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Georgia electrician prevailing wage, county by county

An electrician's Davis-Bacon prevailing wage in Georgia runs from $14.38 an hour in Schley County to $51.40 in Barrow County. The median county is $46.75.

Main electrician classification in each county, Davis-Bacon wage determinations on SAM.gov, as of October 25, 2026. 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)). Checked October 25, 2026.

Haralson County electrician: $51.40 per hourBleckley County electrician: $46.71 per hourSumter County electrician: $44.38 per hourMeriwether County electrician: $51.40 per hourDouglas County electrician: $51.40 per hourCoweta County electrician: $51.40 per hourClarke County electrician: $51.40 per hourBartow County electrician: $51.40 per hourDecatur County electrician: $47.36 per hourJones County electrician: $46.71 per hourTift County electrician: $44.38 per hourMorgan County electrician: $51.40 per hourBarrow County electrician: $51.40 per hourCalhoun County electrician: $44.38 per hourMadison County electrician: $51.40 per hourDooly County electrician: $44.38 per hourMcDuffie County electrician: $49.20 per hourGrady County electrician: $47.36 per hourFannin County electrician: $27.04 per hourBibb County electrician: $46.71 per hourPulaski County electrician: $34.86 per hourButts County electrician: $51.40 per hourLamar County electrician: $51.40 per hourEvans County electrician: $46.75 per hourAtkinson County electrician: $46.75 per hourMiller County electrician: $44.38 per hourCrisp County electrician: $44.38 per hourCoffee County electrician: $46.75 per hourBen Hill County electrician: $44.38 per hourChattahoochee County electrician: $34.86 per hourHeard County electrician: $51.40 per hourNewton County electrician: $51.40 per hourDeKalb County electrician: $51.40 per hourWhite County electrician: $27.04 per hourFloyd County electrician: $49.98 per hourMurray County electrician: $49.98 per hourWalker County electrician: $49.98 per hourLiberty County electrician: $46.75 per hourJeff Davis County electrician: $46.71 per hourEmanuel County electrician: $46.75 per hourGlynn County electrician: $46.75 per hourCharlton County electrician: $50.57 per hourAppling County electrician: $46.75 per hourPolk County electrician: $27.04 per hourRockdale County electrician: $51.40 per hourCherokee County electrician: $51.40 per hourFulton County electrician: $51.40 per hourGlascock County electrician: $49.20 per hourClayton County electrician: $51.40 per hourGreene County electrician: $27.04 per hourGilmer County electrician: $27.04 per hourWare County electrician: $46.75 per hourHart County electrician: $27.04 per hourPike County electrician: $51.40 per hourPickens County electrician: $51.40 per hourHancock County electrician: $46.71 per hourWebster County electrician: $51.40 per hourEchols County electrician: $34.86 per hourWhitfield County electrician: $49.98 per hourBaldwin County electrician: $25.70 per hourBryan County electrician: $46.75 per hourThomas County electrician: $47.36 per hourEarly County electrician: $44.38 per hourClinch County electrician: $46.75 per hourMacon County electrician: $46.71 per hourBaker County electrician: $34.86 per hourDade County electrician: $49.98 per hourDougherty County electrician: $34.86 per hourMitchell County electrician: $44.38 per hourSeminole County electrician: $47.36 per hourSchley County electrician: $14.38 per hourHenry County electrician: $51.40 per hourTaylor County electrician: $51.40 per hourBurke County electrician: $49.20 per hourUnion County electrician: $27.04 per hourUpson County electrician: $46.71 