Brick Tender prevailing wage, Sacramento County group, California (30 counties)

DIR sets the same brick tender rates, row for row, in 30 counties: Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, El Dorado, Fresno, Glenn, Kings, Lassen, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Modoc, Monterey, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, San Benito, San Joaquin, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Tuolumne, Yolo and Yuba. Every figure on this page applies in each of them.

$72.66an hour, total

$44.35 wage + $28.31 employer payments

On California public works in each of these 30 counties, a brick tender must be paid at least $72.66 an hour in total: $44.35 in wages plus $28.31 in employer payments to health, pension, training and other funds. Daily overtime is $94.84 and Sunday and holiday work is $117.01.

DIR general determination 102-X-9, issued August 22, 2026. Expires June 30, 2027. Checked against dir.ca.gov on October 24, 2026.

Base wage and fringe: $44.35 + $28.31

The basic hourly rate is the taxable wage. The other lines, usually called fringe benefits, 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 $72.66 or more.

Basic hourly rate (taxable wage) (footnote I)	$44.35
Health and welfare	$12.00
Pension	$15.31
Training	$0.45
Other payments	$0.55
Total straight-time hourly rate	$72.66

Vacation and holiday is $0.00 in DIR's table. Footnote F says where that money is counted.

Straight time covers an 8-hour day.

Davis-Bacon brick tender rates in these counties

The counties share DIR's rates, but not always the same federal wage determination. 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).

County	Federal classification	Base + fringe	WD	vs DIR
Alpine County	Federal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Amador County	Federal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Butte County	Federal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Calaveras County	No federal row for this trade
Colusa County	Federal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
El Dorado County	Federal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Fresno County	Federal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Glenn County	Federal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Kings County	Federal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Lassen County	Federal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Madera County	Federal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Mariposa County	Federal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Merced County	Federal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Modoc County	Federal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Monterey County	Federal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Placer County	Federal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Plumas County	Federal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Sacramento County	Federal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
San Benito County	Federal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
San Joaquin County	Federal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Shasta County	Federal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Sierra County	Federal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Siskiyou County	Federal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Stanislaus County	Federal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Sutter County	Federal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Tehama County	Federal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Trinity County	Federal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Tuolumne County	Federal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Yolo County	Federal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Yuba County	Federal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match

Rate history since 2024

Total hourly rate for this classification in each DIR release.

$65.70$68.95$72.66now

DIR releases since 2024

Release	Total	Change
2024-2	$65.70
2025-1	$65.70	no change
2025-2	$68.95	+$3.25
2026-1	$68.95	no change
2026-2	$72.66	+$3.71

How the Sacramento County group compares

The main brick tender 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

Sacramento $72.6611

$21.14Nevada$73.66Alameda

SacramentoNearby: Alpine $72.66, Amador $72.66, Butte $72.66, Calaveras $72.66, Colusa $72.66, El Dorado $72.66, Fresno $72.66, Glenn $72.66, Kings $72.66, Lassen $72.66, Madera $72.66, Mariposa $72.66, Merced $72.66, Modoc $72.66, Monterey $72.66, Placer $72.66, Plumas $72.66, San Benito $72.66, San Joaquin $72.66, Shasta $72.66, Sierra $72.66, Siskiyou $72.66, Stanislaus $72.66, Sutter $72.66, Tehama $72.66, Trinity $72.66, Tuolumne $72.66, Yolo $72.66, Yuba $72.66Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 6 counties pay more than Sacramento, 37 the same, 14 less.

Wage and employer payments, nearby

Sacramento County groupbase $44.35$72.66
Solano Countybase $44.20$72.66
Yolo Countybase $44.35$72.66
Contra Costa Countybase $45.20$73.66

Which county is in which brick tender group

Every California county with a brick tender rate. Counties DIR treats alike share one page; the rest have their own. You pay the rate for the county where the work is done, even if your shop is somewhere else.

Counties	Main classification	Total	Base
Alameda County group, 4 counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, San Mateo	Brick Tender	$73.66	$45.20
Marin County	Brick Tender	$73.66	$45.20
Santa Clara County	Brick Tender	$73.66	$45.15
Sacramento County group, 30 counties: Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, El Dorado, Fresno, Glenn, Kings, Lassen, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Modoc, Monterey, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, San Benito, San Joaquin, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Tuolumne, Yolo, Yuba	Brick Tender	$72.66	$44.35
Sonoma County group, 7 counties: Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Mendocino, Napa, Solano, Sonoma	Brick Tender	$72.66	$44.20
Santa Cruz County	Brick Tender	$72.66	$44.20
Los Angeles County group, 11 counties: Imperial, Inyo, Kern, Los Angeles, Mono, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura	Brick Tender	$71.95	$46.23
San Diego County	Brick Tender	$67.19	$42.60
Tulare County	Brick Tender	$34.28	$16.90
Nevada County	Brick Tender	$21.14	$18.29

4 groups of counties with identical DIR rates, and 6 counties with rates of their own.

California brick tender 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.

I Includes amount for vac/hol and dues check off.
F Included in straight-time hourly rate.
J Rate applies to first 2 daily overtime hours and the first 10 hours worked on Saturday. All other time is paid at the Sunday and holiday overtime hourly rate. Saturdays in the same work week may be worked at straight-time if job is shut downduring the normal work week due to inclement weather.

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.

Every trade's rates, county by county: Alpine · Amador · Butte · Calaveras · Colusa · El Dorado · Fresno · Glenn · Kings · Lassen · Madera · Mariposa · Merced · Modoc · Monterey · Placer · Plumas · Sacramento · San Benito · San Joaquin · Shasta · Sierra · Siskiyou · Stanislaus · Sutter · Tehama · Trinity · Tuolumne · Yolo · Yuba

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 $72.66. 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 102-X-9. DIR prints it in one file per county:

Each figure is copied from DIR's file and checked by a second, separate reader. How we check · How to read a determination · Download every California rate as CSV · Report an error

Straight time	$72.66
Daily overtime	$94.84
Saturday	$94.84
Sunday and holiday	$117.01