Bricklayer prevailing wage in Hand County, South Dakota

$33.71an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum)

$31.88 base wage + $1.83 fringe benefits · SUSD2012-018

Hand County uses the same bricklayer rates as 15 other counties. See all of them on one page.

On federally funded or assisted building construction in Hand County, a bricklayer must be paid at least $33.71 an hour: a $31.88 base wage plus $1.83 in fringe benefits, under wage determination SD20260021 (modification 2). DOL prints no total, so $33.71 is our sum of the two.

Wage determination SD20260021, modification 2, published May 18, 2026, for building construction; rate identifier SUSD2012-018 (August 21, 2014). 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: $31.88 + $1.83

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)	$31.88
Fringe benefits (one figure, not itemized)	$1.83
Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total)	$33.71

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 Hand 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

Hand $33.7128135

$33.71Beadle$46.84Lincoln

HandNearby: Hyde $33.71, Buffalo $33.71, Hughes $38.18Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 46 counties pay more than Hand, 19 the same, 0 less.

Wage and fringe benefits, nearby

Hand Countybase $31.88$33.71
Hyde Countybase $31.88$33.71
Buffalo Countybase $31.88$33.71
Hughes 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 Hand County are the same as in 15 other counties: Beadle, Clark, Day, Deuel, Edmunds, Faulk, Grant, Hamlin and 7 more. The closest county with a different rate is Hughes County, at $38.18.

County	Classification	Base wage	Total rate	vs Hand County
Hand County	BRICKLAYER	$31.88	$33.71
Hyde County	BRICKLAYER	$31.88	$33.71	same
Buffalo County	BRICKLAYER	$31.88	$33.71	same
Faulk County	BRICKLAYER	$31.88	$33.71	same
Beadle County	BRICKLAYER	$31.88	$33.71	same
Jerauld County	BRICKLAYER	$31.88	$33.71	same
Spink County	BRICKLAYER	$31.88	$33.71	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 SD20260021 Mod 2, published May 18, 2026: sam.gov/wage-determination/SD20260021/2

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 Hand County as CSV · Report an error