Pile Driver prevailing wage in Independence County, Arkansas

$18.75an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum)

$18.75 base wage + $0.00 fringe benefits · SUAR2014-029

Independence County uses the same pile driver rates as 8 other counties. See all of them on one page.

On federally funded or assisted highway construction in Independence County, a pile driver must be paid at least $18.75 an hour: a $18.75 base wage plus $0.00 in fringe benefits, under wage determination AR20260157 (modification 1). DOL prints no total, so $18.75 is our sum of the two.

Wage determination AR20260157, modification 1, published May 18, 2026, for highway construction; rate identifier SUAR2014-029 (July 21, 2014). Checked against sam.gov on October 25, 2026.

Davis-Bacon is the only prevailing wage here (federally funded or assisted work). Arkansas repealed its law in 2017 (Act 1068, SB 601; DOL state table).

Base wage and fringe benefits: $18.75 + $0.00

The base wage is the taxable hourly wage. DOL prints the fringe benefits as one hourly figure, not itemized; it can go to health, pension, vacation and training plans, or be paid as cash where the state allows.

Base wage (taxable)	$18.75
Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total)	$18.75

When does this rate change?

A contract keeps the wage determination in its bid documents. Modifications published before bid opening apply to it, though one published less than 10 days before can be left out if the agency finds there isn't time to tell bidders (29 CFR 1.6(c)).
DOL changes a WD by publishing a numbered modification on SAM.gov. This page reads the modification named in the Source line; the Arkansas change log lists what each one changed.

How Independence County compares

The main pile driver rate in every county that has one, and how the pay splits here and nearby. All bars use the same scale.

Every county in Arkansas

Independence $18.752

$15.68Monroe$24.70Craighead

IndependenceNearby: Jackson $18.75, Cleburne $18.75, Poinsett $24.70Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 2 counties pay more than Independence, 16 the same, 1 less.

Wage and fringe benefits, nearby

Independence Countybase $18.75$18.75
Jackson Countybase $18.75$18.75
Cleburne Countybase $18.75$18.75
Poinsett Countybase $24.70$24.70

Pile Driver rates in nearby counties

Current DOL rates. Davis-Bacon rates are set for groups of counties, so neighbours often share them; the county where the work is done decides.

DOL's pile driver rates for Independence County are the same as in 8 other counties: Clay, Fulton, Izard, Jackson, Lee, Randolph, Sharp, Woodruff. The closest county with a different rate is Poinsett County, at $24.70.

County	Classification	Base wage	Total rate	vs Independence County
Independence County	PILEDRIVERMAN	$18.75	$18.75
Jackson County	PILEDRIVERMAN	$18.75	$18.75	same
Cleburne County	PILEDRIVERMAN	$18.75	$18.75	same
Sharp County	PILEDRIVERMAN	$18.75	$18.75	same
Izard County	PILEDRIVERMAN	$18.75	$18.75	same
Lawrence County	PILEDRIVERMAN	$18.75	$18.75	same
Stone County	PILEDRIVERMAN	$18.75	$18.75	same

Arkansas pile driver prevailing wage by county, with a map

Are you being paid this rate?

Add your base pay to the fringe your employer pays for you, in cash or into plans, and compare the sum with the total. The Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division takes complaints: 1-866-487-9243, or dol.gov/agencies/whd/contact/complaints.

Source

U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division (DOL), wage determination AR20260157 Mod 1, published May 18, 2026: sam.gov/wage-determination/AR20260157/1

We read every active Arkansas Davis-Bacon wage determination from SAM.gov's own data and check every number with a second, independent read of the same file. DOL prints no total; ours is base plus fringe. How we check · Download Independence County as CSV · Report an error