Tile Finisher prevailing wage in Harlan County, Kentucky

$25.12an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum)

$17.67 base wage + $7.45 fringe benefits · SUKY2015-024

Harlan County uses the same tile finisher rates as 16 other counties. See all of them on one page.

On federally funded or assisted building construction in Harlan County, a tile finisher must be paid at least $25.12 an hour: a $17.67 base wage plus $7.45 in fringe benefits, under wage determination KY20260043 (modification 1). DOL prints no total, so $25.12 is our sum of the two.

Wage determination KY20260043, modification 1, published May 18, 2026, for building construction; rate identifier SUKY2015-024 (June 2, 2015). Checked against sam.gov on October 25, 2026.

Davis-Bacon is the only prevailing wage here (federally funded or assisted work). Kentucky repealed its law in 2017 (HB 3), which also bars local prevailing wage rules (17RS HB 3).

Base wage and fringe benefits: $17.67 + $7.45

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)	$17.67
Fringe benefits (one figure, not itemized)	$7.45
Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total)	$25.12

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 Kentucky change log lists what each one changed.

How Harlan County compares

The main tile finisher rate in every county that has one, and how the pay splits here and nearby. All bars use the same scale.

Every county in Kentucky

Harlan $25.121178

$21.05Bullitt$53.06Bourbon

HarlanNearby: Leslie $25.12, Bell $25.12, Clark $53.06Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 15 counties pay more than Harlan, 82 the same, 22 less.

Wage and fringe benefits, nearby

Harlan Countybase $17.67$25.12
Leslie Countybase $17.67$25.12
Bell Countybase $17.67$25.12
Clark Countybase $35.40$53.06

Tile Finisher 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 tile finisher rates for Harlan County are the same as in 16 other counties: Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Floyd, Jackson, Johnson, Knott, Lee and 8 more. The closest county with a different rate is Clark County, at $53.06.

County	Classification	Base wage	Total rate	vs Harlan County
Harlan County	TILE FINISHER	$17.67	$25.12
Leslie County	TILE FINISHER	$17.67	$25.12	same
Bell County	TILE FINISHER	$17.67	$25.12	same
Perry County	TILE FINISHER	$17.67	$25.12	same
Letcher County	TILE FINISHER	$17.67	$25.12	same
Clay County	TILE FINISHER	$17.67	$25.12	same
Knox County	TILE FINISHER	$17.67	$25.12	same

Kentucky tile finisher 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 KY20260043 Mod 1, published May 18, 2026: sam.gov/wage-determination/KY20260043/1

We read every active Kentucky 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 Harlan County as CSV · Report an error