Insulator (Heat & Frost / Asbestos Worker) prevailing wage in Pickens County, Georgia

$52.70an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum)

$33.90 base wage + $18.80 fringe benefits · ASBE0048-003

Pickens County uses the same insulator rates as 22 other counties. See all of them on one page.

On federally funded or assisted building construction in Pickens County, an insulator must be paid at least $52.70 an hour: a $33.90 base wage plus $18.80 in fringe benefits, under wage determination GA20260313 (modification 2). DOL prints no total, so $52.70 is our sum of the two.

Wage determination GA20260313, modification 2, published May 18, 2026, for building construction; rate identifier ASBE0048-003 (April 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: $33.90 + $18.80

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)	$33.90
Fringe benefits (one figure, not itemized)	$18.80
Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total)	$52.70

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 Pickens County 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

Pickens $52.706

$48.78Catoosa$52.70Baker

PickensNearby: Cherokee $52.70, Dawson $52.70, Murray $48.78Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 0 counties pay more than Pickens, 67 the same, 6 less.

Wage and fringe benefits, nearby

Pickens Countybase $33.90$52.70
Cherokee Countybase $33.90$52.70
Dawson Countybase $33.90$52.70
Murray Countybase $30.24$48.78

Insulator (Heat & Frost / Asbestos Worker) 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 insulator rates for Pickens County are the same as in 22 other counties: Barrow, Butts, Carroll, Cherokee, Coweta, Dawson, Douglas, Fayette and 14 more.

County	Classification	Base wage	Total rate	vs Pickens County
Pickens County	ASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR	$33.90	$52.70
Cherokee County	ASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR	$33.90	$52.70	same
Dawson County	ASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR	$33.90	$52.70	same
Forsyth County	ASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR	$33.90	$52.70	same
Bartow County	ASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR	$33.90	$52.70	same
Murray County	ASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR	$30.24	$48.78	−$3.92

Georgia insulator 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 GA20260313 Mod 2, published May 18, 2026: sam.gov/wage-determination/GA20260313/2

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 Pickens County as CSV · Report an error