Tile Setter prevailing wage, Suffolk County group, Massachusetts (3 counties)

DOL sets the same tile setter rates, row for row, in 3 counties: Barnstable, Bristol and Suffolk. Every figure on this page applies in each of them.

$102.04an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum) · TILE LAYER

$64.50 base wage + $37.54 fringe benefits · Residential · BRMA0003-032

On federally funded or assisted residential construction in each of these 3 counties, a tile setter working as tile layer must be paid at least $102.04 an hour: a $64.50 base wage plus $37.54 in fringe benefits, under wage determination MA20260004 (modification 2). DOL prints no total, so $102.04 is our sum of the two.

Wage determination MA20260004, modification 2, published August 6, 2026, for residential construction; rate identifier BRMA0003-032 (August 1, 2024). Checked against sam.gov on October 25, 2026.

Massachusetts also sets its own rates; on jobs covered by both, pay the higher. The Department of Labor Standards issues them per project, by wage request number, and they must be re-requested after 90 days (M.G.L. c. 149 ss. 26-27), so there is no county schedule to show here.

Base wage and fringe benefits: $64.50 + $37.54

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)	$64.50
Fringe benefits (one figure, not itemized)	$37.54
Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total)	$102.04

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 Massachusetts change log lists what each one changed.

How the Suffolk County group compares

The main tile setter rate in every county that has one, and how the pay splits here and nearby. All bars use the same scale.

Every county in Massachusetts

Suffolk $102.042

$102.03Plymouth$102.04Barnstable

SuffolkNearby: Barnstable $102.04, Bristol $102.04Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 0 counties pay more than Suffolk, 2 the same, 2 less.

Wage and fringe benefits, nearby

Suffolk County groupbase $64.50$102.04
Plymouth Countybase $64.52$102.03
Bristol Countybase $64.50$102.04
Worcester Countybase $64.52$102.03

Which county is in which tile setter group

Every Massachusetts county with a tile setter rate. Counties DOL treats alike share one page; the rest have their own.

Counties	Main classification	Base wage	Total rate
Suffolk County group, 3 localities: Barnstable, Bristol, Suffolk	TILE LAYER (BARNSTABLE, BRISTOL, SUFFOLK AND WORCESTER)	$64.50	$102.04
Plymouth County	TILE SETTER	$64.52	$102.03
Worcester County	TILE SETTER	$64.52	$102.03

1 group of counties with identical DOL rates, and 2 counties with rates of their own.

Massachusetts tile setter 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:

Barnstable: MA20260004 Mod 2
Bristol: MA20260004 Mod 2
Suffolk: MA20260004 Mod 2

We read every active Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts rate as CSV · Report an error