Painter prevailing wage in Cedar County, Nebraska

$7.48an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum)

$7.48 base wage + $0.00 fringe benefits · Residential · SUNE1983-002

Cedar County uses the same painter rates as 4 other counties. See all of them on one page.

On federally funded or assisted residential construction in Cedar County, a painter must be paid at least $7.48 an hour: a $7.48 base wage plus $0.00 in fringe benefits, under wage determination NE20260015 (modification 1). DOL prints no total, so $7.48 is our sum of the two.

Wage determination NE20260015, modification 1, published May 18, 2026, for residential construction; rate identifier SUNE1983-002 (October 1, 1983). 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.

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: $7.48 + $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)	$7.48
Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total)	$7.48

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 Cedar County compares

The main painter 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

Cedar $7.48412159

$7.25Buffalo$14.26Cass

CedarNearby: Dixon $14.26, Wayne $7.48, Pierce $7.48Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 47 counties pay more than Cedar, 4 the same, 41 less.

Wage and fringe benefits, nearby

Cedar Countybase $7.48$7.48
Dixon Countybase $14.26$14.26
Wayne Countybase $7.48$7.48
Pierce Countybase $7.48$7.48

Painter rates in nearby counties

Current DOL rates. Davis-Bacon rates are set for groups of counties, so neighbours often share them; the county where the work is done decides.

DOL's painter rates for Cedar County are the same as in 4 other counties: Cuming, Pierce, Stanton, Wayne.

County	Classification	Base wage	Total rate	vs Cedar County
Dixon County	PAINTER: BRUSH, ROLLER AND SPRAY	$14.26	$14.26	+$6.78
Dakota County	PAINTER: BRUSH, ROLLER AND SPRAY	$14.26	$14.26	+$6.78
Knox County	PAINTER	$8.00	$8.00	+$0.52
Cedar County	PAINTER	$7.48	$7.48
Wayne County	PAINTER	$7.48	$7.48	same
Pierce County	PAINTER	$7.48	$7.48	same
Thurston County	PAINTER	$7.25	$7.25	−$0.23

Nebraska painter 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), wage determination NE20260015 Mod 1, published May 18, 2026: sam.gov/wage-determination/NE20260015/1

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 Cedar County as CSV · Report an error