Bricklayer prevailing wage in Douglas County, South Dakota

$43.75an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum)

$38.16 base wage + $5.59 fringe benefits · BRSD0002-003

Douglas County uses the same bricklayer rates as 9 other counties. See all of them on one page.

On federally funded or assisted building construction in Douglas County, a bricklayer must be paid at least $43.75 an hour: a $38.16 base wage plus $5.59 in fringe benefits, under wage determination SD20260023 (modification 2). DOL prints no total, so $43.75 is our sum of the two.

Wage determination SD20260023, modification 2, published May 18, 2026, for building construction; rate identifier BRSD0002-003 (May 1, 2022). Checked against sam.gov on October 25, 2026.

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

Base wage and fringe benefits: $38.16 + $5.59

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)	$38.16
Fringe benefits (one figure, not itemized)	$5.59
Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total)	$43.75

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 Dakota change log lists what each one changed.

How Douglas County compares

The main bricklayer 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 Dakota

Douglas $43.7520285

$33.71Beadle$46.84Lincoln

DouglasNearby: Charles Mix $43.75, Davison $43.75, Brule $38.18Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 5 counties pay more than Douglas, 12 the same, 48 less.

Wage and fringe benefits, nearby

Douglas Countybase $38.16$43.75
Charles Mix Countybase $38.16$43.75
Davison Countybase $38.16$43.75
Brule Countybase $33.58$38.18

Bricklayer 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 bricklayer rates for Douglas County are the same as in 9 other counties: Bon Homme, Clay, Davison, Hanson, Hutchinson, Lake, Miner, Moody and 1 more. The closest county with a different rate is Brule County, at $38.18.

County	Classification	Base wage	Total rate	vs Douglas County
Douglas County	BRICKLAYER	$38.16	$43.75
Charles Mix County	BRICKLAYER	$38.16	$43.75	same
Davison County	BRICKLAYER	$38.16	$43.75	same
Aurora County	BRICKLAYER	$38.16	$43.75	same
Hutchinson County	BRICKLAYER	$38.16	$43.75	same
Hanson County	BRICKLAYER	$38.16	$43.75	same
Bon Homme County	BRICKLAYER	$38.16	$43.75	same

South Dakota bricklayer 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 SD20260023 Mod 2, published May 18, 2026: sam.gov/wage-determination/SD20260023/2

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