Sheet Metal Worker prevailing wage in Hughes County, South Dakota

$48.15an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum)

$30.93 base wage + $17.22 fringe benefits · SHEE0010-022

On federally funded or assisted building construction in Hughes County, a sheet metal worker must be paid at least $48.15 an hour: a $30.93 base wage plus $17.22 in fringe benefits, under wage determination SD20260015 (modification 1). DOL prints no total, so $48.15 is our sum of the two.

Wage determination SD20260015, modification 1, published May 18, 2026, for building construction; rate identifier SHEE0010-022 (June 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: $30.93 + $17.22

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)	$30.93
Fringe benefits (one figure, not itemized)	$17.22
Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total)	$48.15

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 Hughes County compares

The main sheet metal worker 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

Hughes $48.1535245

$22.40Custer$48.15Beadle

HughesNearby: Sully $48.15, Hyde $48.15, Lyman $30.05Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 0 counties pay more than Hughes, 24 the same, 41 less.

Wage and fringe benefits, nearby

Hughes Countybase $30.93$48.15
Sully Countybase $30.93$48.15
Hyde Countybase $30.93$48.15
Lyman Countybase $20.41$30.05

Sheet Metal Worker 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.

County	Classification	Base wage	Total rate	vs Hughes County
Hughes County	SHEET METAL WORKER (HVAC DUCT INSTALLATION ONLY)	$30.93	$48.15
Sully County	SHEET METAL WORKER: HVAC DUCT INSTALLATION ONLY (POTTER AND SULLY COUNTIES)	$30.93	$48.15	same
Hyde County	SHEET METAL WORKER (HVAC DUCT INSTALLATION ONLY)	$30.93	$48.15	same
Buffalo County	SHEET METAL WORKER (HVAC DUCT INSTALLATION ONLY)	$30.93	$48.15	same
Stanley County	SHEET METAL WORKER: HVAC DUCT INSTALLATION ONLY (CORSON, PERKINS, STANLEY, AND ZIEBACH COUNTIES)	$29.71	$47.57	−$0.58
Lyman County	SHEET METAL WORKER (HVAC DUCT INSTALLATION ONLY)	$20.41	$30.05	−$18.10
Jones County	SHEET METAL WORKER (HVAC DUCT INSTALLATION ONLY)	$20.41	$30.05	−$18.10

South Dakota sheet metal worker 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 SD20260015 Mod 1, published May 18, 2026: sam.gov/wage-determination/SD20260015/1

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 Hughes County as CSV · Report an error