Guardrail Installer prevailing wage, Ohio County group, West Virginia (3 counties)

DOL sets the same guardrail installer rates, row for row, in 3 counties: Brooke, Hancock and Ohio. Every figure on this page applies in each of them.

$57.89an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum) · POST DRIVER

$37.59 base wage + $20.30 fringe benefits · ENGI0132-038

On federally funded or assisted highway construction in each of these 3 counties, a guardrail installer working as post driver must be paid at least $57.89 an hour: a $37.59 base wage plus $20.30 in fringe benefits, under wage determination WV20260109 (modification 1). DOL prints no total, so $57.89 is our sum of the two.

Wage determination WV20260109, modification 1, published May 18, 2026, for highway construction; rate identifier ENGI0132-038 (December 1, 2024). Checked against sam.gov on October 25, 2026.

Davis-Bacon is the only prevailing wage here (federally funded or assisted work). West Virginia repealed its law in 2016 (HB 4005; DOL state table).

Base wage and fringe benefits: $37.59 + $20.30

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)	$37.59
Fringe benefits (one figure, not itemized)	$20.30
Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total)	$57.89

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 West Virginia change log lists what each one changed.

How the Ohio County group compares

The main guardrail installer rate in every county that has one, and how the pay splits here and nearby. All bars use the same scale.

Every county in West Virginia

Wage and fringe benefits, nearby

Ohio County groupbase $37.59$57.89
Brooke Countybase $37.59$57.89
Marshall Countybase $37.59$57.89
Hancock Countybase $37.59$57.89

Which county is in which guardrail installer group

Every West Virginia county with a guardrail installer rate. Counties DOL treats alike share one page; the rest have their own.

Counties	Main classification	Base wage	Total rate
Mason County group, 8 localities: Doddridge, Gilmer, Lewis, Mason, Pleasants, Taylor, Tucker, Tyler	OPERATOR: POST DRIVER (GUARDRAIL/FENCES)	$37.59	$57.89
Logan County group, 5 localities: Logan, Monroe, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Webster	OPERATOR: POST DRIVER (GUARDRAIL/FENCES)	$37.59	$57.89
Upshur County group, 4 localities: Calhoun, Grant, Pendleton, Upshur	OPERATOR: POST DRIVER (GUARDRAIL/FENCES)	$37.59	$57.89
Jackson County group, 3 localities: Boone, Jackson, Lincoln	OPERATOR: POST DRIVER (GUARDRAIL/FENCES)	$37.59	$57.89
Ohio County group, 3 localities: Brooke, Hancock, Ohio	OPERATOR: POST DRIVER (GUARDRAIL/FENCES)	$37.59	$57.89
Hampshire County group, 2 localities: Hampshire, Morgan	OPERATOR: POST DRIVER (GUARDRAIL/FENCES)	$37.59	$57.89
Jefferson County group, 2 localities: Jefferson, Mineral	OPERATOR: POST DRIVER (GUARDRAIL/FENCES)	$37.59	$57.89
Monongalia County group, 2 localities: Monongalia, Preston	OPERATOR: POST DRIVER (GUARDRAIL/FENCES)	$37.59	$57.89
Wood County group, 2 localities: Wirt, Wood	OPERATOR: POST DRIVER (GUARDRAIL/FENCES)	$37.59	$57.89
Barbour County	OPERATOR: POST DRIVER (GUARDRAIL/FENCES)	$37.59	$57.89
Berkeley County	OPERATOR: POST DRIVER (GUARDRAIL/FENCES)	$37.59	$57.89
Braxton County	OPERATOR: POST DRIVER (GUARDRAIL/FENCES)	$37.59	$57.89
Cabell County	OPERATOR: POST DRIVER (GUARDRAIL/FENCES)	$37.59	$57.89
Clay County	OPERATOR: POST DRIVER (GUARDRAIL/FENCES)	$37.59	$57.89
Fayette County	OPERATOR: POST DRIVER (GUARDRAIL/FENCES)	$37.59	$57.89
Greenbrier County	OPERATOR: POST DRIVER (GUARDRAIL/FENCES)	$37.59	$57.89
Hardy County	OPERATOR: POST DRIVER (GUARDRAIL/FENCES)	$37.59	$57.89
Harrison County	OPERATOR: POST DRIVER (GUARDRAIL/FENCES)	$37.59	$57.89
Kanawha County	OPERATOR: POST DRIVER (GUARDRAIL/FENCES)	$37.59	$57.89
Marion County	OPERATOR: POST DRIVER (GUARDRAIL/FENCES)	$37.59	$57.89
Marshall County	OPERATOR: POST DRIVER (GUARDRAIL/FENCES)	$37.59	$57.89
McDowell County	OPERATOR: POST DRIVER (GUARDRAIL/FENCES)	$37.59	$57.89
Mercer County	OPERATOR: POST DRIVER (GUARDRAIL/FENCES)	$37.59	$57.89
Mingo County	OPERATOR: POST DRIVER (GUARDRAIL/FENCES)	$37.59	$57.89
Putnam County	OPERATOR: POST DRIVER (GUARDRAIL/FENCES)	$37.59	$57.89
Raleigh County	OPERATOR: POST DRIVER (GUARDRAIL/FENCES)	$37.59	$57.89
Randolph County	OPERATOR: POST DRIVER (GUARDRAIL/FENCES)	$37.59	$57.89
Ritchie County	OPERATOR: POST DRIVER (GUARDRAIL/FENCES)	$37.59	$57.89
Roane County	OPERATOR: POST DRIVER (GUARDRAIL/FENCES)	$37.59	$57.89
Summers County	OPERATOR: POST DRIVER (GUARDRAIL/FENCES)	$37.59	$57.89
Wayne County	OPERATOR: POST DRIVER (GUARDRAIL/FENCES)	$37.59	$57.89
Wetzel County	OPERATOR: POST DRIVER (GUARDRAIL/FENCES)	$37.59	$57.89
Wyoming County	OPERATOR: POST DRIVER (GUARDRAIL/FENCES)	$37.59	$57.89

9 groups of counties with identical DOL rates, and 24 counties with rates of their own.

West Virginia guardrail installer 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), Davis-Bacon wage determinations on SAM.gov, as of October 25, 2026. For the row this page leads with:

We read every active West 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 West Virginia rate as CSV · Report an error