Davis-Bacon rates — Ward County, North Dakota

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

ND20260031 rev 2 · 05/18/2026 · 21 classifications

Classification	Base rate	Fringe	Total
BOILERMAKER	48.00	31.14	79.14
BRICKLAYER	33.16	15.24	48.40
ELECTRICIAN (INCLUDING LOW VOLTAGE WIRING)	40.94	18.22	59.16
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: (ROLLER)	39.60	25.25	64.85
IRONWORKER (REINFORCING AND STRUCTURAL)	35.95	33.11	69.06
LABORER: CARPENTER TENDER	29.20	22.19	51.39
CEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER	35.33	18.40	53.73
PLUMBER	40.53	20.60	61.13
PIPEFITTER	43.94	20.46	64.40
SHEET METAL WORKER (HVAC DUCT INSTALLATION ONLY)	34.34	22.67	57.01
TRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCK	20.95	—	20.95
PAINTER (BRUSH AND ROLLER)	18.18	—	18.18
OPERATOR: LOADER	21.00	12.45	33.45
OPERATOR: FORKLIFT	26.40	13.58	39.98
OPERATOR: CRANE	27.00	15.65	42.65
OPERATOR: BOBCAT/SKID STEER/SKID LOADER	21.51	—	21.51
OPERATOR: BACKHOE/EXCAVATOR/TRACKHOE	23.03	—	23.03
LABORER: COMMON OR GENERAL	18.24	—	18.24
INSULATOR - MECHANICAL (DUCT, PIPE & MECHANICAL SYSTEM INSULATION)	17.39	2.10	19.49
FORM WORKER	16.38	6.24	22.62
CARPENTER	23.66	7.35	31.01

Residential

ND20260002 rev 1 · 05/18/2026 · 10 classifications

Classification	Base rate	Fringe	Total
SPRINKLER FITTER	39.04	23.99	63.03
SHEET METAL WORKER (SHEET METAL WORKER(SETTING HVAC UNIT))	33.64	23.60	57.24
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: LOADER	12.33	2.05	14.38
PLUMBER (PLUMBERS (INCLUDING HVAC PIPING))	13.30	—	13.30
PAINTER (PAINTERS (INCLUDING DRYWALL FINISHING AND PAPER HANGING))	10.36	—	10.36
LABORERS: (LANDSCAPE WORKER)	7.25	—	7.25
LABORERS: (COMMON)	10.79	—	10.79
FLOOR LAYER: CARPET	12.53	—	12.53
ELECTRICIAN (ELECTRICIANS (INCLUDING LOW VOLTAGE WIRING FOR TELEPHONES))	12.00	3.26	15.26
CARPENTER (CARPENTERS (INCLUDING THE INSTALLATION OF CONCRETE FORMS,DRYWALL HANGING AND CABINETS, BUT EXCLUDING THE INSTALLATION OF GYPCRETE FLOORING AND SOFT AND FLOORING))	12.46	—	12.46

Heavy

ND20260043 rev 2 · 05/18/2026 · 14 classifications

Classification	Base rate	Fringe	Total
CARPENTER	35.87	25.10	60.97
ELECTRICIAN	44.98	18.38	63.36
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: ROLLER	34.85	22.45	57.30
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: LOADER	34.00	22.45	56.45
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: BULLDOZER	35.00	22.45	57.45
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: BOBCAT/SKID STEER/SKID LOADER	34.00	22.45	56.45
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: FORKLIFT	34.85	22.45	57.30
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: CRANE	35.25	22.45	57.70
LABORERS: COMMON OR GENERAL	28.83	21.15	49.98
TRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCK	31.95	18.80	50.75
OPERATOR: GRADER/BLADE	28.00	—	28.00
OPERATOR: BACKHOE/EXCAVATOR/TRACKHOE	29.92	15.43	45.35
IRONWORKER, REINFORCING	25.28	—	25.28
CEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER	24.33	—	24.33

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.