Nebraska prevailing wage rates, by county

Federal Davis-Bacon base + fringe for every Nebraska county, next to the market wage, with the determination numbers to cite.

Data compiled by Skilled WagesSAM.gov determinations as of 2026-09-28

$53.88/hrTypical union electrician packagebase + fringe, per hour

100%Counties with a union electrician rateBuilding type

82Active determinationsNebraska

May 18Latest modification2026, SAM.gov

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Key trades by county (Building)

Davis-Bacon electrician package (base + fringe), Building construction, by county in Nebraska. Hatched: survey rate.

Union contract rateSurvey rate (marked * in the table)

County	Electrician	Plumber	Carpenter	Construction laborer	Heavy equipment operator	Ironworker	Sheet metal worker	Painter
Adams	$53.88	$61.16	$19.74*	$14.79*	$24.04*	$61.30	$59.52	—
Antelope	$53.88	$61.16	$20.52*	$14.92*	$24.04*	$61.30	$59.52	—
Arthur	$53.88	$61.16	$18.37*	$10.24*	$23.08*	$61.30	$59.52	—
Banner	$53.88	$61.16	$18.37*	$10.24*	$23.08*	$61.30	$59.52	—
Blaine	$53.88	$61.16	$19.74*	$14.79*	$24.04*	$61.30	$59.52	—
Boone	$53.88	$61.16	$20.52*	$14.92*	$24.04*	$61.30	$59.52	—
Box Butte	$53.88	$61.16	$18.37*	$10.24*	$23.08*	$61.30	$59.52	—
Boyd	$53.88	$61.16	$20.52*	$14.92*	$24.04*	$61.30	$59.52	—
Brown	$53.88	$61.16	$20.52*	$14.92*	$24.04*	$61.30	$59.52	—
Buffalo	$53.88	$61.16	$18.51*	$12.58*	$24.04*	$61.30	$59.52	—
Burt	$53.88	$61.16	$20.52*	$14.92*	$24.04*	$61.30	$59.52	—
Butler	$53.88	$67.35	$17.56*	$18.17*	$24.04*	$27.46*	$54.82	—
Cass	$67.29	$61.16	$52.08	$37.48	$26.67*	$61.30	$59.52	$14.26*
Cedar	$53.88	$61.16	$20.52*	$14.92*	$24.04*	$61.30	$59.52	—
Chase	$53.88	$61.16	$18.37*	$10.24*	$23.08*	$61.30	$59.52	—
Cherry	$53.88	$61.16	$18.37*	$10.27*	$23.08*	$51.42	$59.52	—
Cheyenne	$53.88	$61.16	$18.37*	$10.24*	$23.08*	$61.30	$40.40	—
Clay	$53.88	$61.16	$19.74*	$14.79*	$24.04*	$61.30	$59.52	—
Colfax	$53.88	$61.16	$20.52*	$14.92*	$24.04*	$61.30	$59.52	—
Cuming	$53.88	$61.16	$20.52*	$14.92*	$24.04*	$61.30	$59.52	—
Custer	$53.88	$61.16	$19.74*	$10.81*	$24.04*	$61.30	$59.52	—
Dakota	$60.38	$66.45	$52.08	$18.66*	$25.61*	$51.42	$59.52	$14.26*
Dawes	$53.88	$61.16	$18.37*	$10.24*	$23.08*	$61.30	$59.52	—
Dawson	$53.88	$61.16	$18.37*	$10.24*	$23.08*	$61.30	$59.52	—
Deuel	$53.88	$61.16	$18.37*	$10.24*	$23.08*	$61.30	$59.52	—
Dixon	$60.38	$66.45	$52.08	$18.66*	$25.61*	$51.42	$59.52	$14.26*
Dodge	$53.88	$61.16	$20.52*	$14.92*	$24.04*	$61.30	$59.52	—
Douglas	$67.29	$61.16	$52.08	$20.81*	$28.27*	$61.30	$59.52	$14.26*
Dundy	$53.88	$61.16	$18.37*	$10.24*	$23.08*	$61.30	$40.40	—
Fillmore	$53.88	$67.35	$17.56*	$18.17*	$24.04*	$27.46*	$54.82	—
Franklin	$53.88	$61.16	$19.74*	$14.79*	$24.04*	$61.30	$59.52	—
Frontier	$53.88	$61.16	$18.37*	$10.24*	$23.08*	$61.30	$59.52	—
Furnas	$53.88	$61.16	$18.37*	$10.24*	$23.08*	$61.30	$59.52	—
Gage	$53.88	$67.35	$17.56*	$18.17*	$24.04*	$27.46*	$54.82	—
Garden	$53.88	$61.16	$18.37*	$10.24*	$23.08*	$61.30	$59.52	—
Garfield	$53.88	$61.16	$19.74*	$14.79*	$24.04*	$61.30	$59.52	—
Gosper	$53.88	$61.16	$18.37*	$10.24*	$23.08*	$61.30	$59.52	—
Grant	$53.88	$61.16	$18.37*	$10.24*	$23.08*	$61.30	$59.52	—
Greeley	$53.88	$61.16	$19.74*	$14.79*	$24.04*	$61.30	$59.52	—
Hall	$53.88	$61.16	$19.74*	$12.70*	$24.04*	$61.30	$59.52	—
