A tax of three and one-half percent (31/2%) is levied on the total contract amount or compensation received from all contracts, except contracts for residential construction, that exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) when the work to be performed is constructing, building, erecting, repairing, grading, excavating, drilling, exploring, testing or adding to any of the following:
35 Miss. Code. R. 4-10-01-301