Drywall Installer / Lather prevailing wage, Leake County group, Mississippi (8 counties)

DOL sets the same drywall installer or lather rates, row for row, in 8 counties: Clarke, Greene, Jasper, Kemper, Leake, Newton, Smith and Wayne. Every figure on this page applies in each of them.

$11.50an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum)

$11.50 base wage + $0.00 fringe benefits · Residential · SUMS2007-022

On federally funded or assisted residential construction in each of these 8 counties, a drywall installer or lather must be paid at least $11.50 an hour: a $11.50 base wage plus $0.00 in fringe benefits, under wage determination MS20260025 (modification 1). DOL prints no total, so $11.50 is our sum of the two.

Wage determination MS20260025, modification 1, published May 18, 2026, for residential construction; rate identifier SUMS2007-022 (December 5, 2007). Checked against sam.gov on October 25, 2026.

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

This base is below $13.65, the Executive Order 13658 minimum. Contracts that order covers must pay at least that (see the WD's note).

Base wage and fringe benefits: $11.50 + $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)	$11.50
Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total)	$11.50

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 Mississippi change log lists what each one changed.

How the Leake County group compares

The main drywall installer or lather rate in every county that has one, and how the pay splits here and nearby. All bars use the same scale.

Every county in Mississippi

Wage and fringe benefits, nearby

Leake County groupbase $11.50$11.50
Neshoba Countybase $11.50$11.50
Scott Countybase $11.50$11.50
Newton Countybase $11.50$11.50

Which county is in which drywall installer or lather group

Every Mississippi county with a drywall installer or lather rate. Counties DOL treats alike share one page; the rest have their own.

Counties	Main classification	Base wage	Total rate
Leake County group, 8 localities: Clarke, Greene, Jasper, Kemper, Leake, Newton, Smith, Wayne	DRYWALL HANGER	$11.50	$11.50
Jones County	DRYWALL HANGER	$11.50	$11.50
Lauderdale County	DRYWALL HANGER	$11.50	$11.50
Neshoba County	DRYWALL HANGER	$11.50	$11.50
Pearl River County	DRYWALL HANGER	$11.50	$11.50
Scott County	DRYWALL HANGER	$11.50	$11.50

1 group of counties with identical DOL rates, and 5 counties with rates of their own.

Mississippi drywall installer or lather 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:

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