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Metal Roofing Installer prevailing wage in Alameda County, California
$86.42an hour, base wage + fringe benefits · Metal Roofing Systems Installer
$55.00 base wage + $31.42 fringe benefits
Alameda County uses the same metal roofing installer rates as 3 other counties. See all of them on one page.
On California public works in Alameda County, a metal roofing installer working as metal roofing systems installer must be paid at least $86.42 an hour in total: $55.00 in wages plus $31.42 in employer payments to health, pension, training and other funds. Daily overtime is $113.92 and Sunday and holiday work is $141.42.
DIR general determination C-MR-2026-2, issued August 22, 2026. Expires July 31, 2027. Checked against dir.ca.gov on October 24, 2026.
Base wage and fringe benefits: $55.00 + $31.42
The basic hourly rate is the taxable wage. The other lines, the fringe benefits DIR calls employer payments, are what DIR expects the employer to pay into health, pension and other plans for each hour worked. An employer can pay part of that as extra wages instead, as long as the total per hour stays at $86.42 or more.
| Basic hourly rate (taxable wage) | $55.00 |
| Health and welfare | $13.00 |
| Pension | $11.84 |
| Vacation and holiday | $5.00 |
| Training | $0.65 |
| Other payments | $0.93 |
| Total straight-time hourly rate | $86.42 |
Straight time covers an 8-hour day.
When does this rate change?
- A project pays the rates in effect on its bid advertisement date for the life of the job, plus any increase DIR set in advance (DIR FAQ).
- DIR issues new determinations on February 22 and August 22, and they take effect 10 days later. This rate is from determination C-MR-2026-2, issued August 22, 2026; DIR's expiration date for it is July 31, 2027.
Davis-Bacon metal roofing installer rate in Alameda County
Federally funded or assisted construction here uses the U.S. Department of Labor's wage determinations. When a California awarding body runs a federally funded or assisted project, DIR's rates must be paid where they are higher than the Davis-Bacon rates (DIR public works FAQ).
The federal determinations for Alameda County list no metal roofing installer classification.
Davis-Bacon rates from SAM.gov, read October 25, 2026. Our federal totals are base plus fringe; DOL prints no total. California Davis-Bacon changes
How Alameda County compares
The main metal roofing installer rate in every county that has one, and how the pay splits here and in the nearest counties. All bars use the same scale.
Every county in California
Base wage and fringe benefits, nearby
- Alameda Countybase $55.00$86.42
- Contra Costa Countybase $55.00$86.42
- San Mateo Countybase $81.34$140.34
- Santa Clara Countybase $81.34$140.34
Metal Roofing Installer rates in nearby counties
Current DIR rates. You pay the rate for the county where the work is done, even if your shop is somewhere else.
DIR's metal roofing installer rates for Alameda County are the same as in 3 other counties: Contra Costa, Mendocino, Solano.
| County | Classification | Base wage | Total rate | vs Alameda County |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Mateo County | Metal Roofing Systems Installer | $81.34 | $140.34 | +$53.92 |
| Santa Clara County | Metal Roofing Systems Installer | $81.34 | $140.34 | +$53.92 |
| San Francisco County | Metal Roofing Systems Installer | $81.34 | $140.34 | +$53.92 |
| Alameda County | Metal Roofing Systems Installer | $55.00 | $86.42 | |
| Contra Costa County | Metal Roofing Systems Installer | $55.00 | $86.42 | same |
| Solano County | Metal Roofing Systems Installer | $55.00 | $86.42 | same |
| San Joaquin County | Metal Roofing Systems Installer | $49.65 | $71.84 | −$14.58 |
California metal roofing installer prevailing wage by county, with a map
Footnotes on this rate
DIR's footnotes, in DIR's words. Several change the rate itself: zone pay, a percentage added to the total, or which overtime hours get which rate.
- a In the event that conditions over which the Individual Employer has no control (i.e., adverse weather, project delays, logistical problems, general contractor or owner requirements, etc.) on one or more days during the regular work week prevent employees from working, then work is to be performed on Saturday, when available, at straight time rates.
- b Rate applies to the first 4 daily overtime hours and first 12 hours worked on Saturday; all other time is paid at the Sunday/Holiday overtime hourly rate.
DIR's other marks: # means an apprenticeable craft, * means in effect until superseded, ** means the next rate is already set.
More from DIR on this rate
- Holidays (DIR PDF)
- Scope of work: which tasks this rate covers
- Travel and subsistence
- Apprentice rates: DIR publishes these separately, by program. Look them up on DIR.
Are you being paid this rate?
Add your hourly wage to what your employer pays into health, pension and other plans for you, and compare it with $86.42. Plan payments only count if the money goes into the plan; your pay stub won't show them, but plan statements will. The training amount goes to the California Apprenticeship Council or an apprenticeship program, not to you. Check a week of pay.
Contractors on most public works jobs file certified payroll with the state, and anyone can look it up in DIR's CPR public search. If your total comes up short, you can file a public works complaint with the California Labor Commissioner.
Source
California Department of Industrial Relations, general prevailing wage determination C-MR-2026-2, page 1: www.dir.ca.gov/oprl/2026-2/PWD/Determinations/Statewide/C-MR.pdf
Each figure is copied from DIR's file and checked by a second, separate reader. How we check · How to read a determination · Download Alameda County as CSV · Report an error