Prevailing wage rates · Louisiana · Wage determination
Prevailing wage rates: Acadia, Ascension, Bossier and 13 more counties, Louisiana
Heavy construction · LA20260002 modification 2, published May 18, 2026
The short answer
This sheet sets 26 classifications for heavy work in Acadia, Ascension, Bossier and 13 more counties, Louisiana. Each line is a basic hourly rate plus a fringe rate, and the sum is the minimum you must pay for that work, from $8.20 an hour (laborers: common) to $52.66 (electrician (lafourche and terrebonne parishes)). Your contract may lock an earlier modification.
Scope
Excludes elevated storage tanks, Industrial Construction, Processing Plants, and Refineries
What changed this year
First published January 2, 2026, this sheet is now on modification 2, and its rates have changed in 1 modification. Of the 23 rates we can follow line by line from the first publication to today, 1 is higher.
If you bid the job or set pay from an earlier copy, find your trades below. The rates that bind you are the ones in the modification written into your contract.
Latest change
May 18, 2026 · modification 2
Classification names reworded; no change among the 23 lines we could match
SAM.gov reworded this sheet’s classification names in this modification, so not every line can be matched to the one before. Only lines matched with certainty are compared here; nothing is guessed. If your trade is not listed, compare it against your contract’s copy.
Earlier modifications
January 30, 2026 · modification 11 rate raised
- Electrician: 1 rate raised by $1.63 an hour
Every line that changed (1)
Classification Was Now Change ELECTRICIAN $35.00 + $16.03 $36.00 + $16.66 +$1.63 (+3.2%)
Compared line by line from each modification as published on SAM.gov. A line we could not pair with certainty is left out rather than guessed.
Rates by classification
These are the rates in modification 2 as published on SAM.gov. The determination and modification written into your contract are the ones that bind you; check that number before relying on this table. Total is the basic rate plus the fringe. Source is the agreement or survey the rate came from and its year; a survey year long past means the rate has not been surveyed since. A marker means the group changed in this modification. In the Since column, a dash means SAM.gov reworded the line during the year and it cannot be matched to the first publication with certainty. A dagger (†) means the fringe carries a footnote or percentage the total does not include; read the group’s notes.
| Classification | Basic rate | Fringe | Total | Since Jan 2 | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CARP1098-004 · Carpenters agreement, July 1, 2024 | |||||
CARPENTER: FORMBUILDING/FORMSETTING…Full textCARPENTER: FORMBUILDING/FORMSETTING (ASCENSION, EAST BATON ROUGE, LIVINGSTON AND WEST BATON ROUGE PARISHES) | $32.59 | $11.06 | $43.65 | no change | Agreement, 2024 |
| CARP1098-014 · Carpenters agreement, July 1, 2024 | |||||
| CARPENTER: FORMBUILDING/FORMSETTING (CALCASIEU PARISH) | $32.59 | $11.06 | $43.65 | no change | Agreement, 2024 |
| CARP1098-015 · Carpenters agreement, July 1, 2024 | |||||
CARPENTER: FORMBUILDING/FORMSETTING…Full textCARPENTER: FORMBUILDING/FORMSETTING (ACADIA, LAFAYETTE, ST. LANDRY AND ST. MARTIN PARISHES) | $32.59 | $11.06 | $43.65 | no change | Agreement, 2024 |
| CARP1098-016 · Carpenters agreement, July 1, 2024 | |||||
CARPENTER: FORMBUILDING/FORMSETTING…Full textCARPENTER: FORMBUILDING/FORMSETTING (BOSSIER, CADDO, OUACHITA, RAPIDES AND WEBSTER PARISHES) | $32.59 | $11.06 | $43.65 | no change | Agreement, 2024 |
| CARP1846-008 · Carpenters agreement, July 1, 2024 | |||||
| CARPENTER: FORMBUILDING/FORMSETTING (LAFOURCHE AND TERREBONNE PARISHES) | $32.59 | $10.52 | $43.11 | no change | Agreement, 2024 |
| ELEC0130-009 · Electrical Workers (IBEW) agreement, December 1, 2025 | |||||
| ELECTRICIAN (LAFOURCHE AND TERREBONNE PARISHES) | $36.00 | $16.66 | $52.66 | +$1.63 (+3.2%) | Agreement, 2025 |
| ELEC0194-007 · Electrical Workers (IBEW) agreement, September 2, 2025 | |||||
| ELECTRICIAN (BOSSIER, CADDO, AND WEBSTER PARISHES) | $35.85 | $15.58 | $51.43 | no change | Agreement, 2025 |
