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Electrician prevailing wage in Ventura County, California
$89.43an hour, total · Inside Wireman
$56.59 wage + $32.84 employer payments
On California public works in Ventura County, an electrician working as inside wireman must be paid at least $89.43 an hour in total: $56.59 in wages plus $32.84 in employer payments to health, pension, training and other funds. Daily overtime is $127.50 and Sunday and holiday work is $165.57.
DIR general determination 061-952-1, issued August 22, 2026. Expires December 27, 2026. Checked against dir.ca.gov on October 24, 2026.
DIR lists 5 electrician rates for Ventura County, from $70.79 to $95.26 an hour. See all of them.
This rate covers only part of Ventura County. DIR's wording: “Zone 2 consists of all areas outside of 32 road miles from the cities of camarillo, oxnard, santa paula, Ventura and oak view.” Rates for the rest of the county are in the table below.
Base wage and fringe: $56.59 + $32.84
The basic hourly rate is the taxable wage. The other lines, usually called fringe benefits, 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 $89.43 or more.
| Basic hourly rate (taxable wage) (footnote Q) | $56.59 |
| Health and welfare | $11.49 |
| Pension | $17.85 |
| Training | $1.25 |
| Other payments | $0.55 |
| Added to the total by footnote R | $1.70 |
| Total straight-time hourly rate | $89.43 |
Vacation and holiday is $0.00 in DIR's table. Footnote S says where that money is counted.
Straight time covers an 8-hour day.
Davis-Bacon electrician rate in Ventura 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 the federal determination for this county has no matching classification. The federal rows for this trade are below; match the classification to the work.
| Construction | Federal classification | Base + fringe | Base | WD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Building, Highway, Heavy | ELECTRICIANS: CABLE SPLICER ALL WORK WITHIN 32 ROAD MILES FROM THE NEAREST BASE POINT ALL WORK MORE THAN 32 ROAD MILES FROM NEAREST BASE POINT: ADD $5.00 TO …ELEC0952-001 | $90.12 | $58.40 | CA20260015 Mod 5 |
| Residential | ELECTRICIAN: DOES NOT INCLUDE FIRE ALARM, HOLD-UP ALARM, BURGLAR ALARM AND SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS LOS ANGELESELEC0011-003 | $46.04 | $37.63 | CA20260017 Mod 5 |
| Residential | ELECTRICIAN ALL WORK WITHIN 32 ROAD MILES OR LESS FROM THE NEAREST BASE POINT (VENTURA) ALL WORK MORE THAN 32 ROAD MILES FROM NEAREST BASE POINT: ADD $5.00 TO …ELEC0952-002 | $84.65 | $53.09 | 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
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 |
|---|---|---|
| December 28, 2026 | +$2.30 | $91.73 |
| June 28, 2027 | +$1.75 | $93.48 |
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 under Scheduled increases above draws the same figures with the increases that follow.
| Release | Total | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-2 | $80.49 | |
| 2025-1 | $80.49 | no change |
| 2025-2 | $85.20 | +$4.71 |
| 2026-1 | $87.27 | +$2.07 |
| 2026-2 | $89.43 | +$2.16 |
Every electrician rate in Ventura County
As DIR lists them. The highlighted row is the one this page leads with.
- Cable Splicerpart of county$95.26
- Inside Wiremanpart of county$89.43
- Transportation Systems Wiremanpart of county$89.43
- Transportation Systems Technicianpart of county$74.85
- Sound Installer$70.79
| Classification | Total | Base | Employer payments | Daily OT | Determination |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cable Splicer Zone 2 consists of all areas outside of 32 road miles from the cities of camarillo, oxnard, santa paula, Ventura and oak view | $95.26 | $62.25 | $33.01 | $136.24 | 061-952-1 |
| Inside Wireman Zone 2 consists of all areas outside of 32 road miles from the cities of camarillo, oxnard, santa paula, Ventura and oak view | $89.43 | $56.59 | $32.84 | $127.50 | 061-952-1 |
| Electrician: Sound Installer | $70.79 | $49.72 | $21.07 | $96.52 | 061-X-7(SO) |
| Electrician: Transportation Systems Technician Zone 2 consists of all areas outside of 32 road miles from the cities of camarillo, oxnard, santa paula, Ventura and oak view | $74.85 | $42.44 | $32.41 | $105.63 | 061-952-1(TST) |
| Electrician: Transportation Systems Wireman Zone 2 consists of all areas outside of 32 road miles from the cities of camarillo, oxnard, santa paula, Ventura and oak view | $89.43 | $56.59 | $32.84 | $127.50 | 061-952-1(TST) |
How Ventura County compares
The main electrician 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
Wage and employer payments, nearby
- Ventura Countybase $56.59$89.43
- Los Angeles Countybase $65.00$103.12
- Santa Barbara Countybase $54.61$80.57
- Kern Countybase $58.65$82.01
Electrician 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.
| County | Classification | Total | Base | vs Ventura County |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles County | Inside Wireman, Radio Monitor Technician | $103.12 | $65.00 | +$13.69 |
| Orange County | Inside Wireman, Technician | $90.26 | $62.76 | +$0.83 |
| Ventura County | Inside Wireman | $89.43 | $56.59 | |
| San Luis Obispo County | Inside Wireman, Technician | $85.68 | $59.50 | −$3.75 |
| Kings County | Inside Wireman, Technician | $83.96 | $52.00 | −$5.47 |
| Kern County | Inside Wireman, Technician | $82.01 | $58.65 | −$7.42 |
| Santa Barbara County | Inside Wireman | $80.57 | $54.61 | −$8.86 |
California electrician 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.
- Q Includes amount withheld for working dues.
- R Pension is factored at the applicable overtime multiplier. In addition, an amount equal to 3% of the basic hourly rate is added to the total hourly rate and overtime hourly rates for the National Employees Benefit Board and is factored at the applicable overtime multiplier. Pursuant to Labor Code sections 1773.1 and 1773.8, the amount paid for this employer payment may vary resulting in a lower taxable basic hourly wage rate, but the total hourly rates for straight time and overtime may not be less than the general prevailing rate of per diem wages.
- S Included in straight-time hourly rate.
- T Rate applies to the first 4 daily ot hours and the first 12 ot hours on Saturday. All other ot is paid at 2x.
- P Zone 2 consists of all areas outside of 32 road miles from the cities of camarillo, oxnard, santa paula, Ventura and oak view. All workers performing work in zone 2 shall receive $5.00 per hour above the zone 1 basic hourly rate. Rates for electrical workers working in compressed air as well as their support classifications are available by request. Please contact the Office of the Director - Research Unit at (415) 703-4774.
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 $89.43. 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 061-952-1: www.dir.ca.gov/oprl/2026-2/PWD/Determinations/Subtrades/VEN.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 Ventura County as CSV · Report an error