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Louisiana tile setter prevailing wage, parish by parish

A tile setter's Davis-Bacon prevailing wage in Louisiana is $20.00 an hour in every parish that has one (35), for the main classification.

Main tile setter classification in each parish (Tile setter), Davis-Bacon wage determinations on SAM.gov, as of October 25, 2026. 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)). Checked October 25, 2026.

Tangipahoa Parish tile setter: $20.00 per hourAcadia Parish tile setter: $20.00 per hourBienville Parish: no rate for this tradeEast Carroll Parish: no rate for this tradeVermilion Parish tile setter: $20.00 per hourEvangeline Parish: no rate for this tradeCameron Parish tile setter: $20.00 per hourPointe Coupee Parish tile setter: $20.00 per hourSt. Mary Parish: no rate for this tradeRed River Parish: no rate for this tradeSt. Charles Parish tile setter: $20.00 per hourIberia Parish tile setter: $20.00 per hourEast Baton Rouge Parish tile setter: $20.00 per hourGrant Parish tile setter: $20.00 per hourDe Soto Parish tile setter: $20.00 per hourWebster Parish tile setter: $20.00 per hourCalcasieu Parish tile setter: $20.00 per hourLincoln Parish: no rate for this tradeUnion Parish tile setter: $20.00 per hourSabine Parish: no rate for this tradeVernon Parish: no rate for this tradeCaldwell Parish: no rate for this tradeLafayette Parish tile setter: $20.00 per hourSt. Bernard Parish tile setter: $20.00 per hourEast Feliciana Parish tile setter: $20.00 per hourWest Feliciana Parish tile setter: $20.00 per hourSt. Helena Parish tile setter: $20.00 per hourRichland Parish: no rate for this tradeLaSalle Parish: no rate for this tradeAssumption Parish: no rate for this tradeClaiborne Parish: no rate for this tradeConcordia Parish: no rate for this tradeTensas Parish: no rate for this tradeJackson Parish: no rate for this tradeJefferson Davis Parish: no rate for this tradeJefferson Parish tile setter: $20.00 per hourMadison Parish: no rate for this tradeBossier Parish tile setter: $20.00 per hourMorehouse Parish: no rate for this tradeOrleans Parish tile setter: $20.00 per hourOuachita Parish tile setter: $20.00 per hourWashington Parish: no rate for this tradeLafourche Parish tile setter: $20.00 per hourSt. James Parish tile setter: $20.00 per hourTerrebonne Parish tile setter: $20.00 per hourLivingston Parish tile setter: $20.00 per hourAscension Parish tile setter: $20.00 per hourRapides Parish tile setter: $20.00 per hourCatahoula Parish: no rate for this tradeNatchitoches Parish: no rate for this tradeFranklin Parish: no rate for this tradeSt. Landry Parish: no rate for this tradeSt. John the Baptist Parish tile setter: $20.00 per hourWest Baton Rouge Parish tile setter: $20.00 per hourAllen Parish: no rate for this tradeIberville Parish tile setter: $20.00 per hourBeauregard Parish: no rate for this tradeAvoyelles Parish: no rate for this tradeSt. Martin Parish tile setter: $20.00 per hourWinn Parish: no rate for this tradeWest Carroll Parish: no rate for this tradeCaddo Parish tile setter: $20.00 per hourPlaquemines Parish tile setter: $20.00 per hourSt. Tammany Parish tile setter: $20.00 per hour
$20$20$20$20$20$20Tile Setter, main rate, base + fringe per hour. Each shade holds about a fifth of the counties.

How much does a tile setter make on prevailing wage in Louisiana?

5 groups of localities with identical rates and 20 with rates of their own, highest main rate first. The table below lists which localities are in each group.

