What is the Davis-Bacon prevailing wage for a painter in Nebraska?

There is no single figure. Active federal determinations for Nebraska publish 32 painter classification rates ranging from $7.25 to $14.26 per hour before fringe benefits. The rate that applies depends on the county, the type of construction and the wage determination incorporated into the contract.

How many counties in Nebraska have a published painter rate?

93 of the counties covered by active federal determinations list at least one painter classification.

Do these rates apply to state-funded projects?

No. These are federal Davis-Bacon rates, which apply to federally funded or assisted construction. Nebraska may set its own prevailing wage rates for state and locally funded work; the state law summary is on the Nebraska prevailing wage page.

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Painter prevailing wage rates in Nebraska

Federal Davis-Bacon rates published in 32 active determinations, 2026

Active federal Davis-Bacon determinations for Nebraska publish 32 painter classification rates, across 32 determinations covering 93 counties.
Those published base rates run from $7.25 to $14.26 an hour before fringe benefits. Which one applies to a job depends on its county, its construction type and the determination written into the contract.
Construction types covered: Building, Residential.
Last determination revision affecting painter rates in Nebraska: 2026-05-18.

The official source: binding Davis-Bacon and Service Contract Act wage determinations are published by the U.S. Department of Labor at SAM.gov Wage Determinations. This site indexes them and links every determination to its official document - the determination incorporated into a contract governs.

This page collects every classification in Nebraska's active federal determinations that is a form of painter work (brush, roller and spray application) and shows the rate published for it. Determinations name a classification the way the underlying union agreement or wage survey named it, so the wording varies between them; the rate and the fringe are reproduced exactly as published.

Published rates by determination

NE20260001 rev 1 · Residential · Banner, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Dawes, Deuel, Garden and 5 more

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
PAINTER	$9.00	0.00	SUNE1984-001 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: NE20260001 on SAM.gov.

NE20260002 rev 1 · Residential · Lancaster

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
PAINTER	$7.57	0.00	SUNE1985-002 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: NE20260002 on SAM.gov.

NE20260003 rev 1 · Residential · Cass, Douglas, Sarpy

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
PAINTER	$10.00	0.00	SUNE1984-002 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: NE20260003 on SAM.gov.

NE20260005 rev 1 · Residential · Adams

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
PAINTER	$8.67	0.00	SUNE1984-003 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: NE20260005 on SAM.gov.

NE20260006 rev 1 · Residential · York

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
PAINTER	$8.42	0.00	SUNE1982-006 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: NE20260006 on SAM.gov.

NE20260007 rev 1 · Residential · Boone, Nance

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
PAINTER	$8.00	0.00	SUNE1983-001 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: NE20260007 on SAM.gov.

NE20260008 rev 1 · Residential · Buffalo, Gage, Jefferson

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
PAINTER	$7.25	0.00	SUNE1989-001 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: NE20260008 on SAM.gov.

NE20260009 rev 1 · Residential · Burt, Dakota, Dixon, Thurston

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
PAINTER	$7.25	0.00	SUNE1984-004 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: NE20260009 on SAM.gov.

NE20260011 rev 1 · Residential · Butler, Colfax, Lincoln, Polk

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
PAINTER	$7.25	0.00	SUNE1982-001 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: NE20260011 on SAM.gov.

NE20260012 rev 1 · Residential · Chase, Dundy, Frontier, Hayes, Hitchcock, Keith and 2 more

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
PAINTER	$7.25	0.00	SUNE1984-005 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: NE20260012 on SAM.gov.

NE20260013 rev 1 · Residential · Saline, Seward

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
PAINTER	$7.25	0.00	SUNE1982-005 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: NE20260013 on SAM.gov.

NE20260014 rev 1 · Residential · Clay, Nuckolls, Thayer, Webster

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
PAINTER	$8.67	0.00	SUNE1982-002 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: NE20260014 on SAM.gov.

