Landscape & Irrigation Laborer prevailing wage in Rutherford County, Tennessee

$10.30an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum) · LANDSCAPE

$10.00 base wage + $0.30 fringe benefits · Residential · SUTN2009-020

On federally funded or assisted residential construction in Rutherford County, a landscape and irrigation laborer working as landscape must be paid at least $10.30 an hour: a $10.00 base wage plus $0.30 in fringe benefits, under wage determination TN20260021 (modification 1). DOL prints no total, so $10.30 is our sum of the two.

Wage determination TN20260021, modification 1, published May 18, 2026, for residential construction; rate identifier SUTN2009-020 (September 10, 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: $10.00 + $0.30

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)	$10.00
Fringe benefits (one figure, not itemized)	$0.30
Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total)	$10.30

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 Rutherford County compares

The main landscape and irrigation laborer 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

Rutherford $10.3025

$10.30Cannon$12.63Anderson

RutherfordNearby: Cannon $10.30, Wilson $10.30, Sequatchie $12.63Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 25 counties pay more than Rutherford, 12 the same, 0 less.

Wage and fringe benefits, nearby

Rutherford Countybase $10.00$10.30
Cannon Countybase $10.00$10.30
Wilson Countybase $10.00$10.30
Sequatchie Countybase $12.33$12.63

Landscape & Irrigation Laborer 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 Rutherford County
Rutherford County	LABORER: LANDSCAPE	$10.00	$10.30
Cannon County	LABORER: LANDSCAPE	$10.00	$10.30	same
Wilson County	LABORER: LANDSCAPE	$10.00	$10.30	same
Williamson County	LABORER: LANDSCAPE	$10.00	$10.30	same
Davidson County	LABORER: LANDSCAPE	$10.00	$10.30	same

Tennessee landscape and irrigation laborer 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 TN20260021 Mod 1, published May 18, 2026: sam.gov/wage-determination/TN20260021/1

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 Rutherford County as CSV · Report an error