Research / IlPrevailingWagePulse
Illinois Public Works Contractors Filing Certified Payroll: 2026 statistics from 2,367 public records
The most common trade is Other: 616 of 2,367 records (26.0%) (as of 2026-11-04; source: Illinois Department of Labor Certified Transcript of Payroll (Prevailing Wage Act), Report 5 (illinois-edp.data.socrata.com)).
Data as of · Compiled by Zalwin from Illinois Department of Labor Certified Transcript of Payroll (Prevailing Wage Act), Report 5 (illinois-edp.data.socrata.com)
Key findings
- Zalwin's IlPrevailingWagePulse dataset holds 2,367 IlPrevailingWagePulse records dated 2026-06-30 to 2026-11-04 (as of 2026-11-04; source: Illinois Department of Labor Certified Transcript of Payroll (Prevailing Wage Act), Report 5 (illinois-edp.data.socrata.com)). #
- The most common trade is Other: 616 of 2,367 records (26.0%) (as of 2026-11-04; source: Illinois Department of Labor Certified Transcript of Payroll (Prevailing Wage Act), Report 5 (illinois-edp.data.socrata.com)). #
- Across 2,364 records with a stated amount, the total is 3,717,773 and the median is 232; the largest is 415,386 (Renewableworks LLC) (as of 2026-11-04; source: Illinois Department of Labor Certified Transcript of Payroll (Prevailing Wage Act), Report 5 (illinois-edp.data.socrata.com)). #
- The top 10% of records by amount (236 of 2,364) account for 72.5% of the total (as of 2026-11-04; source: Illinois Department of Labor Certified Transcript of Payroll (Prevailing Wage Act), Report 5 (illinois-edp.data.socrata.com)). #
- 30 of 2,367 records (1.3%) are dated within the 30 days before 2026-11-04 (source: Illinois Department of Labor Certified Transcript of Payroll (Prevailing Wage Act), Report 5 (illinois-edp.data.socrata.com)). #
IlPrevailingWagePulse records by trade
| Group | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Other | 616 | 26.0% |
| General contractor and construction | 416 | 17.6% |
| Electrical and communications | 276 | 11.7% |
| Plumbing, HVAC and fire protection | 223 | 9.4% |
| Landscaping and site services | 174 | 7.4% |
| Masonry, carpentry and finishes | 155 | 6.5% |
| Excavating, earthwork and underground | 149 | 6.3% |
| Paving, asphalt and concrete | 115 | 4.9% |
| Roofing and sheet metal | 71 | 3.0% |
| Solar and energy | 66 | 2.8% |
| Steel, iron and structures | 59 | 2.5% |
| Traffic control, signs and fencing | 47 | 2.0% |
Methodology and data provenance
- Sample: 2,367 public records dated 2026-06-30 to 2026-11-04; illustrative samples excluded.
- Source: Illinois Department of Labor Certified Transcript of Payroll (Prevailing Wage Act), Report 5 (illinois-edp.data.socrata.com). Refreshed automatically about every 168 hours; figures above are as of 2026-11-04.
- Shares are of all records in the dataset; totals and medians use only records with a stated amount.
- Organization-level data only. Informational; verify individual records at the official source.
Cite this study
Zalwin Research, "IlPrevailingWagePulse statistics" (data as of 2026-11-04), https://zalwin.com/research/ilprevailingwagepulse
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