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South Dakota elevator constructor prevailing wage, county by county

An elevator constructor's Davis-Bacon prevailing wage in South Dakota is $94.74 an hour in every county that has one (52), for the main classification.

Elevator Constructor rate in each South Dakota county, A to Z

Which kind of construction is the job?

The kind of construction decides the rate. Residential covers homes and apartments up to four stories.

52 counties
CountyBase wageFringe benefitsTotal rateEffectiveSource
Aurora CountyELEVATOR MECHANIC
$56.30 $38.44 $94.74 Jan 1, 2025SD20260004 Mod 2
Beadle CountyELEVATOR MECHANIC · Beadle County group
$56.30 $38.44 $94.74 Jan 1, 2025SD20260021 Mod 2
Bon Homme CountyELEVATOR MECHANIC · Davison County group
$56.30 $38.44 $94.74 Jan 1, 2025SD20260023 Mod 2
Brookings CountyELEVATOR MECHANIC
$56.30 $38.44 $94.74 Jan 1, 2025SD20260005 Mod 2
Brown CountyELEVATOR MECHANIC
$56.30 $38.44 $94.74 Jan 1, 2025SD20260006 Mod 2
Buffalo CountyELEVATOR MECHANIC
$56.30 $38.44 $94.74 Jan 1, 2025SD20260007 Mod 2
Butte CountyELEVATOR MECHANIC
$56.30 $38.44 $94.74 Jan 1, 2025SD20260008 Mod 1
Campbell CountyELEVATOR MECHANIC
$56.30 $38.44 $94.74 Jan 1, 2025SD20260009 Mod 1
Charles Mix CountyELEVATOR MECHANIC
$56.30 $38.44 $94.74 Jan 1, 2025SD20260010 Mod 2
Clark CountyELEVATOR MECHANIC · Beadle County group
$56.30 $38.44 $94.74 Jan 1, 2025SD20260021 Mod 2
Clay CountyELEVATOR MECHANIC · Davison County group
$56.30 $38.44 $94.74 Jan 1, 2025SD20260023 Mod 2
Codington CountyELEVATOR MECHANIC
$56.30 $38.44 $94.74 Jan 1, 2025SD20260011 Mod 2
Corson CountyELEVATOR MECHANIC · Corson County group
$56.30 $38.44 $94.74 Jan 1, 2025SD20260024 Mod 1
Davison CountyELEVATOR MECHANIC · Davison County group
$56.30 $38.44 $94.74 Jan 1, 2025SD20260023 Mod 2
Day CountyELEVATOR MECHANIC · Beadle County group
$56.30 $38.44 $94.74 Jan 1, 2025SD20260021 Mod 2
Deuel CountyELEVATOR MECHANIC · Beadle County group
$56.30 $38.44 $94.74 Jan 1, 2025SD20260021 Mod 2
Dewey CountyELEVATOR MECHANIC
$56.30 $38.44 $94.74 Jan 1, 2025SD20260012 Mod 1
Douglas CountyELEVATOR MECHANIC · Davison County group
$56.30 $38.44 $94.74 Jan 1, 2025SD20260023 Mod 2
Edmunds CountyELEVATOR MECHANIC · Beadle County group
$56.30 $38.44 $94.74 Jan 1, 2025SD20260021 Mod 2
Faulk CountyELEVATOR MECHANIC · Beadle County group
$56.30 $38.44 $94.74 Jan 1, 2025SD20260021 Mod 2
Grant CountyELEVATOR MECHANIC · Beadle County group
$56.30 $38.44 $94.74 Jan 1, 2025SD20260021 Mod 2
Haakon CountyELEVATOR MECHANIC
$56.30 $38.44 $94.74 Jan 1, 2025SD20260013 Mod 1
Hamlin CountyELEVATOR MECHANIC · Beadle County group
$56.30 $38.44 $94.74 Jan 1, 2025SD20260021 Mod 2
Hand CountyELEVATOR MECHANIC · Beadle County group
$56.30 $38.44 $94.74 Jan 1, 2025SD20260021 Mod 2
