Drywall Installer / Lather prevailing wage in Clay County, Kansas

$20.01an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum) · CARPENTER

$17.92 base wage + $2.09 fringe benefits · SUKS2015-013

Clay County uses the same drywall installer or lather rates as 23 other counties. See all of them on one page.

On federally funded or assisted building construction in Clay County, a drywall installer or lather working as carpenter must be paid at least $20.01 an hour: a $17.92 base wage plus $2.09 in fringe benefits, under wage determination KS20260044 (modification 1). DOL prints no total, so $20.01 is our sum of the two.

Wage determination KS20260044, modification 1, published May 18, 2026, for building construction; rate identifier SUKS2015-013 (July 8, 2015). Checked against sam.gov on October 25, 2026.

Davis-Bacon is the only prevailing wage here (federally funded or assisted work). Kansas repealed its law in 1987 (DOL state table).

Base wage and fringe benefits: $17.92 + $2.09

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)	$17.92
Fringe benefits (one figure, not itemized)	$2.09
Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total)	$20.01

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 Kansas change log lists what each one changed.

How Clay 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 Kansas

Clay $20.01633

$20.01Allen$42.42Geary

ClayNearby: Riley $42.42, Cloud $20.01, Washington $20.01Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 12 counties pay more than Clay, 78 the same, 0 less.

Wage and fringe benefits, nearby

Clay Countybase $17.92$20.01
Riley Countybase $28.34$42.42
Cloud Countybase $17.92$20.01
Washington Countybase $17.92$20.01

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 Clay County are the same as in 23 other counties: Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Bourbon, Brown, Cherokee, Cloud, Coffey and 15 more.

County	Classification	Base wage	Total rate	vs Clay County
Riley County	CARPENTER (DRYWALL HANGING ONLY)	$28.34	$42.42	+$22.41
Geary County	CARPENTER (DRYWALL HANGING ONLY)	$28.34	$42.42	+$22.41
Clay County	CARPENTER (DRYWALL HANGING ONLY)	$17.92	$20.01
Cloud County	CARPENTER (DRYWALL HANGING ONLY)	$17.92	$20.01	same
Washington County	CARPENTER (DRYWALL HANGING ONLY)	$17.92	$20.01	same
Dickinson County	CARPENTER (DRYWALL HANGING ONLY)	$17.92	$20.01	same
Republic County	CARPENTER (DRYWALL HANGING ONLY)	$17.92	$20.01	same

Kansas 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 KS20260044 Mod 1, published May 18, 2026: sam.gov/wage-determination/KS20260044/1

We read every active Kansas 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 Clay County as CSV · Report an error