per hourWalton County electrician: $51.40 per hourWashington County electrician: $46.71 per hourWayne County electrician: $46.75 per hourBerrien County electrician: $47.36 per hourWheeler County electrician: $46.71 per hourColumbia County electrician: $49.20 per hourDodge County electrician: $46.71 per hourGwinnett County electrician: $51.40 per hourDawson County electrician: $51.40 per hourJohnson County electrician: $46.71 per hourJefferson County electrician: $49.20 per hourEffingham County electrician: $46.75 per hourLanier County electrician: $34.86 per hourFranklin County electrician: $27.04 per hourTelfair County electrician: $46.71 per hourElbert County electrician: $27.04 per hourLowndes County electrician: $34.86 per hourTalbot County electrician: $51.40 per hourHall County electrician: $51.40 per hourHouston County electrician: $34.86 per hourPierce County electrician: $46.75 per hourIrwin County electrician: $44.38 per hourLincoln County electrician: $49.20 per hourLong County electrician: $46.75 per hourMonroe County electrician: $46.71 per hourOconee County electrician: $51.40 per hourPeach County electrician: $34.86 per hourQuitman County electrician: $51.40 per hourRandolph County electrician: $44.38 per hourStewart County electrician: $51.40 per hourJasper County electrician: $51.40 per hourForsyth County electrician: $51.40 per hourTaliaferro County electrician: $49.20 per hourToombs County electrician: $46.75 per hourTroup County electrician: $51.40 per hourTwiggs County electrician: $46.71 per hourPaulding County electrician: $51.40 per hourFayette County electrician: $51.40 per hourJackson County electrician: $27.04 per hourTurner County electrician: $44.38 per hourBulloch County electrician: $46.75 per hourLumpkin County electrician: $27.04 per hourSpalding County electrician: $51.40 per hourTowns County electrician: $27.04 per hourWilkinson County electrician: $46.71 per hourLee County electrician: $34.86 per hourTattnall County electrician: $46.75 per hourMarion County electrician: $34.86 per hourCamden County electrician: $46.75 per hourCarroll County electrician: $51.40 per hourGordon County electrician: $27.04 per hourRabun County electrician: $27.04 per hourLaurens County electrician: $46.71 per hourScreven County electrician: $46.75 per hourWarren County electrician: $49.20 per hourCandler County electrician: $46.75 per hourColquitt County electrician: $44.38 per hourHabersham County electrician: $27.04 per hourJenkins County electrician: $49.20 per hourBacon County electrician: $46.75 per hourMcIntosh County electrician: $46.75 per hourRichmond County electrician: $49.20 per hourWilkes County electrician: $49.20 per hourCrawford County electrician: $46.71 per hourCatoosa County electrician: $49.98 per hourCobb County electrician: $51.40 per hourChattooga County electrician: $27.04 per hourCook County electrician: $47.36 per hourMontgomery County electrician: $46.71 per hourBrooks County electrician: $34.86 per hourChatham County electrician: $46.75 per hourClay County electrician: $51.40 per hourMuscogee County electrician: $34.86 per hourWorth County electrician: $34.86 per hourBrantley County electrician: $46.75 per hourPutnam County electrician: $21.04 per hourStephens County electrician: $27.04 per hourBanks County electrician: $27.04 per hourHarris County electrician: $34.86 per hourTerrell County electrician: $34.86 per hourOglethorpe County electrician: $51.40 per hourWilcox County electrician: $44.38 per hourTreutlen County electrician: $46.71 per hour
$14$34$46$47$51$51Electrician, main rate, base + fringe per hour. Each shade holds about a fifth of the counties.