Hanson CountyELEVATOR MECHANIC · Davison County group
$56.30 $38.44 $94.74 Jan 1, 2025SD20260023 Mod 2
Harding CountyELEVATOR MECHANIC
$56.30 $38.44 $94.74 Jan 1, 2025SD20260014 Mod 1
Hughes CountyELEVATOR MECHANIC
$56.30 $38.44 $94.74 Jan 1, 2025SD20260015 Mod 1
Hutchinson CountyELEVATOR MECHANIC · Davison County group
$56.30 $38.44 $94.74 Jan 1, 2025SD20260023 Mod 2
Hyde CountyELEVATOR MECHANIC · Beadle County group
$56.30 $38.44 $94.74 Jan 1, 2025SD20260021 Mod 2
Jerauld CountyELEVATOR MECHANIC · Beadle County group
$56.30 $38.44 $94.74 Jan 1, 2025SD20260021 Mod 2
Kingsbury CountyELEVATOR MECHANIC · Beadle County group
$56.30 $38.44 $94.74 Jan 1, 2025SD20260021 Mod 2
Lake CountyELEVATOR MECHANIC · Davison County group
$56.30 $38.44 $94.74 Jan 1, 2025SD20260023 Mod 2
Lawrence CountyELEVATOR MECHANIC
$56.30 $38.44 $94.74 Jan 1, 2025SD20260016 Mod 1
Lincoln CountyELEVATOR MECHANIC
$56.30 $38.44 $94.74 Jan 1, 2025SD20260026 Mod 2
Marshall CountyELEVATOR MECHANIC · Beadle County group
$56.30 $38.44 $94.74 Jan 1, 2025SD20260021 Mod 2
McCook CountyELEVATOR MECHANIC · Turner County group
$56.30 $38.44 $94.74 Jan 1, 2025SD20260031 Mod 2
McPherson CountyELEVATOR MECHANIC · Beadle County group
$56.30 $38.44 $94.74 Jan 1, 2025SD20260021 Mod 2
Miner CountyELEVATOR MECHANIC · Davison County group
$56.30 $38.44 $94.74 Jan 1, 2025SD20260023 Mod 2
Minnehaha CountyELEVATOR MECHANIC
$56.30 $38.44 $94.74 Jan 1, 2025SD20260028 Mod 2
Moody CountyELEVATOR MECHANIC · Davison County group
$56.30 $38.44 $94.74 Jan 1, 2025SD20260023 Mod 2
Perkins CountyELEVATOR MECHANIC · Corson County group
$56.30 $38.44 $94.74 Jan 1, 2025SD20260024 Mod 1
Potter CountyELEVATOR MECHANIC · Corson County group
$56.30 $38.44 $94.74 Jan 1, 2025SD20260024 Mod 1
Roberts CountyELEVATOR MECHANIC · Beadle County group
$56.30 $38.44 $94.74 Jan 1, 2025SD20260021 Mod 2
Sanborn CountyELEVATOR MECHANIC · Davison County group
$56.30 $38.44 $94.74 Jan 1, 2025SD20260023 Mod 2
Spink CountyELEVATOR MECHANIC · Beadle County group
$56.30 $38.44 $94.74 Jan 1, 2025SD20260021 Mod 2
Stanley CountyELEVATOR MECHANIC · Corson County group
$56.30 $38.44 $94.74 Jan 1, 2025SD20260024 Mod 1
Sully CountyELEVATOR MECHANIC · Corson County group
$56.30 $38.44 $94.74 Jan 1, 2025SD20260024 Mod 1
Turner CountyELEVATOR MECHANIC · Turner County group
$56.30 $38.44 $94.74 Jan 1, 2025SD20260031 Mod 2
Union CountyELEVATOR MECHANIC
$56.30 $38.44 $94.74 Jan 1, 2025SD20260030 Mod 2
Walworth CountyELEVATOR MECHANIC
$56.30 $38.44 $94.74 Jan 1, 2025SD20260019 Mod 1
Yankton CountyELEVATOR MECHANIC
$56.30 $38.44 $94.74 Jan 1, 2025SD20260020 Mod 1
Ziebach CountyELEVATOR MECHANIC · Corson County group
$56.30 $38.44 $94.74 Jan 1, 2025SD20260024 Mod 1

Main elevator constructor classification in each county (Elevator mechanic), 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.

