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Davis-Bacon rates — Smyth County, Virginia

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
VA20260005 rev 1 · 05/18/2026 · 12 classifications
ClassificationBase rateFringeTotal
ASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR - MECHANICAL (DUCT, PIPE & MECHANICAL SYSTEM INSULATION) A PAID HOLIDAYS: NEW YEAR'S DAY, MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY, MEMORIAL DAY, INDEPENDENCE DAY, LABOR DAY, VETERANS' DAY, THANKSGIVING DAY,THE DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS DAY PROVIDED THE EMPLOYEE WORKS THE REGULAR WORK DAY BEFORE AND AFTER THE PAID HOLIDAY40.7720.1760.94
ELECTRICIAN37.9518.0255.97
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: BULLDOZER38.7918.0556.84
TRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCK11.250.5711.82
SHEET METAL WORKER (HVAC DUCT INSTALLATION ONLY)17.736.4424.17
ROOFER15.563.0618.62
PLUMBER18.453.0521.50
PIPEFITTER20.896.6327.52
OPERATOR: BACKHOE/EXCAVATOR/TRACKHOE11.000.5011.50
LABORER: COMMON OR GENERAL10.66—10.66
GLAZIER16.952.4819.43
CARPENTER15.841.4217.26
Residential
VA20260131 rev 1 · 05/18/2026 · 7 classifications
ClassificationBase rateFringeTotal
PLUMBER19.843.3823.22
PAINTER (BRUSH AND ROLLER)10.17—10.17
OPERATOR: LOADER18.75—18.75
LABORER: COMMON OR GENERAL9.63—9.63
HVAC MECHANIC: HVAC UNIT INSTALLATION12.830.9513.78
ELECTRICIAN15.75—15.75
CARPENTER12.06—12.06
Highway
VA20260091 rev 1 · 05/18/2026 · 28 classifications
ClassificationBase rateFringeTotal
TRUCK DRIVER: MULTI AXLE16.41—16.41
TRUCK DRIVER: HEAVY OVER 7 CY16.69—16.69
TRUCK DRIVER: 1/SINGLE AXLE TRUCK15.80—15.80
TRUCK DRIVER : HEAVY 7CY & UNDER16.69—16.69
TRAFFIC CONTROL: FLAGGER11.45—11.45
PAVEMENT MARKING TRUCK DRIVER19.00—19.00
PAVEMENT MARKING OPERATOR19.80—19.80
OPERATOR: ASPHALT SPREADER AND DISTRIBUTOR15.95—15.95
OPERATOR: TRACTOR (UTILITY)12.250.2312.48
OPERATOR: ROLLER (FINISHING)15.17—15.17
OPERATOR: ROLLER15.85—15.85
OPERATOR: PAVER (ASPHALT, AGGREGATE, AND CONCRETE)16.80—16.80
OPERATOR: PAVEMENT PLANER GROUNDSMEN14.810.2915.10
OPERATOR: PAVEMENT PLANER17.28—17.28
OPERATOR: MILLING MACHINE21.13—21.13
OPERATOR: MECHANIC18.57—18.57
OPERATOR: LOADER19.36—19.36
OPERATOR: GRADER/BLADE, INCLUDES FINISHING26.13—26.13
OPERATOR: CRANE26.68—26.68
OPERATOR: BULLDOZER19.36—19.36
OPERATOR: BROOM/SWEEPER12.250.2312.48
OPERATOR: BACKHOE/EXCAVATOR/TRACKHOE20.53—20.53
LABORER: PIPELAYER16.75—16.75
LABORER: COMMON OR GENERAL13.79—13.79
LABORER: ASPHALT, INCLUDES RAKER, SHOVELER, SPREADER AND DISTRIBUTOR15.90—15.90
IRONWORKER, REINFORCING20.80—20.80
CEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER19.35—19.35
CARPENTER, INCLUDES FORM WORK16.52—16.52
Heavy
VA20260032 rev 1 · 05/18/2026 · 13 classifications
ClassificationBase rateFringeTotal
TRUCK DRIVER: OFF THE ROAD TRUCK23.26—23.26
TRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCK15.50—15.50
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: CRANE29.0810.2639.34
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR : LOADER15.500.5916.09
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR : EXCAVATOR14.59—14.59
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR : BULLDOZER25.37—25.37
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR : BACKHOE15.461.0116.47
LABORERS PIPELAYER11.97—11.97
LABORERS FLAGGER10.22—10.22
LABORERS COMMON OR GENERAL10.22—10.22
ELECTRICIAN21.923.3425.26
CEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER15.501.4416.94
CARPENTER12.691.1813.87
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.