  1. Livingston Parish group5 localities$20.00
  2. St. Charles Parish group4 localities$20.00
  3. Ascension Parish group2 localities$20.00
  4. Rapides Parish group2 localities$20.00
  5. Vermilion Parish group2 localities$20.00
  6. Acadia Parish1 parish$20.00
  7. Bossier Parish1 parish$20.00
  8. Caddo Parish1 parish$20.00
  9. Calcasieu Parish1 parish$20.00
  10. Cameron Parish1 parish$20.00
  11. De Soto Parish1 parish$20.00
  12. East Baton Rouge Parish1 parish$20.00
  13. Iberia Parish1 parish$20.00
  14. Iberville Parish1 parish$20.00
  15. Jefferson Parish1 parish$20.00
  16. Lafayette Parish1 parish$20.00
  17. Lafourche Parish1 parish$20.00
  18. Orleans Parish1 parish$20.00
  19. Ouachita Parish1 parish$20.00
  20. St. Bernard Parish1 parish$20.00
  21. St. Tammany Parish1 parish$20.00
  22. Tangipahoa Parish1 parish$20.00
  23. Terrebonne Parish1 parish$20.00
  24. Union Parish1 parish$20.00
  25. Webster Parish1 parish$20.00

Which localities pay which rate

ParishesMain classificationBase + fringeBase
Livingston Parish group, 5 localities: East Feliciana, Livingston, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge, West FelicianaTILE SETTER$20.00 $20.00 
St. Charles Parish group, 4 localities: Plaquemines, St. Charles, St. James, St. John the BaptistTILE SETTER$20.00 $20.00 
Ascension Parish group, 2 localities: Ascension, St. HelenaTILE SETTER$20.00 $20.00 
Rapides Parish group, 2 localities: Grant, RapidesTILE SETTER$20.00 $20.00 
Vermilion Parish group, 2 localities: St. Martin, VermilionTILE SETTER$20.00 $20.00 
Acadia ParishTILE SETTER$20.00 $20.00 
Bossier ParishTILE SETTER$20.00 $20.00 
Caddo ParishTILE SETTER$20.00 $20.00 
Calcasieu ParishTILE SETTER$20.00 $20.00 
Cameron ParishTILE SETTER$20.00 $20.00 
De Soto ParishTILE SETTER$20.00 $20.00 
East Baton Rouge ParishTILE SETTER$20.00 $20.00 
Iberia ParishTILE SETTER$20.00 $20.00 
Iberville ParishTILE SETTER$20.00 $20.00 
Jefferson ParishTILE SETTER$20.00 $20.00 
Lafayette ParishTILE SETTER$20.00 $20.00 
Lafourche ParishTILE SETTER$20.00 $20.00 
Orleans ParishTILE SETTER$20.00 $20.00 
Ouachita ParishTILE SETTER$20.00 $20.00 
St. Bernard ParishTILE SETTER$20.00 $20.00 
St. Tammany ParishTILE SETTER$20.00 $20.00 
Tangipahoa ParishTILE SETTER$20.00 $20.00 
Terrebonne ParishTILE SETTER$20.00 $20.00 
Union ParishTILE SETTER$20.00 $20.00 
Webster ParishTILE SETTER$20.00 $20.00 

5 groups of counties with identical DOL rates, and 20 counties with rates of their own.

Questions about Louisiana tile setter pay

What is the tile setter prevailing wage in East Baton Rouge Parish?

$20.00 an hour: a $20.00 base wage plus $0.00 in fringe benefits, under wage determination LA20260035, modification 1. Overtime and every tile setter classification in East Baton Rouge Parish.

Does tile setter prevailing wage include fringe benefits?

Yes. In East Baton Rouge Parish the $20.00 total is a $20.00 base wage plus $0.00 in fringe benefits, about 0% of the total. The employer owes the full amount for every hour worked.

Does tile setter prevailing wage pay overtime in Louisiana?

Davis-Bacon rates are straight time. On contracts over $100,000, the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act requires 1½ times the basic rate for hours over 40 in a workweek (40 U.S.C. 3702). The fringe is owed for every hour at its straight-time amount.

Do apprentice tile setters get this rate?

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)).

Why do some localities have the same tile setter rate?

DOL often publishes the same tile setter rates for several localities. Across Louisiana, the 35 localities with a tile setter rate fall into 25 distinct sets of rates, and 5 of those sets are shared by more than one parish; the largest covers 5 localities (the Livingston Parish group).