Drywall Finisher prevailing wage in Clarendon County, South Carolina

$7.25an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum)

$7.25 base wage + $0.00 fringe benefits · Residential · SUSC2017-002

Clarendon County uses the same drywall finisher rates as 5 other counties. See all of them on one page.

On federally funded or assisted residential construction in Clarendon County, a drywall finisher must be paid at least $7.25 an hour: a $7.25 base wage plus $0.00 in fringe benefits, under wage determination SC20260053 (modification 1). DOL prints no total, so $7.25 is our sum of the two.

Wage determination SC20260053, modification 1, published May 18, 2026, for residential construction; rate identifier SUSC2017-002 (September 1, 1980). 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).

This base is below $13.65, the Executive Order 13658 minimum. Contracts that order covers must pay at least that (see the WD's note).

Base wage and fringe benefits: $7.25 + $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)	$7.25
Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total)	$7.25

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 Clarendon County compares

The main drywall finisher 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

Wage and fringe benefits, nearby

Clarendon Countybase $7.25$7.25
Williamsburg Countybase $7.25$7.25
Lee Countybase $7.25$7.25
Orangeburg Countybase $7.25$7.25

Drywall Finisher 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 finisher rates for Clarendon County are the same as in 5 other counties: Dillon, Lee, Marion, Marlboro, Williamsburg.

County	Classification	Base wage	Total rate	vs Clarendon County
Clarendon County	DRYWALL FINISHER	$7.25	$7.25
Williamsburg County	DRYWALL FINISHER	$7.25	$7.25	same
Lee County	DRYWALL FINISHER	$7.25	$7.25	same
Orangeburg County	DRYWALL FINISHER	$7.25	$7.25	same

South Carolina drywall finisher 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 SC20260053 Mod 1, published May 18, 2026: sam.gov/wage-determination/SC20260053/1

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 Clarendon County as CSV · Report an error