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Tile Setter prevailing wage, Lancaster County group, South Carolina (3 counties)
DOL sets the same tile setter rates, row for row, in 3 counties: Chester, Chesterfield and Lancaster. Every figure on this page applies in each of them.
$7.50an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum)
$7.50 base wage + $0.00 fringe benefits · Residential · SUSC2017-001
On federally funded or assisted residential construction in each of these 3 counties, a tile setter must be paid at least $7.50 an hour: a $7.50 base wage plus $0.00 in fringe benefits, under wage determination SC20260052 (modification 1). DOL prints no total, so $7.50 is our sum of the two.
Wage determination SC20260052, modification 1, published May 18, 2026, for residential construction; rate identifier SUSC2017-001 (February 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: $7.50 + $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) | $7.50 |
| Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total) | $7.50 |
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 the Lancaster County group compares
The main tile setter 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
- Lancaster County groupbase $7.50$7.50
- Chester Countybase $7.50$7.50
- Chesterfield Countybase $7.50$7.50
- Lee Countybase $7.25$7.25
Which county is in which tile setter group
Every South Carolina county with a tile setter rate. Counties DOL treats alike share one page; the rest have their own.
| Counties | Main classification | Base wage | Total rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barnwell County group, 2 localities: Allendale, Barnwell | TILE SETTER | $31.70 | $49.19 |
| Aiken County | TILE SETTER | $31.70 | $49.19 |
| Lancaster County group, 3 localities: Chester, Chesterfield, Lancaster | TILE SETTER | $7.50 | $7.50 |
| Clarendon County group, 6 localities: Clarendon, Dillon, Lee, Marion, Marlboro, Williamsburg | TILE SETTER | $7.25 | $7.25 |
| Beaufort County group, 5 localities: Beaufort, Colleton, Georgetown, Hampton, Jasper | TILE SETTER | $7.25 | $7.25 |
| Greenwood County group, 4 localities: Abbeville, Greenwood, McCormick, Newberry | TILE SETTER | $7.25 | $7.25 |
| Oconee County group, 3 localities: Cherokee, Oconee, Union | TILE SETTER | $7.25 | $7.25 |
| Orangeburg County group, 2 localities: Bamberg, Orangeburg | TILE SETTER | $7.25 | $7.25 |
7 groups of counties with identical DOL rates, and 1 county with rates of its own.
South Carolina tile setter prevailing wage by county, with a map
More from DOL on this rate
- SAM.gov wage determinations
- 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)).
Every trade's rates, county by county: Chester · Chesterfield · Lancaster
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), Davis-Bacon wage determinations on SAM.gov, as of October 25, 2026. For the row this page leads with:
- Chester: SC20260052 Mod 1
- Chesterfield: SC20260052 Mod 1
- Lancaster: SC20260052 Mod 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 every South Carolina rate as CSV · Report an error