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Teamster (Truck Driver) prevailing wage, Johnston County group, North Carolina (2 counties)

DOL sets the same teamster rates, row for row, in 2 counties: Franklin and Johnston. Every figure on this page applies in each of them.

Which kind of construction is the job?

The kind of construction decides the rate: each wage determination covers one. Residential covers homes and apartments up to four stories.

$19.65an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum) · DUMP TRUCK

$16.56 base wage + $3.09 fringe benefits

TRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCK · SUNC2018-023

$15.61an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum)

$15.13 base wage + $0.48 fringe benefits

TRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCK · SUNC2016-029

$12.37an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum)

$12.37 base wage + $0.00 fringe benefits

TRUCK DRIVER (GVWR OF 26,001 LBS OR GREATER) · SUNC2014-005

$15.01an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum)

$13.12 base wage + $1.89 fringe benefits

TRUCK DRIVER · SUNC2011-065

On federally funded or assisted building construction in each of these 2 counties, a teamster working as dump truck must be paid at least $19.65 an hour: a $16.56 base wage plus $3.09 in fringe benefits, under wage determination NC20260126 (modification 1). DOL prints no total, so $19.65 is our sum of the two.

Wage determination NC20260126, modification 1, published May 18, 2026, for building construction; rate identifier SUNC2018-023 (August 8, 2023). Checked against sam.gov on October 25, 2026.

On federally funded or assisted residential construction in each of these 2 counties, a teamster must be paid at least $15.61 an hour: a $15.13 base wage plus $0.48 in fringe benefits, under wage determination NC20260120 (modification 1). DOL prints no total, so $15.61 is our sum of the two.

Wage determination NC20260120, modification 1, published May 18, 2026, for residential construction; rate identifier SUNC2016-029 (February 22, 2019). Checked against sam.gov on October 25, 2026.

On federally funded or assisted highway construction in each of these 2 counties, a teamster must be paid at least $12.37 an hour: a $12.37 base wage plus $0.00 in fringe benefits, under wage determination NC20260090 (modification 1). DOL prints no total, so $12.37 is our sum of the two.

Wage determination NC20260090, modification 1, published May 18, 2026, for highway construction; rate identifier SUNC2014-005 (November 17, 2014). Checked against sam.gov on October 25, 2026.

On federally funded or assisted heavy construction in each of these 2 counties, a teamster must be paid at least $15.01 an hour: a $13.12 base wage plus $1.89 in fringe benefits, under wage determination NC20260084 (modification 1). DOL prints no total, so $15.01 is our sum of the two.

Wage determination NC20260084, modification 1, published May 18, 2026, for heavy construction; rate identifier SUNC2011-065 (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).

DOL lists 7 teamster rates for each of these counties, from $11.12 to $19.65 an hour. See all of them.

Base wage and fringe benefits: $16.56 + $3.09

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)$16.56
Fringe benefits (one figure, not itemized)$3.09
Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total)$19.65

Base wage and fringe benefits: $15.13 + $0.48

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)$15.13
Fringe benefits (one figure, not itemized)$0.48
Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total)$15.61

Base wage and fringe benefits: $12.37 + $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)$12.37
Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total)$12.37

Base wage and fringe benefits: $13.12 + $1.89

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)$13.12
Fringe benefits (one figure, not itemized)$1.89
Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total)$15.01

When does this rate change?

Every teamster rate in the Johnston County group

As DOL lists them. The highlighted row is the one this page leads with.

  1. TRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCKBuilding · SUNC2018-023$19.65
  2. TRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCKResidential · SUNC2016-029$15.61
  3. TRUCK DRIVERHeavy · SUNC2011-065$15.01
  4. TRUCK DRIVER: SEMI-TRAILER TRUCKResidential · SUNC2016-029$14.77
  5. POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR (TACK TRUCK/DISTRIBUTOR OPERATOR)Highway · SUNC2014-005$14.52
  6. TRUCK DRIVER (GVWR OF 26,001 LBS OR GREATER)Highway · SUNC2014-005$12.37
  7. TRUCK DRIVER (GVWR OF 26,000 OR LESS)Highway · SUNC2014-005$11.12
Hourly rate of each teamster classification in the Johnston County group, highest first, split into wage and fringe benefits.
ClassificationBase wageFringe benefitsTotal rateWD
TRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCKBuildingSUNC2018-023$16.56 $3.09 $19.65 NC20260126 Mod 1
TRUCK DRIVER (GVWR OF 26,001 LBS OR GREATER)HighwaySUNC2014-005$12.37 $0.00 $12.37 NC20260090 Mod 1
TRUCK DRIVER (GVWR OF 26,000 OR LESS)HighwaySUNC2014-005$11.12 $0.00 $11.12 NC20260090 Mod 1
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR (TACK TRUCK/DISTRIBUTOR OPERATOR)HighwaySUNC2014-005$14.52 $0.00 $14.52 NC20260090 Mod 1
TRUCK DRIVERHeavySUNC2011-065$13.12 $1.89 $15.01 NC20260084 Mod 1
TRUCK DRIVER: SEMI-TRAILER TRUCKResidentialSUNC2016-029$14.77 $0.00 $14.77 NC20260120 Mod 1
TRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCKResidentialSUNC2016-029$15.13 $0.48 $15.61 NC20260120 Mod 1

How the Johnston County group compares

The main teamster 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

$11.45Anson$19.65Alamance
JohnstonNearby: Franklin $19.65Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 0 counties pay more than Johnston, 34 the same, 65 less.

