Bricklayer prevailing wage, Sacramento County group, California (21 counties)

DIR sets the same bricklayer rates, row for row, in 21 counties: Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, El Dorado, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Shasta, Sierra, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Tuolumne, Yolo and Yuba. Every figure on this page applies in each of them.

$85.50an hour, total

$53.19 wage + $32.31 employer payments

On California public works in each of these 21 counties, a bricklayer must be paid at least $85.50 an hour in total: $53.19 in wages plus $32.31 in employer payments to health, pension, training and other funds. Daily overtime is $113.60 and Sunday and holiday work is $141.69.

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 $85.50 to $88.17 an hour. See all of them.

Base wage and fringe: $53.19 + $32.31

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 $85.50 or more.

Basic hourly rate (taxable wage) (footnote A)	$53.19
Health and welfare	$14.50
Pension	$11.77
Vacation and holiday (footnote B)	$3.00
Training	$0.80
Other payments (footnote C)	$2.24
Total straight-time hourly rate	$85.50

Straight time covers an 8-hour day.

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
Alpine County	Federal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Amador County	BRICKLAYER, STONEMASON	$21.61	CA20260023 Mod 1	DIR +$63.89
Butte County	Federal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Calaveras County	BRICKLAYER ( 9) CALAVERAS, SAN JOAQUIN, STANISLAUS, TOULUMNE	$77.77	CA20260018 Mod 8	DIR +$7.73
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
Glenn 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
Modoc 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 Joaquin County	BRICKLAYER ( 9) CALAVERAS, SAN JOAQUIN, STANISLAUS, TOULUMNE	$77.77	CA20260018 Mod 8	DIR +$7.73
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
Stanislaus County	BRICKLAYER ( 9) CALAVERAS, SAN JOAQUIN, STANISLAUS, TOULUMNE	$77.77	CA20260018 Mod 8	DIR +$7.73
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
Tuolumne County	No federal row for this trade
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.

$79.15$82.25$85.50now

DIR releases since 2024

Release	Total	Change
2024-2	$79.15
2025-1	$79.15	no change
2025-2	$82.25	+$3.10
2026-1	$82.25	no change
2026-2	$85.50	+$3.25

Every bricklayer rate in the Sacramento County group

As DIR lists them. The highlighted row is the one this page leads with.

Classification	Total	Base	Employer payments	Daily OT	Determination
Bricklayer, Blocklayer, Stonemason	$85.50	$53.19	$32.31	$113.60	018-3-4
Bricklayer, Blocklayer: Pointer, Cleaner, Caulker, Waterproofer	$88.17	$57.54	$30.63	$116.94	018-3-6

How the Sacramento 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

Sacramento $85.50115212

$70.25San Diego$93.25Del Norte

SacramentoNearby: Alpine $85.50, Amador $85.50, Butte $85.50, Calaveras $85.50, Colusa $85.50, El Dorado $85.50, Glenn $85.50, Lassen $85.50, Modoc $85.50, Placer $85.50, Plumas $85.50, San Joaquin $85.50, Shasta $85.50, Sierra $85.50, Stanislaus $85.50, Sutter $85.50, Tehama $85.50, Tuolumne $85.50, Yolo $85.50, Yuba $85.50Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 19 counties pay more than Sacramento, 20 the same, 18 less.

Wage and employer payments, nearby

Sacramento County groupbase $53.19$85.50
Solano Countybase $57.37$93.25
Yolo Countybase $53.19$85.50
San Joaquin Countybase $53.19$85.50

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	Total	Base
San Francisco County group, 12 counties: Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Siskiyou, Solano, Sonoma, Trinity	Bricklayer, Blocklayer, Stonemason	$93.25	$57.37
Santa Clara County group, 4 counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, San Benito, Santa Clara	Bricklayer, Blocklayer, Stonemason	$90.95	$57.09
Monterey County group, 2 counties: Monterey, Santa Cruz	Bricklayer, Blocklayer, Stonemason	$89.73	$54.95
Nevada County	Pointer, Cleaner, Caulker, Waterproofer	$88.17	$57.54
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	$85.50	$53.19
Fresno County group, 5 counties: Fresno, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced	Bricklayer, Blocklayer, Stonemason	$84.70	$51.75
Imperial County	Bricklayer	$80.25	$59.99
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	$78.36	$55.10
San Diego County	Bricklayer	$70.25	$50.09

6 groups of counties with identical DIR rates, and 3 counties with rates of their own.

California bricklayer 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.
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: Alpine · Amador · Butte · Calaveras · Colusa · El Dorado · Glenn · Lassen · Modoc · Placer · Plumas · Sacramento · San Joaquin · Shasta · Sierra · Stanislaus · Sutter · Tehama · 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 $85.50. 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:

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	$85.50
Daily overtime	$113.60
Saturday	$113.60
Sunday and holiday	$141.69