| ELEC0446-007 · Electrical Workers (IBEW) agreement, March 1, 2025 | |||||
| ELECTRICIAN (OUACHITA PARISH) | $29.55 | $14.36 | $43.91 | — | Agreement, 2025 |
| ELEC0576-006 · Electrical Workers (IBEW) agreement, September 1, 2025 | |||||
| ELECTRICIAN (RAPIDES PARISH) | $30.00 | $12.03 | $42.03 | — | Agreement, 2025 |
| ELEC0861-006 · Electrical Workers (IBEW) agreement, September 1, 2024 | |||||
| ELECTRICIAN (ACADIA, CALCASIEU, LAFAYETTE, AND ST. MARTIN PARISHES) | $31.98 | $15.14 | $47.12 | — | Agreement, 2024 |
| ELEC0995-006 · Electrical Workers (IBEW) agreement, January 1, 2025 | |||||
ELECTRICIAN (ASCENSION…Full textELECTRICIAN (ASCENSION, EAST BATON ROUGE, LIVINGSTON, ST. LANDRY, AND WEST BATON ROUGE PARISHES) | $29.47 | $13.50 | $42.97 | no change | Agreement, 2025 |
| SULA2004-006 · Survey of contractors in LA, April 29, 2004 | |||||
| TRUCK DRIVER, DUMP | $10.25 | $0.00 | $10.25 | no change | Survey, 2004 |
| POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: WINCH | $11.38 | $0.00 | $11.38 | no change | Survey, 2004 |
| POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: WATER WELL DRILLER | $11.91 | $2.44 | $14.35 | no change | Survey, 2004 |
| POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: TRACKHOE | $12.64 | $0.00 | $12.64 | no change | Survey, 2004 |
| POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: OILER | $8.59 | $2.50 | $11.09 | no change | Survey, 2004 |
| POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: MOTOR GRADER/BLADE | $11.75 | $0.00 | $11.75 | no change | Survey, 2004 |
| POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: FRONT END LOADER | $11.50 | $0.00 | $11.50 | no change | Survey, 2004 |
| POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: DRAGLINE | $15.16 | $0.00 | $15.16 | no change | Survey, 2004 |
| POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: CRANE | $16.62 | $3.28 | $19.90 | no change | Survey, 2004 |
| POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: BULLDOZER | $13.83 | $0.00 | $13.83 | no change | Survey, 2004 |
| POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: BACKHOE/EXCAVATOR | $13.01 | $0.00 | $13.01 | no change | Survey, 2004 |
| LABORERS: PIPELAYER | $9.45 | $0.00 | $9.45 | no change | Survey, 2004 |
| LABORERS: COMMON | $8.20 | $0.00 | $8.20 | no change | Survey, 2004 |
| CEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER | $13.77 | $0.00 | $13.77 | no change | Survey, 2004 |
| CARPENTER (ALL OTHER WORK) | $12.81 | $0.00 | $12.81 | no change | Survey, 2004 |
Modification history
| Modification 1 | January 30, 2026 |
| Modification 2 | May 18, 2026 (current) |
Published by the Wage and Hour Division; read from sam.gov. The sheet is checked for a newer modification each day. Contracts awarded since January 1, 2017 also carry Executive Order 13706 paid sick leave (one hour per 30 worked, up to 56 a year).
Questions people ask
- Which rate do I pay on LA20260002?
- The line for the classification of work actually performed: the basic rate plus the fringe. You may pay the fringe into benefit plans, as cash on every hour, or a mix. Overtime after 40 hours is 1.5 times the basic rate; fringe is paid on every hour and never multiplied.
- My trade is not on this sheet. What do I do?
- Do not borrow the nearest name. Ask the contracting agency for a conformance on Standard Form 1444 before the first week of that work, and note it as pending on the payroll.
- Does modification 2 apply to my contract?
- Only if it was in force when your contract was awarded (generally at bid opening). An earlier modification locked into the contract keeps applying, except on option years, added scope and indefinite-quantity contracts. The number and modification are on the first page of the exhibit in your contract.
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- 26 classifications in 12 rate groups
- 11 from agreements, 1 from surveys
- Counties: Acadia, Ascension, Bossier, Caddo, Calcasieu, East Baton Rouge, Lafayette, Lafourche, Livingston, Ouachita, Rapides, St Landry, St Martin, Terrebonne, Webster, West Baton Rouge