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Guardrail Installer prevailing wage, Morgan County group, Colorado (9 counties)
DOL sets the same guardrail installer rates, row for row, in 9 counties: Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Lincoln, Logan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington and Yuma. Every figure on this page applies in each of them.
$20.48an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum)
$16.07 base wage + $4.41 fringe benefits · SUCO2011-006
On federally funded or assisted highway construction in each of these 9 counties, a guardrail installer must be paid at least $20.48 an hour: a $16.07 base wage plus $4.41 in fringe benefits, under wage determination CO20260011 (modification 1). DOL prints no total, so $20.48 is our sum of the two.
Wage determination CO20260011, modification 1, published May 18, 2026, for highway construction; rate identifier SUCO2011-006 (September 15, 2011). Checked against sam.gov on October 25, 2026.
Colorado's state rule uses these same Davis-Bacon determinations for state-agency projects of $500,000 or more that have no federal money (CDOT contracts excluded), with no separate survey (SB19-196, C.R.S. 24-92-205). The City of Denver publishes its own schedules for its own projects, on the City of Denver page.
Base wage and fringe benefits: $16.07 + $4.41
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) | $16.07 |
| Fringe benefits (one figure, not itemized) | $4.41 |
| Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total) | $20.48 |
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 Colorado change log lists what each one changed.
How the Morgan County group 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 Colorado
Wage and fringe benefits, nearby
- Morgan County groupbase $16.07$20.48
- Weld Countybase $12.89$16.28
- Washington Countybase $16.07$20.48
- Adams Countybase $12.89$16.34
Which county is in which guardrail installer group
Every Colorado county with a guardrail installer rate. Counties DOL treats alike share one page; the rest have their own.
| Counties | Main classification | Base wage | Total rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moffat County | IRONWORKER: STRUCTURAL (EXCLUDES GUARDRAIL INSTALLATION) | $22.22 | $28.23 |
| Morgan County group, 9 localities: Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Lincoln, Logan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington, Yuma | POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: GUARDRAIL/POST DRIVER | $16.07 | $20.48 |
| Otero County group, 9 localities: Baca, Bent, Costilla, Crowley, Huerfano, Kiowa, Las Animas, Otero, Prowers | POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: GUARDRAIL/POST DRIVER | $16.07 | $20.48 |
| Larimer County | POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: GUARDRAIL/POST DRIVER | $16.07 | $20.48 |
| Mesa County | POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: GUARDRAIL/POST DRIVER | $16.07 | $20.48 |
| Boulder County | GUARDRAIL INSTALLER | $16.21 | $19.84 |
| Adams County | GUARDRAIL INSTALLER (ADAMS) | $12.89 | $16.34 |
| Weld County | GUARDRAIL INSTALLER (LARMER, WELD) | $12.89 | $16.28 |
| Eagle County | GUARDRAIL INSTALLER (EAGLE) | $12.78 | $16.24 |
| La Plata County group, 19 localities: Alamosa, Archuleta, Chaffee, Conejos, Custer, Delta, Dolores, Fremont, Gunnison, Hinsdale, La Plata, Mineral, Montezuma, Montrose, Ouray, Rio Grande, Saguache, San Juan, San Miguel | GUARDRAIL INSTALLER | $12.78 | $16.09 |
| Garfield County group, 8 localities: Garfield, Grand, Jackson, Lake, Pitkin, Rio Blanco, Routt, Summit | GUARDRAIL INSTALLER (GARFIELD, GRAND, JACKSON, LAKE, MOFFATT, PITKIN, RIO BLANCO, ROUTT, SUMMIT) | $12.78 | $16.09 |
| Arapahoe County group, 7 localities: Arapahoe, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Elbert, Gilpin, Jefferson, Park | GUARDRAIL INSTALLER (ARAPAHOE, BROOMFIELD, CLEAR CREEK, ELBERT, GILPIN, JEFFERSON, PARK) | $12.89 | $16.09 |
| Denver County group, 2 localities: Denver, Douglas | GUARDRAIL INSTALLER | $12.89 | $16.09 |
| El Paso County group, 2 localities: El Paso, Teller | GUARDRAIL INSTALLER | $12.89 | $16.09 |
| Pueblo County | GUARDRAIL INSTALLER | $12.89 | $16.09 |
7 groups of counties with identical DOL rates, and 8 counties with rates of their own.
Colorado guardrail installer prevailing wage by county, with a map
More from DOL on this rate
- SAM.gov wage determinations
- Davis-Bacon determinations list journeyworker rates. Apprentices in a program registered with DOL or a recognized state agency can be paid the program's percentage of the rate, within its ratio; anyone else gets the full rate (29 CFR 5.5(a)(4)).
Every trade's rates, county by county: Cheyenne · Kit Carson · Lincoln · Logan · Morgan · Phillips · Sedgwick · Washington · Yuma
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), Davis-Bacon wage determinations on SAM.gov, as of October 25, 2026. For the row this page leads with:
- Cheyenne: CO20260011 Mod 1
- Kit Carson: CO20260011 Mod 1
- Lincoln: CO20260011 Mod 1
- Logan: CO20260011 Mod 1
- Morgan: CO20260011 Mod 1
- Phillips: CO20260011 Mod 1
- Sedgwick: CO20260011 Mod 1
- Washington: CO20260011 Mod 1
- Yuma: CO20260011 Mod 1
We read every active Colorado 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. The City of Denver rows are copied from Denver Labor's own schedules. How we check · Download every Colorado rate as CSV · Report an error