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Drywall Installer / Lather prevailing wage, Dare County group, North Carolina (4 counties)
DOL sets the same drywall installer or lather rates, row for row, in 4 counties: Chowan, Dare, Martin and Washington. Every figure on this page applies in each of them.
$19.44an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum) · CARPENTER
$18.13 base wage + $1.31 fringe benefits · SUNC2023-003
On federally funded or assisted building construction in each of these 4 counties, a drywall installer or lather working as carpenter must be paid at least $19.44 an hour: a $18.13 base wage plus $1.31 in fringe benefits, under wage determination NC20260065 (modification 1). DOL prints no total, so $19.44 is our sum of the two.
Wage determination NC20260065, modification 1, published May 18, 2026, for building construction; rate identifier SUNC2023-003 (August 26, 2011). Checked against sam.gov on October 25, 2026.
Davis-Bacon is the only prevailing wage here (federally funded or assisted work). North Carolina has no state prevailing wage law (DOL state table).
Base wage and fringe benefits: $18.13 + $1.31
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) | $18.13 |
| Fringe benefits (one figure, not itemized) | $1.31 |
| Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total) | $19.44 |
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 North Carolina change log lists what each one changed.
How the Dare County group 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 North Carolina
Wage and fringe benefits, nearby
- Dare County groupbase $18.13$19.44
- Tyrrell Countybase $18.13$19.44
- Hyde Countybase $18.13$19.44
- Northampton Countybase $17.59$19.90
Which county is in which drywall installer or lather group
Every North Carolina county with a drywall installer or lather rate. Counties DOL treats alike share one page; the rest have their own.
| Counties | Main classification | Base wage | Total rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cabarrus County | DRYWALL HANGER | $29.00 | $40.20 |
| Gaston County | DRYWALL HANGER | $29.00 | $40.20 |
| Iredell County | DRYWALL HANGER | $29.00 | $40.20 |
| Lincoln County | DRYWALL HANGER | $29.00 | $40.20 |
| Mecklenburg County | DRYWALL HANGER | $29.00 | $40.20 |
| Rowan County | DRYWALL HANGER | $29.00 | $40.20 |
| Union County | DRYWALL HANGER | $29.00 | $40.20 |
| Stokes County group, 3 localities: Davie, Stokes, Yadkin | DRYWALL HANGER | $21.18 | $30.33 |
| Davidson County | DRYWALL HANGER | $21.18 | $30.33 |
| Forsyth County | DRYWALL HANGER | $21.18 | $30.33 |
| Randolph County group, 2 localities: Randolph, Rockingham | DRYWALL HANGER | $18.57 | $21.66 |
| Guilford County | DRYWALL HANGER | $18.57 | $21.66 |
| Surry County group, 13 localities: Ashe, Clay, Graham, Macon, McDowell, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Wilkes, Yancey | CARPENTER (DRYWALL HANGING ONLY) | $17.59 | $19.90 |
| Granville County group, 5 localities: Caswell, Granville, Halifax, Vance, Warren | CARPENTER (DRYWALL HANGING ONLY) | $17.59 | $19.90 |
| Alleghany County | CARPENTER (DRYWALL HANGING ONLY) | $17.59 | $19.90 |
| Avery County | CARPENTER (DRYWALL HANGING ONLY) | $17.59 | $19.90 |
| Cherokee County | CARPENTER (DRYWALL HANGING ONLY) | $17.59 | $19.90 |
| Jackson County | CARPENTER (DRYWALL HANGING ONLY) | $17.59 | $19.90 |
| Northampton County | CARPENTER (DRYWALL HANGING ONLY) | $17.59 | $19.90 |
| Watauga County | CARPENTER (DRYWALL HANGING ONLY) | $17.59 | $19.90 |
| Harnett County group, 8 localities: Bladen, Cleveland, Columbus, Harnett, Richmond, Robeson, Scotland, Wilson | CARPENTER (DRYWALL HANGING ONLY) | $18.13 | $19.44 |
| Carteret County group, 7 localities: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Carteret, Hertford, Hyde, Tyrrell | CARPENTER (DRYWALL HANGING ONLY) | $18.13 | $19.44 |
| Moore County group, 5 localities: Duplin, Lee, Lenoir, Montgomery, Moore | CARPENTER (DRYWALL HANGING ONLY) | $18.13 | $19.44 |
| Dare County group, 4 localities: Chowan, Dare, Martin, Washington | CARPENTER (DRYWALL HANGING ONLY) | $18.13 | $19.44 |
| Pasquotank County | CARPENTER (DRYWALL HANGING ONLY) | $18.13 | $19.44 |
| Perquimans County | CARPENTER (DRYWALL HANGING ONLY) | $18.13 | $19.44 |
| Sampson County | CARPENTER (DRYWALL HANGING ONLY) | $18.13 | $19.44 |
| Stanly County | CARPENTER (DRYWALL HANGING ONLY) | $18.13 | $19.44 |
| Burke County group, 3 localities: Alexander, Burke, Caldwell | DRYWALL HANGER | $18.66 | $18.66 |
| Catawba County | DRYWALL HANGER | $18.66 | $18.66 |
| Anson County | DRYWALL HANGER | $13.83 | $13.83 |
| Greene County | DRYWALL HANGER | $13.83 | $13.83 |
| Durham County group, 3 localities: Chatham, Durham, Person | DRYWALL HANGER | $11.65 | $11.65 |
| Alamance County | DRYWALL HANGER | $11.65 | $11.65 |
| Orange County | DRYWALL HANGER | $11.65 | $11.65 |
10 groups of counties with identical DOL rates, and 25 counties with rates of their own.
North Carolina drywall installer or lather prevailing wage by county, with a map
More from DOL on this rate
- SAM.gov wage determinations
- Davis-Bacon determinations list journeyworker rates. Apprentices in a program registered with DOL or a recognized state agency can be paid the program's percentage of the rate, within its ratio; anyone else gets the full rate (29 CFR 5.5(a)(4)).
Every trade's rates, county by county: Chowan · Dare · Martin · Washington
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:
- Chowan: NC20260065 Mod 1
- Dare: NC20260065 Mod 1
- Martin: NC20260065 Mod 1
- Washington: NC20260065 Mod 1
We read every active North Carolina 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 North Carolina rate as CSV · Report an error