Tile Setter prevailing wage in Menifee County, Kentucky

$31.87an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum)

$25.77 base wage + $6.10 fringe benefits · SUKY2015-048

Menifee County uses the same tile setter rates as 15 other counties. See all of them on one page.

On federally funded or assisted building construction in Menifee County, a tile setter must be paid at least $31.87 an hour: a $25.77 base wage plus $6.10 in fringe benefits, under wage determination KY20260018 (modification 1). DOL prints no total, so $31.87 is our sum of the two.

Wage determination KY20260018, modification 1, published May 18, 2026, for building construction; rate identifier SUKY2015-048 (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 Kentucky repealed its law in 2017 (HB 3), which also bars local prevailing wage rules (17RS HB 3).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: $25.77 + $6.10

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)	$25.77
Fringe benefits (one figure, not itemized)	$6.10
Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total)	$31.87

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 Menifee County compares

The main tile setter 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

Menifee $31.87111178

$20.96Allen$53.37Bourbon

MenifeeNearby: Powell $31.87, Wolfe $31.87, Clark $53.37Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 15 counties pay more than Menifee, 82 the same, 22 less.

Wage and fringe benefits, nearby

Menifee Countybase $25.77$31.87
Powell Countybase $25.77$31.87
Wolfe Countybase $25.77$31.87
Clark Countybase $35.11$53.37

Tile Setter 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 setter rates for Menifee County are the same as in 15 other counties: Anderson, Bath, Boyle, Estill, Fleming, Garrard, Harrison, Lewis and 7 more. The closest county with a different rate is Clark County, at $53.37.

County	Classification	Base wage	Total rate	vs Menifee County
Menifee County	TILE SETTER	$25.77	$31.87
Powell County	TILE SETTER	$25.77	$31.87	same
Wolfe County	TILE SETTER	$25.77	$31.87	same
Bath County	TILE SETTER	$25.77	$31.87	same
Montgomery County	TILE SETTER	$25.77	$31.87	same
Morgan County	TILE SETTER	$25.77	$31.87	same
Rowan County	TILE SETTER	$25.77	$31.87	same

Kentucky tile setter 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 KY20260018 Mod 1, published May 18, 2026: sam.gov/wage-determination/KY20260018/1

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 Menifee County as CSV · Report an error