South Dakota prevailing wage
State law, federal determinations, and how to find the rate that applies
- South Dakota has no state prevailing-wage law - only the federal Davis-Bacon Act applies, on federally funded construction over $2,000.
- The U.S. Department of Labor has 31 active federal Davis-Bacon wage determinations covering 66 South Dakota counties as of (latest revision date), each setting county rates by trade for federally funded construction.
- Market context: the average private construction worker in South Dakota earned $1,269/week (≈ $31.73/hour) in Q1 2025, rank #51 of 51 states, per the BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages - an industry average, not a prevailing-wage rate.
Never enacted a state prevailing-wage law; federal Davis-Bacon applies to federally funded work.
How to find the required rate
- State or locally funded project: no state prevailing-wage requirement - check any local ordinances and the funding source.
- Federally funded project: find the county in the South Dakota determination index and open the official SAM.gov document for your construction type.
- Read the classification line - base rate plus fringe (how to read a determination); compute totals and overtime with the calculator.
Federal determinations at a glance
Building: 28 · Heavy: 1 · Highway: 1 · Residential: 2 - every determination and the counties it covers are listed in the South Dakota wage-determination index, each with its full rate schedule mirrored. Service contracts: 12 active SCA determinations for South Dakota.
Recently revised determinations
- SD20260001 (rev 3) - modified , Heavy, Highway
What construction actually pays here
Separate from any required rate: BLS data puts the average private construction wage in South Dakota at $1,269/week (+1.8% YoY) in Q1 2025 - details and history on South Dakota construction wages.
Learn the system
What a prevailing wage is · The Davis-Bacon Act · Certified payroll · Fringe calculator
Data on this page is from U.S. government public-domain sources - free to reuse with credit and a link to prevailingwageindex.com.