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Light Fixture Maintenance Worker prevailing wage in Riverside County, California
$17.53an hour, base wage + fringe benefits · Lighting Maintenance Service Person
$16.90 base wage + $0.63 fringe benefits
On California public works in Riverside County, a light fixture maintenance worker working as lighting maintenance service person must be paid at least $17.53 an hour in total: $16.90 in wages plus $0.63 in employer payments to health, pension, training and other funds. Daily overtime is $25.98.
DIR general determination SC-830-61-1-2026-1, 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 + $0.63
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 $17.53 or more.
| Basic hourly rate (taxable wage) | $16.90 |
| Health and welfare | $0.29 |
| Vacation and holiday | $0.34 |
| Total straight-time hourly rate | $17.53 |
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 SC-830-61-1-2026-1, issued February 22, 2026.
Davis-Bacon light fixture maintenance worker 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).
The federal determinations for Riverside County list no light fixture maintenance worker classification.
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 Riverside County compares
The main light fixture maintenance worker 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
- Riverside Countybase $16.90$17.53
- San Bernardino Countybase $16.90$20.22
Light Fixture Maintenance Worker 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 | Base wage | Total rate | vs Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Bernardino County | Lighting Maintenance Service Person | $16.90 | $20.22 | +$2.69 |
| Riverside County | Lighting Maintenance Service Person | $16.90 | $17.53 |
California light fixture maintenance worker 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 $17.53. 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 SC-830-61-1-2026-1, page 1: www.dir.ca.gov/oprl/2026-2/PWD/Determinations/Southern/SC-830-61-1.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 Riverside County as CSV · Report an error