Ironworker prevailing wage in Brewster County, Texas

$38.07an hour, base + fringe · REINFORCING

$29.64 wage + $8.43 fringe benefits · IRON0263-019

On federally funded or assisted building construction in Brewster County, an ironworker working as reinforcing must be paid at least $38.07 an hour: a $29.64 base wage plus $8.43 in fringe benefits, under wage determination TX20260120 (modification 1). DOL prints no total, so $38.07 is our sum of the two.

Wage determination TX20260120, modification 1, published May 18, 2026, for building construction; rate identifier IRON0263-019 (June 1, 2025). Checked against sam.gov on October 25, 2026.

Texas public bodies set their own rates, often the Davis-Bacon ones; check the bid documents. Under Gov't Code 2258.022 each body either surveys local wages or adopts the Davis-Bacon rates, and no state agency publishes a schedule.

Base wage and fringe benefits: $29.64 + $8.43

The base wage is the taxable hourly wage. DOL prints the fringe benefits as one hourly figure, not itemized; it can go to health, pension, vacation and training plans, or be paid as cash where the state allows.

Base wage (taxable)	$29.64
Fringe benefits (one figure, not itemized)	$8.43
Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total)	$38.07

When this rate changes

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)).
DOL changes a WD by publishing a numbered modification on SAM.gov. This page reads the modification named in the Source line; the Texas change log lists what each one changed.

How Brewster County compares

The main ironworker rate in every county that has one, and how the pay splits here and nearby. All bars use the same scale.

Every county in Texas

Brewster $38.0727323453510

$15.48Bosque$48.79Angelina

BrewsterNearby: Presidio $38.07, Pecos $38.07, Val Verde $35.98Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 10 counties pay more than Brewster, 115 the same, 128 less.

Wage and fringe benefits, nearby

Brewster Countybase $29.64$38.07
Presidio Countybase $29.64$38.07
Pecos Countybase $29.64$38.07
Val Verde Countybase $27.95$35.98

Ironworker rates in nearby counties

Current DOL rates. Davis-Bacon rates are set for groups of counties, so neighbours often share them; the county where the work is done decides.

County	Classification	Base + fringe	Base	vs Brewster County
Brewster County	IRONWORKER: REINFORCING	$38.07	$29.64
Presidio County	IRONWORKER, REINFORCING AND STRUCTURAL (PRESIDIO AND REAGAN COUNTIES)	$38.07	$29.64	same
Pecos County	IRONWORKER: REINFORCING	$38.07	$29.64	same
Terrell County	IRONWORKER: REINFORCING	$38.07	$29.64	same
Jeff Davis County	IRONWORKER: REINFORCING	$38.07	$29.64	same
Reeves County	IRONWORKER: REINFORCING	$38.07	$29.64	same
Ward County	IRONWORKER: REINFORCING	$38.07	$29.64	same

Texas ironworker prevailing wage by county, with a map

Are you being paid this rate?

Add your base pay to the fringe your employer pays for you, in cash or into plans, and compare the sum with the total. The Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division takes complaints: 1-866-487-9243, or dol.gov/agencies/whd/contact/complaints.

Source

U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division (DOL), wage determination TX20260120 Mod 1, published May 18, 2026: sam.gov/wage-determination/TX20260120/1

We read every active Texas Davis-Bacon wage determination from SAM.gov's own data and check every number with a second, independent read of the same file. DOL prints no total; ours is base plus fringe. The Texas A&M University System, City of Houston and City of Austin rows are copied from those bodies' own schedules, with their source on each row. How we check · Download Brewster County as CSV · Report an error