Fence Builder prevailing wage, Buncombe County group, North Carolina (8 counties)

DOL sets the same fence builder rates, row for row, in 8 counties: Alexander, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Haywood, Henderson and Madison. Every figure on this page applies in each of them.

$13.09an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum) · LABORER

$13.09 base wage + $0.00 fringe benefits · SUNC2014-002

On federally funded or assisted highway construction in each of these 8 counties, a fence builder working as laborer must be paid at least $13.09 an hour: a $13.09 base wage plus $0.00 in fringe benefits, under wage determination NC20260087 (modification 1). DOL prints no total, so $13.09 is our sum of the two.

Wage determination NC20260087, modification 1, published May 18, 2026, for highway construction; rate identifier SUNC2014-002 (November 13, 2014). 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).

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: $13.09 + $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)	$13.09
Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total)	$13.09

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 Buncombe County group compares

The main fence builder 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

Buncombe $13.0915173129

$12.87Brunswick$13.43Alleghany

BuncombeNearby: Alexander $13.09, Burke $13.09, Caldwell $13.09, Catawba $13.09, Haywood $13.09, Henderson $13.09, Madison $13.09Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 77 counties pay more than Buncombe, 7 the same, 15 less.

Wage and fringe benefits, nearby

Buncombe County groupbase $13.09$13.09
Madison Countybase $13.09$13.09
Henderson Countybase $13.09$13.09
Yancey Countybase $13.43$13.43

Which county is in which fence builder group

Every North Carolina county with a fence builder rate. Counties DOL treats alike share one page; the rest have their own.

Counties	Main classification	Base wage	Total rate
Cleveland County group, 20 localities: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Cherokee, Clay, Cleveland, Graham, Jackson, Lincoln, Macon, McDowell, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey	LABORER (GUARDRAIL/FENCE INSTALLER)	$13.43	$13.43
Iredell County group, 9 localities: Caswell, Davidson, Iredell, Lee, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond, Rowan, Stanly	LABORER (GUARDRAIL/FENCE INSTALLER)	$13.43	$13.43
Harnett County group, 31 localities: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Dare, Duplin, Gates, Granville, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hyde, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Vance, Warren, Washington, Wilson	LABORER (GUARDRAIL/FENCE INSTALLER)	$13.39	$13.39
Mecklenburg County group, 17 localities: Alamance, Anson, Cabarrus, Chatham, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Gaston, Guilford, Mecklenburg, Orange, Person, Randolph, Rockingham, Stokes, Union, Yadkin	LABORER (GUARDRAIL/FENCE INSTALLER)	$13.22	$13.22
Buncombe County group, 8 localities: Alexander, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Haywood, Henderson, Madison	LABORER (GUARDRAIL/FENCE INSTALLER)	$13.09	$13.09
Wake County group, 15 localities: Brunswick, Cumberland, Currituck, Edgecombe, Franklin, Greene, Hoke, Johnston, Nash, New Hanover, Onslow, Pender, Pitt, Wake, Wayne	LABORER (GUARDRAIL/FENCE INSTALLER)	$12.87	$12.87

6 groups of counties with identical DOL rates, and 0 counties with rates of their own.

North Carolina fence builder 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 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