Pile Driver prevailing wage in Lincoln County, South Dakota

$43.32an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum)

$34.96 base wage + $8.36 fringe benefits · SASD2025-001

Lincoln County uses the same pile driver rates as 65 other counties. See all of them on one page.

On federally funded or assisted highway and heavy construction in Lincoln County, a pile driver must be paid at least $43.32 an hour: a $34.96 base wage plus $8.36 in fringe benefits, under wage determination SD20260001 (modification 3). DOL prints no total, so $43.32 is our sum of the two.

Wage determination SD20260001, modification 3, published July 30, 2026, for highway and heavy construction; rate identifier SASD2025-001 (December 12, 2024). 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).

DOL lists 2 pile driver rates for Lincoln County, from $28.97 to $43.32 an hour. See all of them.

Base wage and fringe benefits: $34.96 + $8.36

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)	$34.96
Fringe benefits (one figure, not itemized)	$8.36
Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total)	$43.32

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.

Every pile driver rate in Lincoln County

As DOL lists them. The highlighted row is the one this page leads with.

Classification	Base wage	Fringe benefits	Total rate	WD
LABORER: Group 3 - Asphalt Plant Tender; Pile Driver Leadsman; Form Setter, Oiler/GreaserSASD2025-001	$28.97	$0.00	$28.97	SD20260001 Mod 3
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: Group 5 - Asphalt Plant; Concrete Batch Plant; Backhoes/Excavators over 40 Tons; Cranes/Derricks/Draglines/Pile Drivers/Shovels over 50 tons; Heavy Duty Mechanic; Finsihg Motor Grader; Automatic Fine Grader; Milling Machine; Bridge WelderSASD2025-001	$34.96	$8.36	$43.32	SD20260001 Mod 3

How Lincoln County compares

The main pile driver 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

Lincoln Countybase $34.96$43.32
Turner Countybase $34.96$43.32
Minnehaha Countybase $34.96$43.32
Clay Countybase $34.96$43.32

Pile Driver 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 pile driver rates for Lincoln County are the same as in 65 other counties: Aurora, Beadle, Bennett, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brown, Brule, Buffalo and 57 more.

County	Classification	Base wage	Total rate	vs Lincoln County
Lincoln County	POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: Group 5 - Asphalt Plant; Concrete Batch Plant; Backhoes/Excavators over 40 Tons; Cranes/Derricks/Draglines/Pile Drivers/Shovels over 50 tons; Heavy Duty Mechanic; Finsihg Motor Grader; Automatic Fine Grader; Milling Machine; Bridge Welder	$34.96	$43.32
Turner County	POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: Group 5 - Asphalt Plant; Concrete Batch Plant; Backhoes/Excavators over 40 Tons; Cranes/Derricks/Draglines/Pile Drivers/Shovels over 50 tons; Heavy Duty Mechanic; Finsihg Motor Grader; Automatic Fine Grader; Milling Machine; Bridge Welder	$34.96	$43.32	same
Minnehaha County	POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: Group 5 - Asphalt Plant; Concrete Batch Plant; Backhoes/Excavators over 40 Tons; Cranes/Derricks/Draglines/Pile Drivers/Shovels over 50 tons; Heavy Duty Mechanic; Finsihg Motor Grader; Automatic Fine Grader; Milling Machine; Bridge Welder	$34.96	$43.32	same
Clay County	POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: Group 5 - Asphalt Plant; Concrete Batch Plant; Backhoes/Excavators over 40 Tons; Cranes/Derricks/Draglines/Pile Drivers/Shovels over 50 tons; Heavy Duty Mechanic; Finsihg Motor Grader; Automatic Fine Grader; Milling Machine; Bridge Welder	$34.96	$43.32	same
Union County	POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: Group 5 - Asphalt Plant; Concrete Batch Plant; Backhoes/Excavators over 40 Tons; Cranes/Derricks/Draglines/Pile Drivers/Shovels over 50 tons; Heavy Duty Mechanic; Finsihg Motor Grader; Automatic Fine Grader; Milling Machine; Bridge Welder	$34.96	$43.32	same
Yankton County	POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: Group 5 - Asphalt Plant; Concrete Batch Plant; Backhoes/Excavators over 40 Tons; Cranes/Derricks/Draglines/Pile Drivers/Shovels over 50 tons; Heavy Duty Mechanic; Finsihg Motor Grader; Automatic Fine Grader; Milling Machine; Bridge Welder	$34.96	$43.32	same
McCook County	POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: Group 5 - Asphalt Plant; Concrete Batch Plant; Backhoes/Excavators over 40 Tons; Cranes/Derricks/Draglines/Pile Drivers/Shovels over 50 tons; Heavy Duty Mechanic; Finsihg Motor Grader; Automatic Fine Grader; Milling Machine; Bridge Welder	$34.96	$43.32	same

South Dakota pile driver 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 SD20260001 Mod 3, published July 30, 2026: sam.gov/wage-determination/SD20260001/3

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 Lincoln County as CSV · Report an error