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Drywall Finisher prevailing wage in Orleans Parish, Louisiana
$16.55an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum)
$16.55 base wage + $0.00 fringe benefits · SULA2012-026
On federally funded or assisted building construction in Orleans Parish, a drywall finisher must be paid at least $16.55 an hour: a $16.55 base wage plus $0.00 in fringe benefits, under wage determination LA20260041 (modification 2). DOL prints no total, so $16.55 is our sum of the two.
Wage determination LA20260041, modification 2, published May 18, 2026, for building construction; rate identifier SULA2012-026 (September 22, 2014). 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: $16.55 + $0.00
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) | $16.55 |
| Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total) | $16.55 |
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.
More from DOL on this rate
- DOL wage determination
- 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)).
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 LA20260041 Mod 2, published May 18, 2026: sam.gov/wage-determination/LA20260041/2
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 Orleans Parish as CSV · Report an error