Laborers: Pipelayer — Prevailing Wage Rates
Davis-Bacon prevailing wages for Laborers: Pipelayers across all covered states and counties. Rates vary by location and construction type.
Across 160 Davis-Bacon rate records nationwide, the median total package (base + fringe) for Laborers: Pipelayer is $8.00/hr, with the middle 80% of counties paying between $6.30 and $11.29/hr. The highest state average is Colorado at $25.46/hr; the lowest is American Samoa at $6.30/hr.
Range: $6.30 – $25.46/hr across 6 states. Total package = base hourly rate + fringe benefits.
Davis-Bacon vs. Market Median
Comparison of the Davis-Bacon national median total package against the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) median for the comparable BLS occupation 47-2061 — Construction Laborers.
Davis-Bacon rates include required fringe benefits; OEWS reflects mean/median wages from the BLS establishment survey across all industries. Direct comparison is approximate — D-B rates target the construction-industry union/competitive-wage benchmark, while OEWS spans every industry that employs the occupation.
Average Rates by State
All Rates
160 county-level rates for Laborers: Pipelayer, ordered by state and county.
| County | State | Type | Base $/hr | Fringe $/hr | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Custer | SD | residential | $8.00 | $0.00 | $8.00 | WD → |
| Davison | SD | residential | $8.00 | $0.00 | $8.00 | WD → |
| Day | SD | residential | $8.00 | $0.00 | $8.00 | WD → |
| Deuel | SD | residential | $8.00 | $0.00 | $8.00 | WD → |
| Dewey | SD | residential | $8.00 | $0.00 | $8.00 | WD → |
| Douglas | SD | residential | $8.00 | $0.00 | $8.00 | WD → |
| Edmunds | SD | residential | $8.00 | $0.00 | $8.00 | WD → |
| Fall River | SD | residential | $8.00 | $0.00 | $8.00 | WD → |
| Faulk | SD | residential | $8.00 | $0.00 | $8.00 | WD → |
| Grant | SD | residential | $8.00 | $0.00 | $8.00 | WD → |
| Gregory | SD | residential | $8.00 | $0.00 | $8.00 | WD → |
| Haakon | SD | residential | $8.00 | $0.00 | $8.00 | WD → |
| Hamlin | SD | residential | $8.00 | $0.00 | $8.00 | WD → |
| Hand | SD | residential | $8.00 | $0.00 | $8.00 | WD → |
| Hanson | SD | residential | $8.00 | $0.00 | $8.00 | WD → |
| Harding | SD | residential | $8.00 | $0.00 | $8.00 | WD → |
| Hughes | SD | residential | $8.00 | $0.00 | $8.00 | WD → |
| Hutchinson | SD | residential | $8.00 | $0.00 | $8.00 | WD → |
| Hyde | SD | residential | $8.00 | $0.00 | $8.00 | WD → |
| Jackson | SD | residential | $8.00 | $0.00 | $8.00 | WD → |
| Jerauld | SD | residential | $8.00 | $0.00 | $8.00 | WD → |
| Jones | SD | residential | $8.00 | $0.00 | $8.00 | WD → |
| Kingsbury | SD | residential | $8.00 | $0.00 | $8.00 | WD → |
| Lake | SD | residential | $8.00 | $0.00 | $8.00 | WD → |
| Lawrence | SD | residential | $8.00 | $0.00 | $8.00 | WD → |
| Lyman | SD | residential | $8.00 | $0.00 | $8.00 | WD → |
| Marshall | SD | residential | $8.00 | $0.00 | $8.00 | WD → |
| McCook | SD | residential | $8.00 | $0.00 | $8.00 | WD → |
| McPherson | SD | residential | $8.00 | $0.00 | $8.00 | WD → |
| Meade | SD | residential | $8.00 | $0.00 | $8.00 | WD → |
| Mellette | SD | residential | $8.00 | $0.00 | $8.00 | WD → |
| Miner | SD | residential | $8.00 | $0.00 | $8.00 | WD → |
| Moody | SD | residential | $8.00 | $0.00 | $8.00 | WD → |
| Oglala Lakota | SD | residential | $8.00 | $0.00 | $8.00 | WD → |
| Perkins | SD | residential | $8.00 | $0.00 | $8.00 | WD → |
| Potter | SD | residential | $8.00 | $0.00 | $8.00 | WD → |
| Roberts | SD | residential | $8.00 | $0.00 | $8.00 | WD → |
| Sanborn | SD | residential | $8.00 | $0.00 | $8.00 | WD → |
| Spink | SD | residential | $8.00 | $0.00 | $8.00 | WD → |
| Stanley | SD | residential | $8.00 | $0.00 | $8.00 | WD → |
| Sully | SD | residential | $8.00 | $0.00 | $8.00 | WD → |
| Todd | SD | residential | $8.00 | $0.00 | $8.00 | WD → |
| Tripp | SD | residential | $8.00 | $0.00 | $8.00 | WD → |
| Turner | SD | residential | $8.00 | $0.00 | $8.00 | WD → |
| Union | SD | residential | $8.00 | $0.00 | $8.00 | WD → |
| Walworth | SD | residential | $8.00 | $0.00 | $8.00 | WD → |
| Yankton | SD | residential | $8.00 | $0.00 | $8.00 | WD → |
| Ziebach | SD | residential | $8.00 | $0.00 | $8.00 | WD → |
| Brazoria | TX | heavy | $9.63 | $1.50 | $11.13 | WD → |
| Chambers | TX | heavy | $10.07 | $0.00 | $10.07 | WD → |
| El Paso | TX | heavy | $8.48 | $0.00 | $8.48 | WD → |
| Fort Bend | TX | heavy | $10.31 | $0.91 | $11.22 | WD → |
| Galveston | TX | heavy | $10.07 | $0.00 | $10.07 | WD → |
| Hardin | TX | heavy | $8.29 | $0.00 | $8.29 | WD → |
| Harris | TX | residential | $10.06 | $0.00 | $10.06 | WD → |
| Harris | TX | heavy | $10.14 | $0.00 | $10.14 | WD → |
| Jefferson | TX | heavy | $8.29 | $0.00 | $8.29 | WD → |
| Liberty | TX | heavy | $10.07 | $0.00 | $10.07 | WD → |
| Montgomery | TX | residential | $10.01 | $0.00 | $10.01 | WD → |
| Orange | TX | heavy | $8.29 | $0.00 | $8.29 | WD → |