Davis-Bacon Prevailing Wages in Louisiana

Select a county to view wage determinations for building, heavy, highway, and residential construction projects in Louisiana (LA).

Quick Answer

Louisiana has 64 counties with active Davis-Bacon wage determinations (815 total WDs) across four construction types — building, heavy, highway, and residential. Federal construction contracts of $2,000 or more in Louisiana must pay no less than the DOL-published prevailing wage and fringe benefits for the project's county and construction type.

County Construction Types WDs
Acadia building heavy highway residential 14 View →
Allen building heavy highway residential 12 View →
Ascension building heavy highway residential 14 View →
Assumption building heavy highway residential 12 View →
Avoyelles building heavy highway residential 12 View →
Beauregard building heavy highway residential 12 View →
Bienville building heavy highway residential 12 View →
Bossier building heavy highway residential 14 View →
Caddo building heavy highway residential 14 View →
Calcasieu building heavy highway residential 14 View →
Caldwell building heavy highway residential 12 View →
Cameron building heavy highway residential 12 View →
Catahoula building heavy highway residential 12 View →
Claiborne building heavy highway residential 12 View →
Concordia building heavy highway residential 12 View →
De Soto building heavy highway residential 12 View →
East Baton Rouge building heavy highway residential 14 View →
East Carroll building heavy highway residential 12 View →
East Feliciana building heavy highway residential 12 View →
Evangeline building heavy highway residential 12 View →
Franklin building heavy highway residential 12 View →
Grant building heavy highway residential 12 View →
Iberia building heavy highway residential 12 View →
Iberville building heavy highway residential 12 View →
Jackson building heavy highway residential 12 View →
Jefferson building heavy highway residential 12 View →
Jefferson Davis building heavy highway residential 12 View →
La Salle building heavy highway residential 12 View →
Lafayette building heavy highway residential 14 View →
Lafourche building heavy highway residential 14 View →
Lincoln building heavy highway residential 12 View →
Livingston building heavy highway residential 14 View →
Madison building heavy highway residential 12 View →
Morehouse building heavy highway residential 12 View →
Natchitoches building heavy highway residential 12 View →
Orleans building heavy highway residential 12 View →
Ouachita building heavy highway residential 14 View →
Plaquemines building heavy highway residential 14 View →
Pointe Coupee building heavy highway residential 12 View →
Rapides building heavy highway residential 14 View →
Red River building heavy highway residential 12 View →
Richland building heavy highway residential 12 View →
Sabine building heavy highway residential 12 View →
St Bernard building heavy highway residential 12 View →
St Charles building heavy highway residential 12 View →
St Helena building heavy highway residential 12 View →
St James building heavy highway residential 21 View →
St John the Baptist building heavy highway residential 18 View →
St Landry building heavy highway residential 14 View →
St Martin building heavy highway residential 14 View →
St Mary building heavy highway residential 12 View →
St Tammany building heavy highway residential 12 View →
Tangipahoa building heavy highway residential 12 View →
Tensas building heavy highway residential 12 View →
Terrebonne building heavy highway residential 14 View →
Union building heavy highway residential 12 View →
Vermilion building heavy highway residential 12 View →
Vernon building heavy highway residential 12 View →
Washington building heavy highway residential 12 View →
Webster building heavy highway residential 14 View →
West Baton Rouge building heavy highway residential 12 View →
West Carroll building heavy highway residential 12 View →
West Feliciana building heavy highway residential 12 View →
Winn building heavy highway residential 12 View →
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Louisiana State Prevailing Wage Law

State law: None currently in effect

Louisiana does not have a state prevailing wage law for public construction. Federal Davis-Bacon applies only to federally funded projects in Louisiana.

Verify before relying on this: state prevailing-wage laws change. The summary above is a general reference compiled from publicly available state-law materials and is not legal advice. Confirm the current status with the cited state agency or a qualified attorney before bidding or paying workers under it.

Federal contracts ≥ $2,000 in Louisiana must comply with the Davis-Bacon Act. Full compliance guide →