How much does an electrician make on prevailing wage in Georgia?

22 groups of counties with identical rates and 75 with rates of their own, highest main rate first. The top 40 are drawn. The table below lists which counties are in each group.

  1. Cherokee County group15 counties$51.40
  2. Clarke County group4 counties$51.40
  3. Barrow County1 county$51.40
  4. Bartow County1 county$51.40
  5. Butts County1 county$51.40
  6. Clay County1 county$51.40
  7. Clayton County1 county$51.40
  8. Cobb County1 county$51.40
  9. DeKalb County1 county$51.40
  10. Fayette County1 county$51.40
  11. Forsyth County1 county$51.40
  12. Fulton County1 county$51.40
  13. Gwinnett County1 county$51.40
  14. Hall County1 county$51.40
  15. Lamar County1 county$51.40
  16. Morgan County1 county$51.40
  17. Quitman County1 county$51.40
  18. Rockdale County1 county$51.40
  19. Stewart County1 county$51.40
  20. Talbot County1 county$51.40
  21. Taylor County1 county$51.40
  22. Troup County1 county$51.40
  23. Walton County1 county$51.40
  24. Webster County1 county$51.40
  25. Charlton County1 county$50.57
  26. Walker County group2 counties$49.98
  27. Whitfield County group2 counties$49.98
  28. Catoosa County1 county$49.98
  29. Floyd County1 county$49.98
  30. Wilkes County group5 counties$49.20
  31. Columbia County group3 counties$49.20
  32. Jefferson County1 county$49.20
  33. Lincoln County1 county$49.20
  34. Richmond County1 county$49.20
  35. Grady County group4 counties$47.36
  36. Decatur County1 county$47.36
  37. Thomas County1 county$47.36
  38. Bulloch County group7 counties$46.75
  39. Pierce County group4 counties$46.75
  40. Coffee County group2 counties$46.75

