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Georgia guardrail installer prevailing wage, county by county

A guardrail installer's Davis-Bacon prevailing wage in Georgia runs from $12.85 an hour in Baker County to $20.00 in Barrow County. The median county is $15.29.

Main guardrail installer 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 guardrail installer: $20.00 per hourBleckley County guardrail installer: $15.82 per hourSumter County guardrail installer: $15.82 per hourMeriwether County guardrail installer: $20.00 per hourDouglas County guardrail installer: $20.00 per hourCoweta County guardrail installer: $20.00 per hourClarke County: no rate for this tradeBartow County guardrail installer: $20.00 per hourDecatur County guardrail installer: $14.34 per hourJones County: no rate for this tradeTift County guardrail installer: $14.34 per hourMorgan County guardrail installer: $20.00 per hourBarrow County guardrail installer: $20.00 per hourCalhoun County guardrail installer: $14.34 per hourMadison County: no rate for this tradeDooly County guardrail installer: $15.82 per hourMcDuffie County: no rate for this tradeGrady County guardrail installer: $14.34 per hourFannin County guardrail installer: $14.27 per hourBibb County: no rate for this tradePulaski County: no rate for this tradeButts County guardrail installer: $20.00 per hourLamar County guardrail installer: $20.00 per hourEvans County guardrail installer: $15.29 per hourAtkinson County guardrail installer: $14.34 per hourMiller County guardrail installer: $14.34 per hourCrisp County guardrail installer: $15.82 per hourCoffee County guardrail installer: $14.34 per hourBen Hill County guardrail installer: $14.34 per hourChattahoochee County: no rate for this tradeHeard County guardrail installer: $20.00 per hourNewton County guardrail installer: $20.00 per hourDeKalb County guardrail installer: $20.00 per hourWhite County guardrail installer: $14.27 per hourFloyd County: no rate for this tradeMurray County: no rate for this tradeWalker County: no rate for this tradeLiberty County: no rate for this tradeJeff Davis County guardrail installer: $14.34 per hourEmanuel County guardrail installer: $15.29 per hourGlynn County: no rate for this tradeCharlton County guardrail installer: $14.34 per hourAppling County guardrail installer: $14.34 per hourPolk County guardrail installer: $14.27 per hourRockdale County guardrail installer: $20.00 per hourCherokee County guardrail installer: $20.00 per hourFulton County guardrail installer: $20.00 per hourGlascock County guardrail installer: $15.29 per hourClayton County guardrail installer: $20.00 per hourGreene County: no rate for this tradeGilmer County guardrail installer: $14.27 per hourWare County guardrail installer: $14.34 per hourHart County guardrail installer: $14.27 per hourPike County guardrail installer: $20.00 per hourPickens County guardrail installer: $20.00 per hourHancock County guardrail installer: $15.29 per hourWebster County guardrail installer: $15.82 per hourEchols County: no rate for this tradeWhitfield County: no rate for this tradeBaldwin County guardrail installer: $15.82 per hourBryan County: no rate for this tradeThomas County guardrail installer: $14.34 per hourEarly County guardrail installer: $14.34 per hourClinch County guardrail installer: $14.34 per hourMacon County guardrail installer: $15.82 per hourBaker County guardrail installer: $12.85 per hourDade County: no rate for this tradeDougherty County: no rate for this tradeMitchell County guardrail installer: $14.34 per hourSeminole County guardrail installer: $14.34 per hourSchley County guardrail installer: $15.82 per hourHenry County guardrail installer: $20.00 per hourTaylor County guardrail installer: $15.82 per hourBurke County: no rate for this tradeUnion County guardrail installer: $14.27 per hourUpson County guardrail installer: $15.82 per hourWalton County guardrail