4. Davis-Bacon Act WD CA20260018.pdf

This is a General Decision (Wage Determination) document issued by the U.S. Department of Labor establishing prevailing wage rates for federal construction contracts in California. The determination applies to building construction, heavy construction and dredging, and highway construction projects across 16 California counties including Alameda, Calaveras, Contra Costa, Fresno, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Monterey, San Benito, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Stanislaus, and Tuolumne. The document becomes effective January 30, 2026 and supersedes a previous determination from 2025. The wage determination includes five modifications with publication dates ranging from January 2 to January 30, 2026.

The determination establishes hourly wage rates and fringe benefit rates for numerous construction classifications including carpenters, ironworkers, electricians, plumbers, laborers, operators of various equipment (cranes, piledriving equipment, dredging equipment, landscape equipment), tunnel and shaft workers, painters, roofers, sheet metal workers, truck drivers, and various other skilled and unskilled construction trades. Rates vary by county and geographic area, with different rate schedules for numerous classifications. Many classifications include footnotes specifying additional compensation for hazardous work, high-altitude work, work in enclosures, saturation diving, tunnel work, and other specialized conditions. The document also provides detailed classifications for power equipment operators, cranes and attachments, piledriving equipment, steel erectors, and tunnel/underground work, along with explicit group definitions for each classification. Federal contractors performing work on covered projects must pay workers at or above the specified prevailing wage rates and provide required fringe benefits.