Which counties pay which rate

CountiesMain classificationBase + fringeBase
Cherokee County group, 15 localities: Carroll, Cherokee, Coweta, Dawson, Douglas, Haralson, Heard, Henry, Jasper, Meriwether, Newton, Paulding, Pickens, Pike, SpaldingELECTRICIAN (EXCLUDES LOW VOLTAGE WIRING)$51.40 $38.65 
Clarke County group, 4 localities: Clarke, Madison, Oconee, OglethorpeELECTRICIAN$51.40 $38.65 
Barrow CountyELECTRICIAN (EXCLUDES LOW VOLTAGE WIRING)$51.40 $38.65 
Bartow CountyELECTRICIAN (EXCLUDES LOW VOLTAGE WIRING)$51.40 $38.65 
Butts CountyELECTRICIAN (EXCLUDES LOW VOLTAGE WIRING)$51.40 $38.65 
Clay CountyELECTRICIAN: INCLUDING ALARM INSTALLATION AND LOW VOLTAGE WIRING (CLAY COUNTY)$51.40 $38.65 
Clayton CountyELECTRICIAN (EXCLUDES LOW VOLTAGE WIRING)$51.40 $38.65 
Cobb CountyELECTRICIAN (EXCLUDES LOW VOLTAGE WIRING)$51.40 $38.65 
DeKalb CountyELECTRICIAN (EXCLUDES LOW VOLTAGE WIRING)$51.40 $38.65 
Fayette CountyELECTRICIAN (EXCLUDES LOW VOLTAGE WIRING)$51.40 $38.65 
Forsyth CountyELECTRICIAN (EXCLUDES LOW VOLTAGE WIRING)$51.40 $38.65 
Fulton CountyELECTRICIAN (EXCLUDES LOW VOLTAGE WIRING)$51.40 $38.65 
Gwinnett CountyELECTRICIAN (EXCLUDES LOW VOLTAGE WIRING)$51.40 $38.65 
Hall CountyELECTRICIAN$51.40 $38.65 
Lamar CountyELECTRICIAN (EXCLUDES LOW VOLTAGE WIRING)$51.40 $38.65 
Morgan CountyELECTRICIAN (EXCLUDES LOW VOLTAGE WIRING)$51.40 $38.65 
Quitman CountyELECTRICIAN (INCLUDING ALARM INSTALLATION AND LOW VOLTAGE WIRING)$51.40 $38.65 
Rockdale CountyELECTRICIAN (EXCLUDES LOW VOLTAGE WIRING)$51.40 $38.65 
Stewart CountyELECTRICIAN: INCLUDING LOW VOLTAGE WIRING (STEWART, TAYLOR, & WEBSTER COUNTIES)$51.40 $38.65 
Talbot CountyELECTRICIAN (INCLUDING LOW VOLTAGE WIRING)$51.40 $38.65 
Taylor CountyELECTRICIAN: INCLUDING LOW VOLTAGE WIRING (STEWART, TAYLOR, & WEBSTER COUNTIES)$51.40 $38.65 
Troup CountyELECTRICIAN (INCLUDING LOW VOLTAGE WIRING)$51.40 $38.65 
Walton CountyELECTRICIAN (EXCLUDES LOW VOLTAGE WIRING)$51.40 $38.65 
Webster CountyELECTRICIAN: INCLUDING LOW VOLTAGE WIRING (STEWART, TAYLOR, & WEBSTER COUNTIES)$51.40 $38.65 
Charlton CountyELECTRICIAN (Includes Low Voltage Wiring) PAID HOLIDAYS: New Year's Day, MLK, Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, The Day after Thanksgiving and Christmas Day$50.57 $35.60 
Walker County group, 2 localities: Dade, WalkerELECTRICIAN$49.98 $35.35 
Whitfield County group, 2 localities: Murray, WhitfieldELECTRICIAN$49.98 $35.35 
Catoosa CountyELECTRICIAN$49.98 $35.35 
Floyd CountyELECTRICIAN$49.98 $35.35 
Wilkes County group, 5 localities: Glascock, Jenkins, Taliaferro, Warren, WilkesELECTRICIAN (GLASCOCK, JENKINS, TALIAFERRO, WARREN, & WILKES COUNTIES)$49.20 $32.25 
Columbia County group, 3 localities: Burke, Columbia, McDuffieELECTRICIAN$49.20 $32.25 
Jefferson CountyELECTRICIAN$49.20 $32.25 
Lincoln CountyELECTRICIAN$49.20 $32.25 
Richmond CountyELECTRICIAN$49.20 $32.25 
Grady County group, 4 localities: Berrien, Cook, Grady, SeminoleELECTRICIAN: INCLUDING ALARM INSTALLATION AND LOW VOLTAGE WIRING (BERRIEN, COOK, GRADY, SEMINOLE, & THOMAS COUNTIES)$47.36 $33.50 
Decatur CountyELECTRICIAN (INCLUDING ALARM INSTALLATION AND LOW VOLTAGE WIRING)$47.36 $33.50 
