Texas · Boilermaker
Texas boilermaker prevailing wage, county by county
A boilermaker's Davis-Bacon prevailing wage in Texas runs from $58.09 an hour in Zavala County to $58.11 in Coke County. The median county is $58.09.
Main boilermaker classification in each county, Davis-Bacon wage determinations on SAM.gov, as of October 25, 2026. A contract keeps the wage determination in its bid documents. Modifications published before bid opening apply to it, though one published less than 10 days before can be left out if the agency finds there isn't time to tell bidders (29 CFR 1.6(c)). Checked October 25, 2026.
How much does a boilermaker make on prevailing wage in Texas?
38 groups of counties with identical rates and 134 with rates of their own, highest main rate first. The top 40 are drawn. The table below lists which counties are in each group.
- Nolan County group3 counties$58.11
- Coleman County group2 counties$58.11
- Presidio County group2 counties$58.11
- Schleicher County group2 counties$58.11
- Coke County1 county$58.11
- Gray County1 county$58.11
- Hockley County group9 counties$58.09
- Moore County group7 counties$58.09
- Deaf Smith County group5 counties$58.09
- Starr County group5 counties$58.09
- Haskell County group4 counties$58.09
- Llano County group4 counties$58.09
- Dawson County group3 counties$58.09
- Kaufman County group3 counties$58.09
- Lynn County group3 counties$58.09
- Nueces County group3 counties$58.09
- Reeves County group3 counties$58.09
- Shelby County group3 counties$58.09
- Taylor County group3 counties$58.09
- Victoria County group3 counties$58.09
- Washington County group3 counties$58.09
- Wharton County group3 counties$58.09
- Castro County group2 counties$58.09
- Clay County group2 counties$58.09
- Collingsworth County group2 counties$58.09
- Coryell County group2 counties$58.09
- Hill County group2 counties$58.09
- Hutchinson County group2 counties$58.09
- Kinney County group2 counties$58.09
- La Salle County group2 counties$58.09
- Lavaca County group2 counties$58.09
- Lubbock County group2 counties$58.09
- Matagorda County group2 counties$58.09
- Maverick County group2 counties$58.09
- Medina County group2 counties$58.09
- Milam County group2 counties$58.09
- Rusk County group2 counties$58.09
- Terry County group2 counties$58.09
- Tom Green County group2 counties$58.09
- Tyler County group2 counties$58.09
Which counties pay which rate
| Counties | Main classification | Base + fringe | Base |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nolan County group, 3 localities: Menard, Mitchell, Nolan | BOILERMAKER (MENARD, MITCHELL AND NOLAN COUNTIES) | $58.11 | $33.70 |
| Coleman County group, 2 localities: Coleman, Concho | BOILERMAKER (COLEMAN AND CONCHO COUNTIES) | $58.11 | $33.70 |
| Presidio County group, 2 localities: Presidio, Reagan | BOILERMAKER (PRESIDIO AND REAGAN COUNTIES) | $58.11 | $33.70 |
| Schleicher County group, 2 localities: Schleicher, Sterling | BOILERMAKER (SCHLEICHER AND STERLING COUNTIES) | $58.11 | $33.70 |
| Coke County | BOILERMAKER (COKE COUNTY) | $58.11 | $33.70 |
| Gray County | BOILERMAKER (COLEMAN AND CONCHO COUNTIES) | $58.11 | $33.70 |
| Hockley County group, 9 localities: Baylor, Cottle, Dickens, Hockley, Jack, Knox, Stonewall, Wilbarger, Yoakum | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Moore County group, 7 localities: Hall, Hemphill, Lipscomb, Moore, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Deaf Smith County group, 5 localities: Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley, Hartley, Swisher | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Starr County group, 5 localities: Starr, Uvalde, Willacy, Zapata, Zavala | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Haskell County group, 4 localities: Haskell, Kent, King, Motley | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Llano County group, 4 localities: Llano, Mason, McCulloch, Runnels | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Dawson County group, 3 localities: Borden, Crane, Dawson | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Kaufman County group, 3 localities: Hunt, Kaufman, Rockwall | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Lynn County group, 3 localities: Foard, Garza, Lynn | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Nueces County group, 3 localities: Aransas, Nueces, San Patricio | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Reeves County group, 3 localities: Jeff Davis, Martin, Reeves | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Shelby County group, 3 localities: Newton, San Augustine, Shelby | BOILERMAKER (NEWTON, SAN AUGUSTINE, AND SHELBY COUNTIES) | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Taylor County group, 3 localities: Callahan, Jones, Taylor | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Victoria County group, 3 localities: Calhoun, Goliad, Victoria | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Washington County group, 3 localities: Lee, Limestone, Washington | BOILERMAKER (LEE, LIMESTONE, AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES) | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Wharton County group, 3 localities: Jim Wells, Live Oak, Wharton | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Castro County group, 2 localities: Castro, Childress | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Clay County group, 2 localities: Archer, Clay | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Collingsworth County group, 2 localities: Briscoe, Collingsworth | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Coryell County group, 2 localities: Coryell, Lampasas | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Hill County group, 2 localities: Hill, Somervell | BOILERMAKER (HILL AND SOMERVELL COUNTIES) | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Hutchinson County group, 2 localities: Hutchinson, Roberts | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Kinney County group, 2 localities: Kenedy, Kinney | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| La Salle County group, 2 localities: La Salle, McMullen | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Lavaca County group, 2 localities: Karnes, Lavaca | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Lubbock County group, 2 localities: Crosby, Lubbock | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Matagorda County group, 2 localities: Matagorda, Refugio | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Maverick County group, 2 localities: Frio, Maverick | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Medina County group, 2 localities: Atascosa, Medina | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Milam County group, 2 localities: Leon, Milam | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Rusk County group, 2 localities: Rusk, Upshur | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Terry County group, 2 localities: Hardeman, Terry | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Tom Green County group, 2 localities: Irion, Tom Green | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Tyler County group, 2 localities: Trinity, Tyler | BOILERMAKER (TRINITY AND TYLER COUNTIES) | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Anderson County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Andrews County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Angelina County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Armstrong County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Austin County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Bailey County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Bandera County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Bastrop County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Bee County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Bell County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Bexar County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Blanco County | BOILERMAKER (BLANCO COUNTY) | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Bosque County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Bowie County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Brazoria County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Brazos County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Brewster County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Brooks County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Brown County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Burleson County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Burnet County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Caldwell County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Cameron County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Camp County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Carson County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Cass