Telecommunications Technician prevailing wage in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana

$47.12an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum) · ELECTRICIAN

$31.98 base wage + $15.14 fringe benefits · ELEC0861-008

Avoyelles Parish uses the same telecommunications technician rates as 3 other localities. See all of them on one page.

On federally funded or assisted building construction in Avoyelles Parish, a telecommunications technician working as electrician must be paid at least $47.12 an hour: a $31.98 base wage plus $15.14 in fringe benefits, under wage determination LA20260025 (modification 1). DOL prints no total, so $47.12 is our sum of the two.

Wage determination LA20260025, modification 1, published May 18, 2026, for building construction; rate identifier ELEC0861-008 (September 1, 2024). Checked against sam.gov on October 25, 2026.

Davis-Bacon is the only prevailing wage here (federally funded or assisted work). Louisiana has no state prevailing wage law (DOL state table).

Base wage and fringe benefits: $31.98 + $15.14

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)	$31.98
Fringe benefits (one figure, not itemized)	$15.14
Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total)	$47.12

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 Louisiana change log lists what each one changed.

How Avoyelles Parish compares

The main telecommunications technician rate in every parish that has one, and how the pay splits here and nearby. All bars use the same scale.

Every parish in Louisiana

Avoyelles $47.122

$47.12Assumption$52.66St. Tammany

AvoyellesNearby: St. Landry $47.12, Evangeline $47.12Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 2 counties pay more than Avoyelles, 7 the same, 0 less.

Wage and fringe benefits, nearby

Avoyelles Parishbase $31.98$47.12
St. Landry Parishbase $31.98$47.12
Evangeline Parishbase $31.98$47.12

Telecommunications Technician rates in nearby localities

Current DOL rates. Davis-Bacon rates are set for groups of parishes, so neighbours often share them; the parish where the work is done decides.

DOL's telecommunications technician rates for Avoyelles Parish are the same as in 3 other localities: Beauregard, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis. The closest parish with a different rate is Tangipahoa Parish, at $52.66.

Parish	Classification	Base wage	Total rate	vs Avoyelles Parish
Avoyelles Parish	ELECTRICIAN (LOW VOLTAGE WIRING ONLY)	$31.98	$47.12
St. Landry Parish	ELECTRICIAN (LOW VOLTAGE WIRING ONLY)	$31.98	$47.12	same
Evangeline Parish	ELECTRICIAN (LOW VOLTAGE WIRING ONLY)	$31.98	$47.12	same

Louisiana telecommunications technician prevailing wage by parish, 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 LA20260025 Mod 1, published May 18, 2026: sam.gov/wage-determination/LA20260025/1

We read every active Louisiana 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 Avoyelles Parish as CSV · Report an error