installer: $20.00 per hourWashington County guardrail installer: $15.29 per hourWayne County guardrail installer: $14.34 per hourBerrien County guardrail installer: $14.34 per hourWheeler County guardrail installer: $15.29 per hourColumbia County: no rate for this tradeDodge County guardrail installer: $15.82 per hourGwinnett County guardrail installer: $20.00 per hourDawson County guardrail installer: $20.00 per hourJohnson County guardrail installer: $15.29 per hourJefferson County guardrail installer: $15.29 per hourEffingham County: no rate for this tradeLanier County: no rate for this tradeFranklin County guardrail installer: $14.27 per hourTelfair County guardrail installer: $14.34 per hourElbert County guardrail installer: $14.27 per hourLowndes County: no rate for this tradeTalbot County: no rate for this tradeHall County: no rate for this tradeHouston County: no rate for this tradePierce County guardrail installer: $14.34 per hourIrwin County guardrail installer: $14.34 per hourLincoln County: no rate for this tradeLong County: no rate for this tradeMonroe County: no rate for this tradeOconee County: no rate for this tradePeach County: no rate for this tradeQuitman County guardrail installer: $14.34 per hourRandolph County guardrail installer: $14.34 per hourStewart County: no rate for this tradeJasper County guardrail installer: $20.00 per hourForsyth County guardrail installer: $20.00 per hourTaliaferro County guardrail installer: $15.29 per hourToombs County guardrail installer: $15.29 per hourTroup County guardrail installer: $15.82 per hourTwiggs County: no rate for this tradePaulding County guardrail installer: $20.00 per hourFayette County guardrail installer: $20.00 per hourJackson County guardrail installer: $14.27 per hourTurner County guardrail installer: $14.34 per hourBulloch County guardrail installer: $15.29 per hourLumpkin County guardrail installer: $14.27 per hourSpalding County guardrail installer: $20.00 per hourTowns County guardrail installer: $14.27 per hourWilkinson County guardrail installer: $15.82 per hourLee County: no rate for this tradeTattnall County guardrail installer: $15.29 per hourMarion County: no rate for this tradeCamden County guardrail installer: $14.34 per hourCarroll County guardrail installer: $20.00 per hourGordon County guardrail installer: $13.50 per hourRabun County guardrail installer: $14.27 per hourLaurens County guardrail installer: $15.82 per hourScreven County guardrail installer: $15.29 per hourWarren County guardrail installer: $15.29 per hourCandler County guardrail installer: $15.29 per hourColquitt County guardrail installer: $14.34 per hourHabersham County guardrail installer: $14.27 per hourJenkins County guardrail installer: $15.29 per hourBacon County guardrail installer: $14.34 per hourMcIntosh County: no rate for this tradeRichmond County: no rate for this tradeWilkes County guardrail installer: $15.29 per hourCrawford County: no rate for this tradeCatoosa County: no rate for this tradeCobb County guardrail installer: $20.00 per hourChattooga County guardrail installer: $14.27 per hourCook County guardrail installer: $14.34 per hourMontgomery County guardrail installer: $15.29 per hourBrooks County: no rate for this tradeChatham County: no rate for this tradeClay County guardrail installer: $14.34 per hourMuscogee County: no rate for this tradeWorth County: no rate for this tradeBrantley County: no rate for this tradePutnam County guardrail installer: $15.82 per hourStephens County guardrail installer: $14.27 per hourBanks County guardrail installer: $14.27 per hourHarris County: no rate for this tradeTerrell County: no rate for this tradeOglethorpe County: no rate for this tradeWilcox County guardrail installer: $15.82 per hourTreutlen County guardrail installer: $15.29 per hour
$12$14$14$15$20$20Guardrail Installer, main rate, base + fringe per hour. Each shade holds about a fifth of the counties.

