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Guardrail Installer prevailing wage, Washington County group, Virginia (2 localities)
DOL sets the same guardrail installer rates, row for row, in 2 localities: Bristol (city) and Washington. Every figure on this page applies in each of them.
$24.00an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum)
$24.00 base wage + $0.00 fringe benefits · SUVA2016-079
On federally funded or assisted highway construction in each of these 2 localities, a guardrail installer must be paid at least $24.00 an hour: a $24.00 base wage plus $0.00 in fringe benefits, under wage determination VA20260194 (modification 1). DOL prints no total, so $24.00 is our sum of the two.
Wage determination VA20260194, modification 1, published May 18, 2026, for highway construction; rate identifier SUVA2016-079 (July 2, 2018). Checked against sam.gov on October 25, 2026.
Virginia's prevailing wage for state-funded public works over $250,000, and for localities that adopt it by ordinance, uses these same rates: DOLI's wage determinations "are based on" the Davis-Bacon ones, with no project-specific determinations (Va. Code 2.2-4321.3; DOLI). Only DOLI's official copy sent to the contracting agency counts for official purposes.
Base wage and fringe benefits: $24.00 + $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) | $24.00 |
| Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total) | $24.00 |
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 Virginia change log lists what each one changed.
How the Washington County group compares
The main guardrail installer rate in every county or city that has one, and how the pay splits here and nearby. All bars use the same scale.
Every county or city in Virginia
Wage and fringe benefits, nearby
- Washington County groupbase $24.00$24.00
- Bristol (independent city)base $24.00$24.00
- Scott Countybase $24.00$24.00
Which county or city is in which guardrail installer group
Every Virginia county or city with a guardrail installer rate. Localities DOL treats alike share one page; the rest have their own.
| Counties and cities | Main classification | Base wage | Total rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington County group, 2 localities: Bristol (city), Washington | INSTALLER - GUARDRAIL | $24.00 | $24.00 |
| Scott County | INSTALLER - GUARDRAIL | $24.00 | $24.00 |
1 group of counties with identical DOL rates, and 1 county with rates of its own.
Virginia guardrail installer prevailing wage by county or city, with a map
More from DOL on this rate
- SAM.gov wage determinations
- 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)).
Every trade's rates, county or city by county or city: Bristol (city) · Washington
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), Davis-Bacon wage determinations on SAM.gov, as of October 25, 2026. For the row this page leads with:
- Bristol (city): VA20260194 Mod 1
- Washington: VA20260194 Mod 1
We read every active Virginia 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 every Virginia rate as CSV · Report an error