Carpenter prevailing wage in Douglas County, Wisconsin

$68.69an hour, base + fringe

$40.79 wage + $27.90 fringe benefits · Building · CARP0361-003

On federally funded or assisted building construction in Douglas County, a carpenter must be paid at least $68.69 an hour: a $40.79 base wage plus $27.90 in fringe benefits, under wage determination WI20260007 (modification 1). DOL prints no total, so $68.69 is our sum of the two.

Wage determination WI20260007, modification 1, published May 18, 2026, for building construction; rate identifier CARP0361-003 (May 5, 2025). Checked against sam.gov on October 25, 2026.

Davis-Bacon is the only prevailing wage here (federally funded or assisted work). Wisconsin repealed its local law from January 1, 2017 and its state law for projects bid after September 23, 2017 (2017 Act 59; WisDOT).

DOL lists 4 carpenter rates for Douglas County, from $68.69 to $78.74 an hour. See all of them.

Base wage and fringe benefits: $40.79 + $27.90

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)	$40.79
Fringe benefits (one figure, not itemized)	$27.90
Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total)	$68.69

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 Wisconsin change log lists what each one changed.

Every carpenter rate in Douglas County

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

CARPENTER (BAYFIELD (WEST OF HWY 63) AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES)Highway · CARP0361-004$78.74
CARPENTER (BAYFIELD (WEST OF HWY 63) AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES)Heavy · CARP0361-004$78.74
CARPENTER (INCLUDING DRYWALL HANGING, ACOUSTICAL WORK; EXCLUDING BATT INSULATION)Building · CARP0361-003$68.69
CARPENTER (DOUGLAS COUNTY)Residential · CARP0361-011$68.69

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

Classification	Base + fringe	Base	Fringe benefits	WD
CARPENTER (INCLUDING DRYWALL HANGING, ACOUSTICAL WORK; EXCLUDING BATT INSULATION)BuildingCARP0361-003	$68.69	$40.79	$27.90	WI20260007 Mod 1
CARPENTER (BAYFIELD (WEST OF HWY 63) AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES)HighwayCARP0361-004	$78.74	$46.82	$31.92	WI20260010 Mod 1
CARPENTER (BAYFIELD (WEST OF HWY 63) AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES)HeavyCARP0361-004	$78.74	$46.82	$31.92	WI20260015 Mod 1
CARPENTER (DOUGLAS COUNTY)ResidentialCARP0361-011	$68.69	$40.79	$27.90	WI20260036 Mod 2

How Douglas County compares

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

Every county in Wisconsin

Douglas $68.692106

$68.69Douglas$77.38St. Croix

DouglasNearby: Bayfield $71.42, Washburn $71.42, Burnett $71.42Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 71 counties pay more than Douglas, 0 the same, 0 less.

Wage and fringe benefits, nearby

Douglas Countybase $40.79$68.69
Bayfield Countybase $41.43$71.42
Washburn Countybase $41.43$71.42
Burnett Countybase $41.43$71.42

Carpenter 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.

County	Classification	Base + fringe	Base	vs Douglas County
Bayfield County	CARPENTER: INCLUDING ACOUSTICAL WORK & DRYWALL HANGING (DOOR, FLORENCE (EXCEPT AREA BORDERING MICHIGAN), KEWAUNEE, MARINETTE (EXCEPT N.E. CORNER), MENOMINEE, OCONTO, AND SHAWANO (WESTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY) COUNTIES)	$71.42	$41.43	+$2.73
Washburn County	CARPENTER: INCLUDING ACOUSTICAL WORK & DRYWALL HANGING (DOOR, FLORENCE (EXCEPT AREA BORDERING MICHIGAN), KEWAUNEE, MARINETTE (EXCEPT N.E. CORNER), MENOMINEE, OCONTO, AND SHAWANO (WESTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY) COUNTIES)	$71.42	$41.43	+$2.73
Burnett County	CARPENTER: INCLUDING ACOUSTICAL WORK & DRYWALL HANGING (DOOR, FLORENCE (EXCEPT AREA BORDERING MICHIGAN), KEWAUNEE, MARINETTE (EXCEPT N.E. CORNER), MENOMINEE, OCONTO, AND SHAWANO (WESTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY) COUNTIES)	$71.42	$41.43	+$2.73
Sawyer County	CARPENTER: INCLUDING ACOUSTICAL WORK & DRYWALL HANGING (DOOR, FLORENCE (EXCEPT AREA BORDERING MICHIGAN), KEWAUNEE, MARINETTE (EXCEPT N.E. CORNER), MENOMINEE, OCONTO, AND SHAWANO (WESTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY) COUNTIES)	$71.42	$41.43	+$2.73
Ashland County	CARPENTER: INCLUDING ACOUSTICAL WORK & DRYWALL HANGING (DOOR, FLORENCE (EXCEPT AREA BORDERING MICHIGAN), KEWAUNEE, MARINETTE (EXCEPT N.E. CORNER), MENOMINEE, OCONTO, AND SHAWANO (WESTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY) COUNTIES)	$71.42	$41.43	+$2.73
Barron County	CARPENTER: INCLUDING ACOUSTICAL WORK & DRYWALL HANGING (DOOR, FLORENCE (EXCEPT AREA BORDERING MICHIGAN), KEWAUNEE, MARINETTE (EXCEPT N.E. CORNER), MENOMINEE, OCONTO, AND SHAWANO (WESTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY) COUNTIES)	$71.42	$41.43	+$2.73
Douglas County	CARPENTER (INCLUDING DRYWALL HANGING, ACOUSTICAL WORK; EXCLUDING BATT INSULATION)	$68.69	$40.79

Wisconsin carpenter 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 WI20260007 Mod 1, published May 18, 2026: sam.gov/wage-determination/WI20260007/1

We read every active Wisconsin 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 Douglas County as CSV · Report an error