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Telecommunications Technician prevailing wage, Cleveland County group, North Carolina (19 counties)
DOL sets the same telecommunications technician rates, row for row, in 19 counties: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Cherokee, Clay, Cleveland, Graham, Jackson, Macon, McDowell, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes and Yancey. Every figure on this page applies in each of them.
$15.13an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum) · ELECTRICIAN
$15.13 base wage + $0.00 fringe benefits · SUNC2014-001
On federally funded or assisted highway construction in each of these 19 counties, a telecommunications technician working as electrician must be paid at least $15.13 an hour: a $15.13 base wage plus $0.00 in fringe benefits, under wage determination NC20260086 (modification 1). DOL prints no total, so $15.13 is our sum of the two.
Wage determination NC20260086, modification 1, published May 18, 2026, for highway construction; rate identifier SUNC2014-001 (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).
Base wage and fringe benefits: $15.13 + $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) | $15.13 |
| Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total) | $15.13 |
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 Cleveland County group compares
The main telecommunications technician 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
- Cleveland County groupbase $15.13$15.13
- Rutherford Countybase $15.13$15.13
- Lincoln Countybase $15.13$15.13
- Gaston Countybase $15.19$16.44
Which county is in which telecommunications technician group
Every North Carolina county with a telecommunications technician rate. Counties DOL treats alike share one page; the rest have their own.
| Counties | Main classification | Base wage | Total rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wake County group, 13 localities: Brunswick, Currituck, Edgecombe, Franklin, Greene, Johnston, Nash, New Hanover, Onslow, Pender, Pitt, Wake, Wayne | ELECTRICIAN (TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNICIAN) | $16.79 | $17.42 |
| Cumberland County | ELECTRICIAN (TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNICIAN) | $16.79 | $17.42 |
| Hoke County | ELECTRICIAN (TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNICIAN) | $16.79 | $17.42 |
| Guilford County group, 13 localities: Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Guilford, Orange, Person, Randolph, Rockingham, Stokes, Yadkin | ELECTRICIAN (TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNICIAN) | $15.19 | $16.44 |
| Cabarrus County group, 2 localities: Cabarrus, Gaston | ELECTRICIAN (TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNICIAN) | $15.19 | $16.44 |
| Mecklenburg County | ELECTRICIAN (TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNICIAN) | $15.19 | $16.44 |
| Union County | ELECTRICIAN (TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNICIAN) | $15.19 | $16.44 |
| 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 | ELECTRICIAN (TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNICIAN) | $14.72 | $16.39 |
| Buncombe County group, 8 localities: Alexander, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Haywood, Henderson, Madison | ELECTRICIAN (TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNICIAN) | $14.67 | $16.34 |
| Davidson County group, 7 localities: Caswell, Davidson, Lee, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond, Stanly | ELECTRICIAN (TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNICIAN) | $14.96 | $16.03 |
| Iredell County | ELECTRICIAN (TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNICIAN) | $14.96 | $16.03 |
| Rowan County | ELECTRICIAN (TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNICIAN) | $14.96 | $16.03 |
| Cleveland County group, 19 localities: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Cherokee, Clay, Cleveland, Graham, Jackson, Macon, McDowell, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey | ELECTRICIAN (TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNICAN) | $15.13 | $15.13 |
| Lincoln County | ELECTRICIAN (TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNICAN) | $15.13 | $15.13 |
7 groups of counties with identical DOL rates, and 7 counties with rates of their own.
North Carolina telecommunications technician 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: Alleghany · Ashe · Avery · Cherokee · Clay · Cleveland · Graham · Jackson · Macon · McDowell · Mitchell · Polk · Rutherford · Surry · Swain · Transylvania · Watauga · Wilkes · Yancey
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:
- Alleghany: NC20260086 Mod 1
- Ashe: NC20260086 Mod 1
- Avery: NC20260086 Mod 1
- Cherokee: NC20260086 Mod 1
- Clay: NC20260086 Mod 1
- Cleveland: NC20260086 Mod 1
- Graham: NC20260086 Mod 1
- Jackson: NC20260086 Mod 1
- Macon: NC20260086 Mod 1
- McDowell: NC20260086 Mod 1
- Mitchell: NC20260086 Mod 1
- Polk: NC20260086 Mod 1
- Rutherford: NC20260086 Mod 1
- Surry: NC20260086 Mod 1
- Swain: NC20260086 Mod 1
- Transylvania: NC20260086 Mod 1
- Watauga: NC20260086 Mod 1
- Wilkes: NC20260086 Mod 1
- Yancey: NC20260086 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