Guardrail Installer prevailing wage in Montgomery County, Arkansas

$18.49an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum) · POST DRIVER

$18.49 base wage + $0.00 fringe benefits · SUAR2014-016

On federally funded or assisted highway construction in Montgomery County, a guardrail installer working as post driver must be paid at least $18.49 an hour: a $18.49 base wage plus $0.00 in fringe benefits, under wage determination AR20260144 (modification 1). DOL prints no total, so $18.49 is our sum of the two.

Wage determination AR20260144, modification 1, published May 18, 2026, for highway construction; rate identifier SUAR2014-016 (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 Arkansas repealed its law in 2017 (Act 1068, SB 601; DOL state table).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: $18.49 + $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)	$18.49
Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total)	$18.49

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 Montgomery County compares

The main guardrail installer 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

Montgomery $18.492171915

$9.42Little River$19.30Baxter

MontgomeryNearby: Pike $18.49, Garland $16.97, Scott $19.30Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 15 counties pay more than Montgomery, 21 the same, 38 less.

Wage and fringe benefits, nearby

Montgomery Countybase $18.49$18.49
Pike Countybase $18.49$18.49
Garland Countybase $16.97$16.97
Scott Countybase $19.30$19.30

Guardrail Installer 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.

County	Classification	Base wage	Total rate	vs Montgomery County
Scott County	OPERATOR: POST DRIVER (GUARDRAIL/FENCES)	$19.30	$19.30	+$0.81
Polk County	OPERATOR: POST DRIVER (GUARDRAIL/FENCES)	$19.30	$19.30	+$0.81
Yell County	OPERATOR: POST DRIVER (GUARDRAIL/FENCES)	$19.30	$19.30	+$0.81
Montgomery County	OPERATOR: POST DRIVER (GUARDRAIL/FENCES)	$18.49	$18.49
Pike County	OPERATOR: POST DRIVER (GUARDRAIL/FENCES)	$18.49	$18.49	same
Howard County	OPERATOR: POST DRIVER (GUARDRAIL/FENCES)	$18.49	$18.49	same
Garland County	OPERATOR: POST DRIVER (GUARDRAIL/FENCES)	$16.97	$16.97	−$1.52

Arkansas guardrail installer 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 AR20260144 Mod 1, published May 18, 2026: sam.gov/wage-determination/AR20260144/1

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 Montgomery County as CSV · Report an error