Drywall Installer / Lather prevailing wage in Halifax County, North Carolina

$19.90an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum) · CARPENTER

$17.59 base wage + $2.31 fringe benefits · SUNC2011-045

Halifax County uses the same drywall installer or lather rates as 4 other counties. See all of them on one page.

On federally funded or assisted building construction in Halifax County, a drywall installer or lather working as carpenter must be paid at least $19.90 an hour: a $17.59 base wage plus $2.31 in fringe benefits, under wage determination NC20260064 (modification 1). DOL prints no total, so $19.90 is our sum of the two.

Wage determination NC20260064, modification 1, published May 18, 2026, for building construction; rate identifier SUNC2011-045 (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: $17.59 + $2.31

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)	$17.59
Fringe benefits (one figure, not itemized)	$2.31
Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total)	$19.90

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 Halifax 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 North Carolina

Halifax $19.90524357

$11.65Alamance$40.20Cabarrus

HalifaxNearby: Northampton $19.90, Warren $19.90, Hertford $19.44Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 15 counties pay more than Halifax, 23 the same, 39 less.

Wage and fringe benefits, nearby

Halifax Countybase $17.59$19.90
Northampton Countybase $17.59$19.90
Warren Countybase $17.59$19.90
Hertford Countybase $18.13$19.44

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 Halifax County are the same as in 4 other counties: Caswell, Granville, Vance, Warren.

County	Classification	Base wage	Total rate	vs Halifax County
Halifax County	CARPENTER (DRYWALL HANGING ONLY)	$17.59	$19.90
Northampton County	CARPENTER (DRYWALL HANGING ONLY)	$17.59	$19.90	same
Warren County	CARPENTER (DRYWALL HANGING ONLY)	$17.59	$19.90	same
Hertford County	CARPENTER (DRYWALL HANGING ONLY)	$18.13	$19.44	−$0.46
Bertie County	CARPENTER (DRYWALL HANGING ONLY)	$18.13	$19.44	−$0.46
Wilson County	CARPENTER (DRYWALL HANGING ONLY)	$18.13	$19.44	−$0.46

North Carolina 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 NC20260064 Mod 1, published May 18, 2026: sam.gov/wage-determination/NC20260064/1

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 Halifax County as CSV · Report an error