How much does a guardrail installer make on prevailing wage in Georgia?

7 groups of counties with identical rates and 51 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 group23 counties$20.00
  2. Bartow County1 county$20.00
  3. Clayton County1 county$20.00
  4. Cobb County1 county$20.00
  5. DeKalb County1 county$20.00
  6. Fulton County1 county$20.00
  7. Gwinnett County1 county$20.00
  8. Troup County group4 counties$15.82
  9. Baldwin County1 county$15.82
  10. Bleckley County1 county$15.82
  11. Crisp County1 county$15.82
  12. Dodge County1 county$15.82
  13. Dooly County1 county$15.82
  14. Laurens County1 county$15.82
  15. Macon County1 county$15.82
  16. Sumter County1 county$15.82
  17. Taylor County1 county$15.82
  18. Upson County1 county$15.82
  19. Wilcox County1 county$15.82
  20. Wilkinson County1 county$15.82
  21. Candler County group3 counties$15.29
  22. Tattnall County group2 counties$15.29
  23. Bulloch County1 county$15.29
  24. Emanuel County1 county$15.29
  25. Hancock County1 county$15.29
  26. Jefferson County1 county$15.29
  27. Jenkins County1 county$15.29
  28. Johnson County1 county$15.29
  29. Montgomery County1 county$15.29
  30. Screven County1 county$15.29
  31. Toombs County1 county$15.29
  32. Treutlen County1 county$15.29
  33. Warren County1 county$15.29
  34. Washington County1 county$15.29
  35. Wheeler County1 county$15.29
  36. Wilkes County1 county$15.29
  37. Camden County group13 counties$14.34
  38. Thomas County group5 counties$14.34
  39. Appling County1 county$14.34
  40. Berrien County1 county$14.34

