Boilermaker prevailing wage, Scotts Bluff County group, Nebraska (26 counties)

DOL sets the same boilermaker rates, row for row, in 26 counties: Arthur, Banner, Box Butte, Chase, Dawes, Dawson, Deuel, Frontier, Furnas, Garden, Gosper, Grant, Hayes, Hitchcock, Hooker, Keith, Kimball, Lincoln, Logan, McPherson, Morrill, Perkins, Red Willow, Scotts Bluff, Sheridan and Sioux. Every figure on this page applies in each of them.

$82.05an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum)

$48.48 base wage + $33.57 fringe benefits · BOIL0083-002

On federally funded or assisted building construction in each of these 26 counties, a boilermaker must be paid at least $82.05 an hour: a $48.48 base wage plus $33.57 in fringe benefits, under wage determination NE20260079 (modification 1). DOL prints no total, so $82.05 is our sum of the two.

Wage determination NE20260079, modification 1, published May 18, 2026, for building construction; rate identifier BOIL0083-002 (January 1, 2025). Checked against sam.gov on October 25, 2026.

Nebraska has no state wage schedule; Davis-Bacon applies to federally funded work. Bidders on state work file a statement that they follow "fair labor standards" (Neb. Rev. Stat. 73-104), but no agency publishes rates.

Base wage and fringe benefits: $48.48 + $33.57

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)	$48.48
Fringe benefits (one figure, not itemized)	$33.57
Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total)	$82.05

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 Nebraska change log lists what each one changed.

How the Scotts Bluff County group compares

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

Every county in Nebraska

Wage and fringe benefits, nearby

Scotts Bluff County groupbase $48.48$82.05
Banner Countybase $48.48$82.05
Morrill Countybase $48.48$82.05
Box Butte Countybase $48.48$82.05

Which county is in which boilermaker group

Every Nebraska county with a boilermaker rate. Counties DOL treats alike share one page; the rest have their own.

Counties	Main classification	Base wage	Total rate
Scotts Bluff County group, 26 localities: Arthur, Banner, Box Butte, Chase, Dawes, Dawson, Deuel, Frontier, Furnas, Garden, Gosper, Grant, Hayes, Hitchcock, Hooker, Keith, Kimball, Lincoln, Logan, McPherson, Morrill, Perkins, Red Willow, Scotts Bluff, Sheridan, Sioux	BOILERMAKER	$48.48	$82.05
Hamilton County group, 17 localities: Blaine, Clay, Franklin, Garfield, Greeley, Hamilton, Harlan, Kearney, Loup, Merrick, Nance, Nuckolls, Phelps, Sherman, Valley, Webster, Wheeler	BOILERMAKER	$48.48	$82.05
Dodge County group, 13 localities: Antelope, Boyd, Brown, Burt, Cedar, Colfax, Cuming, Dodge, Holt, Keya Paha, Rock, Stanton, Wayne	BOILERMAKER	$48.48	$82.05
Cheyenne County group, 2 localities: Cheyenne, Dundy	BOILERMAKER	$48.48	$82.05
Adams County	BOILERMAKER	$48.48	$82.05
Boone County	BOILERMAKER	$48.48	$82.05
Buffalo County	BOILERMAKER	$48.48	$82.05
Cherry County	BOILERMAKER	$48.48	$82.05
Custer County	BOILERMAKER	$48.48	$82.05
Hall County	BOILERMAKER	$48.48	$82.05
Howard County	BOILERMAKER	$48.48	$82.05
Knox County	BOILERMAKER	$48.48	$82.05
Madison County	BOILERMAKER	$48.48	$82.05
Pierce County	BOILERMAKER	$48.48	$82.05
Platte County	BOILERMAKER	$48.48	$82.05
Thomas County	BOILERMAKER	$48.48	$82.05
Thurston County	BOILERMAKER	$48.48	$82.05

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

Nebraska boilermaker 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: Arthur · Banner · Box Butte · Chase · Dawes · Dawson · Deuel · Frontier · Furnas · Garden · Gosper · Grant · Hayes · Hitchcock · Hooker · Keith · Kimball · Lincoln · Logan · McPherson · Morrill · Perkins · Red Willow · Scotts Bluff · Sheridan · Sioux

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 Nebraska 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 Nebraska rate as CSV · Report an error