Davis-Bacon wage rates
California prevailing wage rates
28 active Davis-Bacon general wage determinations cover California: 1 building, heavy, highway, residential, 11 building, heavy, highway, 2 heavy, highway, 3 building, 11 residential. 20 have been modified since their annual edition in 2026, according to SAM.gov. Find the determination by county, or compare a trade across the state.
By county
- Alameda2
- Alpine2
- Amador3
- Butte2
- Calaveras2
- Colusa2
- Contra Costa2
- Del Norte3
- El Dorado2
- Fresno2
- Glenn2
- Humboldt3
- Imperial2
- Inyo2
- Kern2
- Kings2
- Lake3
- Lassen2
- Los Angeles2
- Madera2
- Marin2
- Mariposa2
- Mendocino3
- Merced2
- Modoc2
- Mono2
- Monterey2
- Napa2
- Nevada2
- Orange2
- Placer2
- Plumas2
- Riverside2
- Sacramento2
- San Benito2
- San Bernardino2
- San Diego1
- San Francisco2
- San Joaquin2
- San Luis Obispo2
- San Mateo2
- Santa Barbara2
- Santa Clara2
- Santa Cruz2
- Shasta2
- Sierra2
- Siskiyou2
- Solano2
- Sonoma2
- Stanislaus2
- Sutter2
- Tehama2
- Trinity2
- Tulare3
- Tuolumne2
- Ventura2
- Yolo2
- Yuba2
By trade
- Electricians$7.73 to $91.25 base
- Laborers$7.25 to $55.88 base
- Carpenters$7.25 to $60.54 base
- Plumbers and pipefitters$8.25 to $91.00 base
- Power equipment operators$8.53 to $70.75 base
- Ironworkers$18.01 to $55.83 base
- Painters$8.19 to $57.00 base
- Bricklayers$15.18 to $58.81 base
- Cement masons and concrete finishers$8.50 to $47.70 base
- Roofers$7.25 to $57.17 base
- Truck drivers$7.50 to $45.31 base
- Sheet metal workers$9.00 to $86.31 base
- Millwrights$52.24 to $52.24 base
- Insulators (heat and frost)$21.60 to $84.76 base
- Sprinkler fitters$21.87 to $81.54 base
- Elevator mechanics$29.39 to $84.05 base
- Drywall finishers and tapers$7.50 to $63.76 base
- Plasterers$8.25 to $47.37 base
- Tile setters and finishers$7.25 to $59.92 base
- Glaziers$12.52 to $56.22 base
- Boilermakers$17.05 to $51.98 base
Recently changed
- CA20260014: Building, Heavy, Highway, Santa Barbara CountyModification 7, October 15, 2026
- CA20260017: Residential, Los Angeles, Orange and 6 more countiesModification 5, October 15, 2026
- CA20260018: Building, Heavy, Highway, Madera, Fresno and 15 more countiesModification 8, September 17, 2026
- CA20260004: Heavy, Highway, Del Norte, Humboldt and 2 more countiesModification 4, September 3, 2026
- CA20260007: Building, Heavy, Highway, Lassen, Alpine and 22 more countiesModification 5, September 3, 2026
- CA20260012: Building, Heavy, Highway, San Luis Obispo CountyModification 5, September 3, 2026
- CA20260015: Building, Heavy, Highway, Ventura CountyModification 5, September 3, 2026
- CA20260016: Building, Tulare CountyModification 4, September 3, 2026
- CA20260019: Residential, Monterey, San Benito and 16 more countiesModification 6, September 3, 2026
- CA20260028: Residential, Tuolumne CountyModification 2, September 3, 2026
- CA20260029: Residential, Mono, Mariposa and 4 more countiesModification 2, September 3, 2026
- CA20260022: Building, Heavy, Highway, Los Angeles CountyModification 5, August 6, 2026
Every determination
Building, Heavy, Highway, Residential
Building, Heavy, Highway
- CA20260002Imperial County
- CA20260007Lassen, Alpine and 22 more counties
- CA20260012San Luis Obispo County
- CA20260014Santa Barbara County
- CA20260015Ventura County
- CA20260018Madera, Fresno and 15 more counties
- CA20260020Mono, Kern and 1 more counties
- CA20260022Los Angeles County
- CA20260024Orange County
- CA20260025Riverside County
- CA20260026San Bernardino County
Building
Residential
- CA20260008Butte County
- CA20260009Madera, Kern and 5 more counties
- CA20260011Kings County
- CA20260013Shasta County
- CA20260017Los Angeles, Orange and 6 more counties
- CA20260019Monterey, San Benito and 16 more counties
- CA20260027Humboldt County
- CA20260028Tuolumne County
- CA20260029Mono, Mariposa and 4 more counties
- CA20260030Lassen, Colusa and 8 more counties
- CA20260031Del Norte, Lake and 1 more counties
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