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Utah tile setter prevailing wage, county by county

A tile setter's Davis-Bacon prevailing wage in Utah runs from $19.40 an hour in Wayne County to $23.50 in Salt Lake County. The median county is $20.63.

Main tile setter classification in each county (Tile setter), Davis-Bacon wage determinations on SAM.gov, as of October 25, 2026. 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)). Checked October 25, 2026.

Summit County tile setter: $20.63 per hourSan Juan County tile setter: $19.40 per hourDaggett County tile setter: $20.63 per hourMorgan County tile setter: $23.00 per hourCache County tile setter: $23.00 per hourDavis County tile setter: $23.00 per hourPiute County tile setter: $19.40 per hourUtah County tile setter: $23.00 per hourSanpete County tile setter: $20.63 per hourWayne County tile setter: $19.40 per hourEmery County tile setter: $19.40 per hourGarfield County tile setter: $19.40 per hourBeaver County tile setter: $19.40 per hourIron County tile setter: $19.40 per hourBox Elder County tile setter: $23.00 per hourUintah County tile setter: $20.63 per hourWashington County tile setter: $23.00 per hourDuchesne County tile setter: $20.63 per hourJuab County tile setter: $23.00 per hourMillard County tile setter: $19.40 per hourSevier County tile setter: $19.40 per hourTooele County tile setter: $23.50 per hourCarbon County tile setter: $20.63 per hourGrand County tile setter: $19.40 per hourRich County tile setter: $20.63 per hourWasatch County tile setter: $20.63 per hourSalt Lake County tile setter: $23.50 per hourWeber County tile setter: $23.00 per hourKane County tile setter: $19.40 per hour
$19$19$20$20$23$23Tile Setter, main rate, base + fringe per hour. Each shade holds about a fifth of the counties.

How much does a tile setter make on prevailing wage in Utah?

3 groups of counties with identical rates and 18 with rates of their own, highest main rate first. The table below lists which counties are in each group.

  1. Salt Lake County1 county$23.50
  2. Tooele County1 county$23.50
  3. Weber County group2 counties$23.00
  4. Box Elder County1 county$23.00
  5. Cache County1 county$23.00
  6. Davis County1 county$23.00
  7. Juab County1 county$23.00
  8. Utah County1 county$23.00
  9. Washington County1 county$23.00
  10. Summit County group4 counties$20.63
  11. Carbon County1 county$20.63
  12. Sanpete County1 county$20.63
  13. Uintah County1 county$20.63
  14. Wasatch County1 county$20.63
  15. Sevier County group5 counties$19.40
  16. Beaver County1 county$19.40
  17. Garfield County1 county$19.40
  18. Grand County1 county$19.40
  19. Iron County1 county$19.40
  20. Piute County1 county$19.40
  21. San Juan County1 county$19.40

Which counties pay which rate

CountiesMain classificationBase + fringeBase
Salt Lake CountyTILE SETTER$23.50 $23.50 
Tooele CountyTILE SETTER$23.50 $23.50 
Weber County group, 2 localities: Morgan, WeberTILE SETTER$23.00 $23.00 
Box Elder CountyTILE SETTER$23.00 $23.00 
Cache CountyTILE SETTER$23.00 $23.00 
Davis CountyTILE SETTER$23.00 $23.00 
Juab CountyTILE SETTER$23.00 $23.00 
Utah CountyTILE SETTER$23.00 $23.00 
Washington CountyTILE SETTER$23.00 $23.00 
Summit County group, 4 localities: Daggett, Duchesne, Rich, SummitTILE SETTER$20.63 $20.63 
Carbon CountyTILE SETTER$20.63 $20.63 
Sanpete CountyTILE SETTER$20.63 $20.63 
Uintah CountyTILE SETTER$20.63 $20.63 
Wasatch CountyTILE SETTER$20.63 $20.63 
Sevier County group, 5 localities: Emery, Kane, Millard, Sevier, WayneTILE SETTER$19.40 $19.40 
Beaver CountyTILE SETTER$19.40 $19.40 
Garfield CountyTILE SETTER$19.40 $19.40 
Grand CountyTILE SETTER$19.40 $19.40 
Iron CountyTILE SETTER$19.40 $19.40 
Piute CountyTILE SETTER$19.40 $19.40 
San Juan CountyTILE SETTER$19.40 $19.40 

3 groups of counties with identical DOL rates, and 18 counties with rates of their own.

Questions about Utah tile setter pay

What is the tile setter prevailing wage in Salt Lake County?

$23.50 an hour: a $23.50 base wage plus $0.00 in fringe benefits, under wage determination UT20260085, modification 1. Overtime and every tile setter classification in Salt Lake County.

Does tile setter prevailing wage include fringe benefits?

Yes. In Salt Lake County the $23.50 total is a $23.50 base wage plus $0.00 in fringe benefits, about 0% of the total. The employer owes the full amount for every hour worked.

Does tile setter prevailing wage pay overtime in Utah?

Davis-Bacon rates are straight time. On contracts over $100,000, the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act requires 1½ times the basic rate for hours over 40 in a workweek (40 U.S.C. 3702). The fringe is owed for every hour at its straight-time amount.

Do apprentice tile setters get this rate?

Davis-Bacon determinations list journeyworker rates. Apprentices in a program registered with DOL or a recognized state agency can be paid the program's percentage of the rate, within its ratio; anyone else gets the full rate (29 CFR 5.5(a)(4)).

Why do some counties have the same tile setter rate?

DOL often publishes the same tile setter rates for several counties. Across Utah, the 29 counties with a tile setter rate fall into 21 distinct sets of rates, and 3 of those sets are shared by more than one county; the largest covers 5 counties (the Sevier County group).