Thomas CountyELECTRICIAN: INCLUDING ALARM INSTALLATION AND LOW VOLTAGE WIRING (BERRIEN, COOK, GRADY, SEMINOLE, & THOMAS COUNTIES)$47.36 $33.50 
Bulloch County group, 7 localities: Bulloch, Candler, Emanuel, Evans, Screven, Tattnall, ToombsELECTRICIAN (BULLOCH, CANDLER, EMANUEL, EVANS, SCREVEN, TATTNALL, & TOOMBS)$46.75 $33.35 
Pierce County group, 4 localities: Atkinson, Bacon, Clinch, PierceELECTRICIAN: INCLUDING ALARM INSTALLATION AND LOW VOLTAGE WIRING (APPLING, ATKINSON, BACON, CLINCH, COFFEE, & PIERCE COUNTIES)$46.75 $33.35 
Coffee County group, 2 localities: Appling, CoffeeELECTRICIAN: INCLUDING ALARM INSTALLATION AND LOW VOLTAGE WIRING (APPLING, ATKINSON, BACON, CLINCH, COFFEE, & PIERCE COUNTIES)$46.75 $33.35 
Glynn County group, 2 localities: Brantley, GlynnELECTRICIAN$46.75 $33.35 
Liberty County group, 2 localities: Liberty, LongELECTRICIAN$46.75 $33.35 
Ware County group, 2 localities: Ware, WayneELECTRICIAN: INCLUDING ALARM INSTALLATION AND LOW VOLTAGE WIRING (WARE & WAYNE COUNTIES)$46.75 $33.35 
Bryan CountyELECTRICIAN$46.75 $33.35 
Camden CountyELECTRICIAN (INCLUDING ALARM INSTALLATION AND LOW VOLTAGE WIRING)$46.75 $33.35 
Chatham CountyELECTRICIAN$46.75 $33.35 
Effingham CountyELECTRICIAN$46.75 $33.35 
McIntosh CountyELECTRICIAN$46.75 $33.35 
Washington County group, 5 localities: Johnson, Montgomery, Treutlen, Washington, WheelerELECTRICIAN (HANCOCK, JOHNSON, MONTGOMERY, TREUTLEN, WASHINGTON, & WHEELER COUNTIES)$46.71 $32.00 
Monroe County group, 3 localities: Jones, Monroe, TwiggsELECTRICIAN$46.71 $32.00 
Bibb CountyELECTRICIAN$46.71 $32.00 
Bleckley CountyELECTRICIAN (INCLUDING LOW VOLTAGE WIRING)$46.71 $32.00 
Crawford CountyELECTRICIAN$46.71 $32.00 
Dodge CountyELECTRICIAN: INCLUDING LOW VOLTAGE WIRING (DODGE, MACON, UPSON, & WILKINSON COUNTIES)$46.71 $32.00 
Hancock CountyELECTRICIAN (HANCOCK, JOHNSON, MONTGOMERY, TREUTLEN, WASHINGTON, & WHEELER COUNTIES)$46.71 $32.00 
Jeff Davis CountyELECTRICIAN: INCLUDING ALARM INSTALLATION AND LOW VOLTAGE WIRING (JEFF DAVIS COUNTY)$46.71 $32.00 
Laurens CountyELECTRICIAN (INCLUDING LOW VOLTAGE WIRING)$46.71 $32.00 
Macon CountyELECTRICIAN: INCLUDING LOW VOLTAGE WIRING (DODGE, MACON, UPSON, & WILKINSON COUNTIES)$46.71 $32.00 
Telfair CountyELECTRICIAN (INCLUDING ALARM INSTALLATION AND LOW VOLTAGE WIRING)$46.71 $32.00 
Upson CountyELECTRICIAN: INCLUDING LOW VOLTAGE WIRING (DODGE, MACON, UPSON, & WILKINSON COUNTIES)$46.71 $32.00 
Wilkinson CountyELECTRICIAN: INCLUDING LOW VOLTAGE WIRING (DODGE, MACON, UPSON, & WILKINSON COUNTIES)$46.71 $32.00 
Mitchell County group, 5 localities: Calhoun, Irwin, Miller, Mitchell, RandolphELECTRICIAN: INCLUDING ALARM INSTALLATION AND LOW VOLTAGE WIRING (CALHOUN, COLQUITT, IRWIN, MILLER, MITCHELL, & RANDOLPH COUNTIES)$44.38 $29.50 
Ben Hill CountyELECTRICIAN (INCLUDING ALARM INSTALLATION AND LOW VOLTAGE WIRING)$44.38 $29.50 
Colquitt CountyELECTRICIAN: INCLUDING ALARM INSTALLATION AND LOW VOLTAGE WIRING (CALHOUN, COLQUITT, IRWIN, MILLER, MITCHELL, & RANDOLPH COUNTIES)$44.38 $29.50 
Crisp CountyELECTRICIAN: INCLUDING LOW VOLTAGE WIRING (CRISP, DOOLY, SUMTER, & WILCOX COUNTIES)$44.38 $29.50 
Dooly CountyELECTRICIAN: INCLUDING LOW VOLTAGE WIRING (CRISP, DOOLY, SUMTER, & WILCOX COUNTIES)$44.38 $29.50 
