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Landscape & Irrigation Laborer prevailing wage in Nevada County, California
$58.28an hour, base wage + fringe benefits · Landscape/Irrigation Technician I
$39.11 base wage + $19.17 fringe benefits
Nevada County uses the same landscape and irrigation laborer rates as 35 other counties. See all of them on one page.
On California public works in Nevada County, a landscape and irrigation laborer working as landscape/irrigation technician i must be paid at least $58.28 an hour in total: $39.11 in wages plus $19.17 in employer payments to health, pension, training and other funds. Daily overtime is $77.835 and Sunday and holiday work is $97.39.
DIR general determination NC-102-X-15-2026-1, issued August 22, 2026. Expires June 30, 2027. Checked against dir.ca.gov on October 24, 2026.
DIR lists 4 landscape and irrigation laborer rates for Nevada County, from $37.94 to $58.28 an hour. See all of them.
Base wage and fringe benefits: $39.11 + $19.17
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 $58.28 or more.
| Basic hourly rate (taxable wage) | $39.11 |
| Health and welfare | $11.02 |
| Pension | $4.96 |
| Vacation and holiday (footnote a) | $2.65 |
| Training | $0.45 |
| Other payments | $0.09 |
| Total straight-time hourly rate | $58.28 |
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-102-X-15-2026-1, issued August 22, 2026; DIR's expiration date for it is June 30, 2027.
Every landscape and irrigation laborer rate in Nevada County
As DIR lists them. The highlighted row is the one this page leads with.
- Landscape/Irrigation Technician I$58.28
- Landscape/Irrigation Technician II$43.72
- Landscape/Irrigation Technician III$41.35
- Landscape/Irrigation Technician IV$37.94
| Classification | Base wage | Fringe benefits | Total rate | Daily OT | Determination |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Landscape/Irrigation Technician I | $39.11 | $19.17 | $58.28 | $77.835 | NC-102-X-15-2026-1 |
| Landscape/Irrigation Technician II | $29.56 | $14.16 | $43.72 | $58.50 | NC-102-X-15-2026-1 |
| Landscape/Irrigation Technician III | $27.31 | $14.04 | $41.35 | $55.005 | NC-102-X-15-2026-1 |
| Landscape/Irrigation Technician IV | $23.90 | $14.04 | $37.94 | $49.89 | NC-102-X-15-2026-1 |
Davis-Bacon landscape and irrigation laborer rate in Nevada County
Federally funded or assisted construction here uses the U.S. Department of Labor's wage determinations. 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).
We don't put a federal figure next to DIR's here, because the federal determinations split this trade into groups that don't line up with DIR's. The federal rows for this trade are below; match the classification to the work.
| Construction | Federal classification | Base wage | Total rate | WD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Building, Highway, Heavy | LABORER: GARDENERS, HORTICULTURAL & LANDSCAPE LABORERS - ESTABLISHED WARRANTY PERIOD. (AREA B: ALPINE, AMADOR, BUTTE, COLUSA, EL DORADO, GLENN, LASSEN, MODOC, …LABO0185-006 | $28.94 | $56.24 | CA20260007 Mod 5 |
| Building, Highway, Heavy | LABORER: GARDENERS, HORTICULTURAL & LANDSCAPE LABORERS - NEW CONSTRUCTION (AREA B: ALPINE, AMADOR, BUTTE, COLUSA, EL DORADO, GLENN, LASSEN, MODOC, NEVADA, …LABO0185-006 | $35.25 | $62.55 | CA20260007 Mod 5 |
| Building, Highway, Heavy | UNDERGROUND UTILITY WORKER: /LANDSCAPE FITTER (ALPINE, AMADOR, BUTTE, COLUSA, EL DORADO, GLENN, LASSEN, MODOC, NAPA, NEVADA, PLACER, PLUMAS, SACRAMENTO, …PLUM0355-001 | $36.01 | $54.51 | CA20260007 Mod 5 |
Davis-Bacon rates from SAM.gov, read October 25, 2026. Our federal totals are base plus fringe; DOL prints no total. California Davis-Bacon changes
How Nevada County compares
The main landscape and irrigation 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 Countybase $39.11$58.28
- Placer Countybase $39.11$58.28
- Sierra Countybase $39.11$58.28
- Mono Countybase $47.57$76.67
Landscape & Irrigation Laborer rates in nearby counties
Current DIR rates. You pay the rate for the county where the work is done, even if your shop is somewhere else.
DIR's landscape and irrigation laborer rates for Nevada County are the same as in 35 other counties: Alameda, Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Contra Costa, Del Norte and 27 more. The closest county with a different rate is Mono County, at $76.67.
| County | Classification | Base wage | Total rate | vs Nevada County |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nevada County | Landscape/Irrigation Technician I | $39.11 | $58.28 | |
| Placer County | Landscape/Irrigation Technician I | $39.11 | $58.28 | same |
| Sierra County | Landscape/Irrigation Technician I | $39.11 | $58.28 | same |
| Yuba County | Landscape/Irrigation Technician I | $39.11 | $58.28 | same |
| El Dorado County | Landscape/Irrigation Technician I | $39.11 | $58.28 | same |
| Plumas County | Landscape/Irrigation Technician I | $39.11 | $58.28 | same |
| Butte County | Landscape/Irrigation Technician I | $39.11 | $58.28 | same |
California landscape and irrigation laborer 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 an amount for supplemental dues.
- b Rate applies to first 4 daily overtime hours and the first 12 hours on Saturday. All other time is paid at the Sunday and Holiday double-time rate.
- c Saturdays in the same work week may be worked at straight-time if job is shut down during the normal work week due to inclement weather, major mechanical breakdown or lack of materials beyond the control of the employer.
- d The first employee on the job site will be Landscape/Irrigation Technician I. The second employee may be a Landscape/Irrigation Technician II or a Landscape/Irrigation Technician III. The third employee shall be a Landscape/Irrigation Technician IV, if a Landscape/Irrigation Technician III is not on the job site. Thereafter each employee may be a Landscape/Irrigation Technician II, III, or IV.
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.
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 $58.28. 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-102-X-15-2026-1, page 1: www.dir.ca.gov/oprl/2026-2/PWD/Determinations/Northern/NC-102-X-15.pdf
Each figure is copied from DIR's file and checked by a second, separate reader. How we check · How to read a determination · Download Nevada County as CSV · Report an error