Prevailing Wages in Stearns County, Minnesota
Prevailing wages in Stearns County, Minnesota run $22.10 to $111.42 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 $70.51, and among the 49 records that list a fringe separately the median fringe is $27.48. The applicable rate depends on the labor classification, the construction type and the funding source.
#federal – Articulated Hauler in Stearns County, Minnesota – Building
Total Wage: $75.91
Base Rate: $46.51 | Fringe: $29.40
#federal – Asbestos Abatement Worker in Stearns County, Minnesota – Building
Total Wage: $67.22
Base Rate: $41.23 | Fringe: $25.99
#federal – Blaster +$950,000 in Stearns County, Minnesota – Building
Total Wage: $46.80
Base Rate: $29.11 | Fringe: $17.69
#federal – Boilermaker in Stearns County, Minnesota – Building
Total Wage: $80.28
Base Rate: $48.35 | Fringe: $31.93
#federal – Boom Truck in Stearns County, Minnesota – Building
Total Wage: $75.91
Base Rate: $46.51 | Fringe: $29.40
#federal – Bricklayer in Stearns County, Minnesota – Building
Total Wage: $78.46
Base Rate: $48.48 | Fringe: $29.98
#federal – Carpenter in Stearns County, Minnesota – Building
Total Wage: $71.99
Base Rate: $42.55 | Fringe: $29.44
#federal – Carpet Layer (Linoleum) in Stearns County, Minnesota – Building
Total Wage: $70.59
Base Rate: $45.80 | Fringe: $24.79
#federal – Cement Mason in Stearns County, Minnesota – Building
Total Wage: $79.42
Base Rate: $52.20 | Fringe: $27.22
#federal – Drywall Taper in Stearns County, Minnesota – Building
Total Wage: $63.09
Base Rate: $37.47 | Fringe: $25.62
#federal – Electrician in Stearns County, Minnesota – Building
Total Wage: $85.72
Base Rate: $54.86 | Fringe: $30.86
#federal – Elevator Constructor in Stearns County, Minnesota – Building
Total Wage: $111.42
Base Rate: $65.21 | Fringe: $46.21
#federal – Flag Person in Stearns County, Minnesota – Building
Total Wage: $68.00
Base Rate: $40.52 | Fringe: $27.48
#federal – Glazier in Stearns County, Minnesota – Building
Total Wage: $61.54
Base Rate: $38.65 | Fringe: $22.89
#federal – Heating and Frost Insulator in Stearns County, Minnesota – Building
Total Wage: $93.24
Base Rate: $59.39 | Fringe: $33.85
#federal – Ironworker in Stearns County, Minnesota – Building
Total Wage: $87.36
Base Rate: $49.50 | Fringe: $37.86
#federal – Laborer: Common (General Labor Work) in Stearns County, Minnesota – Building
Total Wage: $68.00
Base Rate: $40.52 | Fringe: $27.48
#federal – Laborer: Landscaping (Gardener, Sod Layer and Nursery Operator) in Stearns County, Minnesota – Building
Total Wage: $54.44
Base Rate: $31.66 | Fringe: $22.78
#federal – Laborer: Skilled (Assisting Skilled Craft Journeyman) in Stearns County, Minnesota – Building
Total Wage: $68.00
Base Rate: $40.52 | Fringe: $27.48
#federal – Landscaping Equipment (Includes Hydro Seeder or Mulcher, Sod Roller, Farm Tractor With Attachment Specifically Seeding, Sodding, or Plant, and Two-framed Forklift (excluding Front, Posit-track, and Skid Steer Loaders), No Earthwork or Grading for Elevations) in Stearns County, Minnesota – Building
Total Wage: $54.44
Base Rate: $31.66 | Fringe: $22.78
#federal – Lather in Stearns County, Minnesota – Building
Total Wage: $69.90
Base Rate: $42.55 | Fringe: $27.35
#federal – Millwright in Stearns County, Minnesota – Building
Total Wage: $83.96
Base Rate: $46.15 | Fringe: $37.81
#federal – Painter (Including Hand Brushed, Hand Sprayed, and the Taping of Pavement Markings) in Stearns County, Minnesota – Building
Total Wage: $61.87
Base Rate: $35.73 | Fringe: $26.14
#federal – Pavement Marking or Marking Removal Equipment ((one or Two Person Operators); Self-propelled Truck or Trailer Mounted Units.) in Stearns County, Minnesota – Building
Total Wage: $22.50
Base Rate: $22.50
#federal – Piledriver (Including Vibratory Driver or Extractor for Piling and Sheeting Operations) in Stearns County, Minnesota – Building
Total Wage: $68.19
Base Rate: $41.14 | Fringe: $27.05
#federal – Pipefitter/Steamfitter in Stearns County, Minnesota – Building
Total Wage: $92.93
Base Rate: $55.93 | Fringe: $37.00
#federal – Pipelayer (Water, Sewer and Gas) in Stearns County, Minnesota – Building
Total Wage: $68.52
Base Rate: $42.51 | Fringe: $26.01
#federal – Plasterer in Stearns County, Minnesota – Building
Total Wage: $70.43
Base Rate: $45.98 | Fringe: $24.45
