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Carpet & Soft Floor Layer prevailing wage in Santa Barbara County, California
$67.51an hour, base wage + fringe benefits · Resilient Tile Layer
$46.85 base wage + $20.66 fringe benefits
Santa Barbara County uses the same carpet and soft floor layer rates as 9 other counties. See all of them on one page.
On California public works in Santa Barbara County, a carpet and soft floor layer working as resilient tile layer must be paid at least $67.51 an hour in total: $46.85 in wages plus $20.66 in employer payments to health, pension, training and other funds. Daily overtime is $90.94 and Sunday and holiday work is $114.36.
DIR general determination 200-1247-1, issued August 22, 2026. Expires December 31, 2026. Checked against dir.ca.gov on October 24, 2026.
DIR lists 2 carpet and soft floor layer rates for Santa Barbara County, from $33.69 to $67.51 an hour. See all of them.
Base wage and fringe benefits: $46.85 + $20.66
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 $67.51 or more.
| Basic hourly rate (taxable wage) (footnote H) | $46.85 |
| Health and welfare | $10.38 |
| Pension | $6.55 |
| Vacation and holiday | $2.68 |
| Training | $0.73 |
| Other payments | $0.32 |
| Total straight-time hourly rate | $67.51 |
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 200-1247-1, issued August 22, 2026; DIR's expiration date for it is December 31, 2026.
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.
| Takes effect | Increase per hour | Total after increase |
|---|---|---|
| January 1, 2027 | +$3.70 | $71.21 |
| January 1, 2028 | +$3.75 | $74.96 |
| January 1, 2029 | +$3.80 | $78.76 |
| January 1, 2030 | +$4.25 | $83.01 |
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 | $61.51 | |
| 2025-1 | $64.86 | +$3.35 |
| 2025-2 | $64.86 | no change |
| 2026-1 | $67.51 | +$2.65 |
| 2026-2 | $67.51 | no change |
Every carpet and soft floor layer rate in Santa Barbara County
As DIR lists them. The highlighted row is the one this page leads with.
| Classification | Base wage | Fringe benefits | Total rate | Daily OT | Determination |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material Handler | $18.74 | $14.95 | $33.69 | $43.06 | 200-1247-1 |
| Resilient Tile Layer | $46.85 | $20.66 | $67.51 | $90.94 | 200-1247-1 |
Davis-Bacon carpet and soft floor layer rate in Santa Barbara 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 wage | Total rate | WD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Building, Highway, Heavy | SOFT FLOOR LAYERPAIN1247-002 | $45.15 | $64.58 | CA20260014 Mod 7 |
| Residential | SOFT FLOOR LAYER LOS ANGELES, ORANGE, RIVERSIDE, SAN BERNARDINO, SAN LUIS OBISPO, SANTA BARBARA AND VENTURAPAIN1247-003 | $45.15 | $64.58 | 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
How Santa Barbara County compares
The main carpet and soft floor layer 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
- Santa Barbara Countybase $46.85$67.51
- San Luis Obispo Countybase $46.85$67.51
- Ventura Countybase $46.85$67.51
- Kings Countybase $44.35$71.88
Carpet & Soft Floor Layer 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 carpet and soft floor layer rates for Santa Barbara County are the same as in 9 other counties: Inyo, Kern, Los Angeles, Mono, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Luis Obispo and 1 more.
| County | Classification | Base wage | Total rate | vs Santa Barbara County |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monterey County | Soft Floor Layer | $63.06 | $99.34 | +$31.83 |
| Kings County | Tile Layer | $44.35 | $71.88 | +$4.37 |
| Santa Barbara County | Resilient Tile Layer | $46.85 | $67.51 | |
| San Luis Obispo County | Resilient Tile Layer | $46.85 | $67.51 | same |
| Ventura County | Resilient Tile Layer | $46.85 | $67.51 | same |
| Kern County | Resilient Tile Layer | $46.85 | $67.51 | same |
| Los Angeles County | Resilient Tile Layer | $46.85 | $67.51 | same |
California carpet and soft floor layer 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.
- H Includes amount withheld for dues check off.
- I Rate applies to the first 12 hours worked on Saturday, all other time is paid at double time. Saturday may be worked at the straight-time hourly rate for the first 8 hours if inclement weather forces a synthetic/artificial turf project to shut down during the regular work week (Monday though Friday).
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 $67.51. 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 200-1247-1: www.dir.ca.gov/oprl/2026-2/PWD/Determinations/Subtrades/STB.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 Santa Barbara County as CSV · Report an error