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Bricklayer prevailing wage, Monterey County group, California (2 counties)
DIR sets the same bricklayer rates, row for row, in 2 counties: Monterey and Santa Cruz. Every figure on this page applies in each of them.
$89.73an hour, base wage + fringe benefits
$54.95 base wage + $34.78 fringe benefits
On California public works in each of these 2 counties, a bricklayer must be paid at least $89.73 an hour in total: $54.95 in wages plus $34.78 in employer payments to health, pension, training and other funds. Daily overtime is $118.71 and Sunday and holiday work is $147.68.
DIR general determination 018-3-4, issued August 22, 2026. Expires April 30, 2027. Checked against dir.ca.gov on October 24, 2026.
DIR lists 2 bricklayer rates for each of these counties, from $89.73 to $96.28 an hour. See all of them.
Base wage and fringe benefits: $54.95 + $34.78
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 $89.73 or more.
| Basic hourly rate (taxable wage) (footnote A) | $54.95 |
| Health and welfare | $14.50 |
| Pension | $14.20 |
| Vacation and holiday (footnote B) | $3.00 |
| Training | $0.80 |
| Other payments (footnote C) | $2.28 |
| Total straight-time hourly rate | $89.73 |
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 018-3-4, issued August 22, 2026; DIR's expiration date for it is April 30, 2027.
Rate history since 2024
Total hourly rate for this classification in each DIR release.
| Release | Total | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-2 | $83.38 | |
| 2025-1 | $83.38 | no change |
| 2025-2 | $86.48 | +$3.10 |
| 2026-1 | $86.48 | no change |
| 2026-2 | $89.73 | +$3.25 |
Every bricklayer rate in the Monterey County group
As DIR lists them. The highlighted row is the one this page leads with.
Davis-Bacon bricklayer 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monterey County | BRICKLAYER (16) MONTEREY, SANTA CRUZ | $82.00 | CA20260018 Mod 8 | DIR +$7.73 |
| Santa Cruz County | BRICKLAYER (16) MONTEREY, SANTA CRUZ | $82.00 | CA20260018 Mod 8 | DIR +$7.73 |
How the Monterey County group compares
The main bricklayer 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
- Monterey County groupbase $54.95$89.73
- San Benito Countybase $57.09$90.95
- Santa Cruz Countybase $54.95$89.73
- Merced Countybase $51.75$84.70
Which county is in which bricklayer group
Every California county with a bricklayer 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 | Base wage | Total rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco County group, 12 counties: Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Siskiyou, Solano, Sonoma, Trinity | Bricklayer, Blocklayer, Stonemason | $57.37 | $93.25 |
| Santa Clara County group, 4 counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, San Benito, Santa Clara | Bricklayer, Blocklayer, Stonemason | $57.09 | $90.95 |
| Monterey County group, 2 counties: Monterey, Santa Cruz | Bricklayer, Blocklayer, Stonemason | $54.95 | $89.73 |
| Nevada County | Pointer, Cleaner, Caulker, Waterproofer | $57.54 | $88.17 |
| Sacramento County group, 21 counties: Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, El Dorado, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Shasta, Sierra, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Tuolumne, Yolo, Yuba | Bricklayer, Blocklayer, Stonemason | $53.19 | $85.50 |
| Fresno County group, 5 counties: Fresno, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced | Bricklayer, Blocklayer, Stonemason | $51.75 | $84.70 |
| Imperial County | Bricklayer | $59.99 | $80.25 |
| Los Angeles County group, 11 counties: Inyo, Kern, Los Angeles, Mono, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Tulare, Ventura | Bricklayer, Cement Blocklayer, Pointer, Caulker, Cleaner | $55.10 | $78.36 |
| San Diego County | Bricklayer | $50.09 | $70.25 |
6 groups of counties with identical DIR rates, and 3 counties with rates of their own.
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.
- B Vacation is factored at the applicable overtime multiplier
- C Includes amount for industry promotion fund, international masonry institute, labor management cooperation committee, and vacation trust fund. Effective 5/1/2022, industry promotion fund is split into the industry fund and the California masonry council.
- D Saturdays in the same work week may be worked at straight-time if job is shut down during the normal workweek due to inclement weather.
- E Rate applies to the first 2 daily overtime hours and the first 10 hours on Saturday; all other time is paid at the Sunday and 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.
Every trade's rates, county by county: Monterey · Santa Cruz
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 $89.73. 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 018-3-4. DIR prints it in one file per county:
- Monterey: www.dir.ca.gov/oprl/2026-2/PWD/Determinations/Subtrades/MTY.html
- Santa Cruz: www.dir.ca.gov/oprl/2026-2/PWD/Determinations/Subtrades/STZ.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 every California rate as CSV · Report an error