Davis-Bacon rates — Ouachita County, Louisiana

Every active general wage determination covering this county, one section per construction type. These rates are the minimum that must be paid on a federal or federally assisted contract.

Pick the construction type that matches your contract, not the highest rate. Building, Residential, Highway and Heavy are separate determinations with different rates, and using the wrong one is a common reason a certified payroll comes back rejected. Where your trade appears under several classifications the choice between them is a judgement call — the plainest match is usually right, and the contracting officer can confirm it.

Building

LA20260042 rev 1 · 05/18/2026 · 20 classifications

Classification	Base rate	Fringe	Total
ASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR	32.66	9.86	42.52
ELECTRICIAN	29.55	14.36	43.91
ELEVATOR MECHANIC A. PAID HOLIDAYS: NEW YEAR'S DAY, MEMORIAL DAY, INDEPENDENCE DAY, LABOR DAY, VETERANS' DAY, THANKSGIVING DAY, THE FRIDAY AFTER THANKSGIVING DAY AND CHRISTMAS DAY. B. VACATION 6% FOR UNDER 5 YEARS BASED ON REGULAR HOURLY RATE FOR ALL HOURS WORKED. 8% FOR OVER 5 YEARS BASED ON REGULAR HOURLY RATE FOR ALL HOURS WORKED	52.33	38.44	90.77
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: CRANE CRANE PREMIUMS 50-150 TONS $1.75 OVER 150 TONS $2.25	23.46	8.35	31.81
IRONWORKER (REINFORCING AND STRUCTURAL)	34.75	13.86	48.61
PAINTER (SPRAY)	18.83	9.48	28.31
PIPEFITTER	34.87	17.79	52.66
ROOFER	23.04	9.34	32.38
SHEET METAL WORKER (EXCLUDING HVAC DUCT INSTALLATION)	26.19	14.19	40.38
TRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCK	17.26	—	17.26
TILE SETTER	20.00	—	20.00
SHEET METAL WORKER (HVAC DUCT INSTALLATION ONLY)	19.83	—	19.83
PLUMBER	23.72	8.30	32.02
PAINTER (BRUSH AND ROLLER)	18.30	8.91	27.21
OPERATOR: BACKHOE/EXCAVATOR/TRACKHOE	19.33	2.09	21.42
LABORER: MASON TENDER - BRICK	12.17	—	12.17
LABORER: COMMON OR GENERAL	12.37	—	12.37
CEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER	15.59	—	15.59
CARPENTER	16.31	0.52	16.83
BRICKLAYER	20.00	—	20.00

Highway

LA20260009 rev 1 · 05/18/2026 · 16 classifications

Classification	Base rate	Fringe	Total
TRUCK DRIVERS: WATER TRUCK	13.79	—	13.79
TRUCK DRIVERS: DUMP TRUCK	11.86	—	11.86
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: TRENCHER	14.38	—	14.38
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: ROLLER (DIRT AND GRADE COMPACTION)	13.00	—	13.00
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: MILLING MACHINE	15.38	2.14	17.52
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: MECHANIC	13.08	2.20	15.28
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: GRADER/BLADE	17.00	—	17.00
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: CRANE	24.30	—	24.30
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: BULLDOZER	16.18	—	16.18
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: BROOM/SWEEPER	14.05	5.15	19.20
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS BACKHOE/EXCAVATOR/TRACKHOE	15.88	—	15.88
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: ASPHALT PAVER	17.20	4.97	22.17
LABORER: COMMON OR GENERAL	10.84	0.80	11.64
IRONWORKER, REINFORCING	16.88	—	16.88
CEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER	14.43	—	14.43
CARPENTER, INCLUDES FORM WORK (UNION COUNTY)	14.53	—	14.53

Heavy

LA20260002 rev 2 · 05/18/2026 · 26 classifications

Classification	Base rate	Fringe	Total
CARPENTER: FORMBUILDING/FORMSETTING (ASCENSION, EAST BATON ROUGE, LIVINGSTON AND WEST BATON ROUGE PARISHES)	32.59	11.06	43.65
CARPENTER: FORMBUILDING/FORMSETTING (CALCASIEU PARISH)	32.59	11.06	43.65
CARPENTER: FORMBUILDING/FORMSETTING (ACADIA, LAFAYETTE, ST. LANDRY AND ST. MARTIN PARISHES)	32.59	11.06	43.65
CARPENTER: FORMBUILDING/FORMSETTING (BOSSIER, CADDO, OUACHITA, RAPIDES AND WEBSTER PARISHES)	32.59	11.06	43.65
CARPENTER: FORMBUILDING/FORMSETTING (LAFOURCHE AND TERREBONNE PARISHES)	32.59	10.52	43.11
ELECTRICIAN (LAFOURCHE AND TERREBONNE PARISHES)	36.00	16.66	52.66
ELECTRICIAN (BOSSIER, CADDO, AND WEBSTER PARISHES)	35.85	15.58	51.43
ELECTRICIAN (OUACHITA PARISH)	29.55	14.36	43.91
ELECTRICIAN (RAPIDES PARISH)	30.00	12.03	42.03
ELECTRICIAN (ACADIA, CALCASIEU, LAFAYETTE, AND ST MARTIN PARISHES)	31.98	15.14	47.12
ELECTRICIAN (ASCENSION, EAST BATON ROUGE, LIVINGSTON, ST. LANDRY, AND WEST BATON ROUGE PARISHES)	29.47	13.50	42.97
TRUCK DRIVER, DUMP	10.25	—	10.25
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: WINCH	11.38	—	11.38
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: WATER WELL DRILLER	11.91	2.44	14.35
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: TRACKHOE	12.64	—	12.64
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: OILER	8.59	2.50	11.09
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: MOTOR GRADER/BLADE	11.75	—	11.75
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: FRONT END LOADER	11.50	—	11.50
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: DRAGLINE	15.16	—	15.16
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: CRANE	16.62	3.28	19.90
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: BULLDOZER	13.83	—	13.83
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: BACKHOE/EXCAVATOR	13.01	—	13.01
LABORERS: PIPELAYER	9.45	—	9.45
LABORERS: COMMON	8.20	—	8.20
CEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER	13.77	—	13.77
CARPENTER (ALL OTHER WORK)	12.81	—	12.81

Filing the WH-347 that these rates feed into? I build certified payroll tools, and I will prepare your first weekly filing from your payroll register free, with worker names removed — partly to be useful, partly because real registers are the only way to test the thing properly. hamza.aiemployee@gmail.com. No sign-up on this site, and nothing here is tracked.