Drywall Installer / Lather prevailing wage in Smith County, Tennessee

$18.32an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum) · CARPENTER

$18.32 base wage + $0.00 fringe benefits · SUTN2017-057

Smith County uses the same drywall installer or lather rates as 1 other county. See all of them on one page.

On federally funded or assisted building construction in Smith County, a drywall installer or lather working as carpenter must be paid at least $18.32 an hour: a $18.32 base wage plus $0.00 in fringe benefits, under wage determination TN20260204 (modification 1). DOL prints no total, so $18.32 is our sum of the two.

Wage determination TN20260204, modification 1, published May 18, 2026, for building construction; rate identifier SUTN2017-057 (April 16, 2021). 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.).

Base wage and fringe benefits: $18.32 + $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)	$18.32
Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total)	$18.32

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 Tennessee change log lists what each one changed.

How Smith 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 Tennessee

Wage and fringe benefits, nearby

Smith Countybase $18.32$18.32
Trousdale Countybase $18.32$18.32
Wilson Countybase $18.32$18.32
Macon Countybase $18.32$18.32

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 Smith County are the same as in 1 other county: Robertson.

County	Classification	Base wage	Total rate	vs Smith County
Smith County	CARPENTER (DRYWALL HANGING ONLY)	$18.32	$18.32
Trousdale County	CARPENTER (DRYWALL HANGING ONLY)	$18.32	$18.32	same
Wilson County	CARPENTER (DRYWALL HANGING ONLY)	$18.32	$18.32	same
Macon County	CARPENTER (DRYWALL HANGING ONLY)	$18.32	$18.32	same
Sumner County	CARPENTER (DRYWALL HANGING ONLY)	$18.32	$18.32	same

Tennessee 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 TN20260204 Mod 1, published May 18, 2026: sam.gov/wage-determination/TN20260204/1

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 Smith County as CSV · Report an error