Davis-Bacon rates — Jackson County, North Carolina

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

NC20260054 rev 1 · 05/18/2026 · 21 classifications

Classification	Base rate	Fringe	Total
PIPEFITTER (EXCLUDING HVAC SYSTEM INSTALLATION)	31.66	12.69	44.35
TRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCK	12.50	1.36	13.86
SHEET METAL WORKER, EXCLUDES HVAC DUCT AND UNIT INSTALLATION	13.61	1.10	14.71
SHEET METAL WORKER (HVAC DUCT INSTALLATION ONLY)	15.62	2.09	17.71
ROOFER	13.55	0.80	14.35
PLUMBER, EXCLUDES HVAC UNIT INSTALLATION	17.51	2.33	19.84
PAINTER: BRUSH, ROLLER AND SPRAY	14.77	1.87	16.64
OPERATOR: GRADER/BLADE	15.25	1.52	16.77
OPERATOR: CRANE	19.25	2.37	21.62
OPERATOR: BACKHOE/EXCAVATOR/TRACKHOE	18.60	1.41	20.01
LABORER: MASON TENDER-BRICK/CEMENT/CONCRETE	10.00	—	10.00
LABORER: LANDSCAPE & IRRIGATION	10.29	1.82	12.11
LABORER: COMMON OR GENERAL	11.98	2.05	14.03
IRONWORKER, STRUCTURAL	18.75	5.62	24.37
HVAC MECHANIC (INSTALLATION OF HVAC UNIT ONLY, EXCLUDES INSTALLATION OF HVAC PIPE AND DUCT)	16.94	3.04	19.98
ELECTRICIAN	15.37	0.40	15.77
CEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER	14.02	—	14.02
CARPENTER, EXCLUDES DRYWALL HANGING, AND FORM WORK	15.60	2.25	17.85
CARPENTER (FORM WORK ONLY)	14.28	1.13	15.41
CARPENTER (DRYWALL HANGING ONLY)	17.59	2.31	19.90
BRICKLAYER	18.45	4.18	22.63

Residential

NC20260094 rev 1 · 05/18/2026 · 9 classifications

Classification	Base rate	Fringe	Total
ROOFER	14.41	—	14.41
PLUMBER	14.39	—	14.39
PAINTER: SPRAY	11.91	—	11.91
PAINTER (BRUSH AND ROLLER)	11.91	—	11.91
LABORER: COMMON OR GENERAL	11.78	—	11.78
HVAC MECHANIC (HVAC DUCT INSTALLATION ONLY)	14.11	—	14.11
ELECTRICIAN	14.61	—	14.61
CEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER	15.25	—	15.25
CARPENTER	14.66	—	14.66

Heavy

NC20260068 rev 1 · 05/18/2026 · 6 classifications

Classification	Base rate	Fringe	Total
TRUCK DRIVER	12.32	1.46	13.78
OPERATOR: BACKHOE/EXCAVATOR/TRACKHOE	14.86	1.50	16.36
LABORER: PIPELAYER	12.54	1.56	14.10
LABORER: COMMON OR GENERAL	10.60	0.49	11.09
CEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER	13.10	1.32	14.42
CARPENTER (FORM WORK ONLY)	14.85	1.38	16.23

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.