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Texas flagger prevailing wage, county by county
A flagger's Davis-Bacon prevailing wage in Texas runs from $13.50 an hour in Wichita County to $16.63 in Austin County. The median county is $14.82.
Main flagger classification in each county (Flagger), 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 flagger make on prevailing wage in Texas?
16 groups of counties with identical rates and 7 with rates of their own, highest main rate first. The table below lists which counties are in each group.
- Fort Bend County group10 counties$16.63
- Austin County1 county$16.63
- Harris County1 county$16.63
- San Jacinto County1 county$16.63
- Starr County group14 counties$15.81
- Bexar County group19 counties$15.52
- Travis County1 county$15.52
- Smith County group3 counties$15.30
- Rusk County group2 counties$15.30
- Harrison County1 county$15.30
- Burnet County group21 counties$15.16
- Val Verde County group13 counties$15.00
- Cooke County group82 counties$14.82
- Dallas County group10 counties$14.80
- Hunt County group3 counties$14.80
- Aransas County group3 counties$14.59
- Nueces County group2 counties$14.59
- Victoria County1 county$14.59
- Hidalgo County group3 counties$14.56
- Angelina County group46 counties$13.99
- Lubbock County group11 counties$13.50
- Jones County group4 counties$13.50
- Wichita County1 county$13.50
Which counties pay which rate
16 groups of counties with identical DOL rates, and 7 counties with rates of their own.
Questions about Texas flagger pay
What is the flagger prevailing wage in Harris County?
$16.63 an hour: a $16.63 base wage plus $0.00 in fringe benefits, under wage determination TX20260299, modification 1. Overtime and every flagger classification in Harris County.
Does flagger prevailing wage include fringe benefits?
Yes. In Harris County the $16.63 total is a $16.63 base wage plus $0.00 in fringe benefits, about 0% of the total. The employer owes the full amount for every hour worked.
Does flagger 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 flaggers 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 flagger rate?
DOL often publishes the same flagger rates for several counties. Across Texas, the 253 counties with a flagger rate fall into 23 distinct sets of rates, and 16 of those sets are shared by more than one county; the largest covers 82 counties (the Cooke County group).