Illinois public specialty trade work carries the state Prevailing Wage Act and certified payroll, and a subcontractor that does not read the wage terms underprices the labor and the reporting.
What Illinois prevailing wage sets
The Illinois Prevailing Wage Act sets the wage and fringe by trade and county on public works, with monthly certified payroll filed electronically. An Illinois public specialty solicitation carries the wage determination and the reporting requirement, which set the labor cost and the administrative burden the sub must carry.
Why the wage burden is easy to miss
Whether the Act applies, the county wage determination, and the certified payroll requirement sit in the solicitation and the funding, not the title. A sub that misses it underprices both the wage and the payroll administration.
How an AI bid agent flags Illinois prevailing wage
An AI bid agent reads each Illinois specialty solicitation, flags the Prevailing Wage Act terms, and surfaces the county wage determination and the certified payroll burden. The sub prices the actual labor cost.
You can see how the agent reads an Illinois solicitation in our AI bid agent demo for specialty trade contractors. It flags the Prevailing Wage Act determination and certified payroll so the labor cost is priced.