Early CountyELECTRICIAN (INCLUDING ALARM INSTALLATION AND LOW VOLTAGE WIRING)$44.38 $29.50 
Sumter CountyELECTRICIAN: INCLUDING LOW VOLTAGE WIRING (CRISP, DOOLY, SUMTER, & WILCOX COUNTIES)$44.38 $29.50 
Tift CountyELECTRICIAN (INCLUDING ALARM INSTALLATION AND LOW VOLTAGE WIRING)$44.38 $29.50 
Turner CountyELECTRICIAN: INCLUDING ALARM INSTALLATION AND LOW VOLTAGE WIRING (TURNER COUNTY)$44.38 $29.50 
Wilcox CountyELECTRICIAN: INCLUDING LOW VOLTAGE WIRING (CRISP, DOOLY, SUMTER, & WILCOX COUNTIES)$44.38 $29.50 
Dougherty County group, 4 localities: Dougherty, Lee, Terrell, WorthELECTRICIAN$34.86 $22.45 
Lowndes County group, 4 localities: Brooks, Echols, Lanier, LowndesELECTRICIAN$34.86 $22.45 
Harris County group, 3 localities: Chattahoochee, Harris, MarionELECTRICIAN$34.86 $22.45 
Peach County group, 2 localities: Peach, PulaskiELECTRICIAN$34.86 $22.45 
Baker CountyELECTRICIAN$34.86 $22.45 
Houston CountyELECTRICIAN$34.86 $22.45 
Muscogee CountyELECTRICIAN$34.86 $22.45 
Elbert County group, 2 localities: Elbert, TownsELECTRICIAN$27.04 $23.34 
Gilmer County group, 2 localities: Fannin, GilmerELECTRICIAN$27.04 $23.34 
Banks CountyELECTRICIAN$27.04 $23.34 
Chattooga CountyELECTRICIAN$27.04 $23.34 
Franklin CountyELECTRICIAN$27.04 $23.34 
Gordon CountyELECTRICIAN$27.04 $23.34 
Greene CountyELECTRICIAN$27.04 $23.34 
Habersham CountyELECTRICIAN$27.04 $23.34 
Hart CountyELECTRICIAN$27.04 $23.34 
Jackson CountyELECTRICIAN$27.04 $23.34 
Lumpkin CountyELECTRICIAN$27.04 $23.34 
Polk CountyELECTRICIAN$27.04 $23.34 
Rabun CountyELECTRICIAN$27.04 $23.34 
Stephens CountyELECTRICIAN$27.04 $23.34 
Union CountyELECTRICIAN$27.04 $23.34 
White CountyELECTRICIAN$27.04 $23.34 
Baldwin CountyELECTRICIAN, EXCLUDES LOW VOLTAGE WIRING$25.70 $19.49 
Putnam CountyELECTRICIAN, EXCLUDES LOW VOLTAGE WIRING$21.04 $18.42 
Schley CountyTRAFFIC SIGNALIZATION: LABORER$14.38 $13.72 

22 groups of counties with identical DOL rates, and 75 counties with rates of their own.

Questions about Georgia electrician pay

What is the electrician prevailing wage in Fulton County?

$51.40 an hour: a $38.65 base wage plus $12.75 in fringe benefits, under wage determination GA20260307, modification 2. Overtime and every electrician classification in Fulton County.

Does electrician prevailing wage include fringe benefits?

Yes. In Fulton County the $51.40 total is a $38.65 base wage plus $12.75 in fringe benefits, about 25% of the total. The employer owes the full amount for every hour worked.

Does electrician prevailing wage pay overtime in Georgia?

Davis-Bacon rates are straight time. On contracts over $100,000, the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act requires 1½ times the basic rate for hours over 40 in a workweek (40 U.S.C. 3702). The fringe is owed for every hour at its straight-time amount.

Do apprentice electricians get this rate?

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)).

Why do some counties have the same electrician rate?

DOL often publishes the same electrician rates for several counties. Across Georgia, the 159 counties with an electrician rate fall into 97 distinct sets of rates, and 22 of those sets are shared by more than one county; the largest covers 15 counties (the Cherokee County group).