Davis-Bacon rates — Pennington County, South 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

SD20260029 rev 1 · 05/18/2026 · 19 classifications

Classification	Base rate	Fringe	Total
BRICKLAYER	33.58	4.60	38.18
PIPEFITTER	34.90	15.70	50.60
SPRINKLER FITTER (FIRE SPRINKLERS)	38.47	24.68	63.15
TRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCK	15.06	1.10	16.16
SHEET METAL WORKER (HVAC DUCT INSTALLATION ONLY)	18.68	3.72	22.40
ROOFER	13.62	1.00	14.62
PLUMBER	20.13	—	20.13
PAINTER: BRUSH, ROLLER, AND SPRAY	18.48	—	18.48
OPERATOR: BACKHOE/EXCAVATOR/TRACKHOE	17.80	—	17.80
LABORER: LANDSCAPE AND IRRIGATION	12.44	—	12.44
LABORER: MASON TENDER - BRICK	21.05	—	21.05
LABORER: COMMON OR GENERAL	11.24	—	11.24
IRONWORKER, STRUCTURAL	23.91	12.05	35.96
INSULATOR - MECHANICAL (DUCT, PIPE & MECHANICAL SYSTEM INSULATION)	15.20	—	15.20
FORM WORKER	17.50	—	17.50
ELECTRICIAN	20.39	2.69	23.08
DRYWALL HANGER AND METAL STUD INSTALLER	18.19	—	18.19
CEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER	19.58	—	19.58
CARPENTER, EXCLUDES DRYWALL HANGING AND METAL STUD INSTALLATION, AND FORM WORK	19.78	4.11	23.89

Residential

SD20260002 rev 1 · 05/18/2026 · 11 classifications

Classification	Base rate	Fringe	Total
TRUCK DRIVERS: (TANDEM SEMI)	9.44	—	9.44
SPRINKLER FITTER	17.27	5.80	23.07
ROOFER	11.25	—	11.25
LABORER (COMMON)	8.02	—	8.02
INSULATOR (BATT)	8.75	—	8.75
FORM SETTER	11.30	—	11.30
FLOOR LAYER: CARPET	11.04	—	11.04
ELECTRICIAN (INCLUDING LOW VOLTAGE WIRING FOR FIRE ALARMS, SECURITY SYSTEMS/DEVICES & PHONES)	15.39	1.47	16.86
DRYWALL HANGER/FRAMER	9.05	0.31	9.36
CEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER	10.81	—	10.81
CARPENTER (INCLUDING ACOUSTICAL WORK, BUT EXCLUDING DRYWALL WORK & BATT INSULATION)	11.42	—	11.42

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.