Davis-Bacon rates — St Helena 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

LA20260049 rev 1 · 05/18/2026 · 20 classifications

Classification	Base rate	Fringe	Total
ASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR	32.66	9.86	42.52
ELECTRICIAN (INCLUDING HVAC/TEMPERATURE CONTROLS INSTALLATION AND LOW VOLTAGE WIRING)	29.47	13.50	42.97
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: CRANE CRANE PREMIUMS 50-150 TONS $1.75 OVER 150 TONS $2.25	23.46	8.35	31.81
IRONWORKER, STRUCTURAL	34.75	13.86	48.61
IRONWORKER, REINFORCING	34.75	13.86	48.61
PAINTER (SPRAY)	18.83	9.48	28.31
PIPEFITTER	34.87	17.79	52.66
PLUMBER	32.42	16.50	48.92
ROOFER	23.04	9.34	32.38
SHEET METAL WORKER (INCLUDING HVAC DUCT INSTALLATION)	30.38	14.20	44.58
TRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCK	17.26	—	17.26
TILE SETTER	20.00	—	20.00
SPRINKLER FITTER (FIRE SPRINKLERS)	20.07	1.27	21.34
PAINTER (BRUSH AND ROLLER)	18.30	8.91	27.21
OPERATOR: BACKHOE/EXCAVATOR/TRACKHOE	19.07	—	19.07
LABORER: MASON TENDER - BRICK	12.17	—	12.17
LABORER: COMMON OR GENERAL	13.10	—	13.10
CEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER	16.24	2.56	18.80
CARPENTER	18.26	—	18.26
BRICKLAYER	20.00	—	20.00

Highway

LA20260013 rev 1 · 05/18/2026 · 18 classifications

Classification	Base rate	Fringe	Total
MECHANIC	25.40	8.05	33.45
LABORER: COMMON OR GENERAL (CALCASIEU AND CAMERON COUNTIES)	12.79	1.73	14.52
LABORER: COMMON OR GENERAL (GRANT, LAFAYETTE, AND RAPIDES COUNTIES)	11.00	3.50	14.50
LABORER: COMMON OR GENERAL (ASCENSION, EAST BATON ROUGE, EAST FELICIANA, IBERVILLE, LIVINGSTON, POINTE COUPEE, ST. HELENA, ST. MARTIN, WEST BATON ROUGE, AND WEST FELICIANA COUNTIES)	15.00	2.77	17.77
TRUCK DRIVERS: WATER TRUCK	13.79	—	13.79
TRUCK DRIVERS: DUMP TRUCK	12.69	—	12.69
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: TRENCHER	14.38	—	14.38
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: ROLLER (ASPHALT AND DIRT COMPACTION)	14.29	4.23	18.52
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: MILLING MACHINE	15.38	2.14	17.52
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: GRADER/BLADE	15.88	—	15.88
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: CRANE	24.30	—	24.30
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: BULLDOZER	16.40	—	16.40
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: BROOM/SWEEPER	14.05	—	14.05
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS BACKHOE/EXCAVATOR/TRACKHOE	16.13	—	16.13
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: ASPHALT PAVER	17.20	4.97	22.17
IRONWORKER, REINFORCING	17.49	—	17.49
CEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER	20.03	4.24	24.27
CARPENTER, INCLUDES FORM WORK	18.22	4.48	22.70

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.