; Safety Boat; Self-propelled Roller (Other Than Asphalt); Self-propelled Sand Blaster or Shot Blaster, Water Blaster or Striping Grinder/Remover; Skid Loader (Under 1 Cu. Yd.); Truck Mounted Post Driver. Zone 5 (All Areas of the State Not Listed.) in Marion County, Iowa – Highway
Total Wage: $49.60
Base Rate: $32.55 | Fringe: $17.05
#federal – Power Equipment Operator: Group C - Boom & Winch Truck; Concrete Spreader/Belt Placer; Deep Wells for Dewatering; Farm Type Tractor (Over 75 Hp.)Pulling Disc or Roller; Forklift; Front End Loader (Under 2 Cu. Yd.); Motor Grader (Rough); Pile Hammer Power Unit; Pump (Greater Than Three Inch Diameter); Pumps on Well Points; Safety Boat; Self-propelled Roller (Other Than Asphalt); Self-propelled Sand Blaster or Shot Blaster, Water Blaster or Striping Grinder/Remover; Skid Loader (Under 1 Cu. Yd.); Truck Mounted Post Driver. Zone 5 (All Areas of the State Not Listed.) in Marion County, Iowa – Heavy
Total Wage: $49.60
Base Rate: $32.55 | Fringe: $17.05
#federal – Power Equipment Operator: Group D - Boiler; Compressor; Cure and Texture Machine; Dow Box; Farm Type or Utility Tractor (Under 75 Hp.)Pulling Disk, Roller or Other Attachments; Group Greaser Tender; Light Plants; Mechanic Tender; Mechanical Broom; Mechanical Heaters; Oiler; Pumps (Under Three Inch Diameter); Tree Chipping Machine; Truck Crane Driver/Oiler. Zone 5 (All Areas of the State Not Listed) in Marion County, Iowa – Heavy
Total Wage: $48.60
Base Rate: $31.55 | Fringe: $17.05
#federal – Power Equipment Operator: Group D - Boiler; Compressor; Cure and Texture Machine; Dow Box; Farm Type or Utility Tractor (Under 75 Hp.)Pulling Disk, Roller or Other Attachments; Group Greaser Tender; Light Plants; Mechanic Tender; Mechanical Broom; Mechanical Heaters; Oiler; Pumps (Under Three Inch Diameter); Tree Chipping Machine; Truck Crane Driver/Oiler. Zone 5 (All Areas of the State Not Listed) in Marion County, Iowa – Highway
Total Wage: $48.60
Base Rate: $31.55 | Fringe: $17.05
#federal – Truck Driver (And Pavement Marking Driver/Switchperson): Zone 5 (All Areas of the State Not Listed) in Marion County, Iowa – Highway
Total Wage: $40.41
Base Rate: $28.41 | Fringe: $12.00
#federal – Truck Driver (And Pavement Marking Driver/Switchperson): Zone 5 (All Areas of the State Not Listed) in Marion County, Iowa – Heavy
Total Wage: $40.41
Base Rate: $28.41 | Fringe: $12.00
#federal – Carpenter in Marion County, Iowa – Heavy
Total Wage: $63.78
Base Rate: $34.25 | Fringe: $29.53
#federal – Boilermaker in Marion County, Iowa – Building
Total Wage: $82.39
Base Rate: $48.48 | Fringe: $33.91
#federal – Bricklayer in Marion County, Iowa – Building
Total Wage: $35.63
Base Rate: $25.93 | Fringe: $9.70
#federal – Carpenter (Form Work Only) in Marion County, Iowa – Building
Total Wage: $63.78
Base Rate: $34.25 | Fringe: $29.53
#federal – Carpenter, Includes Acoustical Ceiling Installation, and Drywall Hanging (Excludes Form Work) in Marion County, Iowa – Building
Total Wage: $35.58
Base Rate: $23.30 | Fringe: $12.28
#federal – Cement Mason/Concrete Finisher in Marion County, Iowa – Building
Total Wage: $32.19
Base Rate: $21.12 | Fringe: $11.07
#federal – Drywall Finisher/Taper in Marion County, Iowa – Building
Total Wage: $50.87
Base Rate: $31.82 | Fringe: $19.05
#federal – Electrician, Includes HVAC/Temperature Controls Installation in Marion County, Iowa – Building
Total Wage: $32.73
Base Rate: $23.58 | Fringe: $9.15
#federal – 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 in Marion County, Iowa – Building
Total Wage: $94.74
Base Rate: $56.30 | Fringe: $38.44
