Tile Setter prevailing wage, Buffalo County group, Nebraska (3 counties)

DOL sets the same tile setter rates, row for row, in 3 counties: Buffalo, Gage and Jefferson. Every figure on this page applies in each of them.

$10.00an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum)

$10.00 base wage + $0.00 fringe benefits · Residential · SUNE1989-001

On federally funded or assisted residential construction in each of these 3 counties, a tile setter must be paid at least $10.00 an hour: a $10.00 base wage plus $0.00 in fringe benefits, under wage determination NE20260008 (modification 1). DOL prints no total, so $10.00 is our sum of the two.

Wage determination NE20260008, modification 1, published May 18, 2026, for residential construction; rate identifier SUNE1989-001 (August 1, 1989). 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: $10.00 + $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)	$10.00
Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total)	$10.00

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 Buffalo County group compares

The main tile setter 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

Buffalo $10.0087

$8.00Chase$10.00Buffalo

BuffaloNearby: Gage $10.00, Jefferson $10.00Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 0 counties pay more than Buffalo, 3 the same, 16 less.

Wage and fringe benefits, nearby

Buffalo County groupbase $10.00$10.00
Sherman Countybase $9.65$9.65
Hall Countybase $9.65$9.65
Adams Countybase $8.50$8.50

Which county is in which tile setter group

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

Counties	Main classification	Base wage	Total rate
Buffalo County group, 3 localities: Buffalo, Gage, Jefferson	TILE SETTER	$10.00	$10.00
York County	TILE SETTER	$10.00	$10.00
Hall County group, 7 localities: Garfield, Hall, Hamilton, Howard, Merrick, Sherman, Wheeler	TILE SETTER	$9.65	$9.65
Adams County	TILE SETTER	$8.50	$8.50
Red Willow County group, 8 localities: Chase, Dundy, Frontier, Hayes, Hitchcock, Keith, Perkins, Red Willow	TILE SETTER	$8.00	$8.00

3 groups of counties with identical DOL rates, and 2 counties with rates of their own.

Nebraska tile setter 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