Sheet Metal Worker prevailing wage, Lee County group, Mississippi (17 counties)

DOL sets the same sheet metal worker rates, row for row, in 17 counties: Alcorn, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay, Lee, Lowndes, Monroe, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tippah, Tishomingo, Union, Webster and Winston. Every figure on this page applies in each of them.

$33.04an hour, base + fringe

$21.86 wage + $11.18 fringe benefits · SUMS2015-006

On federally funded or assisted building construction in each of these 17 counties, a sheet metal worker must be paid at least $33.04 an hour: a $21.86 base wage plus $11.18 in fringe benefits, under wage determination MS20260045 (modification 1). DOL prints no total, so $33.04 is our sum of the two.

Wage determination MS20260045, modification 1, published May 18, 2026, for building construction; rate identifier SUMS2015-006 (April 3, 2017). 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).

Base wage and fringe benefits: $21.86 + $11.18

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)	$21.86
Fringe benefits (one figure, not itemized)	$11.18
Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total)	$33.04

When this rate changes

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 Lee County group compares

The main sheet metal worker 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

Lee $33.0451565

$18.35Copiah$53.17Benton

LeeNearby: Alcorn $33.04, Calhoun $33.04, Chickasaw $33.04, Choctaw $33.04, Clay $33.04, Lowndes $33.04, Monroe $33.04, Noxubee $33.04, Oktibbeha $33.04, Pontotoc $33.04, Prentiss $33.04, Tippah $33.04, Tishomingo $33.04, Union $33.04, Webster $33.04, Winston $33.04Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 11 counties pay more than Lee, 33 the same, 37 less.

Wage and fringe benefits, nearby

Lee County groupbase $21.86$33.04
Itawamba Countybase $21.86$33.04
Pontotoc Countybase $21.86$33.04
Benton Countybase $34.95$53.17

Which county is in which sheet metal worker group

Every Mississippi county with a sheet metal worker rate. Counties DOL treats alike share one page; the rest have their own.

Counties	Main classification	Base + fringe	Base
DeSoto County group, 5 localities: Benton, DeSoto, Marshall, Tate, Tunica	SHEET METAL WORKER (INCLUDES HVAC DUCT INSTALLATION)	$53.17	$34.95
Lamar County group, 2 localities: Lamar, Perry	SHEET METAL WORKER (INCLUDES HVAC DUCT INSTALLATION)	$44.33	$30.45
Forrest County	SHEET METAL WORKER (INCLUDES HVAC DUCT INSTALLATION)	$44.33	$30.45
Hancock County	SHEET METAL WORKER (INCLUDES HVAC DUCT INSTALLATION)	$44.33	$30.45
Harrison County	SHEET METAL WORKER (INCLUDES HVAC DUCT INSTALLATION)	$44.33	$30.45
Jackson County	SHEET METAL WORKER (INCLUDES HVAC DUCT INSTALLATION)	$44.33	$30.45
Lee County group, 17 localities: Alcorn, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay, Lee, Lowndes, Monroe, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tippah, Tishomingo, Union, Webster, Winston	SHEET METAL WORKER, INCLUDES HVAC DUCT INSTALLATION	$33.04	$21.86
Washington County group, 15 localities: Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Coahoma, Grenada, Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore, Montgomery, Panola, Quitman, Sunflower, Tallahatchie, Washington, Yalobusha	SHEET METAL WORKER, INCLUDES HVAC DUCT INSTALLATION	$33.04	$21.86
Itawamba County	SHEET METAL WORKER, INCLUDES HVAC DUCT INSTALLATION	$33.04	$21.86
Lafayette County	SHEET METAL WORKER, INCLUDES HVAC DUCT INSTALLATION	$33.04	$21.86
Lauderdale County group, 14 localities: Clarke, George, Greene, Jasper, Jones, Kemper, Lauderdale, Leake, Neshoba, Newton, Pearl River, Scott, Stone, Wayne	SHEET METAL WORKER, INCLUDES HVAC DUCT INSTALLATION	$20.63	$19.95
Smith County	SHEET METAL WORKER, INCLUDES HVAC DUCT INSTALLATION	$20.63	$19.95
Warren County group, 16 localities: Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Covington, Franklin, Issaquena, Jefferson, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln, Marion, Pike, Sharkey, Walthall, Warren, Yazoo	SHEET METAL WORKER, INCLUDES HVAC DUCT INSTALLATION	$20.35	$19.67
Wilkinson County	SHEET METAL WORKER, INCLUDES HVAC DUCT INSTALLATION	$20.35	$19.67
Madison County group, 3 localities: Copiah, Madison, Simpson	SHEET METAL WORKER, INCLUDES HVAC DUCT INSTALLATION	$18.35	$18.00
Hinds County	SHEET METAL WORKER, INCLUDES HVAC DUCT INSTALLATION	$18.35	$18.00
Rankin County	SHEET METAL WORKER, INCLUDES HVAC DUCT INSTALLATION	$18.35	$18.00

7 groups of counties with identical DOL rates, and 10 counties with rates of their own.

Mississippi sheet metal worker prevailing wage by county, with a map

More from DOL on this rate

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)).

Every trade's rates, county by county: Alcorn · Calhoun · Chickasaw · Choctaw · Clay · Lee · Lowndes · Monroe · Noxubee · Oktibbeha · Pontotoc · Prentiss · Tippah · Tishomingo · Union · Webster · Winston

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