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Glazier prevailing wage in Santa Cruz County, California
$98.60an hour, base wage + fringe benefits
$61.74 base wage + $36.86 fringe benefits
Santa Cruz County uses the same glazier rates as 10 other counties. See all of them on one page.
On California public works in Santa Cruz County, a glazier must be paid at least $98.60 an hour in total: $61.74 in wages plus $36.86 in employer payments to health, pension, training and other funds. Daily overtime is $129.47 and Sunday and holiday work is $160.34.
DIR general determination 200-169-1, issued August 22, 2026. Expires December 31, 2026. Checked against dir.ca.gov on October 24, 2026.
Base wage and fringe benefits: $61.74 + $36.86
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 $98.60 or more.
| Basic hourly rate (taxable wage) (footnote A) | $61.74 |
| Health and welfare | $12.25 |
| Pension (footnote AA) | $22.96 |
| Training | $1.10 |
| Other payments (footnote AB) | $0.55 |
| Total straight-time hourly rate | $98.60 |
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 200-169-1, 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 | +$4.50 | $103.10 |
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 | $90.65 | |
| 2025-1 | $94.60 | +$3.95 |
| 2025-2 | $94.65 | +$0.05 |
| 2026-1 | $98.60 | +$3.95 |
| 2026-2 | $98.60 | no change |
Davis-Bacon glazier rate in Santa Cruz 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 GLAZIER (ALAMEDA CONTRA COSTA, MONTEREY, SAN BENITO, SAN FRANCISCO, SAN MATEO, SANTA CLARA & SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES) at $90.22 ($56.22 base + $34.00 fringe), from CA20260018 modification 8, published September 17, 2026, rate PAIN0169-005. Against DIR's $98.60: DIR's rate is $8.38 an hour higher. On a job covered by both, the higher rate applies.
| Construction | Federal classification | Base wage | Total rate | WD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Building, Highway, Heavy | GLAZIER (ALAMEDA CONTRA COSTA, MONTEREY, SAN BENITO, SAN FRANCISCO, SAN MATEO, SANTA CLARA & SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES)PAIN0169-005 | $56.22 | $90.22 | CA20260018 Mod 8 |
| Residential | GLAZIER (ALAMEDA, CONTRA COSTA, MARIN, MONTEREY, NAPA, SAN BENITO, SAN FRANCISCO, SAN MATEO, SANTA CLARA, SANTA CRUZ, SONOMA COUNTIES;AND SOLANO COUNTY (WEST …PAIN0169-006 | $56.22 | $90.22 | CA20260019 Mod 6 |
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 Cruz County compares
The main glazier 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 Cruz Countybase $61.74$98.60
- Santa Clara Countybase $61.74$98.60
- San Mateo Countybase $61.74$98.60
- Stanislaus Countybase $48.77$87.25
Glazier 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 glazier rates for Santa Cruz County are the same as in 10 other counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Napa, San Benito, San Francisco, San Mateo and 2 more. The closest county with a different rate is Stanislaus County, at $87.25.
| County | Classification | Base wage | Total rate | vs Santa Cruz County |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Cruz County | Glazier | $61.74 | $98.60 | |
| Santa Clara County | Glazier | $61.74 | $98.60 | same |
| San Mateo County | Glazier | $61.74 | $98.60 | same |
| Alameda County | Glazier | $61.74 | $98.60 | same |
| San Francisco County | Glazier | $61.74 | $98.60 | same |
| Contra Costa County | Glazier | $61.74 | $98.60 | same |
| San Benito County | Glazier | $61.74 | $98.60 | same |
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.
- A Includes amount withheld for dues check off.
- AA Includes an amount per hour worked for IUPAT, iarp, and retiree pension.
- AB Includes amounts for industry fund, work preservation fund, and labor management cooperation initiative
- AC Rate applies to the first 2 daily overtime hours and first 8 hours worked on designated days off; all other time is paid at the Saturday, Sunday and holiday overtime rate.
- Z Certified manipulator work shall receive $2.00 per hour above the basic wage 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 $98.60. 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 200-169-1: www.dir.ca.gov/oprl/2026-2/PWD/Determinations/Subtrades/STZ.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 Cruz County as CSV · Report an error