Guardrail Installer prevailing wage in Cook County, Georgia

$14.34an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum)

$14.34 base wage + $0.00 fringe benefits · SUGA2014-046

Cook County uses the same guardrail installer rates as 12 other counties. See all of them on one page.

On federally funded or assisted highway construction in Cook County, a guardrail installer must be paid at least $14.34 an hour: a $14.34 base wage plus $0.00 in fringe benefits, under wage determination GA20260212 (modification 1). DOL prints no total, so $14.34 is our sum of the two.

Wage determination GA20260212, modification 1, published May 18, 2026, for highway construction; rate identifier SUGA2014-046 (October 3, 2016). 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: $14.34 + $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)	$14.34
Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total)	$14.34

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 Georgia change log lists what each one changed.

How Cook 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 Georgia

Cook $14.34191629

$12.85Baker$20.00Barrow

CookNearby: Berrien $14.34, Colquitt $14.34, Wilcox $15.82Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 64 counties pay more than Cook, 29 the same, 18 less.

Wage and fringe benefits, nearby

Cook Countybase $14.34$14.34
Berrien Countybase $14.34$14.34
Colquitt Countybase $14.34$14.34
Wilcox Countybase $15.82$15.82

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.

DOL's guardrail installer rates for Cook County are the same as in 12 other counties: Atkinson, Bacon, Ben Hill, Calhoun, Camden, Charlton, Clay, Clinch and 4 more. The closest county with a different rate is Wilcox County, at $15.82.

County	Classification	Base wage	Total rate	vs Cook County
Cook County	INSTALLER - GUARDRAIL	$14.34	$14.34
Berrien County	INSTALLER - GUARDRAIL	$14.34	$14.34	same
Colquitt County	INSTALLER - GUARDRAIL	$14.34	$14.34	same
Tift County	INSTALLER - GUARDRAIL	$14.34	$14.34	same
Irwin County	INSTALLER - GUARDRAIL	$14.34	$14.34	same
Atkinson County	INSTALLER - GUARDRAIL	$14.34	$14.34	same

Georgia 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 GA20260212 Mod 1, published May 18, 2026: sam.gov/wage-determination/GA20260212/1

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 Cook County as CSV · Report an error