Drywall Installer / Lather prevailing wage in Polk County, Nebraska

$7.77an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum)

$7.77 base wage + $0.00 fringe benefits · Residential · SUNE1982-001

Polk County uses the same drywall installer or lather rates as 2 other counties. See all of them on one page.

On federally funded or assisted residential construction in Polk County, a drywall installer or lather must be paid at least $7.77 an hour: a $7.77 base wage plus $0.00 in fringe benefits, under wage determination NE20260011 (modification 1). DOL prints no total, so $7.77 is our sum of the two.

Wage determination NE20260011, modification 1, published May 18, 2026, for residential construction; rate identifier SUNE1982-001 (October 1, 1982). 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: $7.77 + $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)	$7.77
Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total)	$7.77

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 Polk County compares

The main drywall installer or lather 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

Polk $7.774314

$7.25Arthur$52.08Antelope

PolkNearby: York $7.25, Butler $7.77, Merrick $7.25Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 25 counties pay more than Polk, 2 the same, 36 less.

Wage and fringe benefits, nearby

Polk Countybase $7.77$7.77
York Countybase $7.25$7.25
Butler Countybase $7.77$7.77
Merrick Countybase $7.25$7.25

Drywall Installer / Lather 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 drywall installer or lather rates for Polk County are the same as in 2 other counties: Butler, Lincoln.

County	Classification	Base wage	Total rate	vs Polk County
Platte County	CARPENTER (DRYWALL HANGING ONLY)	$33.42	$52.08	+$44.31
Nance County	DRYWALL: (INSTALLER)	$7.88	$7.88	+$0.11
Polk County	DRYWALL INSTALLER	$7.77	$7.77
Butler County	DRYWALL INSTALLER	$7.77	$7.77	same
York County	DRYWALL HANGER	$7.25	$7.25	−$0.52
Merrick County	DRYWALL INSTALLER	$7.25	$7.25	−$0.52
Seward County	DRYWALL INSTALLER	$7.25	$7.25	−$0.52

Nebraska drywall installer or lather 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 NE20260011 Mod 1, published May 18, 2026: sam.gov/wage-determination/NE20260011/1

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 Polk County as CSV · Report an error