Skip to content

Home / Mississippi / Tile Setter

Mississippi · Tile Setter

Mississippi tile setter prevailing wage, county by county

A tile setter's Davis-Bacon prevailing wage in Mississippi runs from $8.50 an hour in Yalobusha County to $18.00 in Benton County. The median county is $18.00.

Main tile setter classification in each county (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.

Chickasaw County: no rate for this tradeLauderdale County: no rate for this tradeStone County: no rate for this tradeCalhoun County: no rate for this tradeNeshoba County: no rate for this tradePike County: no rate for this tradeGrenada County tile setter: $8.50 per hourAmite County: no rate for this tradeOktibbeha County: no rate for this tradeJefferson Davis County: no rate for this tradeLeake County: no rate for this tradeScott County: no rate for this tradeMontgomery County tile setter: $8.50 per hourCarroll County tile setter: $8.50 per hourWinston County: no rate for this tradeTippah County: no rate for this tradeQuitman County tile setter: $8.50 per hourBolivar County tile setter: $8.50 per hourWarren County: no rate for this tradeLincoln County: no rate for this tradeJefferson County: no rate for this tradeUnion County: no rate for this tradeTishomingo County: no rate for this tradeLee County: no rate for this tradeLafayette County: no rate for this tradeCopiah County tile setter: $18.00 per hourPerry County tile setter: $18.00 per hourLamar County tile setter: $18.00 per hourHumphreys County tile setter: $8.50 per hourRankin County tile setter: $18.00 per hourHinds County tile setter: $18.00 per hourSimpson County tile setter: $18.00 per hourSharkey County: no rate for this tradePontotoc County: no rate for this tradeDeSoto County tile setter: $18.00 per hourMarshall County tile setter: $18.00 per hourCoahoma County tile setter: $8.50 per hourSunflower County tile setter: $8.50 per hourTunica County tile setter: $18.00 per hourMadison County tile setter: $18.00 per hourHolmes County tile setter: $8.50 per hourMarion County: no rate for this tradeYalobusha County tile setter: $8.50 per hourIssaquena County: no rate for this tradeCovington County: no rate for this tradeWayne County: no rate for this tradeWilkinson County: no rate for this tradeClaiborne County: no rate for this tradeClarke County: no rate for this tradeForrest County tile setter: $18.00 per hourYazoo County: no rate for this tradeHarrison County tile setter: $18.00 per hourPearl River County: no rate for this tradeLeflore County tile setter: $8.50 per hourAttala County tile setter: $8.50 per hourItawamba County: no rate for this tradeMonroe County: no rate for this tradeTate County tile setter: $18.00 per hourChoctaw County: no rate for this tradeGeorge County: no rate for this tradeNewton County: no rate for this tradeClay County: no rate for this tradeGreene County: no rate for this tradeJackson County tile setter: $18.00 per hourJasper County: no rate for this tradeFranklin County: no rate for this tradePrentiss County: no rate for this tradeNoxubee County: no rate for this tradeLawrence County: no rate for this tradeLowndes County: no rate for this tradeWalthall County: no rate for this tradeBenton County tile setter: $18.00 per hourTallahatchie County tile setter: $8.50 per hourKemper County: no rate for this tradeWashington County tile setter: $8.50 per hourPanola County tile setter: $8.50 per hourHancock County tile setter: $18.00 per hourJones County: no rate for this tradeAlcorn County: no rate for this tradeSmith County: no rate for this tradeWebster County: no rate for this tradeAdams County: no rate for this trade
$8.50$8.50$8.50$18.00$18.00$18.00Tile 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 Mississippi?

4 groups of counties with identical rates and 13 with rates of their own, highest main rate first. The table below lists which counties are in each group.

  1. DeSoto County group5 counties$18.00
  2. Madison County group3 counties$18.00
  3. Lamar County group2 counties$18.00
  4. Forrest County1 county$18.00
  5. Hancock County1 county$18.00
  6. Harrison County1 county$18.00
  7. Hinds County1 county$18.00
  8. Jackson County1 county$18.00
  9. Rankin County1 county$18.00
  10. Washington County group8 counties$8.50
  11. Bolivar County1 county$8.50
  12. Coahoma County1 county$8.50
  13. Holmes County1 county$8.50
  14. Humphreys County1 county$8.50
  15. Panola County1 county$8.50
  16. Quitman County1 county$8.50
  17. Tallahatchie County1 county$8.50

Which counties pay which rate

CountiesMain classificationBase + fringeBase
DeSoto County group, 5 localities: Benton, DeSoto, Marshall, Tate, TunicaTILE SETTER$18.00 $18.00 
Madison County group, 3 localities: Copiah, Madison, SimpsonTILE SETTER$18.00 $18.00 
Lamar County group, 2 localities: Lamar, PerryTILE SETTER$18.00 $18.00 
Forrest CountyTILE SETTER$18.00 $18.00 
Hancock CountyTILE SETTER$18.00 $18.00 
Harrison CountyTILE SETTER$18.00 $18.00 
Hinds CountyTILE SETTER$18.00 $18.00 
Jackson CountyTILE SETTER$18.00 $18.00 
Rankin CountyTILE SETTER$18.00 $18.00 
Washington County group, 8 localities: Attala, Carroll, Grenada, Leflore, Montgomery, Sunflower, Washington, YalobushaTILE SETTER$8.50 $8.50 
Bolivar CountyTILE SETTER$8.50 $8.50 
Coahoma CountyTILE SETTER$8.50 $8.50 
Holmes CountyTILE SETTER$8.50 $8.50 
Humphreys CountyTILE SETTER$8.50 $8.50 
Panola CountyTILE SETTER$8.50 $8.50 
Quitman CountyTILE SETTER$8.50 $8.50 
Tallahatchie CountyTILE SETTER$8.50 $8.50 

4 groups of counties with identical DOL rates, and 13 counties with rates of their own.

Questions about Mississippi tile setter pay

What is the tile setter prevailing wage in Harrison County?

$18.00 an hour: a $18.00 base wage plus $0.00 in fringe benefits, under wage determination MS20260050, modification 2. Overtime and every tile setter classification in Harrison County.

Does tile setter prevailing wage include fringe benefits?

Yes. In Harrison County the $18.00 total is a $18.00 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 Mississippi?

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 counties have the same tile setter rate?

DOL often publishes the same tile setter rates for several counties. Across Mississippi, the 31 counties with a tile setter rate fall into 17 distinct sets of rates, and 4 of those sets are shared by more than one county; the largest covers 8 counties (the Washington County group).