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Electrician prevailing wage, Solano County group, California (2 counties)

DIR sets the same electrician rates, row for row, in 2 counties: Napa and Solano. Every figure on this page applies in each of them.

$98.18an hour, base wage + fringe benefits · Inside Wireman, Technician

$63.81 base wage + $34.37 fringe benefits

On California public works in each of these 2 counties, an electrician working as inside wireman, technician must be paid at least $98.18 an hour in total: $63.81 in wages plus $34.37 in employer payments to health, pension, training and other funds. Daily overtime is $131.79 and Sunday and holiday work is $165.39.

DIR general determination 061-180-1, issued August 22, 2026. Expires May 31, 2027. Checked against dir.ca.gov on October 24, 2026.

DIR lists 4 electrician rates for each of these counties, from $84.45 to $106.58 an hour. See all of them.

Base wage and fringe benefits: $63.81 + $34.37

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 $98.18 or more.

Basic hourly rate (taxable wage) (footnote A)$63.81
Health and welfare (footnote Q)$17.70
Pension$10.65
Training$2.38
Other payments$1.49
Added to the total by footnote R, S$2.15
Total straight-time hourly rate$98.18

Straight time covers an 8-hour day.

When does this rate change?

Scheduled increases

DIR releases since 2024Increases DIR has already set

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 effectIncrease per hourTotal after increase
June 1, 2027+$3.70$101.88

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.

ReleaseTotalChange
2024-2$86.17
2025-1$86.17no change
2025-2$94.36+$8.19
2026-1$94.36no change
2026-2$98.18+$3.82

Every electrician rate in the Solano County group

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

  1. Cable Splicer$106.58
  2. Inside Wireman, Technician$98.18
  3. Comm & System Tech.$92.69
  4. Comm & System Installer$84.45
Total hourly rate of each electrician classification in the Solano County group, highest first, split into base wage and fringe benefits.
ClassificationBase wageFringe benefitsTotal rateDaily OTDetermination
Cable Splicer$71.79 $34.79 $106.58 $144.39 061-180-1
Electrician: Comm & System Installer$53.08 $31.37 $84.45 $111.92 061-X-7(NO-2)
Electrician: Comm & System Tech.$61.04 $31.65 $92.69 $124.28 061-X-7(NO-2)
Inside Wireman, Technician$63.81 $34.37 $98.18 $131.79 061-180-1

Davis-Bacon electrician 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).

CountyFederal classificationBase + fringeWDvs DIR
Napa CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Solano CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match

How the Solano County group compares

The main electrician 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

$63.58Modoc$147.73Santa Clara
SolanoNearby: Napa $98.18Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 17 counties pay more than Solano, 1 the same, 39 less.

Base wage and fringe benefits, nearby

  1. Solano County groupbase $63.81$98.18
  2. Contra Costa Countybase $68.26$107.17
  3. Napa Countybase $63.81$98.18
  4. Yolo Countybase $53.70$96.77

Which county is in which electrician group

Every California county with a electrician 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.

CountiesMain classificationBase wageTotal rate
Santa Clara CountyInside Wireman, Technician$95.53 $147.73 
San Francisco CountyInside Wireman$95.75 $146.16 
San Mateo CountyInside Wireman, Technician$88.00 $143.33 
Alameda CountyInside Wireman$79.25 $131.67 
Inyo County*Inside Wireman (Zone B)$76.95 $111.15 
Mono County*Inside Wireman (Zone B)$76.95 $111.15 
Contra Costa CountyInside Wireman, Technician$68.26 $107.17 
Monterey County group, 3 counties: Monterey, San Benito, Santa CruzInside Wireman, Technician$70.41 $105.25 
Los Angeles CountyInside Wireman, Radio Monitor Technician$65.00 $103.12 
Humboldt County group, 3 counties: Del Norte, Humboldt, MendocinoInside Wireman$64.00 $100.56 
Sonoma County group, 2 counties: Marin, SonomaInside Wireman$64.00 $100.56 
Lake CountyInside Wireman$64.00 $100.56 
Solano County group, 2 counties: Napa, SolanoInside Wireman, Technician$63.81 $98.18 
Sacramento County group, 17 counties: Alpine, Amador, Butte, Colusa, El Dorado, Glenn, Lassen, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, Shasta, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Yolo, YubaInside Wireman$53.70 $96.77 
Sierra County*Inside Wireman$53.70 $96.77 
San Joaquin County group, 2 counties: Calaveras, San JoaquinInside Wireman, Technician$53.85 $90.73 
Riverside CountyInside Wireman, Technician$57.26 $90.66 
Orange CountyInside Wireman, Technician$62.76 $90.26 
San Bernardino County*Inside Wireman (Zone A)$57.00 $90.26 
Ventura County*Inside Wireman$56.59 $89.43 
Stanislaus County group, 4 counties: Mariposa, Merced, Stanislaus, TuolumneInside Wireman$53.00 $87.38 
San Luis Obispo CountyInside Wireman, Technician$59.50 $85.68 
Fresno County group, 4 counties: Fresno, Kings, Madera, TulareInside Wireman, Technician$52.00 $83.96 
Kern CountyInside Wireman, Technician$58.65 $82.01 
Santa Barbara CountyInside Wireman$54.61 $80.57 
Imperial CountyInside Wireman, Technician$58.95 $80.44 
San Diego CountyInside Wireman, Technician$58.95 $80.44 
Siskiyou County group, 2 counties: Modoc, SiskiyouInside Wireman$43.97 $63.58 

9 groups of counties with identical DIR rates, and 19 counties with rates of their own. * County split between areas; its page shows the rate for each part.

California electrician 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.

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

Every trade's rates, county by county: Napa · Solano

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 $98.18. 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 061-180-1. 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