#federal – Insulator: Mechanical (Duct, Pipe and Mechanical System Insulation) in Marion County, Iowa – Building
Total Wage: $26.36
Base Rate: $19.04 | Fringe: $7.32
#federal – Ironworker: Ornamental in Marion County, Iowa – Building
Total Wage: $62.10
Base Rate: $36.30 | Fringe: $25.80
#federal – Ironworker: Reinforcing in Marion County, Iowa – Building
Total Wage: $68.49
Base Rate: $37.50 | Fringe: $30.99
#federal – Ironworker, Structural in Marion County, Iowa – Building
Total Wage: $41.18
Base Rate: $25.29 | Fringe: $15.89
#federal – Laborer: Common or General in Marion County, Iowa – Building
Total Wage: $24.18
Base Rate: $17.25 | Fringe: $6.93
#federal – Laborer: Landscape in Marion County, Iowa – Building
Total Wage: $14.81
Base Rate: $14.81
#federal – Laborer: Mason Tender - Brick in Marion County, Iowa – Building
Total Wage: $47.35
Base Rate: $29.36 | Fringe: $17.99
#federal – Laborer: Pipelayer in Marion County, Iowa – Building
Total Wage: $20.70
Base Rate: $18.00 | Fringe: $2.70
#federal – Millwright in Marion County, Iowa – Building
Total Wage: $63.98
Base Rate: $35.93 | Fringe: $28.05
#federal – Operator: Backhoe/Excavator/Trackhoe in Marion County, Iowa – Building
Total Wage: $42.66
Base Rate: $27.31 | Fringe: $15.35
#federal – Operator: Bobcat/Skid Steer/Skid Loader in Marion County, Iowa – Building
Total Wage: $50.40
Base Rate: $27.55 | Fringe: $22.85
#federal – Operator: Bulldozer in Marion County, Iowa – Building
Total Wage: $30.67
Base Rate: $22.31 | Fringe: $8.36
#federal – Operator: Loader in Marion County, Iowa – Building
Total Wage: $42.99
Base Rate: $25.80 | Fringe: $17.19
#federal – Painter: Brush and Roller in Marion County, Iowa – Building
Total Wage: $48.71
Base Rate: $32.41 | Fringe: $16.30
#federal – Pipefitter (Includes HVAC Pipe and Unit Installation) in Marion County, Iowa – Building
Total Wage: $73.15
Base Rate: $46.10 | Fringe: $27.05
#federal – Plumber in Marion County, Iowa – Building
Total Wage: $46.97
Base Rate: $31.85 | Fringe: $15.12
#federal – Power Equipment Operator: (Class 1)- Forklift (On Steel Erection and Machinery Moving or Hoisting Above One Complete Story) in Marion County, Iowa – Building
Total Wage: $56.96
Base Rate: $35.02 | Fringe: $21.94
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Common questions
What is the prevailing wage in Marion County, Iowa?
There is no single prevailing wage for a county — each labor classification has its own rate. Across the 50 records listed on this page, total prevailing wage in Marion County, Iowa runs from $14.81 to $94.74 per hour, median $47.16. Find your classification in the list above to get the rate that actually applies.
Which construction types are covered in Marion County, Iowa?
The determinations on this page cover Building, Heavy, Highway construction. Davis-Bacon splits work into Building, Residential, Highway and Heavy, and the same trade can carry a different rate under each. A Highway rate does not apply to Building work in the same county.
Are these federal or state rates?
This page shows federal determinations. Federal Davis-Bacon rates apply to federal and federally assisted projects; state and city determinations apply to their own public works. Where more than one applies to a project, the higher rate for each classification generally governs.
How current are the Marion County, Iowa rates?
The most recent determination shown here is dated June 25, 2026. WageFinder re-reads the official sources weekly. Every rate links back to its determination on the government source, which is the authoritative document for compliance.