Tile Setter prevailing wage in Riverside County, California

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 162-18-1, issued August 22, 2026; DIR's expiration date for it is May 31, 2027.

Scheduled increases

DIR has already set these increases. Work on or after each date is paid the higher rate. DIR often leaves part of an increase "to be allocated to wages and/or employer payments" and confirms the split when it comes due, and it can reduce a scheduled increase in a later notice, so check DIR's increase page before you pay it.

The double asterisk after DIR's expiration date means the next rate is already set. If the work runs past that date you have to pay the new rate, and DIR says to build it into contracts signed now (DIR FAQ, Q8).

Rate history since 2024

Total hourly rate for this classification in each DIR release. The chart above draws the same figures with the increases that follow.

Davis-Bacon tile setter 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).

For building, highway and heavy work, the matching Davis-Bacon classification is TILE LAYER at $71.14 ($51.82 base + $19.32 fringe), from CA20260025 modification 4, published July 14, 2026, rate BRCA0018-004. Against DIR's $79.13: DIR's rate is $7.99 an hour higher. On a job covered by both, the higher rate applies.

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 tile setter rate in every county that has one, and how the pay splits here and in the nearest counties. All bars use the same scale.

Tile Setter 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 tile setter rates for Riverside County are the same as in 11 other counties: Imperial, Inyo, Kern, Los Angeles, Mono, Orange, San Bernardino, San Diego and 3 more. The closest county with a different rate is Tulare County, at $79.38.

California tile setter 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.

• Y Includes amount withheld for administrative dues.
• Z Rate applies to first two daily overtime hours worked; all other overtime is paid at the holiday overtime hourly rate.
• AA Saturday overtime hourly rate shall not be owed for work performed on a Saturday unless and until the employee has worked 8 hours on that day or 40 hours over the course of the work week of which the Saturday is a part, whichever comes first. Rate applies to the first 8 hours worked on a sixth or seventh consecutive day during any one calendar week up to 50 hours in any one calendar week. All hours in excess of 10 hours daily or 50 hours weekly are paid at the holiday rate. Saturdays in the same work week may be worked at straight-time if job is shut down during the normal workweek due to inclement weather.
• AB Rate applies to work on holidays only; sundays are paid at the Saturday overtime hourly rate.

DIR's other marks: # means an apprenticeable craft, * means in effect until superseded, ** means the next rate is already set.