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Telecommunications Technician prevailing wage in Coal County, Oklahoma
$51.27an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum)
$38.38 base wage + $12.89 fringe benefits · ELEC0584-013
Coal County uses the same telecommunications technician rates as 5 other counties. See all of them on one page.
On federally funded or assisted building construction in Coal County, a telecommunications technician must be paid at least $51.27 an hour: a $38.38 base wage plus $12.89 in fringe benefits, under wage determination OK20260071 (modification 1). DOL prints no total, so $51.27 is our sum of the two.
Wage determination OK20260071, modification 1, published May 18, 2026, for building construction; rate identifier ELEC0584-013 (June 1, 2025). 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).
Base wage and fringe benefits: $38.38 + $12.89
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) | $38.38 |
| Fringe benefits (one figure, not itemized) | $12.89 |
| Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total) | $51.27 |
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 Oklahoma change log lists what each one changed.
How Coal County 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 Oklahoma
Wage and fringe benefits, nearby
- Coal Countybase $38.38$51.27
- Atoka Countybase $26.60$38.52
- Pontotoc Countybase $24.26$34.02
- Hughes Countybase $38.38$51.27
Telecommunications Technician 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 telecommunications technician rates for Coal County are the same as in 5 other counties: Haskell, Hughes, Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha.
| County | Classification | Base wage | Total rate | vs Coal County |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coal County | ELECTRICIAN: LOW VOLTAGE WIRING, ALARM INSTALLATION, AND SOUND AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS INSTALLATION ONLY (COAL, HASKELL, HUGHES, LATIMER, PITTSBURG AND PUSHMATAHA COUNTIES ONLY) | $38.38 | $51.27 | |
| Hughes County | ELECTRICIAN: LOW VOLTAGE WIRING, ALARM INSTALLATION, AND SOUND AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS INSTALLATION ONLY (COAL, HASKELL, HUGHES, LATIMER, PITTSBURG AND PUSHMATAHA COUNTIES ONLY) | $38.38 | $51.27 | same |
| Pittsburg County | ELECTRICIAN: LOW VOLTAGE WIRING, ALARM INSTALLATION, AND SOUND AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS INSTALLATION ONLY (COAL, HASKELL, HUGHES, LATIMER, PITTSBURG AND PUSHMATAHA COUNTIES ONLY) | $38.38 | $51.27 | same |
| Atoka County | ELECTRICIAN: LOW VOLTAGE WIRING, ALARM INSTALLATION AND SOUND AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS INSTALLATION ONLY (CHOCKTAW COUNTY ONLY) | $26.60 | $38.52 | −$12.75 |
| Bryan County | ELECTRICIAN: LOW VOLTAGE WIRING, ALARM INSTALLATION AND SOUND AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS INSTALLATION ONLY (CHOCKTAW COUNTY ONLY) | $26.60 | $38.52 | −$12.75 |
| Pontotoc County | ELECTRICIAN: LOW VOLTAGE WIRING, ALARM INSTALLATION, AND SOUND AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS INSTALLATION ONLY (GARVIN, MARSHALL, PONTOTOC, POTTAWATOMIE AND SEMINOLE COUNTIES) | $24.26 | $34.02 | −$17.25 |
| Seminole County | ELECTRICIAN: LOW VOLTAGE WIRING, ALARM INSTALLATION, AND SOUND AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS INSTALLATION ONLY (GARVIN, MARSHALL, PONTOTOC, POTTAWATOMIE AND SEMINOLE COUNTIES) | $24.26 | $34.02 | −$17.25 |
Oklahoma telecommunications technician prevailing wage by county, with a map
More from DOL on this rate
- DOL wage determination
- 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)).
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