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Telecommunications Technician prevailing wage, Los Angeles County group, California (8 counties)
DIR sets the same telecommunications technician rates, row for row, in 8 counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, Los Angeles, Marin, Orange, Riverside, San Diego and Ventura. Every figure on this page applies in each of them.
$69.36an hour, base wage + fringe benefits
$53.42 base wage + $15.94 fringe benefits
On California public works in each of these 8 counties, a telecommunications technician must be paid at least $69.36 an hour in total: $53.42 in wages plus $15.94 in employer payments to health, pension, training and other funds. Daily overtime is $96.07.
DIR general determination C-422-X-1-2026-2A, issued August 22, 2026. Expires April 3, 2027. Checked against dir.ca.gov on October 24, 2026.
Base wage and fringe benefits: $53.42 + $15.94
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 $69.36 or more.
| Basic hourly rate (taxable wage) | $53.42 |
| Health and welfare | $8.27 |
| Pension | $3.97 |
| Vacation and holiday (footnote c) | $3.70 |
| Total straight-time hourly rate | $69.36 |
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 C-422-X-1-2026-2A, issued August 22, 2026; DIR's expiration date for it is April 3, 2027.
Scheduled increases
DIR has scheduled an increase for this rate, but it's in a regional PDF we haven't matched to this classification yet. The amounts are in DIR's increase file.
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).
Source: DIR increase PDF
Davis-Bacon telecommunications technician 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alameda County | Federal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match | |||
| Contra Costa County | Federal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match | |||
| Los Angeles County | Federal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match | |||
| Marin County | Federal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match | |||
| Orange County | Federal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match | |||
| Riverside County | Federal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match | |||
| San Diego County | Federal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match | |||
| Ventura County | Federal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match | |||
How the Los Angeles County group compares
The main telecommunications technician 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
- Los Angeles County groupbase $53.42$69.36
- Ventura Countybase $53.42$69.36
- Orange Countybase $53.42$69.36
- Kern Countybase $51.97$67.71
Which county is in which telecommunications technician group
Every California county with a telecommunications technician 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Clara County group, 3 counties: San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara | Telecommunications Technician | $54.57 | $70.68 |
| Los Angeles County group, 8 counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, Los Angeles, Marin, Orange, Riverside, San Diego, Ventura | Telecommunications Technician | $53.42 | $69.36 |
| Sacramento County group, 42 counties: Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, El Dorado, Fresno, Glenn, Humboldt, Imperial, Kern, Kings, Lake, Lassen, Madera, Mariposa, Mendocino, Merced, Modoc, Monterey, Napa, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, San Benito, San Joaquin, San Luis Obispo, Santa Cruz, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Tulare, Tuolumne, Yolo, Yuba | Telecommunications Technician | $51.97 | $67.71 |
| San Bernardino County group, 5 counties: Del Norte, Inyo, Mono, San Bernardino, Santa Barbara | Telecommunications Technician | $51.97 | $67.71 |
4 groups of counties with identical DIR rates, and 0 counties with rates of their own.
California telecommunications technician 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.
- c $4.73 for employees with 7 years of service but less than 15 years, $5.75 for 15 years but less than 25 years, $6.78 for over 25 years.
- b Rate applies to work in excess of eight hours daily and for all hours over 40 hours in a week. Rate applies to all hours worked on Sunday.
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
Every trade's rates, county by county: Alameda · Contra Costa · Los Angeles · Marin · Orange · Riverside · San Diego · Ventura
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 $69.36. 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 C-422-X-1-2026-2A, page 2: www.dir.ca.gov/oprl/2026-2/PWD/Determinations/Statewide/C-422-X-1.pdf
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