Operating Engineer prevailing wage in Grayson County, Texas

$12.89an hour, base + fringe

$12.89 wage + $0.00 fringe benefits · Building · SUTX2014-025

On federally funded or assisted building construction in Grayson County, an operating engineer must be paid at least $12.89 an hour: a $12.89 base wage plus $0.00 in fringe benefits, under wage determination TX20260249 (modification 1). DOL prints no total, so $12.89 is our sum of the two.

Wage determination TX20260249, modification 1, published May 18, 2026, for building construction; rate identifier SUTX2014-025 (July 21, 2014). 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.

DOL lists 40 operating engineer rates for Grayson County, from $7.25 to $45.95 an hour. See all of them.

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: $12.89 + $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)	$12.89
Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total)	$12.89

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.

Every operating engineer rate in Grayson County

As DOL lists them. The highlighted row is the one this page leads with.

Classification	Base + fringe	Base	Fringe benefits	WD
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR ((3) HYDRAULIC CRANES 59 TONS AND UNDER)BuildingENGI0178-005	$45.45	$32.35	$13.10	TX20260249 Mod 1
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR ((1) TOWER CRANE)BuildingENGI0178-005	$45.95	$32.85	$13.10	TX20260249 Mod 1
OPERATOR: ROLLERBuildingSUTX2014-025	$15.04	$15.04	$0.00	TX20260249 Mod 1
OPERATOR: PAVER (ASPHALT, AGGREGATE, AND CONCRETE)BuildingSUTX2014-025	$18.44	$18.44	$0.00	TX20260249 Mod 1
OPERATOR: MECHANICBuildingSUTX2014-025	$20.85	$17.52	$3.33	TX20260249 Mod 1
OPERATOR: LOADERBuildingSUTX2014-025	$14.29	$13.39	$0.90	TX20260249 Mod 1
OPERATOR: GRADER/BLADEBuildingSUTX2014-025	$12.95	$12.95	$0.00	TX20260249 Mod 1
OPERATOR: FORKLIFTBuildingSUTX2014-025	$13.63	$13.63	$0.00	TX20260249 Mod 1
OPERATOR: DRILLBuildingSUTX2014-025	$18.10	$17.60	$0.50	TX20260249 Mod 1
OPERATOR: BULLDOZERBuildingSUTX2014-025	$19.60	$18.29	$1.31	TX20260249 Mod 1
OPERATOR: BOBCAT/SKID STEER/SKID LOADERBuildingSUTX2014-025	$13.93	$13.93	$0.00	TX20260249 Mod 1
OPERATOR: BACKHOE/EXCAVATOR/TRACKHOEBuildingSUTX2014-025	$12.89	$12.89	$0.00	TX20260249 Mod 1
SPREADER BOX OPERATORHighwaySATX2025-007	$23.59	$23.59	$0.00	TX20260294 Mod 1
SMALL SLIPFORM MACHINE OPERATORHighwaySATX2025-007	$25.09	$25.09	$0.00	TX20260294 Mod 1
SCRAPER OPERATORHighwaySATX2025-007	$21.54	$21.54	$0.00	TX20260294 Mod 1
ROLLER OPERATOR, OTHERHighwaySATX2025-007	$18.60	$18.60	$0.00	TX20260294 Mod 1
ROLLER OPERATOR, ASPHALTHighwaySATX2025-007	$20.35	$20.35	$0.00	TX20260294 Mod 1
RECLAIMER/PULVERIZER OPERATORHighwaySATX2025-007	$22.17	$22.17	$0.00	TX20260294 Mod 1
MOTOR GRADER OPERATOR, ROUGHHighwaySATX2025-007	$24.90	$24.90	$0.00	TX20260294 Mod 1
MOTOR GRADER OPERATOR, FINE GRADEHighwaySATX2025-007	$27.09	$27.09	$0.00	TX20260294 Mod 1
MILLING MACHINE OPERATORHighwaySATX2025-007	$20.94	$20.94	$0.00	TX20260294 Mod 1
MECHANICHighwaySATX2025-007	$27.44	$27.44	$0.00	TX20260294 Mod 1
LOADER/BACKHOE OPERATORHighwaySATX2025-007	$23.22	$23.22	$0.00	TX20260294 Mod 1
FRONT END LOADER OPERATOR, OVER 3 CYHighwaySATX2025-007	$22.56	$22.56	$0.00	TX20260294 Mod 1
FRONT END LOADER OPERATOR, 3 CY OR LESSHighwaySATX2025-007	$20.93	$20.93	$0.00	TX20260294 Mod 1
FOUNDATION DRILL OPERATOR, CRAWLER MOUNTEDHighwaySATX2025-007	$29.25	$29.25	$0.00	TX20260294 Mod 1
EXCAVATOR OPERATOR, OVER 50,000 POUNDSHighwaySATX2025-007	$25.34	$25.34	$0.00	TX20260294 Mod 1
EXCAVATOR OPERATOR, 50,000 POUNDS OR LESSHighwaySATX2025-007	$25.08	$25.08	$0.00	TX20260294 Mod 1
CRAWLER TRACTOR OPERATORHighwaySATX2025-007	$24.06	$24.06	$0.00	TX20260294 Mod 1
CRANE OPERATOR, LATTICE BOOM OVER 80 TONSHighwaySATX2025-007	$33.55	$33.55	$0.00	TX20260294 Mod 1
CRANE OPERATOR, LATTICE BOOM 80 TONS OR LESSHighwaySATX2025-007	$29.90	$29.90	$0.00	TX20260294 Mod 1
CRANE OPERATOR, HYDRAULIC 80 TONS OR LESSHighwaySATX2025-007	$31.32	$31.32	$0.00	TX20260294 Mod 1
CONCRETE PAVEMENT FINISHING MACHINE OPERATORHighwaySATX2025-007	$24.07	$24.07	$0.00	TX20260294 Mod 1
BROOM OR SWEEPER OPERATORHighwaySATX2025-007	$18.01	$18.01	$0.00	TX20260294 Mod 1
ASPHALT PAVING MACHINE OPERATORHighwaySATX2025-007	$22.52	$22.52	$0.00	TX20260294 Mod 1
ASPHALT DISTRIBUTOR OPERATORHighwaySATX2025-007	$24.40	$24.40	$0.00	TX20260294 Mod 1
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: MOTOR GRADERSHeavySUTX1981-002	$9.00	$9.00	$0.00	TX20260058 Mod 1
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: FRONT END LOADERSHeavySUTX1981-002	$7.25	$7.25	$0.00	TX20260058 Mod 1
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: (CRANES, CLAMSHELLS, BACKHOES, DERRICKS, DRAGLINES, & SHOVEL)HeavySUTX1981-002	$8.08	$8.08	$0.00	TX20260058 Mod 1
MECHANIC (UNDEFINED)HeavySUTX1981-002	$9.20	$9.20	$0.00	TX20260058 Mod 1

