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Electrician prevailing wage in Riverside County, California
$90.66an hour, total · Inside Wireman, Technician
$57.26 wage + $33.40 employer payments
On California public works in Riverside County, an electrician working as inside wireman, technician must be paid at least $90.66 an hour in total: $57.26 in wages plus $33.40 in employer payments to health, pension, training and other funds. Daily overtime is $120.29 and Sunday and holiday work is $149.93.
DIR general determination 061-440-1, issued February 22, 2026 and still current in DIR's 2026-2 release. Expires November 30, 2026. Checked against dir.ca.gov on October 24, 2026.
DIR lists 3 electrician rates for Riverside County, from $70.78 to $93.61 an hour. See all of them.
Base wage and fringe: $57.26 + $33.40
The basic hourly rate is the taxable wage. The other lines, usually called fringe benefits, 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 $90.66 or more.
| Basic hourly rate (taxable wage) (footnote P) | $57.26 |
| Health and welfare | $11.88 |
| Pension | $18.12 |
| Training | $1.11 |
| Other payments | $0.29 |
| Added to the total by footnote Q, R | $2.00 |
| Total straight-time hourly rate | $90.66 |
Straight time covers an 8-hour day.
Davis-Bacon electrician rate in Riverside 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 this page leads with a classification the federal determinations don't list one to one. The federal rows for this trade are below; match the classification to the work.
| Construction | Federal classification | Base + fringe | Base | WD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Building, Highway, Heavy | ELECTRICIAN: INSIDE ELECTRICIAN ZONE PAY: ZONE A: FREE TRAVEL ZONE FOR ALL CONTRACTORS PERFORMING WORK IN ZONE A. ZONE B:ANY WORK PERFORMED IN ZONE (B) SHALL …ELEC0440-001 | $90.09 | $57.26 | CA20260025 Mod 4 |
| Residential | ELECTRICIAN: DOES NOT INCLUDE FIRE ALARM, HOLD-UP ALARM, BURGLAR ALARM AND SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS LOS ANGELESELEC0011-003 | $46.04 | $37.63 | CA20260017 Mod 5 |
| Residential | ELECTRICIAN (RIVERSIDE)ELEC0440-002 | $90.09 | $57.26 | CA20260017 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
Rate history since 2024
Total hourly rate for this classification in each DIR release.
| Release | Total | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-2 | $80.04 | |
| 2025-1 | $86.99 | +$6.95 |
| 2025-2 | $86.99 | no change |
| 2026-1 | $90.66 | +$3.67 |
| 2026-2 | $90.66 | no change |
Every electrician rate in Riverside County
As DIR lists them. The highlighted row is the one this page leads with.
- Cable Splicer$93.61
- Inside Wireman, Technician$90.66
- Sound Installer$70.78
| Classification | Total | Base | Employer payments | Daily OT | Determination |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cable Splicer | $93.61 | $60.12 | $33.49 | $124.73 | 061-440-1 |
| Inside Wireman, Technician | $90.66 | $57.26 | $33.40 | $120.29 | 061-440-1 |
| Electrician: Sound Installer | $70.78 | $48.40 | $22.38 | $95.71 | 061-X-7(SO) |
How Riverside County 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
Wage and employer payments, nearby
- Riverside Countybase $57.26$90.66
- Imperial Countybase $58.95$80.44
- San Diego Countybase $58.95$80.44
- San Bernardino Countybase $57.00$90.26
Electrician 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.
| County | Classification | Total | Base | vs Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles County | Inside Wireman, Radio Monitor Technician | $103.12 | $65.00 | +$12.46 |
| Riverside County | Inside Wireman, Technician | $90.66 | $57.26 | |
| San Bernardino County | Inside Wireman (Zone A) | $90.26 | $57.00 | −$0.40 |
| Orange County | Inside Wireman, Technician | $90.26 | $62.76 | −$0.40 |
| Ventura County | Inside Wireman | $89.43 | $56.59 | −$1.23 |
| Imperial County | Inside Wireman, Technician | $80.44 | $58.95 | −$10.22 |
| San Diego County | Inside Wireman, Technician | $80.44 | $58.95 | −$10.22 |
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.
- P Includes amount withheld for working dues.
- Q In addition, an amount equal to 3% of the basic hourly rate is added to the total hourly rate and overtime hourly rates for the National Employees Benefit Board.
- R In addition to the amount shown, which is factored at the applicable overtime multiplier for each overtime hour, $0.28 is added to the total hourly rate and overtime hourly rates for the labor managementcooperation committee fund. Amount for labor managementcooperation committee fund is not factored at the applicable overtime multiplier
- S Rate applies to the first 3 daily overtime hours and the first 8 hours worked on Saturday; all other time is paid at the Sunday and holiday overtime hourly 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
- 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 $90.66. 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 061-440-1: www.dir.ca.gov/oprl/2026-2/PWD/Determinations/Subtrades/RIV.html
Each figure is copied from DIR's file and checked by a second, separate reader. How we check · How to read a determination · Download Riverside County as CSV · Report an error