Davis-Bacon rates — Forrest County, Mississippi

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

MS20260048 rev 2 · 05/18/2026 · 19 classifications

Classification	Base rate	Fringe	Total
ELECTRICIAN	32.90	11.10	44.00
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: FORKLIFT	35.50	14.55	50.05
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: CRANE	35.50	14.55	50.05
IRONWORKER, REINFORCING	31.00	17.77	48.77
PLUMBER	29.91	11.97	41.88
PIPEFITTER	30.41	11.47	41.88
SHEET METAL WORKER (INCLUDES HVAC DUCT INSTALLATION)	30.45	13.88	44.33
TRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCK	14.11	0.27	14.38
TILE SETTER	18.00	—	18.00
ROOFER	14.50	—	14.50
PAINTER (BRUSH AND ROLLER)	17.00	—	17.00
OPERATOR: BULLDOZER	15.14	1.03	16.17
OPERATOR: BACKHOE/EXCAVATOR/TRACKHOE	17.53	—	17.53
LABORER: MASON TENDER - CEMENT/CONCRETE	12.50	—	12.50
LABORER: COMMON OR GENERAL	12.53	—	12.53
IRONWORKER, STRUCTURAL	18.05	—	18.05
CEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER	18.31	—	18.31
CARPENTER	17.84	6.04	23.88
BRICKLAYER	20.29	—	20.29

Residential

MS20260039 rev 2 · 05/18/2026 · 9 classifications

Classification	Base rate	Fringe	Total
ELECTRICIAN	32.90	11.10	44.00
ROOFER, INCLUDES SHAKE & SHINGLE ROOFS	12.00	—	12.00
PLUMBER	14.62	—	14.62
PAINTER	11.00	—	11.00
LABORER: MASON TENDER - BRICK	10.92	—	10.92
LABORER: COMMON OR GENERAL	9.40	—	9.40
CEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER	9.87	—	9.87
CARPENTER, INCLUDES FORM WORK	10.35	—	10.35
BRICKLAYER	12.82	—	12.82

Highway

MS20260131 rev 2 · 05/18/2026 · 38 classifications

Classification	Base rate	Fringe	Total
ELECTRICIAN	32.90	11.10	44.00
TRUCK DRIVER: SEMI/TRAILER TRUCK	14.36	—	14.36
TRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCK (ALL TYPES)	11.58	—	11.58
TRUCK DRIVER: WATER TRUCK	17.08	—	17.08
TRUCK DRIVER: MECHANIC	12.31	—	12.31
TRUCK DRIVER: LOWBOY TRUCK	14.18	—	14.18
TRUCK DRIVER: FLATBED TRUCK	14.72	—	14.72
SURVEYOR (STAKING, MARKING AND BRUSH CLEARING)	11.56	—	11.56
OPERATOR: TRACTOR	12.00	—	12.00
OPERATOR: SCRAPER	14.00	—	14.00
OPERATOR: ROLLER (ALL TYPES)	12.17	—	12.17
OPERATOR: PAVER (ASPHALT, AGGREGATE, AND CONCRETE)	11.56	—	11.56
OPERATOR: OILER	12.22	—	12.22
OPERATOR: MILLING MACHINE	16.96	—	16.96
OPERATOR: MECHANIC	13.00	—	13.00
OPERATOR: LOADER	13.99	—	13.99
OPERATOR: GRADER/BLADE	16.09	—	16.09
OPERATOR: DISTRIBUTOR	11.46	—	11.46
OPERATOR: CRANE	14.80	—	14.80
OPERATOR: CONCRETE SAW	13.93	—	13.93
OPERATOR: BULLDOZER	13.99	—	13.99
OPERATOR: BROOM/SWEEPER	10.94	—	10.94
OPERATOR: BOBCAT/SKID STEER/SKID LOADER	11.86	—	11.86
OPERATOR: BACKHOE/EXCAVATOR/TRACKHOE	14.20	—	14.20
OPERATOR: ASPHALT SPREADER	14.71	—	14.71
LABORER: LABORER-CONES/ BARRICADES/BARRELS - SETTER/MOVER/SWEEPER	12.17	—	12.17
LABORER: PIPELAYER	14.50	—	14.50
LABORER: MASON TENDER - CEMENT/CONCRETE	10.57	—	10.57
LABORER: LUTEMAN	12.88	—	12.88
LABORER: GRADE CHECKER	14.82	—	14.82
LABORER: FLAGGER	11.42	—	11.42
LABORER: COMMON OR GENERAL, INCLUDING ASPHALT RAKING, SHOVELING, SPREADING	10.34	—	10.34
IRONWORKER, REINFORCING	16.44	—	16.44
INSTALLER: GUARDRAIL	12.39	—	12.39
INSTALLER - SIGN	12.19	—	12.19
HIGHWAY/PARKING LOT STRIPING: TRUCK DRIVER (LINE STRIPING TRUCK)	14.55	—	14.55
CEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER	11.54	1.63	13.17
CARPENTER (FORM WORK ONLY)	12.00	—	12.00

Heavy

MS20260063 rev 2 · 05/18/2026 · 11 classifications

Classification	Base rate	Fringe	Total
ELECTRICIAN	32.90	11.10	44.00
TRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCK, INCLUDES WATER SEWER LINES	16.03	0.95	16.98
OPERATOR: CRANE	22.66	4.66	27.32
OPERATOR: BULLDOZER	18.85	1.18	20.03
OPERATOR: BACKHOE/EXCAVATOR/TRACKHOE	17.39	0.86	18.25
LABORER: PIPELAYER, INCLUDES WATER SEWER LINES	14.04	1.92	15.96
LABORER: COMMON OR GENERAL, INCLUDES WATER SEWER LINES	12.93	—	12.93
IRONWORKER, STRUCTURAL	19.00	—	19.00
IRONWORKER, REINFORCING	20.63	—	20.63
CEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER	17.75	—	17.75
CARPENTER, INCLUDES FORM WORK	16.77	—	16.77

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.