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South Carolina guardrail installer prevailing wage, county by county

A guardrail installer's Davis-Bacon prevailing wage in South Carolina runs from $18.46 an hour in Saluda County to $18.70 in Oconee County. The median county is $18.51.

Main guardrail installer classification in each county, 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: no rate for this tradeBamberg County: no rate for this tradeChester County guardrail installer: $18.51 per hourUnion County guardrail installer: $18.51 per hourFlorence County: no rate for this tradeSaluda County guardrail installer: $18.46 per hourAnderson County: no rate for this tradeGreenwood County guardrail installer: $18.51 per hourCharleston County: no rate for this tradeYork County: no rate for this tradeJasper County: no rate for this tradeBeaufort County: no rate for this tradeChesterfield County guardrail installer: $18.51 per hourDorchester County: no rate for this tradeClarendon County guardrail installer: $18.51 per hourDarlington County: no rate for this tradeDillon County guardrail installer: $18.51 per hourGeorgetown County: no rate for this tradeHampton County: no rate for this tradeLancaster County guardrail installer: $18.51 per hourLee County guardrail installer: $18.51 per hourMcCormick County guardrail installer: $18.51 per hourPickens County: no rate for this tradeSumter County: no rate for this tradeAllendale County: no rate for this tradeAbbeville County guardrail installer: $18.51 per hourWilliamsburg County: no rate for this tradeAiken County: no rate for this tradeHorry County: no rate for this tradeColleton County: no rate for this tradeLaurens County: no rate for this tradeFairfield County guardrail installer: $18.46 per hourKershaw County guardrail installer: $18.46 per hourOconee County guardrail installer: $18.70 per hourSpartanburg County: no rate for this tradeBerkeley County: no rate for this tradeEdgefield County: no rate for this tradeOrangeburg County: no rate for this tradeNewberry County: no rate for this tradeLexington County guardrail installer: $18.46 per hourMarlboro County guardrail installer: $18.51 per hourBarnwell County: no rate for this tradeCherokee County guardrail installer: $18.51 per hourMarion County guardrail installer: $18.51 per hourRichland County guardrail installer: $18.46 per hourCalhoun County guardrail installer: $18.46 per hour
$18.46$18.46$18.51$18.51$18.51$18.70Guardrail Installer, main rate, base + fringe per hour. Each shade holds about a fifth of the counties.

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

2 groups of counties with identical rates and 1 with rates of their own, highest main rate first. The table below lists which counties are in each group.

  1. Oconee County1 county · GUARDRAIL INSTALLER, INCLUDES GUARDRAIL/POST$18.70
  2. Lancaster County group13 counties · GUARDRAIL INSTALLER, INCLUDES GUARDRAIL/POST$18.51
  3. Richland County group6 counties · GUARDRAIL INSTALLER, INCLUDES GUARDRAIL/POST$18.46

Which counties pay which rate

CountiesMain classificationBase + fringeBase
Oconee CountyGUARDRAIL INSTALLER, INCLUDES GUARDRAIL/POST DRIVER WORK (OCONEE)$18.70 $18.70 
Lancaster County group, 13 localities: Abbeville, Cherokee, Chester, Chesterfield, Clarendon, Dillon, Greenwood, Lancaster, Lee, Marion, Marlboro, McCormick, UnionGUARDRAIL INSTALLER, INCLUDES GUARDRAIL/POST DRIVER WORK (ABBEVILLE, CHEROKEE, CHESTER, CHESTERFIELD, CLARENDON, DILLON, GREENWOOD, LANCASTER, LEE, MARION, MARLBORO, MCCORMICK, UNION)$18.51 $18.51 
Richland County group, 6 localities: Calhoun, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lexington, Richland, SaludaGUARDRAIL INSTALLER, INCLUDES GUARDRAIL/POST DRIVER WORK$18.46 $18.46 

2 groups of counties with identical DOL rates, and 1 county with rates of its own.

Questions about South Carolina guardrail installer pay

What is the guardrail installer prevailing wage in Richland County?

$18.46 an hour: a $18.46 base wage plus $0.00 in fringe benefits, under wage determination SC20260035, modification 2. Overtime and every guardrail installer classification in Richland County.

Does guardrail installer prevailing wage include fringe benefits?

Yes. In Richland County the $18.46 total is a $18.46 base wage plus $0.00 in fringe benefits, about 0% of the total. The employer owes the full amount for every hour worked.

Does guardrail installer 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 guardrail installers 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 guardrail installer rate?

DOL often publishes the same guardrail installer rates for several counties. Across South Carolina, the 20 counties with a guardrail installer rate fall into 3 distinct sets of rates, and 2 of those sets are shared by more than one county; the largest covers 13 counties (the Lancaster County group).