Flagger prevailing wage in Barnwell County, South Carolina

$17.27an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum)

$17.27 base wage + $0.00 fringe benefits · SUSC2011-038

Barnwell County uses the same flagger rates as 10 other counties. See all of them on one page.

On federally funded or assisted highway construction in Barnwell County, a flagger must be paid at least $17.27 an hour: a $17.27 base wage plus $0.00 in fringe benefits, under wage determination SC20260040 (modification 2). DOL prints no total, so $17.27 is our sum of the two.

Wage determination SC20260040, modification 2, published October 22, 2026, for highway construction; rate identifier SUSC2011-038 (September 15, 2011). Checked against sam.gov on October 25, 2026.

Davis-Bacon is the only prevailing wage here (federally funded or assisted work). South Carolina has no state prevailing wage law (DOL state table).

Base wage and fringe benefits: $17.27 + $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)	$17.27
Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total)	$17.27

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 South Carolina change log lists what each one changed.

How Barnwell County compares

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

Every county in South Carolina

Barnwell $17.2716315

$14.98Anderson$17.27Allendale

BarnwellNearby: Allendale $17.27, Bamberg $17.27, Aiken $16.36Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 0 counties pay more than Barnwell, 10 the same, 35 less.

Wage and fringe benefits, nearby

Barnwell Countybase $17.27$17.27
Allendale Countybase $17.27$17.27
Bamberg Countybase $17.27$17.27
Aiken Countybase $16.36$16.36

Flagger 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 flagger rates for Barnwell County are the same as in 10 other counties: Allendale, Bamberg, Beaufort, Colleton, Georgetown, Hampton, Jasper, Newberry and 2 more.

County	Classification	Base wage	Total rate	vs Barnwell County
Barnwell County	LABORER, TRAFFIC CONTROL-FLAGGER	$17.27	$17.27
Allendale County	LABORER, TRAFFIC CONTROL-FLAGGER	$17.27	$17.27	same
Bamberg County	LABORER, TRAFFIC CONTROL-FLAGGER	$17.27	$17.27	same
Hampton County	LABORER, TRAFFIC CONTROL-FLAGGER	$17.27	$17.27	same
Orangeburg County	LABORER, TRAFFIC CONTROL-FLAGGER	$17.27	$17.27	same
Aiken County	LABORER, TRAFFIC CONTROL-FLAGGER	$16.36	$16.36	−$0.91
Lexington County	LABORER, TRAFFIC CONTROL-FLAGGER	$16.36	$16.36	−$0.91

South Carolina flagger prevailing wage by county, with a map

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 SC20260040 Mod 2, published October 22, 2026: sam.gov/wage-determination/SC20260040/2

We read every active South 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 Barnwell County as CSV · Report an error