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Drywall Installer / Lather prevailing wage in Coal County, Oklahoma

$14.96an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum) · CARPENTER

$14.96 base wage + $0.00 fringe benefits · SUOK2012-051

Coal County uses the same drywall installer or lather rates as 3 other counties. See all of them on one page.

On federally funded or assisted building construction in Coal County, a drywall installer or lather working as carpenter must be paid at least $14.96 an hour: a $14.96 base wage plus $0.00 in fringe benefits, under wage determination OK20260071 (modification 1). DOL prints no total, so $14.96 is our sum of the two.

Wage determination OK20260071, modification 1, published May 18, 2026, for building construction; rate identifier SUOK2012-051 (June 18, 2012). Checked against sam.gov on October 25, 2026.

Davis-Bacon is the only prevailing wage here (federally funded or assisted work). Oklahoma's law was invalidated in 1995 and its public-works wage rules are revoked (DOL state table).

DOL lists 2 drywall installer or lather rates for Coal County, from $14.96 to $16.24 an hour. See all of them.

Base wage and fringe benefits: $14.96 + $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)$14.96
Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total)$14.96

When does this rate change?

Every drywall installer or lather rate in Coal County

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

ClassificationBase wageFringe benefitsTotal rateWD
CARPENTER (DRYWALL HANGING ONLY)SUOK2012-051$14.96 $0.00 $14.96 OK20260071 Mod 1
CARPENTER (ACOUSTICAL CEILING INSTALLATION ONLY)SUOK2012-051$16.24 $0.00 $16.24 OK20260071 Mod 1

How Coal 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 Oklahoma

$7.25Adair$18.30Comanche
CoalNearby: Atoka $14.96, Pontotoc $14.96, Okfuskee $10.00Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 8 counties pay more than Coal, 18 the same, 40 less.

Wage and fringe benefits, nearby

  1. Coal Countybase $14.96$14.96
  2. Atoka Countybase $14.96$14.96
  3. Pontotoc Countybase $14.96$14.96
  4. Okfuskee Countybase $10.00$10.00

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 Coal County are the same as in 3 other counties: Garvin, Marshall, Pontotoc. The closest county with a different rate is Okfuskee County, at $10.00.

CountyClassificationBase wageTotal ratevs Coal County
Coal CountyCARPENTER (DRYWALL HANGING ONLY)$14.96 $14.96 
Atoka CountyCARPENTER (DRYWALL HANGING ONLY)$14.96 $14.96 same
Pontotoc CountyCARPENTER (DRYWALL HANGING ONLY)$14.96 $14.96 same
Johnston CountyCARPENTER (DRYWALL HANGING ONLY)$14.96 $14.96 same
Hughes CountyCARPENTER (DRYWALL HANGING ONLY)$14.96 $14.96 same
Pittsburg CountyCARPENTER (DRYWALL HANGING ONLY)$14.96 $14.96 same
Bryan CountyCARPENTER (DRYWALL HANGING ONLY)$14.96 $14.96 same

Oklahoma drywall installer or lather prevailing wage by county, with a map

More from DOL on this rate

All Coal County prevailing wage rates

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 OK20260071 Mod 1, published May 18, 2026: sam.gov/wage-determination/OK20260071/1

We read every active Oklahoma 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 Coal County as CSV · Report an error