Lawrence County elevator constructor: $94.74 per hourMinnehaha County elevator constructor: $94.74 per hourTurner County elevator constructor: $94.74 per hourAurora County elevator constructor: $94.74 per hourLake County elevator constructor: $94.74 per hourHyde County elevator constructor: $94.74 per hourBennett County: no rate for this tradeBuffalo County elevator constructor: $94.74 per hourMiner County elevator constructor: $94.74 per hourClark County elevator constructor: $94.74 per hourGregory County: no rate for this tradeDouglas County elevator constructor: $94.74 per hourMarshall County elevator constructor: $94.74 per hourCodington County elevator constructor: $94.74 per hourHutchinson County elevator constructor: $94.74 per hourButte County elevator constructor: $94.74 per hourHand County elevator constructor: $94.74 per hourKingsbury County elevator constructor: $94.74 per hourDavison County elevator constructor: $94.74 per hourLyman County: no rate for this tradeEdmunds County elevator constructor: $94.74 per hourFall River County: no rate for this tradePotter County elevator constructor: $94.74 per hourSanborn County elevator constructor: $94.74 per hourTodd County: no rate for this tradePerkins County elevator constructor: $94.74 per hourHughes County elevator constructor: $94.74 per hourCuster County: no rate for this tradeBrule County: no rate for this tradePennington County: no rate for this tradeSpink County elevator constructor: $94.74 per hourUnion County elevator constructor: $94.74 per hourBon Homme County elevator constructor: $94.74 per hourClay County elevator constructor: $94.74 per hourGrant County elevator constructor: $94.74 per hourDewey County elevator constructor: $94.74 per hourYankton County elevator constructor: $94.74 per hourJackson County: no rate for this tradeLincoln County elevator constructor: $94.74 per hourMeade County: no rate for this tradeWalworth County elevator constructor: $94.74 per hourJones County: no rate for this tradeHarding County elevator constructor: $94.74 per hourCorson County elevator constructor: $94.74 per hourTripp County: no rate for this tradeJerauld County elevator constructor: $94.74 per hourMoody County elevator constructor: $94.74 per hourSully County elevator constructor: $94.74 per hourFaulk County elevator constructor: $94.74 per hourMcCook County elevator constructor: $94.74 per hourMellette County: no rate for this tradeRoberts County elevator constructor: $94.74 per hourOglala Lakota County: no rate for this tradeStanley County elevator constructor: $94.74 per hourZiebach County elevator constructor: $94.74 per hourCampbell County elevator constructor: $94.74 per hourBrookings County elevator constructor: $94.74 per hourHaakon County elevator constructor: $94.74 per hourBeadle County elevator constructor: $94.74 per hourHanson County elevator constructor: $94.74 per hourHamlin County elevator constructor: $94.74 per hourDay County elevator constructor: $94.74 per hourMcPherson County elevator constructor: $94.74 per hourCharles Mix County elevator constructor: $94.74 per hourBrown County elevator constructor: $94.74 per hourDeuel County elevator constructor: $94.74 per hour
$94$94$94$94$94$94Elevator Constructor, main rate, base + fringe per hour. Each shade holds about a fifth of the counties.

How much does an elevator constructor make on prevailing wage in South Dakota?

$94.74 an hour in every county that has a rate, for the main classification. 4 groups of counties with identical rates and 18 with rates of their own, highest main rate first.