Hamilton	$53.88	$61.16	$19.74*	$14.79*	$24.04*	$61.30	$59.52	—
Harlan	$53.88	$61.16	$19.74*	$14.79*	$24.04*	$61.30	$59.52	—
Hayes	$53.88	$61.16	$18.37*	$10.24*	$23.08*	$61.30	$59.52	—
Hitchcock	$53.88	$61.16	$18.37*	$10.24*	$23.08*	$61.30	$59.52	—
Holt	$53.88	$61.16	$20.52*	$14.92*	$24.04*	$61.30	$59.52	—
Hooker	$53.88	$61.16	$18.37*	$10.24*	$23.08*	$61.30	$59.52	—
Howard	$53.88	$61.16	$19.74*	$14.79*	$24.04*	$61.30	$59.52	—
Jefferson	$53.88	$67.35	$17.56*	$18.17*	$24.04*	$27.46*	$54.82	—
Johnson	$53.88	$67.35	$17.56*	$18.17*	$24.04*	$27.46*	$54.82	—
Kearney	$53.88	$61.16	$19.74*	$14.79*	$24.04*	$61.30	$59.52	—
Keith	$53.88	$61.16	$18.37*	$10.24*	$23.08*	$61.30	$59.52	—
Keya Paha	$53.88	$61.16	$20.52*	$14.92*	$24.04*	$61.30	$59.52	—
Kimball	$53.88	$61.16	$18.37*	$10.24*	$23.08*	$61.30	$59.52	—
Knox	$60.38	$61.16	$20.52*	$14.92*	$24.04*	$51.42	$32.70	—
Lancaster	$53.88	$28.93*	$52.08	$12.03*	$25.61*	$61.30	$59.52	$14.26*
Lincoln	$53.88	$61.16	$18.37*	$10.24*	$23.08*	$61.30	$59.52	—
Logan	$53.88	$61.16	$18.37*	$10.24*	$23.08*	$61.30	$59.52	—
Loup	$53.88	$61.16	$19.74*	$14.79*	$24.04*	$61.30	$59.52	—
Madison	$67.29	$61.16	$20.52*	$9.38*	$24.04*	$51.42	$59.52	—
McPherson	$53.88	$61.16	$18.37*	$10.24*	$23.08*	$61.30	$59.52	—
Merrick	$53.88	$61.16	$19.74*	$14.79*	$24.04*	$61.30	$59.52	—
Morrill	$53.88	$61.16	$18.37*	$10.24*	$23.08*	$61.30	$59.52	—
Nance	$53.88	$61.16	$19.74*	$14.79*	$24.04*	$61.30	$59.52	—
Nemaha	$53.88	$67.35	$17.56*	$18.17*	$24.04*	$27.46*	$54.82	—
Nuckolls	$53.88	$61.16	$19.74*	$14.79*	$24.04*	$61.30	$59.52	—
Otoe	$53.88	$35.42*	$17.56*	$18.17*	$24.04*	$27.46*	$59.52	—
Pawnee	$53.88	$35.42*	$17.56*	$18.17*	$24.04*	$27.46*	$59.52	—
Perkins	$53.88	$61.16	$18.37*	$10.24*	$23.08*	$61.30	$59.52	—
Phelps	$53.88	$61.16	$19.74*	$14.79*	$24.04*	$61.30	$59.52	—
Pierce	$60.38	$61.16	$20.52*	$14.92*	$24.04*	$51.42	$32.70	—
Platte	$67.29	$61.16	$20.52*	$17.11*	$24.04*	$61.30	$59.52	—
Polk	$53.88	$67.35	$17.56*	$18.17*	$24.04*	$27.46*	$54.82	—
Red Willow	$53.88	$61.16	$18.37*	$10.24*	$23.08*	$61.30	$59.52	—
Richardson	$53.88	$67.35	$17.56*	$18.17*	$24.04*	$27.46*	$54.82	—
Rock	$53.88	$61.16	$20.52*	$14.92*	$24.04*	$61.30	$59.52	—
Saline	$53.88	$67.35	$17.56*	$18.17*	$24.04*	$27.46*	$54.82	—
Sarpy	$67.29	$61.16	$52.08	$20.61*	$26.67*	$61.30	$59.52	$14.26*
Saunders	$67.29	$30.34*	$20.21*	$12.06*	$25.61*	$61.30	$59.52	$14.26*
Scotts Bluff	$53.88	$61.16	$18.37*	$10.24*	$23.08*	$61.30	$59.52	—
Seward	$53.88	$28.92*	$52.08	$12.11*	$25.61*	$61.30	$59.52	$14.26*
Sheridan	$53.88	$61.16	$18.37*	$10.24*	$23.08*	$61.30	$59.52	—
Sherman	$53.88	$61.16	$19.74*	$14.79*	$24.04*	$61.30	$59.52	—
Sioux	$53.88	$61.16	$18.37*	$10.24*	$23.08*	$61.30	$59.52	—
Stanton	$53.88	$61.16	$20.52*	$14.92*	$24.04*	$61.30	$59.52	—
Thayer	$53.88	$67.35	$17.56*	$18.17*	$24.04*	$27.46*	$54.82	—
Thomas	$53.88	$61.16	$18.37*	$10.24*	$23.08*	$51.42	$59.52	—
Thurston	$60.38	$61.16	$20.52*	$14.14*	$24.04*	$51.42	$32.70	—
Valley	$53.88	$61.16	$19.74*	$14.79*	$24.04*	$61.30	$59.52	—
Washington	$67.29	$61.16	$52.08	$19.92*	$26.67*	$61.30	$59.52	$14.26*
Wayne	$53.88	$61.16	$20.52*	$14.92*	$24.04*	$61.30	$59.52	—
Webster	$53.88	$61.16	$19.74*	$14.79*	$24.04*	$61.30	$59.52	—
Wheeler	$53.88	$61.16	$19.74*	$14.79*	$24.04*	$61.30	$59.52	—
York	$53.88	$61.16	$17.56*	$37.48	$24.04*	$27.46*	$59.52	—

