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Landscape Maintenance Laborer prevailing wage, Nevada County group, California (2 counties)
DIR sets the same landscape maintenance laborer rates, row for row, in 2 counties: Nevada and Sierra. Every figure on this page applies in each of them.
$17.25an hour, base wage + fringe benefits
$16.90 base wage + $0.35 fringe benefits
On California public works in each of these 2 counties, a landscape maintenance laborer must be paid at least $17.25 an hour in total: $16.90 in wages plus $0.35 in employer payments to health, pension, training and other funds. Daily overtime is $25.70.
DIR general determination NC-LML-2026-1, issued February 22, 2026 and still current in DIR's 2026-2 release. Checked against dir.ca.gov on October 24, 2026.
DIR's expiration date for this determination was March 31, 2026. DIR hasn't issued a replacement, so this rate still applies, which is what the single asterisk on DIR's table means. A project keeps the rates in effect on its bid advertisement date for the life of the job.
Base wage and fringe benefits: $16.90 + $0.35
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 $17.25 or more.
| Basic hourly rate (taxable wage) | $16.90 |
| Vacation and holiday | $0.35 |
| Total straight-time hourly rate | $17.25 |
DIR prints vacation ($0.16) and holiday pay ($0.19) as separate columns for this rate; the vacation and holiday line adds them.
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 NC-LML-2026-1, issued February 22, 2026.
How the Nevada County group compares
The main landscape maintenance laborer 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
- Nevada County groupbase $16.90$17.25
- Placer Countybase $16.90$17.16
- Sierra Countybase $16.90$17.25
- Yuba Countybase $16.90$17.20
Which county is in which landscape maintenance laborer group
Every California county with a landscape maintenance laborer 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ventura County | Landscape Maintenance Laborer (complex work) | $16.90 | $20.32 |
| Los Angeles County | Landscape Maintenance Laborer | $16.90 | $18.045 |
| Alameda County | Landscape Maintenance Laborer | $16.90 | $17.71 |
| Tulare County | Landscape Maintenance Laborer | $16.90 | $17.71 |
| Kern County | Landscape Maintenance Laborer (complex work) | $16.90 | $17.63 |
| Sonoma County | Landscape Maintenance Laborer (complex work) | $16.90 | $17.62 |
| San Joaquin County | Landscape Maintenance Laborer | $16.90 | $17.51 |
| Kings County | Landscape Maintenance Laborer | $16.90 | $17.40 |
| Southern California, 3 counties: Inyo, Mono, San Bernardino | Landscape Maintenance Laborer | $16.90 | $17.37 |
| Monterey County | Landscape Maintenance Laborer (complex work) | $16.90 | $17.31 |
| Siskiyou County group, 5 counties: Lassen, Modoc, Shasta, Siskiyou, Trinity | Landscape Maintenance Laborer | $16.90 | $17.30 |
| Fresno County | Landscape Maintenance Laborer (complex work) | $16.90 | $17.28 |
| Riverside County | Landscape Maintenance Laborer | $16.90 | $17.26 |
| San Diego County | Landscape Maintenance Laborer (complex work) | $16.90 | $17.26 |
| Nevada County group, 2 counties: Nevada, Sierra | Landscape Maintenance Laborer | $16.90 | $17.25 |
| Butte County group, 3 counties: Butte, Glenn, Plumas | Landscape Maintenance Laborer | $16.90 | $17.24 |
| San Francisco County | Landscape Maintenance Laborer | $16.90 | $17.24 |
| Santa Clara County | Landscape Maintenance Laborer | $16.90 | $17.24 |
| San Benito County | Landscape Maintenance Laborer | $16.90 | $17.23 |
| Humboldt County group, 2 counties: Del Norte, Humboldt | Landscape Maintenance Laborer | $16.90 | $17.22 |
| San Luis Obispo County | Landscape Maintenance Laborer (complex work) | $16.90 | $17.22 |
| Tehama County | Landscape Maintenance Laborer | $16.90 | $17.21 |
| Colusa County group, 4 counties: Alpine, Colusa, El Dorado, Sutter | Landscape Maintenance Laborer (complex work) | $16.90 | $17.20 |
| San Mateo County | Landscape Maintenance Laborer (complex work) | $16.90 | $17.20 |
| Yuba County | Landscape Maintenance Laborer | $16.90 | $17.20 |
| Imperial County | Landscape Maintenance Laborer | $16.90 | $17.185 |
| Placer County | Landscape Maintenance Laborer | $16.90 | $17.16 |
| Santa Barbara County | Landscape Maintenance Laborer (complex work) | $16.90 | $17.16 |
| Napa County | Landscape Maintenance Laborer | $16.90 | $17.15 |
| Stanislaus County group, 2 counties: Stanislaus, Tuolumne | Landscape Maintenance Laborer (complex work) | $16.90 | $17.14 |
| Merced County group, 3 counties: Madera, Mariposa, Merced | Landscape Maintenance Laborer | $16.90 | $17.13 |
| Amador County | Landscape Maintenance Laborer | $16.90 | $17.12 |
| Calaveras County | Landscape Maintenance Laborer | $16.90 | $17.12 |
| Orange County | Landscape Maintenance Laborer | $16.90 | $17.12 |
| Santa Cruz County | Landscape Maintenance Laborer (complex work) | $16.90 | $17.09 |
| Yolo County | Landscape Maintenance Laborer (complex work) | $16.90 | $17.09 |
| Mendocino County group, 2 counties: Lake, Mendocino | Landscape Maintenance Laborer (complex work) | $16.90 | $17.07 |
| Sacramento County | Landscape Maintenance Laborer (complex work) | $16.90 | $17.05 |
| Contra Costa County group, 2 counties: Contra Costa, Marin | Landscape Maintenance Laborer | $16.90 | $17.02 |
| Solano County | Landscape Maintenance Laborer | $16.90 | $16.97 |
10 groups of counties with identical DIR rates, and 30 counties with rates of their own.
California landscape maintenance laborer prevailing wage by county, with a map
More from DIR on this rate
- Holidays (DIR PDF)
- Scope of work: which tasks this rate covers
- Travel and subsistence
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 $17.25. 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 NC-LML-2026-1, page 2: www.dir.ca.gov/oprl/2026-2/PWD/Determinations/Northern/NC-LML.pdf
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