Laborer prevailing wage in Pulaski County, Virginia

$15.32an hour, base + fringe

$15.32 wage + $0.00 fringe benefits · Building · SUVA2013-047

On federally funded or assisted building construction in Pulaski County, a laborer must be paid at least $15.32 an hour: a $15.32 base wage plus $0.00 in fringe benefits, under wage determination VA20260163 (modification 2). DOL prints no total, so $15.32 is our sum of the two.

Wage determination VA20260163, modification 2, published May 18, 2026, for building construction; rate identifier SUVA2013-047 (January 11, 2016). 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.

DOL lists 12 laborer rates for Pulaski County, from $12.37 to $23.28 an hour. See all of them.

Base wage and fringe benefits: $15.32 + $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)	$15.32
Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total)	$15.32

When this rate changes

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.

Every laborer rate in Pulaski County

As DOL lists them. The highlighted row is the one this page leads with.

LABORER: PIPELAYERHeavy · SUVA2018-012$23.28
LABORER: PIPELAYERResidential · SUVA2012-033$16.39
LABORER: POWER TOOL OPERATORHighway · SUVA2016-071$15.69
LABORER: ASPHALT, INCLUDES RAKER, SHOVELER, SPREADER AND DISTRIBUTORHighway · SUVA2016-071$15.40
LABORER: MASON TENDER - CEMENT/CONCRETEBuilding · SUVA2013-047$15.32
LABORER: PIPELAYERHighway · SUVA2016-071$15.11
LABORER: GRADE CHECKERHighway · SUVA2016-071$15.07
LABORER: COMMON OR GENERALHighway · SUVA2016-071$14.85
LABORER: COMMON OR GENERALResidential · SUVA2012-033$14.09
LABORER: COMMON OR GENERALHeavy · SUVA2018-012$13.42
LABORER: COMMON OR GENERAL, INCLUDING PIPELAYINGBuilding · SUVA2013-047$13.34
LABORER: MASON TENDER - CEMENT/CONCRETEResidential · SUVA2012-033$12.37

Hourly rate of each laborer classification in Pulaski County, highest first, split into wage and fringe benefits.

Classification	Base + fringe	Base	Fringe benefits	WD
LABORER: MASON TENDER - CEMENT/CONCRETEBuildingSUVA2013-047	$15.32	$15.32	$0.00	VA20260163 Mod 2
LABORER: COMMON OR GENERAL, INCLUDING PIPELAYINGBuildingSUVA2013-047	$13.34	$11.34	$2.00	VA20260163 Mod 2
LABORER: POWER TOOL OPERATORHighwaySUVA2016-071	$15.69	$15.69	$0.00	VA20260186 Mod 1
LABORER: PIPELAYERHighwaySUVA2016-071	$15.11	$15.11	$0.00	VA20260186 Mod 1
LABORER: GRADE CHECKERHighwaySUVA2016-071	$15.07	$15.07	$0.00	VA20260186 Mod 1
LABORER: COMMON OR GENERALHighwaySUVA2016-071	$14.85	$14.85	$0.00	VA20260186 Mod 1
LABORER: ASPHALT, INCLUDES RAKER, SHOVELER, SPREADER AND DISTRIBUTORHighwaySUVA2016-071	$15.40	$15.40	$0.00	VA20260186 Mod 1
LABORER: COMMON OR GENERALHeavySUVA2018-012	$13.42	$11.94	$1.48	VA20260207 Mod 3
LABORER: PIPELAYERHeavySUVA2018-012	$23.28	$18.19	$5.09	VA20260207 Mod 3
LABORER: PIPELAYERResidentialSUVA2012-033	$16.39	$14.88	$1.51	VA20260152 Mod 1
LABORER: MASON TENDER - CEMENT/CONCRETEResidentialSUVA2012-033	$12.37	$12.37	$0.00	VA20260152 Mod 1
LABORER: COMMON OR GENERALResidentialSUVA2012-033	$14.09	$12.79	$1.30	VA20260152 Mod 1

How Pulaski County compares

The main laborer 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

Pulaski $15.3214291413212619

$10.66Smyth$21.20Warren

PulaskiNearby: Radford (city) $15.32, Giles $15.32, Wythe $10.89Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 37 counties pay more than Pulaski, 11 the same, 84 less.

Wage and fringe benefits, nearby

Pulaski Countybase $15.32$15.32
Radford (independent city)base $15.32$15.32
Giles Countybase $15.32$15.32
Wythe Countybase $10.89$10.89

Laborer rates in nearby localities

Current DOL rates. Davis-Bacon rates are set for groups of counties and cities, so neighbours often share them; the county or city where the work is done decides.

County or city	Classification	Base + fringe	Base	vs Pulaski County
Pulaski County	LABORER: MASON TENDER - CEMENT/CONCRETE	$15.32	$15.32
Radford (independent city)	LABORER: MASON TENDER - CEMENT/CONCRETE	$15.32	$15.32	same
Giles County	LABORER: MASON TENDER - CEMENT/CONCRETE	$15.32	$15.32	same
Montgomery County	LABORER: MASON TENDER - CEMENT/CONCRETE	$15.32	$15.32	same
Floyd County	LABORER: MASON TENDER - CEMENT/CONCRETE	$15.32	$15.32	same
Wythe County	LABORER: COMMON OR GENERAL	$10.89	$10.89	−$4.43
Carroll County	LABORER: COMMON OR GENERAL	$10.89	$10.89	−$4.43

Virginia laborer prevailing wage by county or city, 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 VA20260163 Mod 2, published May 18, 2026: sam.gov/wage-determination/VA20260163/2

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 Pulaski County as CSV · Report an error