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Plaster Tender prevailing wage, Alameda County group, California (4 counties)

DIR sets the same plaster tender rates, row for row, in 4 counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco and San Mateo. Every figure on this page applies in each of them.

$81.91an hour, base wage + fringe benefits

$46.68 base wage + $35.23 fringe benefits

On California public works in each of these 4 counties, a plaster tender must be paid at least $81.91 an hour in total: $46.68 in wages plus $35.23 in employer payments to health, pension, training and other funds. Daily overtime is $105.25 and Sunday and holiday work is $128.59.

DIR general determination 102-X-12, issued August 22, 2026. Expires June 30, 2027. Checked against dir.ca.gov on October 24, 2026.

Base wage and fringe benefits: $46.68 + $35.23

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 $81.91 or more.

Basic hourly rate (taxable wage)$46.68
Health and welfare$12.00
Pension$16.67
Vacation and holiday$5.56
Training$0.50
Other payments$0.50
Total straight-time hourly rate$81.91

Straight time covers an 8-hour day.

When does this rate change?

Rate history since 2024

Total hourly rate for this classification in each DIR release.

DIR releases since 2024
ReleaseTotalChange
2024-2$76.26
2025-1$76.26no change
2025-2$78.91+$2.65
2026-1$78.91no change
2026-2$81.91+$3.00

Davis-Bacon plaster tender 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
Alameda CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Contra Costa CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
San Francisco CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
San Mateo CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match

How the Alameda County group compares

The main plaster tender 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

$78.13Alpine$81.91Alameda
AlamedaNearby: Contra Costa $81.91, San Francisco $81.91, San Mateo $81.91Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 0 counties pay more than Alameda, 3 the same, 54 less.

Base wage and fringe benefits, nearby

  1. Alameda County groupbase $46.68$81.91
  2. Contra Costa Countybase $46.68$81.91
  3. San Mateo Countybase $46.68$81.91
  4. Santa Clara Countybase $45.43$80.02

Which county is in which plaster tender group

Every California county with a plaster tender 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
Alameda County group, 4 counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, San MateoPlaster Tender$46.68 $81.91 
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$51.32 $80.95 
Santa Clara County group, 4 counties: Monterey, San Benito, Santa Clara, Santa CruzPlaster Tender$45.43 $80.02 
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$44.52 $78.13 

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

California plaster tender 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: Alameda · Contra Costa · San Francisco · San Mateo

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 $81.91. 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 102-X-12. 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