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Drywall Installer / Lather prevailing wage, Minnehaha County group, South Dakota (2 counties)
DOL sets the same drywall installer or lather rates, row for row, in 2 counties: Lincoln and Minnehaha. Every figure on this page applies in each of them.
$9.36an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum)
$9.05 base wage + $0.31 fringe benefits · Residential · SUSD2000-008
On federally funded or assisted residential construction in each of these 2 counties, a drywall installer or lather must be paid at least $9.36 an hour: a $9.05 base wage plus $0.31 in fringe benefits, under wage determination SD20260002 (modification 1). DOL prints no total, so $9.36 is our sum of the two.
Wage determination SD20260002, modification 1, published May 18, 2026, for residential construction; rate identifier SUSD2000-008 (June 12, 2000). 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).
- 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: $9.05 + $0.31
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) | $9.05 |
| Fringe benefits (one figure, not itemized) | $0.31 |
| Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total) | $9.36 |
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 the Minnehaha County group compares
The main drywall installer or lather 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
Wage and fringe benefits, nearby
- Minnehaha County groupbase $9.05$9.36
- Moody Countybase $13.80$13.80
- Lincoln Countybase $9.05$9.36
- McCook Countybase $13.80$13.80
Which county is in which drywall installer or lather group
Every South Dakota county with a drywall installer or lather rate. Counties DOL treats alike share one page; the rest have their own.
| Counties | Main classification | Base wage | Total rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beadle County group, 16 localities: Beadle, Clark, Day, Deuel, Edmunds, Faulk, Grant, Hamlin, Hand, Hyde, Jerauld, Kingsbury, Marshall, McPherson, Roberts, Spink | CARPENTER (DRYWALL HANGING AND METAL STUD INSTALLATION ONLY) | $36.34 | $53.49 |
| Brookings County | CARPENTER (DRYWALL HANGING AND METAL STUD INSTALLATION ONLY) | $36.34 | $53.49 |
| Brown County | CARPENTER (DRYWALL HANGING AND METAL STUD INSTALLATION ONLY) | $36.34 | $53.49 |
| Buffalo County | CARPENTER (DRYWALL HANGING AND METAL STUD INSTALLATION ONLY) | $36.34 | $53.49 |
| Codington County | CARPENTER (DRYWALL HANGING AND METAL STUD INSTALLATION ONLY) | $36.34 | $53.49 |
| Custer County | DRYWALL HANGER AND METAL STUD INSTALLER | $18.19 | $18.19 |
| Meade County | DRYWALL HANGER AND METAL STUD INSTALLER | $18.19 | $18.19 |
| Pennington County | DRYWALL HANGER AND METAL STUD INSTALLER | $18.19 | $18.19 |
| Corson County group, 6 localities: Corson, Perkins, Potter, Stanley, Sully, Ziebach | ACOUSTICAL CEILING MECHANIC | $16.68 | $16.68 |
| Butte County | ACOUSTICAL CEILING MECHANIC | $16.68 | $16.68 |
| Campbell County | ACOUSTICAL CEILING MECHANIC | $16.68 | $16.68 |
| Dewey County | ACOUSTICAL CEILING MECHANIC | $16.68 | $16.68 |
| Haakon County | ACOUSTICAL CEILING MECHANIC | $16.68 | $16.68 |
| Harding County | ACOUSTICAL CEILING MECHANIC | $16.68 | $16.68 |
| Hughes County | ACOUSTICAL CEILING MECHANIC | $16.68 | $16.68 |
| Lawrence County | ACOUSTICAL CEILING MECHANIC | $16.68 | $16.68 |
| Walworth County | ACOUSTICAL CEILING MECHANIC | $16.68 | $16.68 |
| Yankton County group, 27 localities: Aurora, Bennett, Bon Homme, Brule, Charles Mix, Clay, Davison, Douglas, Fall River, Gregory, Hanson, Hutchinson, Jackson, Jones, Lake, Lyman, McCook, Mellette, Miner, Moody, Oglala Lakota, Sanborn, Todd, Tripp, Turner, Union, Yankton | DRYWALL HANGER | $13.80 | $13.80 |
| Minnehaha County group, 2 localities: Lincoln, Minnehaha | DRYWALL HANGER/FRAMER | $9.05 | $9.36 |
4 groups of counties with identical DOL rates, and 15 counties with rates of their own.
South Dakota drywall installer or lather 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)).
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:
- Lincoln: SD20260002 Mod 1
- Minnehaha: SD20260002 Mod 1
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 every South Dakota rate as CSV · Report an error