Flagger prevailing wage in Johnson County, Tennessee

$10.50an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum)

$10.50 base wage + $0.00 fringe benefits · SUTN2009-120

Johnson County uses the same flagger rates as 10 other counties. See all of them on one page.

On federally funded or assisted heavy construction in Johnson County, a flagger must be paid at least $10.50 an hour: a $10.50 base wage plus $0.00 in fringe benefits, under wage determination TN20260121 (modification 1). DOL prints no total, so $10.50 is our sum of the two.

Wage determination TN20260121, modification 1, published May 18, 2026, for heavy construction; rate identifier SUTN2009-120 (December 2, 2009). Checked against sam.gov on October 25, 2026.

Tennessee sets its own rates for state highway work only; elsewhere Davis-Bacon is the only prevailing wage. The Prevailing Wage Commission's 25 statewide highway rates are wages with no fringe, on the state highway rates page (T.C.A. 12-4-401 ff.).

This base is below $13.65, the Executive Order 13658 minimum. Contracts that order covers must pay at least that (see the WD's note).

Base wage and fringe benefits: $10.50 + $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)	$10.50
Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total)	$10.50

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 Tennessee change log lists what each one changed.

How Johnson County compares

The main flagger rate in every county that has one, and how the pay splits here and nearby. All bars use the same scale.

Every county in Tennessee

Johnson $10.50236

$7.25Hawkins$10.50Bedford

JohnsonNearby: Carter $8.73, Sullivan $7.25, Washington $8.73Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 0 counties pay more than Johnson, 56 the same, 38 less.

Wage and fringe benefits, nearby

Johnson Countybase $10.50$10.50
Carter Countybase $8.73$8.73
Sullivan Countybase $7.25$7.25
Washington Countybase $8.73$8.73

Flagger 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 flagger rates for Johnson County are the same as in 10 other counties: Bledsoe, Cocke, Greene, Grundy, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, Rhea and 2 more.

County	Classification	Base wage	Total rate	vs Johnson County
Johnson County	LABORER: FLAGGER	$10.50	$10.50
Greene County	LABORER: FLAGGER	$10.50	$10.50	same
Carter County	LABORER: FLAGGER	$8.73	$8.73	−$1.77
Washington County	LABORER: FLAGGER	$8.73	$8.73	−$1.77
Unicoi County	LABORER: FLAGGER	$8.73	$8.73	−$1.77
Sullivan County	LABORER: FLAGGER	$7.25	$7.25	−$3.25
Hawkins County	LABORER: FLAGGER	$7.25	$7.25	−$3.25

Tennessee flagger 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 TN20260121 Mod 1, published May 18, 2026: sam.gov/wage-determination/TN20260121/1

We read every active Tennessee 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 Johnson County as CSV · Report an error