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California plaster tender prevailing wage, county by county

A plaster tender's prevailing wage on California public works runs from $78.13 an hour in Yuba County to $81.91 in Alameda County, wages and employer payments together. The median county is $78.13.

Main plaster tender classification in each county, DIR period 2026-2. DIR sets this trade county by county. Checked October 24, 2026.

San Benito County plaster tender: $80.02 per hourShasta County plaster tender: $78.13 per hourSierra County plaster tender: $78.13 per hourFresno County plaster tender: $78.13 per hourAmador County plaster tender: $78.13 per hourEl Dorado County plaster tender: $78.13 per hourMonterey County plaster tender: $80.02 per hourSan Bernardino County plaster tender: $80.95 per hourTehama County plaster tender: $78.13 per hourNevada County plaster tender: $78.13 per hourTuolumne County plaster tender: $78.13 per hourSanta Barbara County plaster tender: $80.95 per hourTrinity County plaster tender: $78.13 per hourStanislaus County plaster tender: $78.13 per hourColusa County plaster tender: $78.13 per hourAlpine County plaster tender: $78.13 per hourSiskiyou County plaster tender: $78.13 per hourDel Norte County plaster tender: $78.13 per hourInyo County plaster tender: $80.95 per hourSan Joaquin County plaster tender: $78.13 per hourImperial County plaster tender: $80.95 per hourCalaveras County plaster tender: $78.13 per hourButte County plaster tender: $78.13 per hourMadera County plaster tender: $78.13 per hourVentura County plaster tender: $80.95 per hourOrange County plaster tender: $80.95 per hourKern County plaster tender: $80.95 per hourContra Costa County plaster tender: $81.91 per hourKings County plaster tender: $78.13 per hourMendocino County plaster tender: $78.13 per hourSonoma County plaster tender: $78.13 per hourYuba County plaster tender: $78.13 per hourMerced County plaster tender: $78.13 per hourTulare County plaster tender: $78.13 per hourSacramento County plaster tender: $78.13 per hourSolano County plaster tender: $78.13 per hourSan Francisco County plaster tender: $81.91 per hourMariposa County plaster tender: $78.13 per hourMarin County plaster tender: $78.13 per hourSutter County plaster tender: $78.13 per hourLassen County plaster tender: $78.13 per hourRiverside County plaster tender: $80.95 per hourPlumas County plaster tender: $78.13 per hourSanta Clara County plaster tender: $80.02 per hourPlacer County plaster tender: $78.13 per hourSan Luis Obispo County plaster tender: $80.95 per hourSan Mateo County plaster tender: $81.91 per hourMono County plaster tender: $80.95 per hourSan Diego County plaster tender: $80.95 per hourNapa County plaster tender: $78.13 per hourAlameda County plaster tender: $81.91 per hourYolo County plaster tender: $78.13 per hourLake County plaster tender: $78.13 per hourLos Angeles County plaster tender: $80.95 per hourGlenn County plaster tender: $78.13 per hourSanta Cruz County plaster tender: $80.02 per hourHumboldt County plaster tender: $78.13 per hourModoc County plaster tender: $78.13 per hour
$78$78$78$78$80$81Plaster Tender, main rate, total per hour, 2026-2. Each shade holds about a fifth of the counties.

How much does a plaster tender make on prevailing wage?

4 groups of counties with identical rates and 0 counties with rates of their own, highest main rate first, each split into wage and employer payments on one scale. The table below lists which counties are in each group.

  1. Alameda County group4 counties$81.91
  2. Los Angeles County group12 counties$80.95
  3. Santa Clara County group4 counties$80.02
  4. Sacramento County group38 counties$78.13

Which counties pay which rate

CountiesMain classificationTotalBase
Alameda County group, 4 counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, San MateoPlaster Tender$81.91 $46.68 
Los Angeles County group, 12 counties: Imperial, Inyo, Kern, Los Angeles, Mono, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, VenturaPlaster Tender$80.95 $51.32 
Santa Clara County group, 4 counties: Monterey, San Benito, Santa Clara, Santa CruzPlaster Tender$80.02 $45.43 
Sacramento County group, 38 counties: Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Del Norte, El Dorado, Fresno, Glenn, Humboldt, Kings, Lake, Lassen, Madera, Marin, Mariposa, Mendocino, Merced, Modoc, Napa, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Tulare, Tuolumne, Yolo, YubaPlaster Tender$78.13 $44.52 

4 groups of counties with identical DIR rates, and 0 counties with rates of their own.

These are journeyperson rates. Apprentices are paid from separate DAS determinations that DIR publishes by craft, county and program.

Determinations: 102-X-12, 102-X-16

Questions about California plaster tender pay

What is the plaster tender prevailing wage in Los Angeles County?

$80.95 an hour: a $51.32 base wage plus $29.63 in employer payments (fringe benefits), under DIR determination 102-X-16. Overtime and every plaster tender classification in Los Angeles County.

Does plaster tender prevailing wage include fringe benefits?

Yes. In Los Angeles County the $80.95 total is a $51.32 base wage plus $29.63 in employer payments (fringe benefits), about 37% of the total. The employer owes the full amount for every hour worked.

Do apprentice plaster tenders get this rate?

Registered apprentices are paid DIR's apprentice rates, which DIR publishes separately by craft, county and apprenticeship program on its apprentice wage page. The rates on this site are journeyperson rates.

Why do some counties have the same plaster tender rate?

DIR sets many trades by area or region rather than one county at a time. Across California, the 58 counties with a plaster tender rate fall into 4 distinct sets of rates, and 4 of those sets are shared by more than one county; the largest covers 38 counties (the Sacramento County group).

Which county pays plaster tenders the most in California?

Alameda County, at $81.91 an hour for the main classification. The lowest is Yuba County at $78.13, and the median county is $78.13.