Brick Tender prevailing wage in Cooke County, Texas

$12.02an hour, base + fringe

$12.02 wage + $0.00 fringe benefits · SUTX2009-016

On federally funded or assisted building construction in Cooke County, a brick tender must be paid at least $12.02 an hour: a $12.02 base wage plus $0.00 in fringe benefits, under wage determination TX20260129 (modification 1). DOL prints no total, so $12.02 is our sum of the two.

Wage determination TX20260129, modification 1, published May 18, 2026, for building construction; rate identifier SUTX2009-016 (April 20, 2009). 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.

This base is below $13.65, the Executive Order 13658 minimum. Contracts that order covers must pay at least that (see the WD's note).

Base wage and fringe benefits: $12.02 + $0.00

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)	$12.02
Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total)	$12.02

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 Cooke County compares

The main brick tender 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

Cooke $12.026114274310

$8.00McLennan$14.80El Paso

CookeNearby: Montague $12.02, Grayson $10.95, Denton $10.54Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 19 counties pay more than Cooke, 176 the same, 58 less.

Wage and fringe benefits, nearby

Cooke Countybase $12.02$12.02
Montague Countybase $12.02$12.02
Grayson Countybase $10.95$10.95
Denton Countybase $10.54$10.54

Brick Tender 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 Cooke County
Cooke County	LABORER: MASON TENDER - BRICK	$12.02	$12.02
Montague County	LABORER: MASON TENDER - BRICK	$12.02	$12.02	same
Clay County	LABORER: MASON TENDER - BRICK	$11.36	$11.36	−$0.66
Grayson County	LABORER: MASON TENDER - BRICK	$10.95	$10.95	−$1.07
Denton County	LABORER: MASON TENDER - BRICK	$10.54	$10.54	−$1.48
Collin County	LABORER: MASON TENDER - BRICK	$10.54	$10.54	−$1.48
Wise County	LABORER: MASON TENDER - BRICK	$10.50	$10.50	−$1.52

Texas brick tender 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 TX20260129 Mod 1, published May 18, 2026: sam.gov/wage-determination/TX20260129/1

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 Cooke County as CSV · Report an error