County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Chambers County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Cherokee County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Cochran County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Collin County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Colorado County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Comal County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Comanche County | BOILERMAKER (COMANCHE COUNTY) | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Cooke County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Dallas County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Delta County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Denton County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| DeWitt County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Dimmit County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Duval County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Eastland County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Ector County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Edwards County | BOILERMAKER (EDWARDS COUNTY) | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| El Paso County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Ellis County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Erath County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Falls County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Fannin County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Fayette County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Fisher County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Fort Bend County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Franklin County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Freestone County | BOILERMAKER (FREESTONE COUNTY) | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Galveston County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Gillespie County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Glasscock County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Gonzales County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Grayson County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Gregg County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Guadalupe County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Hale County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Hamilton County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Hansford County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Hardin County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Harris County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Harrison County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Hays County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Henderson County | BOILERMAKER (HENDERSON COUNTY) | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Hidalgo County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Hood County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Hopkins County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Houston County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Howard County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Hudspeth County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Jackson County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Jasper County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Jefferson County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Jim Hogg County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Johnson County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Kendall County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Kerr County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Kimble County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Kleberg County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Lamar County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Lamb County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Liberty County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Loving County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Madison County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Marion County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| McLennan County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Midland County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Mills County | BOILERMAKER (MILLS COUNTY) | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Montague County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Montgomery County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Morris County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Nacogdoches County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Navarro County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Orange County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Palo Pinto County | BOILERMAKER (PALO PINTO) | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Panola County | BOILERMAKER (PANOLA COUNTY) | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Parker County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Pecos County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Polk County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Potter County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Randall County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Real County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Red River County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Robertson County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| San Jacinto County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| San Saba County | BOILERMAKER (SAN SABA COUNTY) | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Scurry County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Shackelford County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Smith County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Stephens County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Sutton County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Tarrant County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Terrell County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Throckmorton County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Titus County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Travis County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Val Verde County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Van Zandt County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Walker County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Waller County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Webb County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Wichita County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Williamson County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Wilson County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Winkler County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Wise County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Wood County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
| Young County | BOILERMAKER | $58.09 | $33.17 |
38 groups of counties with identical DOL rates, and 134 counties with rates of their own.
Questions about Texas boilermaker pay
What is the boilermaker prevailing wage in Harris County?
$58.09 an hour: a $33.17 base wage plus $24.92 in fringe benefits, under wage determination TX20260253, modification 1. Overtime and every boilermaker classification in Harris County.
Does boilermaker prevailing wage include fringe benefits?
Yes. In Harris County the $58.09 total is a $33.17 base wage plus $24.92 in fringe benefits, about 43% of the total. The employer owes the full amount for every hour worked.
Does boilermaker prevailing wage pay overtime in Texas?
Davis-Bacon rates are straight time. On contracts over $100,000, the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act requires 1½ times the basic rate for hours over 40 in a workweek (40 U.S.C. 3702). The fringe is owed for every hour at its straight-time amount.
Do apprentice boilermakers get this rate?
Davis-Bacon determinations list journeyworker rates. Apprentices in a program registered with DOL or a recognized state agency can be paid the program's percentage of the rate, within its ratio; anyone else gets the full rate (29 CFR 5.5(a)(4)).
Why do some counties have the same boilermaker rate?
DOL often publishes the same boilermaker rates for several counties. Across Texas, the 243 counties with a boilermaker rate fall into 172 distinct sets of rates, and 38 of those sets are shared by more than one county; the largest covers 9 counties (the Hockley County group).