Home / Georgia / Insulator (Heat & Frost / Asbestos Worker) / Walker County group
Georgia · Insulator (Heat & Frost / Asbestos Worker) · 3 counties
Insulator (Heat & Frost / Asbestos Worker) prevailing wage, Walker County group, Georgia (3 counties)
DOL sets the same insulator rates, row for row, in 3 counties: Catoosa, Dade and Walker. Every figure on this page applies in each of them.
$48.78an hour, base + fringe
$30.24 wage + $18.54 fringe benefits · ASBE0046-003
On federally funded or assisted building construction in each of these 3 counties, an insulator must be paid at least $48.78 an hour: a $30.24 base wage plus $18.54 in fringe benefits, under wage determination GA20260319 (modification 2). DOL prints no total, so $48.78 is our sum of the two.
Wage determination GA20260319, modification 2, published May 18, 2026, for building construction; rate identifier ASBE0046-003 (March 1, 2025). Checked against sam.gov on October 25, 2026.
Davis-Bacon is the only prevailing wage here (federally funded or assisted work). Georgia has no state prevailing wage law (DOL state table).
Base wage and fringe benefits: $30.24 + $18.54
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) | $30.24 |
| Fringe benefits (one figure, not itemized) | $18.54 |
| Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total) | $48.78 |
When this rate changes
- 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 Georgia change log lists what each one changed.
How the Walker County group compares
The main insulator rate in every county that has one, and how the pay splits here and nearby. All bars use the same scale.
Every county in Georgia
Wage and fringe benefits, nearby
- Walker County groupbase $30.24$48.78
- Dade Countybase $30.24$48.78
- Catoosa Countybase $30.24$48.78
- Bartow Countybase $33.90$52.70
Which county is in which insulator group
Every Georgia county with a insulator rate. Counties DOL treats alike share one page; the rest have their own.
| Counties | Main classification | Base + fringe | Base |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cherokee County group, 23 localities: Barrow, Butts, Carroll, Cherokee, Coweta, Dawson, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Haralson, Heard, Henry, Jasper, Lamar, Meriwether, Morgan, Newton, Paulding, Pickens, Pike, Rockdale, Spalding, Walton | ASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR | $52.70 | $33.90 |
| Bibb County group, 5 localities: Bibb, Crawford, Jones, Monroe, Twiggs | ASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR | $52.70 | $33.90 |
| Dougherty County group, 5 localities: Baker, Dougherty, Lee, Terrell, Worth | ASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR | $52.70 | $33.90 |
| Clarke County group, 4 localities: Clarke, Madison, Oconee, Oglethorpe | ASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR | $52.70 | $33.90 |
| Columbia County group, 4 localities: Burke, Columbia, Lincoln, McDuffie | ASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR | $52.70 | $33.90 |
| Lowndes County group, 4 localities: Brooks, Echols, Lanier, Lowndes | ASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR | $52.70 | $33.90 |
| Chatham County group, 3 localities: Bryan, Chatham, Effingham | ASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR | $52.70 | $33.90 |
| Glynn County group, 3 localities: Brantley, Glynn, McIntosh | ASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR | $52.70 | $33.90 |
| Harris County group, 3 localities: Chattahoochee, Harris, Marion | ASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR | $52.70 | $33.90 |
| Houston County group, 3 localities: Houston, Peach, Pulaski | ASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR | $52.70 | $33.90 |
| Liberty County group, 2 localities: Liberty, Long | ASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR | $52.70 | $33.90 |
| Bartow County | ASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR | $52.70 | $33.90 |
| Clayton County | ASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR | $52.70 | $33.90 |
| Cobb County | ASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR | $52.70 | $33.90 |
| DeKalb County | ASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR | $52.70 | $33.90 |
| Fulton County | ASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR | $52.70 | $33.90 |
| Gwinnett County | ASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR | $52.70 | $33.90 |
| Hall County | ASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR | $52.70 | $33.90 |
| Muscogee County | ASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR | $52.70 | $33.90 |
| Richmond County | ASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR | $52.70 | $33.90 |
| Walker County group, 3 localities: Catoosa, Dade, Walker | ASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR | $48.78 | $30.24 |
| Whitfield County group, 2 localities: Murray, Whitfield | ASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR | $48.78 | $30.24 |
| Floyd County | ASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR | $48.78 | $30.24 |
13 groups of counties with identical DOL rates, and 10 counties with rates of their own.
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: Catoosa · Dade · Walker
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:
- Catoosa: GA20260319 Mod 2
- Dade: GA20260319 Mod 2
- Walker: GA20260319 Mod 2
We read every active Georgia 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 every Georgia rate as CSV · Report an error