Drywall Installer / Lather prevailing wage in Sanborn County, South Dakota

$13.80an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum)

$13.80 base wage + $0.00 fringe benefits · Residential · SUSD2000-007

Sanborn County uses the same drywall installer or lather rates as 26 other counties. See all of them on one page.

On federally funded or assisted residential construction in Sanborn County, a drywall installer or lather must be paid at least $13.80 an hour: a $13.80 base wage plus $0.00 in fringe benefits, under wage determination SD20260003 (modification 1). DOL prints no total, so $13.80 is our sum of the two.

Wage determination SD20260003, modification 1, published May 18, 2026, for residential construction; rate identifier SUSD2000-007 (September 11, 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).

Base wage and fringe benefits: $13.80 + $0.00

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)	$13.80
Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total)	$13.80

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 Sanborn County 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

Sanborn $13.8021420

$9.36Lincoln$53.49Beadle

SanbornNearby: Miner $13.80, Davison $13.80, Jerauld $53.49Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 37 counties pay more than Sanborn, 26 the same, 2 less.

Wage and fringe benefits, nearby

Sanborn Countybase $13.80$13.80
Miner Countybase $13.80$13.80
Davison Countybase $13.80$13.80
Jerauld Countybase $36.34$53.49

Drywall Installer / Lather 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 drywall installer or lather rates for Sanborn County are the same as in 26 other counties: Aurora, Bennett, Bon Homme, Brule, Charles Mix, Clay, Davison, Douglas and 18 more.

County	Classification	Base wage	Total rate	vs Sanborn County
Jerauld County	CARPENTER (DRYWALL HANGING AND METAL STUD INSTALLATION ONLY)	$36.34	$53.49	+$39.69
Beadle County	CARPENTER (DRYWALL HANGING AND METAL STUD INSTALLATION ONLY)	$36.34	$53.49	+$39.69
Sanborn County	DRYWALL HANGER	$13.80	$13.80
Miner County	DRYWALL HANGER	$13.80	$13.80	same
Davison County	DRYWALL HANGER	$13.80	$13.80	same
Hanson County	DRYWALL HANGER	$13.80	$13.80	same
Aurora County	DRYWALL HANGER	$13.80	$13.80	same

South Dakota drywall installer or lather 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 SD20260003 Mod 1, published May 18, 2026: sam.gov/wage-determination/SD20260003/1

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 Sanborn County as CSV · Report an error