Prevailing Wages in Liberty County, Montana
Prevailing wages in Liberty County, Montana run $16.44 to $87.06 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 $46.21, and among the 48 records that list a fringe separately the median fringe is $13.60. The applicable rate depends on the labor classification, the construction type and the funding source.
#federal – Carpenter: Carpenter in Liberty County, Montana – Highway
Total Wage: $60.85
Base Rate: $43.78 | Fringe: $17.07
#federal – Carpenter: Millwright in Liberty County, Montana – Highway
Total Wage: $70.58
Base Rate: $49.79 | Fringe: $20.79
#federal – Cement Mason/Concrete Finisher in Liberty County, Montana – Highway
Total Wage: $65.48
Base Rate: $44.98 | Fringe: $20.50
#federal – Diver: Stand-by in Liberty County, Montana – Highway
Total Wage: $80.98
Base Rate: $60.76 | Fringe: $20.22
#federal – Electrician in Liberty County, Montana – Highway
Total Wage: $70.31
Base Rate: $48.31 | Fringe: $22.00
#federal – Electrician (Line Construction): Equipment Operator in Liberty County, Montana – Highway
Total Wage: $78.51
Base Rate: $55.14 | Fringe: $23.37
#federal – Electrician (Line Construction): Groundman in Liberty County, Montana – Highway
Total Wage: $59.28
Base Rate: $37.43 | Fringe: $21.85
#federal – Electrician (Line Construction): Lineman in Liberty County, Montana – Highway
Total Wage: $87.06
Base Rate: $62.60 | Fringe: $24.46
#federal – Ironworker: Reinforcing Iron and Rebar Workers in Liberty County, Montana – Highway
Total Wage: $71.62
Base Rate: $42.70 | Fringe: $28.92
#federal – Ironworker: Structural Iron and Steel Workers in Liberty County, Montana – Highway
Total Wage: $66.22
Base Rate: $38.31 | Fringe: $27.91
#federal – Laborer: Group 1 Flag Person for Traffic Control in Liberty County, Montana – Highway
Total Wage: $44.08
Base Rate: $30.48 | Fringe: $13.60
#federal – Laborer: Group 2 General Labor; Asbestos Removal; Burning Bar; Bucket Man; Carpenter Tender; Caisson Worker; Cement Mason Tender; Cement Handler (Dry); Chuck Tender; Choker Setter; Concrete Worker; Curb Machine-lay Down; Crusher and Batch Worker; Heater Tender; Fence Erector; Landscape Laborer; Landscaper; Lawn Sprinkler Installer; Pipe Wrapper; Pot Tender; Powderman Tender; Rail and Truck Loaders and Unloaders; Riprapper; Sign Erection; Guardrail and Jersey Rail; Spike Driver; Stake Jumper; Signalman: Tail Hoseman; Tool Checker and Houseman and Traffic Control Worker in Liberty County, Montana – Highway
Total Wage: $47.56
Base Rate: $33.96 | Fringe: $13.60
#federal – Laborer: Group 3 Concrete Vibrator; Dumpman (Grademan); Equipment Handler; Geotextile and Liners; High-pressure Nozzleman; Jackhammer (Pavement Breaker)Non-riding Rollers; Pipelayer; Posthole Digger (Power); Power Driven Wheelbarrow; Rigger; Sandblaster; Sod-cutter-power and Tampers in Liberty County, Montana – Highway
Total Wage: $47.81
Base Rate: $34.21 | Fringe: $13.60
#federal – Laborer: Group 4 Hod Carrier; Water Well Laborer; Blaster; Wagon Driller; Asphalt Raker; Cutting Torch; Grade Setter; High- Scaler; Power Saws (Faller & Concrete); Powderman; Rock & Core Drill; Track or Truck Mounted Wagon Drill and Welder Incl. Air Arc in Liberty County, Montana – Highway
Total Wage: $48.93
Base Rate: $35.33 | Fringe: $13.60
#federal – Painter in Liberty County, Montana – Highway
Total Wage: $53.72
Base Rate: $39.60 | Fringe: $14.12
#federal – Pile Bucks in Liberty County, Montana – Highway
Total Wage: $60.85
Base Rate: $43.78 | Fringe: $17.07
