Pile Driver prevailing wage, Kenton County group, Kentucky (4 counties)

DOL sets the same pile driver rates, row for row, in 4 counties: Boone, Campbell, Kenton and Pendleton. Every figure on this page applies in each of them.

$53.84an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum)

$33.28 base wage + $20.56 fringe benefits · CARP0698-001

On federally funded or assisted highway construction in each of these 4 counties, a pile driver must be paid at least $53.84 an hour: a $33.28 base wage plus $20.56 in fringe benefits, under wage determination KY20260039 (modification 1). DOL prints no total, so $53.84 is our sum of the two.

Wage determination KY20260039, modification 1, published May 18, 2026, for highway construction; rate identifier CARP0698-001 (May 1, 2023). 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 Kentucky repealed its law in 2017 (HB 3), which also bars local prevailing wage rules (17RS HB 3).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: $33.28 + $20.56

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)	$33.28
Fringe benefits (one figure, not itemized)	$20.56
Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total)	$53.84

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 the Kenton County group compares

The main pile driver 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

Kenton $53.844274

$39.05Adair$58.45Anderson

KentonNearby: Boone $53.84, Campbell $53.84, Pendleton $53.84Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 74 counties pay more than Kenton, 3 the same, 42 less.

Wage and fringe benefits, nearby

Kenton County groupbase $33.28$53.84
Campbell Countybase $33.28$53.84
Boone Countybase $33.28$53.84
Grant Countybase $34.39$58.45

Which county is in which pile driver group

Every Kentucky county with a pile driver rate. Counties DOL treats alike share one page; the rest have their own.

Counties	Main classification	Base wage	Total rate
Jefferson County group, 44 localities: Anderson, Bath, Bourbon, Boyd, Boyle, Bracken, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Carroll, Carter, Clark, Elliott, Fayette, Fleming, Franklin, Gallatin, Grant, Grayson, Greenup, Hardin, Harrison, Henry, Jefferson, Jessamine, Larue, Lewis, Madison, Marion, Mason, Meade, Mercer, Montgomery, Nelson, Nicholas, Oldham, Owen, Robertson, Rowan, Scott, Shelby, Spencer, Trimble, Washington, Woodford	PILEDRIVERMAN	$34.39	$58.45
Warren County group, 30 localities: Allen, Ballard, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden, Daviess, Edmonson, Fulton, Graves, Hancock, Henderson, Hickman, Hopkins, Livingston, Logan, Lyon, Marshall, McCracken, McLean, Muhlenberg, Ohio, Simpson, Todd, Trigg, Union, Warren, Webster	PILEDRIVERMAN	$34.39	$58.41
Kenton County group, 4 localities: Boone, Campbell, Kenton, Pendleton	CARPENTER & PILEDRIVERMEN (BOONE, CAMPBELL, KENTON & PENDLETON COUNTIES:)	$33.28	$53.84
Pulaski County group, 42 localities: Adair, Barren, Bell, Breathitt, Casey, Clay, Clinton, Cumberland, Estill, Floyd, Garrard, Green, Harlan, Hart, Jackson, Johnson, Knott, Knox, Laurel, Lawrence, Lee, Leslie, Letcher, Lincoln, Magoffin, Martin, McCreary, Menifee, Metcalfe, Monroe, Morgan, Owsley, Perry, Pike, Powell, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Russell, Taylor, Wayne, Whitley, Wolfe	CARPENTER: PILEDRIVER	$24.55	$39.05

4 groups of counties with identical DOL rates, and 0 counties with rates of their own.

Kentucky pile driver 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), Davis-Bacon wage determinations on SAM.gov, as of October 25, 2026. For the row this page leads with:

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 every Kentucky rate as CSV · Report an error