How Grayson County compares

The main operating engineer 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

Grayson $12.892815626

$11.00Bosque$49.86Atascosa

GraysonNearby: Cooke $11.00, Collin $12.83, Fannin $11.00Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 218 counties pay more than Grayson, 0 the same, 35 less.

Wage and fringe benefits, nearby

Grayson Countybase $12.89$12.89
Cooke Countybase $11.00$11.00
Collin Countybase $12.83$12.83
Fannin Countybase $11.00$11.00

Operating Engineer 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 Grayson County
Grayson County	OPERATOR: BACKHOE/EXCAVATOR/TRACKHOE	$12.89	$12.89
Collin County	OPERATOR: BACKHOE/EXCAVATOR/TRACKHOE	$12.83	$12.83	−$0.06
Denton County	OPERATOR: BACKHOE/EXCAVATOR/TRACKHOE	$12.83	$12.83	−$0.06
Hunt County	OPERATOR: BACKHOE/EXCAVATOR/TRACKHOE	$12.83	$12.83	−$0.06
Rockwall County	OPERATOR: BACKHOE/EXCAVATOR/TRACKHOE	$12.83	$12.83	−$0.06
Cooke County	OPERATOR: BACKHOE/EXCAVATOR/TRACKHOE	$11.00	$11.00	−$1.89
Fannin County	OPERATOR: BACKHOE/EXCAVATOR/TRACKHOE	$11.00	$11.00	−$1.89

Texas operating engineer 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 TX20260249 Mod 1, published May 18, 2026: sam.gov/wage-determination/TX20260249/1

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 Grayson County as CSV · Report an error