#federal – Plumber in Stearns County, Minnesota – Building
Total Wage: $89.12
Base Rate: $56.91 | Fringe: $32.21
#federal – Power Equipment Operator: Commercial Group 1 : Helicopter Pilot; Tower Crane 250 Feet and Over; Truck Crawler Crane With 200 Feet of Boom and Over, Including Jib in Stearns County, Minnesota – Building
Total Wage: $80.43
Base Rate: $51.03 | Fringe: $29.40
#federal – Power Equipment Operator: Commercial Group 2 : Concrete Pump With 50 Meters/164 Feet of Boom and Over; Pile Driving When Three Drums in Use; Tower Crane 200 Feet and Over; Truck or Crawler Crane With 150 Feet of Boom Up to and Not Including 200 Feet, Including Jib in Stearns County, Minnesota – Building
Total Wage: $84.79
Base Rate: $53.79 | Fringe: $31.00
#federal – Power Equipment Operator: Commercial Group 3 : All-terrain Vehicle Cranes; Concrete Pump 32-49 Meters/102-164 Feet; Derrick (Guy & Stiffleg); Stationary Tower Crane Up to 200 Feet; Self-erecting Tower Crane 100 Feet and Over Measured from Boom Foot Pin; Traveling Tower Crane; Truck or Crawler Crane Up to and Not Including 150 Feet of Boom, Including Jib in Stearns County, Minnesota – Building
Total Wage: $83.08
Base Rate: $52.08 | Fringe: $31.00
#federal – Power Equipment Operator: Commercial Group 4 : Crawler Backhoe Including Attachments; Fireperson, Chief Boiler License; Hoist Engineer (Three Drums or More); Locomotive; Overhead Crane (Inside Building Perimeter); Tractor . Boom Type in Stearns County, Minnesota – Building
Total Wage: $82.68
Base Rate: $51.68 | Fringe: $31.00
#federal – Power Equipment Operator: Commercial Group 5 : Air Compressor 450 Cfm or Over (Two or More Machines); Concrete Mixer; Concrete Pump Up to 31 Meters/101 Feet of Boom; Drill Rigs, Heavy Rotary or Churn or Cable Drill When Used for Caisson for Elevator or Building Construction; Forklift; Front End, Skid Steer 1 C Yd and Over; Hoist Engineer (One or Two Drums); Mechanic-welder (On Power Equipment); Power Plant (100 Kw and Over or Multiples Equal to 100kw and Over); Pump Operator and/or Conveyor (Two or More Machines); Self-erecting Tower Crane Under 100 Feet Measured from Boom Foot Pin; Straddle Carrier; Tractor Over D2; Well Point Pump in Stearns County, Minnesota – Building
Total Wage: $79.52
Base Rate: $48.52 | Fringe: $31.00
#federal – Power Equipment Operator: Commercial Group 6 : Concrete Batch Plant; Fireperson, First Class Boiler License; Front End, Skid Steer Up to 1 C Yd; Gunite Machine; Tractor Operator D2 or Similar Size; Trenching Machine (Sewer, Water, Gas)Excludes Walk Behind Trencher in Stearns County, Minnesota – Building
Total Wage: $74.22
Base Rate: $44.82 | Fringe: $29.40
#federal – Power Equipment Operator: Commercial Group 7 : Air Compressor 600 Cfm or Over; Brakeperson; Concrete Pump/Pumpcrete or Complaco Type; Fireperson, Temporary Heat Second Class Boiler License; Oiler (Power Shovel, Crane, Truck Crane, Dragline, Crushers and Milling Machines, or Other Similar Power Equipment); Pick Up Sweeper (One Cubic Yard Hopper Capacity); Pump and/or Conveyor in Stearns County, Minnesota – Building
Total Wage: $76.34
Base Rate: $45.34 | Fringe: $31.00
#federal – Power Equipment Operator: Commercial Group 8 : Elevator Operator; Greaser; Mechanical Space Heater (Temporary Heat No Boiler License Required) in Stearns County, Minnesota – Building
Total Wage: $22.10
Base Rate: $16.10 | Fringe: $6.00
#federal – Power Equipment Operator: Highway/Heavy Group 2 : Grader or Motor Patrol; Tugboat 100 H.p. and Over When License Required in Stearns County, Minnesota – Building
Total Wage: $65.20
Base Rate: $36.03 | Fringe: $29.17
#federal – Power Equipment Operator: Highway/Heavy Group 3 : Asphalt Bituminous Stabilizer Plant; Cableway; Derrick (Guy or Stiffleg) (Power) (Skids or Stationary); Dredge or Engineers, Dredge (Power)And Engineer; Locomotive Crane Operator; Tandem Scraper; Tugboat 100 H.p and Over in Stearns County, Minnesota – Building
Total Wage: $66.70
Base Rate: $35.93 | Fringe: $30.77
