Carpet & Soft Floor Layer prevailing wage in Custer County, Nebraska

$8.50an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum) · CARPET

$8.50 base wage + $0.00 fringe benefits · Residential · SUNE1981-001

Custer County uses the same carpet and soft floor layer rates as 1 other county. See all of them on one page.

On federally funded or assisted residential construction in Custer County, a carpet and soft floor layer working as carpet must be paid at least $8.50 an hour: a $8.50 base wage plus $0.00 in fringe benefits, under wage determination NE20260016 (modification 1). DOL prints no total, so $8.50 is our sum of the two.

Wage determination NE20260016, modification 1, published May 18, 2026, for residential construction; rate identifier SUNE1981-001 (October 1, 1981). 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: $8.50 + $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)	$8.50
Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total)	$8.50

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 Nebraska change log lists what each one changed.

How Custer County compares

The main carpet and soft floor layer 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

Custer $8.50437418

$7.75Boone$10.00Banner

CusterNearby: Dawson $8.50, Valley $7.75, Sherman $9.38Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 30 counties pay more than Custer, 1 the same, 7 less.

Wage and fringe benefits, nearby

Custer Countybase $8.50$8.50
Dawson Countybase $8.50$8.50
Valley Countybase $7.75$7.75
Sherman Countybase $9.38$9.38

Carpet & Soft Floor Layer 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 carpet and soft floor layer rates for Custer County are the same as in 1 other county: Dawson.

County	Classification	Base wage	Total rate	vs Custer County
Buffalo County	FLOOR LAYER: CARPET	$10.00	$10.00	+$1.50
Sherman County	FLOOR LAYER: CARPET	$9.38	$9.38	+$0.88
Garfield County	FLOOR LAYER: CARPET	$9.38	$9.38	+$0.88
Custer County	FLOOR LAYER: CARPET	$8.50	$8.50
Dawson County	FLOOR LAYER: CARPET	$8.50	$8.50	same
Valley County	FLOOR LAYER: CARPET	$7.75	$7.75	−$0.75

Nebraska carpet and soft floor layer 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 NE20260016 Mod 1, published May 18, 2026: sam.gov/wage-determination/NE20260016/1

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 Custer County as CSV · Report an error