#federal – Power Equipment Operator: Group 1 Air Compressor; Auto Fine Graders; Belt Finishing; Boring Machine (Small); Cement Silo; Crane, A-frame Truck Crane; Crusher Conveyor; Dw-10, 15, and 20 Tractor Roller; Farm Tractor; Forklift; Form Grader; Front End Loader Under 1 Cu Yard; Heavy Duty Drills; Herman Nelson Heater; Mulching Machine; Oiler, All Except Cranes & Shovels; Pumpman in Liberty County, Montana – Highway
Total Wage: $49.77
Base Rate: $35.72 | Fringe: $14.05
#federal – Power Equipment Operator: Group 2 Air Doctor; Backhoe/Excavator/Shovel Up to and Including 3 Cu Yard; Bit Grinder; Bituminous Paving Travel Plant; Boring Machine Large; Broom, Self-propelled; Concrete Travel Batcher; Concrete Float & Spreader; Concrete Bucket Dispatcher; Concrete Finish Machine; Concrete Conveyor; Distributor; Dozer; Rubber-tired, Push & Side Boom; Elevating Grader/Gradall; Field Equipment Serviceman; Front End Loader 1 Cu Yard to Including 5 Cu Yard; Grade Setter; Heavy Duty Drills, All Types; Hoist/Tugger, All; Hydra Lift Forklifts & Similar; Industrial Locomotive; Motor Patrol (Except Finish); Mountain Skidder; Oiler, Cranes\shovels; Pavement Breaker, Emsco; Power Saw, Self-propelled; Pugmill; Pumpcrete\grout Machine; Punch Truck; Roller, Other Than Asphalt; Roller, Sheepsfoot (Self-propelled); Roller, 25 Tons and Over; Ross Carrier; Rotomill Under 6 Ft; Trenching Machine; Washing/Screening Plant in Liberty County, Montana – Highway
Total Wage: $52.05
Base Rate: $38.00 | Fringe: $14.05
#federal – Power Equipment Operator: Group 3 Asphalt Paving Machine; Asphalt Screed; Backhoe/Excavator/Shovel Over 3 Cu Yard; Cableway Highline; Concrete Batch Plant; Concrete Curing Machine; Concrete Pump; Cranes; Creter; Cranes, Electric Overhead; Cranes 24 Tons and Under; Curb Machine/Slip Form Paver; Finish Dozer; Front End Loader Over 5 Cu Yard; Mechanic/Welder; Pioneer Dozer; Roller Asphalt (Breakdown & Finish); Rotomill, Over 6 Ft; Scraper, Single, Twin or Pulling Belly Dump; Yo-yo Cat Haul Truck, Articulating Trucks, Vac Truck in Liberty County, Montana – Highway
Total Wage: $53.32
Base Rate: $39.27 | Fringe: $14.05
#federal – Power Equipment Operator: Group 4 Asphalt/Hot Plant Operator, Cranes, 25 Tons Up to and Incl. 44 Tons; Crusher Operator; Finish Motor Patrol; Finish Scraper in Liberty County, Montana – Highway
Total Wage: $54.65
Base Rate: $40.60 | Fringe: $14.05
#federal – Power Equipment Operator: Group 5 Cranes, 45 Tons Up to and Incl. 74 Tons in Liberty County, Montana – Highway
Total Wage: $55.90
Base Rate: $41.85 | Fringe: $14.05
#federal – Power Equipment Operator: Group 6 Cranes, 75 Tons Up to and Incl. 149 Tons; Crane, Whirley (All) in Liberty County, Montana – Highway
Total Wage: $57.25
Base Rate: $43.20 | Fringe: $14.05
#federal – Truck Driver: Group 1 Pilot Car in Liberty County, Montana – Highway
Total Wage: $44.86
Base Rate: $31.03 | Fringe: $13.83
#federal – Truck Driver: Group 2 Combination Truck and Concrete Mixer and Transit Mixer; Dry Batch Trucks; Distributor Driver; Dumpman; Dump Trucks and Similar Equipment; Dumpster; Flat Trucks; Lumber Carriers; Lowboys; Pickup; Powder Truck Driver; Power Boom; Serviceman; Service Truck/Fuel Truck/Tireperson; Truck Mechanic; Trucks With Power Equipment; Warehouseman, Partsman, Cardex and Warehouse Expeditor; Water Trucks in Liberty County, Montana – Highway
Total Wage: $53.14
Base Rate: $39.31 | Fringe: $13.83
#federal – Carpenter, Excludes Form Work in Liberty County, Montana – Heavy
Total Wage: $28.13
Base Rate: $21.13 | Fringe: $7.00
#federal – Carpenter (Form Work Only) in Liberty County, Montana – Heavy
Total Wage: $32.10
Base Rate: $24.30 | Fringe: $7.80
#federal – Laborer: Common or General in Liberty County, Montana – Heavy