NE20260015 rev 1 · Residential · Cedar, Cuming, Pierce, Stanton, Wayne

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
PAINTER	$7.48	0.00	SUNE1983-002 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: NE20260015 on SAM.gov.

NE20260016 rev 1 · Residential · Custer, Dawson

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
PAINTER	$7.25	0.00	SUNE1981-001 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: NE20260016 on SAM.gov.

NE20260017 rev 1 · Residential · Rock

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
PAINTER	$8.00	0.00	SUNE1991-001 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: NE20260017 on SAM.gov.

NE20260018 rev 1 · Residential · Dodge, Washington

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
PAINTER	$7.25	0.00	SUNE1982-003 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: NE20260018 on SAM.gov.

NE20260019 rev 1 · Residential · Fillmore

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
PAINTER	$7.25	0.00	SUNE1985-003 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: NE20260019 on SAM.gov.

NE20260020 rev 1 · Residential · Platte

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
PAINTER	$8.00	0.00	SUNE1986-001 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: NE20260020 on SAM.gov.

NE20260021 rev 1 · Residential · Franklin, Furnas, Gosper, Harlan, Kearney, Phelps

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
PAINTER	$7.25	0.00	SUNE1984-006 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: NE20260021 on SAM.gov.

NE20260022 rev 1 · Residential · Madison

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
PAINTER: BRUSH ONLY	$7.25	0.00	SUNE1983-003 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: NE20260022 on SAM.gov.

NE20260023 rev 1 · Residential · Antelope, Arthur, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Cherry and 9 more

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
PAINTER	$8.00	0.00	SUNE1985-004 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: NE20260023 on SAM.gov.

NE20260024 rev 1 · Residential · Garfield, Hall, Hamilton, Howard, Merrick, Sherman and 1 more

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
PAINTER	$7.25	0.00	SUNE1984-007 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: NE20260024 on SAM.gov.

NE20260025 rev 1 · Residential · Greeley, Valley

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
PAINTER	$8.00	0.00	SUNE1984-008 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: NE20260025 on SAM.gov.

NE20260026 rev 1 · Residential · Johnson, Nemaha, Otoe, Pawnee, Richardson

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
PAINTER	$7.27	0.00	SUNE1982-004 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: NE20260026 on SAM.gov.

NE20260056 rev 1 · Building · Cass

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
PAINTER: BRUSH, ROLLER AND SPRAY	$14.26	0.00	SUNE2011-030 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: NE20260056 on SAM.gov.

NE20260057 rev 1 · Building · Douglas

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
PAINTER: BRUSH, ROLLER AND SPRAY	$14.26	0.00	SUNE2011-031 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: NE20260057 on SAM.gov.

NE20260058 rev 1 · Building · Lancaster

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
PAINTER: BRUSH, ROLLER AND SPRAY	$14.26	0.00	SUNE2011-032 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: NE20260058 on SAM.gov.

NE20260059 rev 1 · Building · Sarpy

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
PAINTER: BRUSH, ROLLER AND SPRAY	$14.26	0.00	SUNE2011-033 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: NE20260059 on SAM.gov.

NE20260060 rev 1 · Building · Saunders

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
PAINTER: BRUSH, ROLLER AND SPRAY	$14.26	0.00	SUNE2011-034 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: NE20260060 on SAM.gov.

NE20260061 rev 1 · Building · Seward

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
PAINTER: BRUSH, ROLLER AND SPRAY	$14.26	0.00	SUNE2011-035 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: NE20260061 on SAM.gov.

NE20260062 rev 1 · Building · Washington

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
PAINTER: BRUSH, ROLLER AND SPRAY	$14.26	0.00	SUNE2011-036 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: NE20260062 on SAM.gov.

NE20260063 rev 1 · Building · Dakota, Dixon

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
PAINTER: BRUSH, ROLLER AND SPRAY	$14.26	0.00	SUNE2011-037 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: NE20260063 on SAM.gov.

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