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Carpet & Soft Floor Layer prevailing wage in Amador County, California
$82.37an hour, base wage + fringe benefits · Resilient Tile Layer
$52.19 base wage + $30.18 fringe benefits
Amador County uses the same carpet and soft floor layer rates as 20 other counties. See all of them on one page.
On California public works in Amador County, a carpet and soft floor layer working as resilient tile layer must be paid at least $82.37 an hour in total: $52.19 in wages plus $30.18 in employer payments to health, pension, training and other funds. Daily overtime is $108.47 and Sunday and holiday work is $134.56.
DIR general determination 200-1237-1, issued August 22, 2026. Expires December 31, 2026. Checked against dir.ca.gov on October 24, 2026.
Base wage and fringe benefits: $52.19 + $30.18
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 $82.37 or more.
| Basic hourly rate (taxable wage) (footnote A) | $52.19 |
| Health and welfare | $12.25 |
| Pension | $16.65 |
| Training | $0.94 |
| Other payments | $0.34 |
| Total straight-time hourly rate | $82.37 |
Vacation and holiday is $0.00 in DIR's table. Footnote K says where that money is counted.
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 200-1237-1, issued August 22, 2026; DIR's expiration date for it is December 31, 2026.
Scheduled increases
DIR has already set these increases. Work on or after each date is paid the higher rate. DIR often leaves part of an increase "to be allocated to wages and/or employer payments" and confirms the split when it comes due, and it can reduce a scheduled increase in a later notice, so check DIR's increase page before you pay it.
| Takes effect | Increase per hour | Total after increase |
|---|---|---|
| January 1, 2027 | +$4.00 | $86.37 |
The double asterisk after DIR's expiration date means the next rate is already set. If the work runs past that date you have to pay the new rate, and DIR says to build it into contracts signed now (DIR FAQ, Q8).
Rate history since 2024
Total hourly rate for this classification in each DIR release. The chart above draws the same figures with the increases that follow.
| Release | Total | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-2 | $75.42 | |
| 2025-1 | $78.67 | +$3.25 |
| 2025-2 | $78.67 | no change |
| 2026-1 | $82.37 | +$3.70 |
| 2026-2 | $82.37 | no change |
Davis-Bacon carpet and soft floor layer rate in Amador 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).
We don't put a federal figure next to DIR's here, because this page leads with a classification the federal determinations don't list one to one. The federal rows for this trade are below; match the classification to the work.
| Construction | Federal classification | Base wage | Total rate | WD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Building | FLOOR LAYER: CARPETSUCA1985-003 | $16.06 | $19.06 | CA20260023 Mod 1 |
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 Amador County compares
The main carpet and soft floor layer 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
- Amador Countybase $52.19$82.37
- Calaveras Countybase $52.19$82.37
- El Dorado Countybase $37.47$55.74
- Sacramento Countybase $52.19$82.37
Carpet & Soft Floor Layer 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 carpet and soft floor layer rates for Amador County are the same as in 20 other counties: Alpine, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Glenn, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas and 12 more.
| County | Classification | Base wage | Total rate | vs Amador County |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amador County | Resilient Tile Layer | $52.19 | $82.37 | |
| Calaveras County | Resilient Tile Layer | $52.19 | $82.37 | same |
| Sacramento County | Resilient Tile Layer | $52.19 | $82.37 | same |
| Alpine County | Resilient Tile Layer | $52.19 | $82.37 | same |
| Tuolumne County | Resilient Tile Layer | $52.19 | $82.37 | same |
| El Dorado County | Resilient Tile Layer | $37.47 | $55.74 | −$26.63 |
| Placer County | Resilient Tile Layer | $37.47 | $55.74 | −$26.63 |
California carpet and soft floor layer 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 Includes amount withheld for dues check off.
- K Included in basic hourly rate.
- L Rate applies to the first 4 daily overtime hours and the first 12 hours worked on Saturday; all other time is paid at the Sunday and holiday overtime hourly rate.
- M Designated days off shall be paid at time and one-half (1 1/2x). Please refer to the holiday provision for a list of designated days off.
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 $82.37. 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 200-1237-1: www.dir.ca.gov/oprl/2026-2/PWD/Determinations/Subtrades/AMA.html
Each figure is copied from DIR's file and checked by a second, separate reader. How we check · How to read a determination · Download Amador County as CSV · Report an error