#federal – Power Equipment Operator: Highway/Heavy Group 4 : Air Track Rock Drill; Automatic Road Machine (Cmi or Similar); Backfiller Operator; Bituminous Rollers, Rubber Tired or Steel Drummed (Eight Tons and Over); Bituminous Spreader and Finishing Machines (Power), Including Pavers, Macro Surfacing and Micro Surfacing, or Similar Types (Operator and Screed Person); Brokk or R.t.c. Remote Control or Similar Type With All Attachments; Cat Challenger Tractors or Similar Types Pulling Rock Wagons, Bulldozers and Scrapers; Chip Harvester and Tree Cutter; Concrete Distributor and Spreader Finishing Machine, Longitudinal Float, Joint Machine, and Spray Machine; Concrete Mobil; Crushing Plant (Gravel and Stone)Or Gravel Washing, Crushing and Screening Plant; Curb Machine; Directional Boring Machine; Dope Machine (Pipeline); Dual Tractor; Elevating Grader; Gps Remote Operating of Equipment; Hydraulic Tree Planter; Launcher Person (Tanker Person or Pilot License); Locomotive; Milling, Grinding, Planning, Fine Grade, or Trimmer Machine; Pavement Breaker or Tamping Machine (Power Driven)Mighty Mite or Similar Type; Pipeline Wrapping, Cleaning or Bending Machine; Power Actuated Horizontal Boring Machine, Over Six Inches; Pugmill; Rubber-tired Farm Tractor With Backhoe Including Attachments; Scraper; Self-propelled Soil Stabilizer; Slip Form (Power Driven) (Paving); Tie Tamper and Ballast Machine; Tractor, Wheel Type, Over 50 H.p. With Pto Unrelated to Landscaping; Tub Grinder, Morbark, or Similar Type in Stearns County, Minnesota – Building
Total Wage: $39.42
Base Rate: $36.90 | Fringe: $2.52
#federal – Power Equipment Operator: Highway/Heavy Group 5 : Bituminous Roller (Under Eight Tons); Concrete Saw (Multiple Blade) (Power Operated); Form Trench Digger (Power); Hydraulic Log Splitter; Loader (Barber Greene or Similar Type); Post Hole Driving Machine/Post Hole Auger; Power Actuated Jack; Self-propelled Chip Spreader (Flaherty or Similar); Sheep Foot Compactor With Blade . 200 H.p. and Over; Shouldering Machine (Power)Apsco or Similar Type Including Self-propelled Sand and Chip Spreader; Stump Chipper and Tree Chipper; Tree Farmer (Machine) in Stearns County, Minnesota – Building
Total Wage: $61.81
Base Rate: $32.64 | Fringe: $29.17
#federal – Power Equipment Operator: Highway/Heavy Group 6 : Cat, Challenger, or Similar Type of Tractors, When Pulling Disk or Roller; Dredge Deck Hand; Gravel Screening Plant (Portable Not Crushing or Washing); Lever Person; Power Sweeper; Sheep Foot Roller and Rollers on Gravel Compaction, Including Vibrating Rollers; Tractor, Wheel Type, Over 50 H.p., Unrelated to Landscaping in Stearns County, Minnesota – Building
Total Wage: $57.46
Base Rate: $31.06 | Fringe: $26.40
#federal – Roofer in Stearns County, Minnesota – Building
Total Wage: $71.14
Base Rate: $46.93 | Fringe: $24.21
#federal – Sheet Metal Worker in Stearns County, Minnesota – Building
Total Wage: $85.47
Base Rate: $54.96 | Fringe: $30.51
#federal – Sign Erector in Stearns County, Minnesota – Building
Total Wage: $55.22
Base Rate: $34.91 | Fringe: $20.31
#federal – Sprinkler Fitter in Stearns County, Minnesota – Building
Total Wage: $77.27
Base Rate: $48.71 | Fringe: $28.56
#federal – Survey Field Technician (Operate Total Station, Gps Receiver, Level, Rod or Range Poles, Steel Tape Measurement; Mark and Drive Stakes; Hand or Power Digging for and Identification of Markers or Monuments; Perform and Check Calculations; Review and Understand Construction Plans and Land Survey Materials). in Stearns County, Minnesota – Building
Total Wage: $68.00
Base Rate: $40.52 | Fringe: $27.48
#federal – Terrazzo Worker in Stearns County, Minnesota – Building
Total Wage: $72.91
Base Rate: $46.27 | Fringe: $26.64
#federal – Tile Finisher in Stearns County, Minnesota – Building
Total Wage: $34.23
Base Rate: $27.70 | Fringe: $6.53
#federal – Tile Setter in Stearns County, Minnesota – Building
Total Wage: $53.11
Base Rate: $40.64 | Fringe: $12.47
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Common questions
What is the prevailing wage in Stearns County, Minnesota?
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 Stearns County, Minnesota runs from $22.10 to $111.42 per hour, median $70.51. Find your classification in the list above to get the rate that actually applies.
Which construction types are covered in Stearns County, Minnesota?
The determinations on this page cover Building 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 Stearns County, Minnesota rates?
The most recent determination shown here is dated July 30, 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.