LABORERS: HEAVY AND HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION: GROUP 2 CUTTING TORCH BURNER; LASER BEAM ALIGNER; MANHOLE ERECTOR; SEWER PIPE LAYER; WATER LINE INSTALLER, T — Prevailing Wage Rates
Davis-Bacon prevailing wages for LABORERS: HEAVY AND HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION: GROUP 2 CUTTING TORCH BURNER; LASER BEAM ALIGNER; MANHOLE ERECTOR; SEWER PIPE LAYER; WATER LINE INSTALLER, Ts across all covered states and counties. Rates vary by location and construction type.
Across 178 Davis-Bacon rate records nationwide, the median total package (base + fringe) for LABORERS: HEAVY AND HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION: GROUP 2 CUTTING TORCH BURNER; LASER BEAM ALIGNER; MANHOLE ERECTOR; SEWER PIPE LAYER; WATER LINE INSTALLER, T is $46.72/hr, with the middle 80% of counties paying between $46.72 and $46.72/hr. The highest state average is Indiana at $46.72/hr; the lowest is Indiana at $46.72/hr.
Range: $46.72 – $46.72/hr across 1 state. Total package = base hourly rate + fringe benefits.
Davis-Bacon vs. Market Median
Comparison of the Davis-Bacon national median total package against the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) median for the comparable BLS occupation 47-2061 — Construction Laborers.
Davis-Bacon rates include required fringe benefits; OEWS reflects mean/median wages from the BLS establishment survey across all industries. Direct comparison is approximate — D-B rates target the construction-industry union/competitive-wage benchmark, while OEWS spans every industry that employs the occupation.
Average Rates by State
All Rates
178 county-level rates for LABORERS: HEAVY AND HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION: GROUP 2 CUTTING TORCH BURNER; LASER BEAM ALIGNER; MANHOLE ERECTOR; SEWER PIPE LAYER; WATER LINE INSTALLER, T, ordered by state and county.
| County | State | Type | Base $/hr | Fringe $/hr | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams | IN | heavy | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Adams | IN | highway | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Allen | IN | highway | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Allen | IN | heavy | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Bartholomew | IN | highway | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Bartholomew | IN | heavy | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Benton | IN | highway | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Benton | IN | heavy | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Blackford | IN | heavy | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Blackford | IN | highway | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Boone | IN | heavy | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Boone | IN | highway | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Brown | IN | heavy | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Brown | IN | highway | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Carroll | IN | highway | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Carroll | IN | heavy | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Cass | IN | heavy | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Cass | IN | highway | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Clark | IN | highway | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Clark | IN | heavy | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Clay | IN | highway | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Clay | IN | heavy | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Clinton | IN | heavy | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Clinton | IN | highway | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Crawford | IN | heavy | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Crawford | IN | highway | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Daviess | IN | heavy | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Daviess | IN | highway | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| DeKalb | IN | highway | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| DeKalb | IN | heavy | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| DeKalb | IN | heavy | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| DeKalb | IN | highway | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Dearborn | IN | highway | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Dearborn | IN | heavy | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Decatur | IN | highway | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Decatur | IN | heavy | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Delaware | IN | heavy | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Delaware | IN | highway | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Dubois | IN | highway | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Dubois | IN | heavy | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Elkhart | IN | highway | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Elkhart | IN | heavy | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Fayette | IN | highway | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Fayette | IN | heavy | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Floyd | IN | highway | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Floyd | IN | heavy | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Fountain | IN | highway | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Fountain | IN | heavy | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Franklin | IN | heavy | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Franklin | IN | highway | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Fulton | IN | heavy | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Fulton | IN | highway | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Gibson | IN | heavy | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Gibson | IN | highway | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Grant | IN | heavy | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Grant | IN | highway | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Greene | IN | heavy | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Greene | IN | highway | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Hamilton | IN | heavy | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Hamilton | IN | highway | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Hancock | IN | highway | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Hancock | IN | heavy | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Harrison | IN | heavy | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Harrison | IN | highway | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Hendricks | IN | heavy | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Hendricks | IN | highway | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Henry | IN | heavy | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Henry | IN | highway | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Howard | IN | highway | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Howard | IN | heavy | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Huntington | IN | highway | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Huntington | IN | heavy | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Jackson | IN | highway | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Jackson | IN | heavy | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Jasper | IN | heavy | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Jasper | IN | highway | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Jay | IN | heavy | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Jay | IN | highway | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Jefferson | IN | highway | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Jefferson | IN | heavy | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Jennings | IN | heavy | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Jennings | IN | highway | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Johnson | IN | heavy | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Johnson | IN | highway | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Knox | IN | heavy | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Knox | IN | highway | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Kosciusko | IN | highway | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Kosciusko | IN | heavy | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Lagrange | IN | heavy | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Lagrange | IN | highway | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Lawrence | IN | highway | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Lawrence | IN | heavy | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Madison | IN | heavy | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Madison | IN | highway | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Marion | IN | highway | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Marion | IN | heavy | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Marshall | IN | heavy | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Marshall | IN | highway | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Martin | IN | highway | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |
| Martin | IN | heavy | $29.00 | $17.72 | $46.72 | WD → |