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Drywall Finisher prevailing wage in District of Columbia, District of Columbia
$15.00an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum)
$15.00 base wage + $0.00 fringe benefits · Residential · SUDC2009-004
On federally funded or assisted residential construction in District of Columbia, a drywall finisher must be paid at least $15.00 an hour: a $15.00 base wage plus $0.00 in fringe benefits, under wage determination DC20260003 (modification 1). DOL prints no total, so $15.00 is our sum of the two.
Wage determination DC20260003, modification 1, published May 18, 2026, for residential construction; rate identifier SUDC2009-004 (May 27, 2009). Checked against sam.gov on October 25, 2026.
Davis-Bacon applies directly to District contracts; DC publishes no separate schedule. The Act covers contracts "to which the Federal Government or the District of Columbia is a party" (40 U.S.C. 3142(a)).
Base wage and fringe benefits: $15.00 + $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) | $15.00 |
| Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total) | $15.00 |
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 District of Columbia change log lists what each one changed.
More from DOL on this rate
- DOL wage determination
- 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)).
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 DC20260003 Mod 1, published May 18, 2026: sam.gov/wage-determination/DC20260003/1
We read every active District of Columbia 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 District of Columbia as CSV · Report an error