Which counties pay which rate

CountiesMain classificationBase + fringeBase
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, WaltonINSTALLER - GUARDRAIL$20.00 $20.00 
Bartow CountyINSTALLER - GUARDRAIL$20.00 $20.00 
Clayton CountyINSTALLER - GUARDRAIL$20.00 $20.00 
Cobb CountyINSTALLER - GUARDRAIL$20.00 $20.00 
DeKalb CountyINSTALLER - GUARDRAIL$20.00 $20.00 
Fulton CountyINSTALLER: GUARDRAIL$20.00 $20.00 
Gwinnett CountyINSTALLER - GUARDRAIL$20.00 $20.00 
Troup County group, 4 localities: Putnam, Schley, Troup, WebsterINSTALLER: GUARDRAIL$15.82 $15.82 
Baldwin CountyINSTALLER - GUARDRAIL$15.82 $15.82 
Bleckley CountyINSTALLER - GUARDRAIL$15.82 $15.82 
Crisp CountyINSTALLER - GUARDRAIL$15.82 $15.82 
Dodge CountyINSTALLER - GUARDRAIL$15.82 $15.82 
Dooly CountyINSTALLER - GUARDRAIL$15.82 $15.82 
Laurens CountyINSTALLER - GUARDRAIL$15.82 $15.82 
Macon CountyINSTALLER - GUARDRAIL$15.82 $15.82 
Sumter CountyINSTALLER - GUARDRAIL$15.82 $15.82 
Taylor CountyINSTALLER - GUARDRAIL$15.82 $15.82 
Upson CountyINSTALLER - GUARDRAIL$15.82 $15.82 
Wilcox CountyINSTALLER - GUARDRAIL$15.82 $15.82 
Wilkinson CountyINSTALLER - GUARDRAIL$15.82 $15.82 
Candler County group, 3 localities: Candler, Evans, GlascockINSTALLER - GUARDRAIL$15.29 $15.29 
Tattnall County group, 2 localities: Taliaferro, TattnallINSTALLER - GUARDRAIL$15.29 $15.29 
Bulloch CountyINSTALLER - GUARDRAIL$15.29 $15.29 
Emanuel CountyINSTALLER - GUARDRAIL$15.29 $15.29 
Hancock CountyINSTALLER - GUARDRAIL$15.29 $15.29 
Jefferson CountyINSTALLER - GUARDRAIL$15.29 $15.29 
Jenkins CountyINSTALLER - GUARDRAIL$15.29 $15.29 
Johnson CountyINSTALLER - GUARDRAIL$15.29 $15.29 
Montgomery CountyINSTALLER - GUARDRAIL$15.29 $15.29 
Screven CountyINSTALLER - GUARDRAIL$15.29 $15.29 
Toombs CountyINSTALLER - GUARDRAIL$15.29 $15.29 
Treutlen CountyINSTALLER - GUARDRAIL$15.29 $15.29 
Warren CountyINSTALLER - GUARDRAIL$15.29 $15.29 
Washington CountyINSTALLER - GUARDRAIL$15.29 $15.29 
Wheeler CountyINSTALLER - GUARDRAIL$15.29 $15.29 
Wilkes CountyINSTALLER - GUARDRAIL$15.29 $15.29 
Camden County group, 13 localities: Atkinson, Bacon, Ben Hill, Calhoun, Camden, Charlton, Clay, Clinch, Colquitt, Cook, Decatur, Early, Jeff DavisINSTALLER - GUARDRAIL$14.34 $14.34 
Thomas County group, 5 localities: Miller, Quitman, Randolph, Seminole, ThomasINSTALLER - GUARDRAIL$14.34 $14.34 
Appling CountyINSTALLER - GUARDRAIL$14.34 $14.34 
Berrien CountyINSTALLER - GUARDRAIL$14.34 $14.34 
Coffee CountyINSTALLER - GUARDRAIL$14.34 $14.34 
Grady CountyINSTALLER - GUARDRAIL$14.34 $14.34 
Irwin CountyINSTALLER - GUARDRAIL$14.34 $14.34 
Mitchell CountyINSTALLER - GUARDRAIL$14.34 $14.34 
Pierce CountyINSTALLER - GUARDRAIL$14.34 $14.34 
Telfair CountyINSTALLER - GUARDRAIL$14.34 $14.34 
Tift CountyINSTALLER - GUARDRAIL$14.34 $14.34 
Turner CountyINSTALLER - GUARDRAIL$14.34 $14.34 
Ware CountyINSTALLER - GUARDRAIL$14.34 $14.34 
Wayne CountyINSTALLER - GUARDRAIL$14.34 $14.34 
Polk County group, 11 localities: Banks, Chattooga, Elbert, Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Polk, Rabun, Towns, Union, WhiteINSTALLER: GUARDRAIL$14.27 $14.27 
Franklin CountyINSTALLER - GUARDRAIL$14.27 $14.27 
Habersham CountyINSTALLER - GUARDRAIL$14.27 $14.27 
Hart CountyINSTALLER - GUARDRAIL$14.27 $14.27 
Jackson CountyINSTALLER - GUARDRAIL$14.27 $14.27 
Stephens CountyINSTALLER - GUARDRAIL$14.27 $14.27 
Gordon CountyINSTALLER - GUARDRAIL$13.50 $13.50 
Baker CountyINSTALLER - GUARDRAIL$12.85 $12.85 

7 groups of counties with identical DOL rates, and 51 counties with rates of their own.

Questions about Georgia guardrail installer pay

What is the guardrail installer prevailing wage in Fulton County?

$20.00 an hour: a $20.00 base wage plus $0.00 in fringe benefits, under wage determination GA20260307, modification 2. Overtime and every guardrail installer classification in Fulton County.

Does guardrail installer prevailing wage include fringe benefits?

Yes. In Fulton County the $20.00 total is a $20.00 base wage plus $0.00 in fringe benefits, about 0% of the total. The employer owes the full amount for every hour worked.

Does guardrail installer 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 guardrail installers 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 guardrail installer rate?

DOL often publishes the same guardrail installer rates for several counties. Across Georgia, the 112 counties with a guardrail installer rate fall into 58 distinct sets of rates, and 7 of those sets are shared by more than one county; the largest covers 23 counties (the Cherokee County group).