  1. Beadle County group16 counties$94.74
  2. Davison County group10 counties$94.74
  3. Corson County group6 counties$94.74
  4. Turner County group2 counties$94.74
  5. Aurora County1 county$94.74
  6. Brookings County1 county$94.74
  7. Brown County1 county$94.74
  8. Buffalo County1 county$94.74
  9. Butte County1 county$94.74
  10. Campbell County1 county$94.74
  11. Charles Mix County1 county$94.74
  12. Codington County1 county$94.74
  13. Dewey County1 county$94.74
  14. Haakon County1 county$94.74
  15. Harding County1 county$94.74
  16. Hughes County1 county$94.74
  17. Lawrence County1 county$94.74
  18. Lincoln County1 county$94.74
  19. Minnehaha County1 county$94.74
  20. Union County1 county$94.74
  21. Walworth County1 county$94.74
  22. Yankton County1 county$94.74
Which counties share a rate
CountiesMain classificationBase wageTotal rate
Beadle County group, 16 localities: Beadle, Clark, Day, Deuel, Edmunds, Faulk, Grant, Hamlin, Hand, Hyde, Jerauld, Kingsbury, Marshall, McPherson, Roberts, SpinkELEVATOR MECHANIC$56.30 $94.74 
Davison County group, 10 localities: Bon Homme, Clay, Davison, Douglas, Hanson, Hutchinson, Lake, Miner, Moody, SanbornELEVATOR MECHANIC$56.30 $94.74 
Corson County group, 6 localities: Corson, Perkins, Potter, Stanley, Sully, ZiebachELEVATOR MECHANIC$56.30 $94.74 
Turner County group, 2 localities: McCook, TurnerELEVATOR MECHANIC$56.30 $94.74 
Aurora CountyELEVATOR MECHANIC$56.30 $94.74 
Brookings CountyELEVATOR MECHANIC$56.30 $94.74 
Brown CountyELEVATOR MECHANIC$56.30 $94.74 
Buffalo CountyELEVATOR MECHANIC$56.30 $94.74 
Butte CountyELEVATOR MECHANIC$56.30 $94.74 
Campbell CountyELEVATOR MECHANIC$56.30 $94.74 
Charles Mix CountyELEVATOR MECHANIC$56.30 $94.74 
Codington CountyELEVATOR MECHANIC$56.30 $94.74 
Dewey CountyELEVATOR MECHANIC$56.30 $94.74 
Haakon CountyELEVATOR MECHANIC$56.30 $94.74 
Harding CountyELEVATOR MECHANIC$56.30 $94.74 
Hughes CountyELEVATOR MECHANIC$56.30 $94.74 
Lawrence CountyELEVATOR MECHANIC$56.30 $94.74 
Lincoln CountyELEVATOR MECHANIC$56.30 $94.74 
Minnehaha CountyELEVATOR MECHANIC$56.30 $94.74 
Union CountyELEVATOR MECHANIC$56.30 $94.74 
Walworth CountyELEVATOR MECHANIC$56.30 $94.74 
Yankton CountyELEVATOR MECHANIC$56.30 $94.74 

4 groups of counties with identical DOL rates, and 18 counties with rates of their own.

Questions about South Dakota elevator constructor pay

What is the elevator constructor prevailing wage in Minnehaha County?

$94.74 an hour: a $56.30 base wage plus $38.44 in fringe benefits, under wage determination SD20260028, modification 2. Overtime and every elevator constructor classification in Minnehaha County.

Does elevator constructor prevailing wage include fringe benefits?

Yes. In Minnehaha County the $94.74 total is a $56.30 base wage plus $38.44 in fringe benefits, about 41% of the total. The employer owes the full amount for every hour worked.

Does elevator constructor prevailing wage pay overtime in South Dakota?

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 elevator constructors 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 elevator constructor rate?

DOL often publishes the same elevator constructor rates for several counties. Across South Dakota, the 52 counties with an elevator constructor rate fall into 22 distinct sets of rates, and 4 of those sets are shared by more than one county; the largest covers 16 counties (the Beadle County group).