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New Jersey bricklayer prevailing wage, county by county

A bricklayer's prevailing wage on New Jersey public works is $90.03 an hour in every county that has one (21), for the main classification.

Main bricklayer classification in each county (Bricklayer, stone mason: journeyman), NJDOL county packages of October 19, 2026. Rates are those in effect when the contract is awarded, plus every pre-determined increase listed then, from its date (NJDOL FAQ). Checked October 25, 2026.

Cumberland County bricklayer: $90.03 per hourHunterdon County bricklayer: $90.03 per hourWarren County bricklayer: $90.03 per hourSomerset County bricklayer: $90.03 per hourOcean County bricklayer: $90.03 per hourBergen County bricklayer: $90.03 per hourMiddlesex County bricklayer: $90.03 per hourAtlantic County bricklayer: $90.03 per hourBurlington County bricklayer: $90.03 per hourCape May County bricklayer: $90.03 per hourEssex County bricklayer: $90.03 per hourMercer County bricklayer: $90.03 per hourHudson County bricklayer: $90.03 per hourMonmouth County bricklayer: $90.03 per hourSussex County bricklayer: $90.03 per hourUnion County bricklayer: $90.03 per hourMorris County bricklayer: $90.03 per hourCamden County bricklayer: $90.03 per hourSalem County bricklayer: $90.03 per hourGloucester County bricklayer: $90.03 per hourPassaic County bricklayer: $90.03 per hour
$90$90$90$90$90$90Bricklayer, main rate, total per hour. Each shade holds about a fifth of the counties.

Which counties pay which rate

CountiesMain classificationTotalBase
Bergen County group, 21 localities: Atlantic, Bergen, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Essex, Gloucester, Hudson, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Passaic, Salem, Somerset, Sussex, Union, WarrenBricklayer, Stone Mason: Journeyman$90.03 $49.60 

1 group of counties with identical NJDOL rates, and 0 counties with rates of their own.

NJDOL county packages print an apprentice schedule per craft (percent of the journeyman wage, benefit rule and apprentice:journeyman ratio); see the craft's apprentice text in counties.json. With no schedule listed, an apprentice is paid the journeyman rate; with no ratio listed, the ratio is 1 apprentice to 4 journeymen (NJDOL package preamble).

Questions about New Jersey bricklayer pay

What is the bricklayer prevailing wage in Bergen County?

$90.03 an hour: a $49.60 base wage plus $40.43 in fringe benefits, under NJDOL county packages of October 19, 2026. Overtime and every bricklayer classification in Bergen County.

Does bricklayer prevailing wage include fringe benefits?

Yes. In Bergen County the $90.03 total is a $49.60 base wage plus $40.43 in fringe benefits, about 45% of the total. The employer owes the full amount for every hour worked.

Does bricklayer prevailing wage pay overtime in New Jersey?

New Jersey's Act sets no overtime formula. Each craft's notes in NJDOL's package define its workday, overtime, shifts and holidays, and unless they say otherwise the fringe for overtime hours stays at the straight-time amount (NJDOL).

Do apprentice bricklayers get this rate?

NJDOL county packages print an apprentice schedule per craft (percent of the journeyman wage, benefit rule and apprentice:journeyman ratio); see the craft's apprentice text in counties.json. With no schedule listed, an apprentice is paid the journeyman rate; with no ratio listed, the ratio is 1 apprentice to 4 journeymen (NJDOL package preamble).

Why do some counties have the same bricklayer rate?

NJDOL often publishes the same bricklayer rates for several counties. Across New Jersey, the 21 counties with a bricklayer rate fall into 1 distinct sets of rates, and 1 of those sets are shared by more than one county; the largest covers 21 counties (the Bergen County group).