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Drywall Installer / Lather prevailing wage, Polk County group, Iowa (2 counties)
DOL sets the same drywall installer or lather rates, row for row, in 2 counties: Dallas and Polk. Every figure on this page applies in each of them.
$56.93an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum) · CARPENTER
$35.50 base wage + $21.43 fringe benefits · Residential · CARP0106-005
On federally funded or assisted residential construction in each of these 2 counties, a drywall installer or lather working as carpenter must be paid at least $56.93 an hour: a $35.50 base wage plus $21.43 in fringe benefits, under wage determination IA20260026 (modification 1). DOL prints no total, so $56.93 is our sum of the two.
Wage determination IA20260026, modification 1, published May 18, 2026, for residential construction; rate identifier CARP0106-005 (May 1, 2025). Checked against sam.gov on October 25, 2026.
Davis-Bacon is the only prevailing wage here (federally funded or assisted work). Iowa has no state prevailing wage law (DOL state table).
Base wage and fringe benefits: $35.50 + $21.43
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) | $35.50 |
| Fringe benefits (one figure, not itemized) | $21.43 |
| Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total) | $56.93 |
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 Iowa change log lists what each one changed.
How the Polk County group compares
The main drywall installer or lather rate in every county that has one, and how the pay splits here and nearby. All bars use the same scale.
Every county in Iowa
Wage and fringe benefits, nearby
- Polk County groupbase $35.50$56.93
- Dallas Countybase $35.50$56.93
- Warren Countybase $35.50$56.93
- Hamilton Countybase $16.59$19.45
Which county is in which drywall installer or lather group
Every Iowa county with a drywall installer or lather rate. Counties DOL treats alike share one page; the rest have their own.
| Counties | Main classification | Base wage | Total rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polk County group, 2 localities: Dallas, Polk | CARPENTER (DRYWALL HANGING ONLY) | $35.50 | $56.93 |
| Guthrie County | CARPENTER (DRYWALL HANGING ONLY) | $35.50 | $56.93 |
| Madison County | CARPENTER (DRYWALL HANGING ONLY) | $35.50 | $56.93 |
| Warren County | CARPENTER (DRYWALL HANGING ONLY) | $35.50 | $56.93 |
| Plymouth County group, 19 localities: Buena Vista, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Emmet, Hamilton, Hancock, Humboldt, Ida, Kossuth, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Palo Alto, Plymouth, Pocahontas, Sac, Winnebago, Wright | DRYWALL HANGER | $16.59 | $19.45 |
| Dickinson County | DRYWALL HANGER | $16.59 | $19.45 |
| Sioux County | DRYWALL HANGER | $16.59 | $19.45 |
| Webster County | DRYWALL HANGER | $16.59 | $19.45 |
2 groups of counties with identical DOL rates, and 6 counties with rates of their own.
Iowa drywall installer or lather prevailing wage by county, with a map
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)).
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:
- Dallas: IA20260026 Mod 1
- Polk: IA20260026 Mod 1
We read every active Iowa 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 Iowa rate as CSV · Report an error