Pile Driver prevailing wage, Pulaski County group, Kentucky (42 counties)

DOL sets the same pile driver rates, row for row, in 42 counties: 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 and Wolfe. Every figure on this page applies in each of them.

$39.05an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum)

$24.55 base wage + $14.50 fringe benefits · SUKY2015-047

On federally funded or assisted highway construction in each of these 42 counties, a pile driver must be paid at least $39.05 an hour: a $24.55 base wage plus $14.50 in fringe benefits, under wage determination KY20260107 (modification 2). DOL prints no total, so $39.05 is our sum of the two.

Wage determination KY20260107, modification 2, published July 30, 2026, for highway construction; rate identifier SUKY2015-047 (October 20, 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 Kentucky repealed its law in 2017 (HB 3), which also bars local prevailing wage rules (17RS HB 3).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: $24.55 + $14.50

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)	$24.55
Fringe benefits (one figure, not itemized)	$14.50
Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total)	$39.05

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 Pulaski 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

Pulaski $39.05474

$39.05Adair$58.45Anderson

PulaskiNearby: Adair $39.05, Barren $39.05, Bell $39.05, Breathitt $39.05, Casey $39.05, Clay $39.05, Clinton $39.05, Cumberland $39.05, Estill $39.05, Floyd $39.05, Garrard $39.05, Green $39.05, Harlan $39.05, Hart $39.05, Jackson $39.05, Johnson $39.05, Knott $39.05, Knox $39.05, Laurel $39.05, Lawrence $39.05, Lee $39.05, Leslie $39.05, Letcher $39.05, Lincoln $39.05, Magoffin $39.05, Martin $39.05, McCreary $39.05, Menifee $39.05, Metcalfe $39.05, Monroe $39.05, Morgan $39.05, Owsley $39.05, Perry $39.05, Pike $39.05, Powell $39.05, Rockcastle $39.05, Russell $39.05, Taylor $39.05, Wayne $39.05, Whitley $39.05, Wolfe $39.05Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 78 counties pay more than Pulaski, 41 the same, 0 less.

Wage and fringe benefits, nearby

Pulaski County groupbase $24.55$39.05
Rockcastle Countybase $24.55$39.05
Wayne Countybase $24.55$39.05
Boyle 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

More from DOL on this rate

SAM.gov wage determinations
Davis-Bacon determinations list journeyworker rates. Apprentices in a program registered with DOL or a recognized state agency can be paid the program's percentage of the rate, within its ratio; anyone else gets the full rate (29 CFR 5.5(a)(4)).

Every trade's rates, county by county: 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

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