Building construction type, base + fringe per hour, current revision. * = survey rate. Not the official determination; use the lookup for the determination number and a link to the official text.

Rates that have not kept up

Survey-based rates that are eight or more years old and how they compare with today's market median for the county's metro (or state).

County	Trade	Survey year	Required package $/hr	Market median $/hr
Lancaster	Plumber	2011	$28.93	$29.17
Otoe	Plumber	2012	$35.42	$29.31
Pawnee	Plumber	2012	$35.42	$29.31
Adams	Carpenter	2012	$19.74	$24.19
Antelope	Carpenter	2012	$20.52	$24.19
Arthur	Carpenter	2012	$18.37	$24.19
Adams	Construction laborer	2012	$14.79	$22.72
Antelope	Construction laborer	2012	$14.92	$22.72
Arthur	Construction laborer	2012	$10.24	$22.72
Adams	Heavy equipment operator	2012	$24.04	$28.06
Antelope	Heavy equipment operator	2012	$24.04	$28.06
Arthur	Heavy equipment operator	2012	$23.08	$28.06
Butler	Ironworker	2012	$27.46	$31.48
Fillmore	Ironworker	2012	$27.46	$31.48
Gage	Ironworker	2012	$27.46	$31.48
Cass	Painter	2011	$14.26	$22.96
Dakota	Painter	2011	$14.26	$22.48
Dixon	Painter	2011	$14.26	$22.73

Questions this page answers

What is the prevailing wage in Nebraska?

For federally funded construction, the Davis-Bacon determinations for Nebraska (82 active documents covering Building, Residential, Heavy and Highway work) set the required base wage and fringe by county and classification. Union-contract rates apply to electricians in 93 of 93 counties with a Building rate; the typical union package is $53.88 an hour.

How many Davis-Bacon determinations cover Nebraska?

82 active general wage determinations cover Nebraska: 28 Building, 22 Heavy, 7 Highway, 25 Residential. Together they list rates for 93 counties in the Building type shown here. State-funded projects may fall under a separate Nebraska prevailing wage law; this page covers the federal rates.

How often do the rates change?

The Department of Labor publishes modifications most Thursdays. The latest change to a Nebraska determination in our data is dated 2026-05-18. New determination numbers are issued each January.

Sources and notes

SAM.gov Davis-Bacon wage determinations for Nebraska, current revisions as of 2026-09-28: Residential 25, Highway 7, Heavy 22, Building 28.
BLS OEWS May 2025 for market medians.
Classification labels normalised to trades by Skilled Wages; where a determination lists several electrician or laborer classes, the journeyman / general class is shown. The official text governs.