Total Wage: $23.89
Base Rate: $17.99 | Fringe: $5.90
#federal – Laborer: Landscape and Irrigation in Liberty County, Montana – Heavy
Total Wage: $16.44
Base Rate: $15.14 | Fringe: $1.30
#federal – Laborer: Pipelayer in Liberty County, Montana – Heavy
Total Wage: $24.03
Base Rate: $18.13 | Fringe: $5.90
#federal – Line Construction: (3)Groundman in Liberty County, Montana – Heavy
Total Wage: $37.45
Base Rate: $29.09 | Fringe: $8.36
#federal – Operator: Backhoe in Liberty County, Montana – Heavy
Total Wage: $33.76
Base Rate: $25.71 | Fringe: $8.05
#federal – Operator: Bobcat/Skid Steer/Skid Loader in Liberty County, Montana – Heavy
Total Wage: $31.58
Base Rate: $23.53 | Fringe: $8.05
#federal – Operator: Grader/Blade in Liberty County, Montana – Heavy
Total Wage: $33.89
Base Rate: $25.44 | Fringe: $8.45
#federal – Operator: Loader (Front End) in Liberty County, Montana – Heavy
Total Wage: $32.79
Base Rate: $25.01 | Fringe: $7.78
#federal – Boilermaker in Liberty County, Montana – Building
Total Wage: $71.06
Base Rate: $38.75 | Fringe: $32.31
#federal – Carpenter (Drywall Hanging Only) in Liberty County, Montana – Building
Total Wage: $22.69
Base Rate: $22.69
#federal – Carpenter, Excludes Drywall Hanging, and Form Work in Liberty County, Montana – Building
Total Wage: $26.46
Base Rate: $20.58 | Fringe: $5.88
#federal – Carpenter, Includes Drywall Hanging (Excludes Form Work) in Liberty County, Montana – Building
Total Wage: $26.80
Base Rate: $20.22 | Fringe: $6.58
#federal – Cement Mason/Concrete Finisher in Liberty County, Montana – Building
Total Wage: $19.77
Base Rate: $18.27 | Fringe: $1.50
#federal – Form Worker in Liberty County, Montana – Building
Total Wage: $22.02
Base Rate: $16.02 | Fringe: $6.00
#federal – Heat and Frost Insulator in Liberty County, Montana – Building
Total Wage: $65.68
Base Rate: $43.81 | Fringe: $21.87
#federal – Ironworker: Reinforcing and Structural in Liberty County, Montana – Building
Total Wage: $62.13
Base Rate: $36.83 | Fringe: $25.30
#federal – Laborer: Common or General in Liberty County, Montana – Building
Total Wage: $20.76
Base Rate: $16.64 | Fringe: $4.12
#federal – Laborer: Mason Tender - Brick in Liberty County, Montana – Building
Total Wage: $24.31
Base Rate: $18.37 | Fringe: $5.94
#federal – Operator: Excavator in Liberty County, Montana – Building
Total Wage: $28.55
Base Rate: $22.98 | Fringe: $5.57
#federal – Operator: Forklift in Liberty County, Montana – Building
Total Wage: $29.49
Base Rate: $21.44 | Fringe: $8.05
#federal – Painter: Brush, Roller and Spray in Liberty County, Montana – Building
Total Wage: $19.18
Base Rate: $19.18
#federal – Plumber, Excludes HVAC Pipe Installation in Liberty County, Montana – Building
Total Wage: $36.64
Base Rate: $26.34 | Fringe: $10.30
#federal – Plumber (HVAC Pipe Installation) in Liberty County, Montana – Building
Total Wage: $36.62
Base Rate: $25.75 | Fringe: $10.87
#federal – Roofer in Liberty County, Montana – Building
Total Wage: $17.25
Base Rate: $15.44 | Fringe: $1.81
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Common questions
What is the prevailing wage in Liberty County, Montana?
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 Liberty County, Montana runs from $16.44 to $87.06 per hour, median $46.21. Find your classification in the list above to get the rate that actually applies.
Which construction types are covered in Liberty County, Montana?
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 Liberty County, Montana rates?
The most recent determination shown here is dated July 28, 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.