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South Carolina bricklayer prevailing wage, county by county

A bricklayer's Davis-Bacon prevailing wage in South Carolina runs from $7.25 an hour in Williamsburg County to $49.19 in Aiken County. The median county is $12.62.

Main bricklayer classification in each county (Bricklayer), Davis-Bacon wage determinations on SAM.gov, as of October 25, 2026. 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)). Checked October 25, 2026.

Greenville County bricklayer: $18.17 per hourBamberg County bricklayer: $7.25 per hourChester County bricklayer: $7.25 per hourUnion County bricklayer: $7.25 per hourFlorence County bricklayer: $18.00 per hourSaluda County bricklayer: $18.00 per hourAnderson County bricklayer: $18.17 per hourGreenwood County bricklayer: $7.25 per hourCharleston County bricklayer: $18.00 per hourYork County bricklayer: $18.17 per hourJasper County bricklayer: $7.25 per hourBeaufort County bricklayer: $7.25 per hourChesterfield County bricklayer: $7.25 per hourDorchester County bricklayer: $18.00 per hourClarendon County bricklayer: $7.25 per hourDarlington County bricklayer: $18.00 per hourDillon County bricklayer: $7.25 per hourGeorgetown County bricklayer: $7.25 per hourHampton County bricklayer: $7.25 per hourLancaster County bricklayer: $7.25 per hourLee County bricklayer: $7.25 per hourMcCormick County bricklayer: $7.25 per hourPickens County bricklayer: $18.17 per hourSumter County bricklayer: $18.00 per hourAllendale County bricklayer: $49.19 per hourAbbeville County bricklayer: $7.25 per hourWilliamsburg County bricklayer: $7.25 per hourAiken County bricklayer: $49.19 per hourHorry County bricklayer: $18.00 per hourColleton County bricklayer: $7.25 per hourLaurens County bricklayer: $18.17 per hourFairfield County bricklayer: $18.00 per hourKershaw County bricklayer: $18.00 per hourOconee County bricklayer: $7.25 per hourSpartanburg County bricklayer: $18.17 per hourBerkeley County bricklayer: $18.00 per hourEdgefield County bricklayer: $18.00 per hourOrangeburg County bricklayer: $7.25 per hourNewberry County bricklayer: $7.25 per hourLexington County bricklayer: $18.00 per hourMarlboro County bricklayer: $7.25 per hourBarnwell County bricklayer: $49.19 per hourCherokee County bricklayer: $7.25 per hourMarion County bricklayer: $7.25 per hourRichland County bricklayer: $18.00 per hourCalhoun County bricklayer: $18.00 per hour
$7$7$7$18$18$49Bricklayer, main rate, base + fringe per hour. Each shade holds about a fifth of the counties.

How much does a bricklayer make on prevailing wage in South Carolina?

10 groups of counties with identical rates and 13 with rates of their own, highest main rate first. The table below lists which counties are in each group.

  1. Barnwell County group2 counties$49.19
  2. Aiken County1 county$49.19
  3. Pickens County group2 counties$18.17
  4. Anderson County1 county$18.17
  5. Greenville County1 county$18.17
  6. Spartanburg County1 county$18.17
  7. York County1 county$18.17
  8. Lexington County group4 counties$18.00
  9. Florence County group2 counties$18.00
  10. Berkeley County1 county$18.00
  11. Charleston County1 county$18.00
  12. Dorchester County1 county$18.00
  13. Edgefield County1 county$18.00
  14. Horry County1 county$18.00
  15. Kershaw County1 county$18.00
  16. Richland County1 county$18.00
  17. Sumter County1 county$18.00
  18. Clarendon County group6 counties$7.25
  19. Beaufort County group5 counties$7.25
  20. Greenwood County group4 counties$7.25
  21. Lancaster County group3 counties$7.25
  22. Oconee County group3 counties$7.25
  23. Orangeburg County group2 counties$7.25

Which counties pay which rate

CountiesMain classificationBase + fringeBase
Barnwell County group, 2 localities: Allendale, BarnwellBRICKLAYER$49.19 $31.70 
Aiken CountyBRICKLAYER$49.19 $31.70 
Pickens County group, 2 localities: Laurens, PickensBRICKLAYER$18.17 $17.50 
Anderson CountyBRICKLAYER$18.17 $17.50 
Greenville CountyBRICKLAYER$18.17 $17.50 
Spartanburg CountyBRICKLAYER$18.17 $17.50 
York CountyBRICKLAYER$18.17 $17.50 
Lexington County group, 4 localities: Calhoun, Fairfield, Lexington, SaludaBRICKLAYER$18.00 $18.00 
Florence County group, 2 localities: Darlington, FlorenceBRICKLAYER$18.00 $18.00 
Berkeley CountyBRICKLAYER$18.00 $18.00 
Charleston CountyBRICKLAYER$18.00 $18.00 
Dorchester CountyBRICKLAYER$18.00 $18.00 
Edgefield CountyBRICKLAYER$18.00 $18.00 
Horry CountyBRICKLAYER$18.00 $18.00 
Kershaw CountyBRICKLAYER$18.00 $18.00 
Richland CountyBRICKLAYER$18.00 $18.00 
Sumter CountyBRICKLAYER$18.00 $18.00 
Clarendon County group, 6 localities: Clarendon, Dillon, Lee, Marion, Marlboro, WilliamsburgBRICKLAYER$7.25 $7.25 
Beaufort County group, 5 localities: Beaufort, Colleton, Georgetown, Hampton, JasperBRICKLAYER$7.25 $7.25 
Greenwood County group, 4 localities: Abbeville, Greenwood, McCormick, NewberryBRICKLAYER$7.25 $7.25 
Lancaster County group, 3 localities: Chester, Chesterfield, LancasterBRICKLAYER$7.25 $7.25 
Oconee County group, 3 localities: Cherokee, Oconee, UnionBRICKLAYER$7.25 $7.25 
Orangeburg County group, 2 localities: Bamberg, OrangeburgBRICKLAYER$7.25 $7.25 

10 groups of counties with identical DOL rates, and 13 counties with rates of their own.

Questions about South Carolina bricklayer pay

What is the bricklayer prevailing wage in Greenville County?

$18.17 an hour: a $17.50 base wage plus $0.67 in fringe benefits, under wage determination SC20260025, modification 1. Overtime and every bricklayer classification in Greenville County.

Does bricklayer prevailing wage include fringe benefits?

Yes. In Greenville County the $18.17 total is a $17.50 base wage plus $0.67 in fringe benefits, about 4% of the total. The employer owes the full amount for every hour worked.

Does bricklayer prevailing wage pay overtime in South Carolina?

Davis-Bacon rates are straight time. On contracts over $100,000, the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act requires 1½ times the basic rate for hours over 40 in a workweek (40 U.S.C. 3702). The fringe is owed for every hour at its straight-time amount.

Do apprentice bricklayers get this rate?

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)).

Why do some counties have the same bricklayer rate?

DOL often publishes the same bricklayer rates for several counties. Across South Carolina, the 46 counties with a bricklayer rate fall into 23 distinct sets of rates, and 10 of those sets are shared by more than one county; the largest covers 6 counties (the Clarendon County group).