Wage and fringe benefits, nearby

  1. Johnston County groupbase $16.56$19.65
  2. Wayne Countybase $16.56$19.65
  3. Wake Countybase $16.56$19.65
  4. Wilson Countybase $13.14$14.15

Which county is in which teamster group

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

CountiesMain classificationBase wageTotal rate
Buncombe County group, 4 localities: Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, MadisonTRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCK$16.56 $19.65 
Burke County group, 3 localities: Alexander, Burke, CaldwellTRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCK$16.56 $19.65 
Pitt County group, 3 localities: Edgecombe, Nash, PittTRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCK$16.56 $19.65 
Stokes County group, 3 localities: Davie, Stokes, YadkinTRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCK$16.56 $19.65 
Chatham County group, 2 localities: Chatham, PersonTRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCK$16.56 $19.65 
Johnston County group, 2 localities: Franklin, JohnstonTRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCK$16.56 $19.65 
Randolph County group, 2 localities: Randolph, RockinghamTRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCK$16.56 $19.65 
Alamance CountyTRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCK$16.56 $19.65 
Cabarrus CountyTRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCK$16.56 $19.65 
Catawba CountyTRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCK$16.56 $19.65 
Davidson CountyTRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCK$16.56 $19.65 
Durham CountyTRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCK$16.56 $19.65 
Forsyth CountyTRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCK$16.56 $19.65 
Gaston CountyTRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCK$16.56 $19.65 
Guilford CountyTRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCK$16.56 $19.65 
Iredell CountyTRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCK$16.56 $19.65 
Lincoln CountyTRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCK$16.56 $19.65 
Mecklenburg CountyTRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCK$16.56 $19.65 
Orange CountyTRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCK$16.56 $19.65 
Rowan CountyTRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCK$16.56 $19.65 
Union CountyTRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCK$16.56 $19.65 
Wake CountyTRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCK$16.56 $19.65 
Wayne CountyTRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCK$16.56 $19.65 
Craven County group, 3 localities: Craven, Jones, PamlicoTRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCK$15.98 $18.91 
Brunswick County group, 2 localities: Brunswick, PenderTRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCK$15.98 $18.91 
Cumberland CountyTRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCK$15.98 $18.91 
Currituck CountyTRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCK$15.98 $18.91 
Gates CountyTRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCK$15.98 $18.91 
Hoke CountyTRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCK$15.98 $18.91 
New Hanover CountyTRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCK$15.98 $18.91 
Onslow CountyTRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCK$15.98 $18.91 
Greene CountyTRUCK DRIVER$13.38 $14.86 
Harnett County group, 6 localities: Bladen, Columbus, Harnett, Robeson, Scotland, WilsonTRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCK$13.14 $14.15 
Moore County group, 3 localities: Lee, Montgomery, MooreTRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCK$13.14 $14.15 
Lenoir County group, 2 localities: Duplin, LenoirTRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCK$13.14 $14.15 
Cleveland CountyTRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCK$13.14 $14.15 
Richmond CountyTRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCK$13.14 $14.15 
Stanly CountyTRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCK$13.14 $14.15 
Avery CountyTRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCK$12.69 $14.05 
Sampson CountyTRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCK$12.75 $13.96 
Surry County group, 13 localities: Ashe, Clay, Graham, Macon, McDowell, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Wilkes, YanceyTRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCK$12.50 $13.86 
Granville County group, 4 localities: Granville, Halifax, Vance, WarrenTRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCK$12.50 $13.86 
Alleghany CountyTRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCK$12.50 $13.86 
Caswell CountyTRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCK$12.50 $13.86 
Cherokee CountyTRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCK$12.50 $13.86 
Jackson CountyTRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCK$12.50 $13.86 
Northampton CountyTRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCK$12.50 $13.86 
Watauga CountyTRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCK$12.50 $13.86 
Carteret County group, 7 localities: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Carteret, Hertford, Hyde, TyrrellTRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCK$12.50 $13.71 
Dare County group, 4 localities: Chowan, Dare, Martin, WashingtonTRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCK$12.50 $13.71 
Pasquotank CountyTRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCK$12.50 $13.71 
Perquimans CountyTRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCK$12.50 $13.71 
Anson CountyTRUCK DRIVER (GVWR OF 26,000 OR LESS)$11.45 $11.45 

16 groups of counties with identical DOL rates, and 37 counties with rates of their own.

North Carolina teamster 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: Franklin · Johnston

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