Painter prevailing wage, Wayne County group, Nebraska (5 counties)

DOL sets the same painter rates, row for row, in 5 counties: Cedar, Cuming, Pierce, Stanton and Wayne. Every figure on this page applies in each of them.

$7.48an hour, base + fringe

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

On federally funded or assisted residential construction in each of these 5 counties, 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 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 Nebraska change log lists what each one changed.

How the Wayne County group 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

Wayne $7.48412159

$7.25Buffalo$14.26Cass

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

Wage and fringe benefits, nearby

Wayne County groupbase $7.48$7.48
Stanton Countybase $7.48$7.48
Dixon Countybase $14.26$14.26
Pierce Countybase $7.48$7.48

Which county is in which painter group

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

Counties	Main classification	Base + fringe	Base
Dakota County group, 2 localities: Dakota, Dixon	PAINTER: BRUSH, ROLLER AND SPRAY	$14.26	$14.26
Cass County	PAINTER: BRUSH, ROLLER AND SPRAY	$14.26	$14.26
Douglas County	PAINTER: BRUSH, ROLLER AND SPRAY	$14.26	$14.26
Lancaster County	PAINTER: BRUSH, ROLLER AND SPRAY	$14.26	$14.26
Sarpy County	PAINTER: BRUSH, ROLLER AND SPRAY	$14.26	$14.26
Saunders County	PAINTER: BRUSH, ROLLER AND SPRAY	$14.26	$14.26
Seward County	PAINTER: BRUSH, ROLLER AND SPRAY	$14.26	$14.26
Washington County	PAINTER: BRUSH, ROLLER AND SPRAY	$14.26	$14.26
Scotts Bluff County group, 11 localities: Banner, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Dawes, Deuel, Garden, Kimball, Morrill, Scotts Bluff, Sheridan, Sioux	PAINTER	$9.00	$9.00
Clay County group, 4 localities: Clay, Nuckolls, Thayer, Webster	PAINTER	$8.67	$8.67
Adams County	PAINTER	$8.67	$8.67
York County	PAINTER	$8.42	$8.42
Holt County group, 15 localities: Antelope, Arthur, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Cherry, Grant, Holt, Hooker, Keya Paha, Knox, Logan, Loup, McPherson, Thomas	PAINTER	$8.00	$8.00
Boone County group, 2 localities: Boone, Nance	PAINTER	$8.00	$8.00
Valley County group, 2 localities: Greeley, Valley	PAINTER	$8.00	$8.00
Platte County	PAINTER	$8.00	$8.00
Rock County	PAINTER	$8.00	$8.00
Wayne County group, 5 localities: Cedar, Cuming, Pierce, Stanton, Wayne	PAINTER	$7.48	$7.48
Otoe County group, 5 localities: Johnson, Nemaha, Otoe, Pawnee, Richardson	PAINTER	$7.27	$7.27
Red Willow County group, 8 localities: Chase, Dundy, Frontier, Hayes, Hitchcock, Keith, Perkins, Red Willow	PAINTER	$7.25	$7.25
Hall County group, 7 localities: Garfield, Hall, Hamilton, Howard, Merrick, Sherman, Wheeler	PAINTER	$7.25	$7.25
Phelps County group, 6 localities: Franklin, Furnas, Gosper, Harlan, Kearney, Phelps	PAINTER	$7.25	$7.25
Lincoln County group, 4 localities: Butler, Colfax, Lincoln, Polk	PAINTER	$7.25	$7.25
Buffalo County group, 3 localities: Buffalo, Gage, Jefferson	PAINTER	$7.25	$7.25
Burt County group, 2 localities: Burt, Thurston	PAINTER	$7.25	$7.25
Dawson County group, 2 localities: Custer, Dawson	PAINTER	$7.25	$7.25
Dodge County	PAINTER	$7.25	$7.25
Fillmore County	PAINTER	$7.25	$7.25
Madison County	PAINTER: BRUSH ONLY	$7.25	$7.25
Saline County	PAINTER	$7.25	$7.25

15 groups of counties with identical DOL rates, and 15 counties with rates of their own.

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), 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