Plasterer prevailing wage in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

$59.89an hour, base wage + fringe benefits

$35.93 base wage + $23.96 fringe benefits

On Pennsylvania public works in Schuylkill County, a plasterer must be paid at least $59.89 an hour: a $35.93 base wage plus $23.96 in fringe benefits.

PPWS county schedules from each county's newest determination (Oct 25, 2026); this rate, effective May 1, 2023. Rates are set per project: the public body gets a determination before bidding, and once the contract is signed its rates "shall not be altered" while it is in force (Act § 4). A determination must be re-requested if the contract isn't awarded within 120 days (34 Pa. Code 9.104(a)). Checked against dliweb.pa.gov on October 25, 2026.

Pennsylvania publishes no county rate schedule. These are the rates printed in each county's newest project determination; the binding rates for a job are the ones in that job's own determination.

Base wage and fringe benefits: $35.93 + $23.96

The base wage is the taxable hourly wage. L&I 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)	$35.93
Fringe benefits (one figure, not itemized)	$23.96
Total hourly rate, as printed	$59.89

When does this rate change?

A signed contract keeps the rates in its own determination, including the dated steps printed there. A later L&I rate change doesn't reach it (Act § 4).
County pages here follow each county's newest determination, so they move whenever L&I issues the next one there. The determination is named in the Source line.

Davis-Bacon plasterer rate in Schuylkill County

Federally funded or assisted construction here uses the U.S. Department of Labor's wage determinations. Pennsylvania's Act doesn't cover projects where Davis-Bacon applies, so a job uses one schedule or the other (L&I FAQ).

The federal determinations for Schuylkill County list no plasterer classification.

Davis-Bacon rates from SAM.gov, read October 25, 2026. Our federal totals are base plus fringe; DOL prints no total. Pennsylvania Davis-Bacon changes

How Schuylkill County compares

The main plasterer rate in every county that has one, and how the pay splits here and nearby. All bars use the same scale.

Every county in Pennsylvania

Schuylkill $59.89131424

$52.91Bradford$76.87Philadelphia

SchuylkillNearby: Berks $55.91, Columbia $52.91, Lebanon $55.91Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 7 counties pay more than Schuylkill, 1 the same, 58 less.

Wage and fringe benefits, nearby

Schuylkill Countybase $35.93$59.89
Berks Countybase $34.68$55.91
Columbia Countybase $38.46$52.91
Lebanon Countybase $34.68$55.91

Plasterer rates in nearby counties

Current L&I rates. L&I sets rates by county, and counties in the same collective bargaining area often share them.

County	Classification	Base wage	Total rate	vs Schuylkill County
Schuylkill County	Plasterers	$35.93	$59.89
Carbon County	Plasterers	$35.93	$59.89	same
Berks County	Plasterers	$34.68	$55.91	−$3.98
Lebanon County	Plasterers	$34.68	$55.91	−$3.98
Northumberland County	Plasterers	$34.68	$55.91	−$3.98
Montour County	Plasterers	$34.68	$55.91	−$3.98
Columbia County	Plasterers	$38.46	$52.91	−$6.98

Pennsylvania plasterer prevailing wage by county, with a map

Are you being paid this rate?

Add your base wage to the fringe your employer pays for you, and compare it with the total. A worker can protest to L&I within three months: Bureau of Labor Law Compliance, 1-800-932-0665 (L&I).

Source

Department of Labor & Industry (L&I), PPWS determination 26-09349, issued October 23, 2026, effective May 1, 2023: www.dliweb.pa.gov/PrevWage/Pages/Project.aspx

We read each county's newest PPWS determination from L&I's site and check every number with a second read. The totals are the ones L&I prints. How we check · Download Schuylkill County as CSV · Report an error