What is the Davis-Bacon prevailing wage for a piledriver in Louisiana?

There is no single figure. Active federal determinations for Louisiana publish 6 piledriver classification rates ranging from $13.07 to $32.59 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 Louisiana have a published piledriver rate?

58 of the counties covered by active federal determinations list at least one piledriver classification.

Do these rates apply to state-funded projects?

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

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Piledriver prevailing wage rates in Louisiana

Federal Davis-Bacon rates published in 3 active determinations, 2026

Active federal Davis-Bacon determinations for Louisiana publish 6 piledriver classification rates, across 3 determinations covering 58 counties.
Those published base rates run from $13.07 to $32.59 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: Heavy, Highway.
Last determination revision affecting piledriver rates in Louisiana: 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 Louisiana's active federal determinations that is a form of piledriver work (pile driving and marine foundation work) 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

LA20260006 rev 2 · Heavy · Acadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Beauregard and 53 more

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
PILEDRIVERMAN (ASCENSION, ASSUMPTION, AVOYELLES, EAST BATON ROUGE, EAST FELICIANA, IBERIA, IBERVILLE, LIVINGSTON, POINT COUPEE, ST. HELENA, TANGIPAHOA, WEST BATON ROUGE, AND WEST F	$32.59	11.06	CARP1098-002 collectively bargained (union) rate
PILEDRIVERMAN (ACADIA, EVANGELINE, LAFAYETTE, ST. LANDRY, ST. MARTIN, ST. MARY AND VERMILLLION PARISHES)	$32.59	11.06	CARP1098-007 collectively bargained (union) rate
PILEDRIVERMAN (BIENVILLE, BOSSIER, CADDO, CATAHOULA, CALDWELL, CLAIBORNE, CONCORDIA, DE SOTO, EAST CARROLL, FRANKLIN, GRANT, JACKSON, LASALLE, LINCOLN, MADISON, MOREHOUSE, NATCHITO	$32.59	11.06	CARP1098-008 collectively bargained (union) rate
PILEDRIVERMAN (ALLEN, BEAUREGARD, CALCASIEU, CAMERON, JEFFERSON DAVIS AND VERNON PARISHES)	$32.59	11.06	CARP1098-013 collectively bargained (union) rate

Official document: LA20260006 on SAM.gov.

LA20260012 rev 1 · Highway · Lafourche, Terrebonne

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
PILEDRIVERMAN	$19.00	0.00	SULA2011-004 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: LA20260012 on SAM.gov.

LA20260014 rev 1 · Highway · Acadia, Allen, Assumption, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Evangeline and 10 more

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
PILEDRIVERMAN	$13.07	0.00	SULA2011-006 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: LA20260014 on SAM.gov.

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