Drywall Installer / Lather prevailing wage in Polk County, Iowa

$56.93an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum) · CARPENTER

$35.50 base wage + $21.43 fringe benefits · Residential · CARP0106-005

Polk County uses the same drywall installer or lather rates as 1 other county. See all of them on one page.

On federally funded or assisted residential construction in Polk County, 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 Polk County 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

Polk $56.9322

$19.45Buena Vista$56.93Dallas

PolkNearby: Dallas $56.93, Warren $56.93, Hamilton $19.45Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 0 counties pay more than Polk, 4 the same, 22 less.

Wage and fringe benefits, nearby

Polk Countybase $35.50$56.93
Dallas Countybase $35.50$56.93
Warren Countybase $35.50$56.93
Hamilton Countybase $16.59$19.45

Drywall Installer / Lather 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 drywall installer or lather rates for Polk County are the same as in 1 other county: Dallas. The closest county with a different rate is Hamilton County, at $19.45.

County	Classification	Base wage	Total rate	vs Polk County
Polk County	CARPENTER (DRYWALL HANGING ONLY)	$35.50	$56.93
Dallas County	CARPENTER (DRYWALL HANGING ONLY)	$35.50	$56.93	same
Warren County	CARPENTER (DRYWALL HANGING ONLY)	$35.50	$56.93	same
Madison County	CARPENTER (DRYWALL HANGING ONLY)	$35.50	$56.93	same

Iowa drywall installer or lather 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 IA20260026 Mod 1, published May 18, 2026: sam.gov/wage-determination/IA20260026/1

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 Polk County as CSV · Report an error