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Roofer prevailing wage, Fresno County group, California (5 counties)

DIR sets the same roofer rates, row for row, in 5 counties: Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera and Tulare. Every figure on this page applies in each of them.

$66.62an hour, base wage + fringe benefits

$44.91 base wage + $21.71 fringe benefits

On California public works in each of these 5 counties, a roofer must be paid at least $66.62 an hour in total: $44.91 in wages plus $21.71 in employer payments to health, pension, training and other funds. Daily overtime is $91.03 and Sunday and holiday work is $115.43.

DIR general determination 232-27-1, issued February 22, 2026 and still current in DIR's 2026-2 release. Expires December 31, 2026. Checked against dir.ca.gov on October 24, 2026.

Base wage and fringe benefits: $44.91 + $21.71

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 $66.62 or more.

Basic hourly rate (taxable wage)	$44.91
Health and welfare	$7.13
Pension	$9.35
Vacation and holiday (footnote AV)	$3.90
Training	$1.24
Other payments (footnote AW)	$0.09
Total straight-time hourly rate	$66.62

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 232-27-1, issued February 22, 2026; DIR's expiration date for it is December 31, 2026.

Scheduled increases

$58.62$66.62now$70.62Jan 1, 2027$74.62Jan 1, 2028$75.12Aug 31, 2028

DIR releases since 2024Increases DIR has already set

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.

Takes effect	Increase per hour	Total after increase
January 1, 2027	+$4.00	$70.62
January 1, 2028	+$4.00	$74.62
August 31, 2028	+$0.50	$75.12

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.

Release	Total	Change
2024-2	$58.62
2025-1	$62.62	+$4.00
2025-2	$62.62	no change
2026-1	$66.62	+$4.00
2026-2	$66.62	no change

Davis-Bacon roofer 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).

County	Federal classification	Base + fringe	WD	vs DIR
Fresno County	ROOFER.	$62.62	CA20260018 Mod 8	DIR +$4.00
Kern County	ROOFER	$62.62	CA20260020 Mod 5	DIR +$4.00
Kings County	ROOFER.	$62.62	CA20260018 Mod 8	DIR +$4.00
Madera County	ROOFER.	$62.62	CA20260018 Mod 8	DIR +$4.00
Tulare County	ROOFER	$13.90	CA20260016 Mod 4	DIR +$52.72

How the Fresno County group compares

The main roofer 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

Fresno $66.6265221813

$18.88San Luis Obispo$86.42Alameda

FresnoNearby: Kern $66.62, Kings $66.62, Madera $66.62, Tulare $66.62Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 38 counties pay more than Fresno, 4 the same, 15 less.

Base wage and fringe benefits, nearby

Fresno County groupbase $44.91$66.62
Madera Countybase $44.91$66.62
Kings Countybase $44.91$66.62
Mariposa Countybase $55.75$80.28

Which county is in which roofer group

Every California county with a roofer 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.

Counties	Main classification	Base wage	Total rate
Alameda County group, 8 counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Mendocino, Napa, San Benito, Solano, Sonoma	Roofer	$55.00	$86.42
San Francisco County group, 2 counties: San Francisco, San Mateo	Roofer	$52.50	$86.42
Santa Clara County group, 2 counties: Santa Clara, Santa Cruz	Roofer	$54.29	$86.42
Lake County	Roofer	$55.00	$86.42
Sacramento County group, 16 counties: Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, El Dorado, Glenn, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Sierra, Tehama, Yolo, Yuba	Roofer	$50.75	$80.28
Tuolumne County group, 2 counties: Mariposa, Tuolumne	Roofer	$55.75	$80.28
Los Angeles County group, 5 counties: Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, Ventura	Roofer	$52.63	$73.99
Stanislaus County group, 2 counties: Merced, Stanislaus	Roofer	$49.65	$71.84
Fresno County group, 5 counties: Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Tulare	Roofer	$44.91	$66.62
San Diego County group, 2 counties: Imperial, San Diego	Roofer	$43.12	$57.69
Monterey County	Roofer	$28.68	$38.47
Siskiyou County group, 5 counties: Lassen, Modoc, Shasta, Siskiyou, Trinity	Roofer	$16.90	$35.46
Santa Barbara County	Roofer	$16.90	$30.47
Inyo County group, 2 counties: Inyo, Mono	Roofer	$16.90	$20.74
Del Norte County	Roofer	$16.90	$20.74
Sutter County	Roofer	$16.90	$20.74
Humboldt County	Roofer	$16.90	$18.90
San Luis Obispo County	Roofer	$16.90	$18.88

11 groups of counties with identical DIR rates, and 7 counties with rates of their own.

California roofer 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.

AV Includes $1.00 for vacation and $2.90 for dues check-off which are both factored into overtime.
AW Amount is for the roofers and waterproofers research and education joint trust fund.
AX When adverse weather or job scheduling problems exist causing an employee to work less than forty (40) hours in a week Saturday may be used as a make-up day at straight time wage rates.

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

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 $66.62. 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 232-27-1. 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