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Controls Technician (HVAC / Fire Protection) prevailing wage in Harris County, Texas
$22.65an hour, fringes included · Fire Protection - Controls
One rate, fringe benefits included (DOL prints no split) · Texas A&M System
On Texas public works in Harris County, a controls technician working as fire protection - controls must be paid at least $22.65 an hour. DOL prints one rate with fringe benefits included, so there is no separate base wage.
DOL, TAMUS-2024-10-14-harris. Checked on October 25, 2026.
DOL lists 2 controls technician rates for Harris County, from $22.20 to $22.65 an hour. See all of them.
City of Houston contracts use Houston's 2026 wage scales, which copy these Davis-Bacon rates; they are listed with each trade, marked City of Houston. Harris County posts the same SAM.gov determinations with its own contractor minimum wage of $21.65 an hour.
- Listed minimum prevailing wage rate is the base hourly wage rate including fringes.
One rate, fringe benefits included: $22.65
DOL publishes a single hourly figure that already includes fringe benefits. A contractor can pay it all as wages, or pay part as contributions to bona fide benefit plans for the worker, as long as the two add up to at least $22.65. DOL doesn't publish a base and fringe split, so this page doesn't invent one.
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 controls technician rate in Harris County
As DOL lists them. The highlighted row is the one this page leads with.
| Classification | Base + fringe | Base | Fringe benefits | WD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fire Protection - ControlsTexas A&M System | $22.65 | incl. | incl. | TAMUS-2024-10-14-harris |
| HVAC - ControlsTexas A&M System | $22.20 | incl. | incl. | TAMUS-2024-10-14-harris |
How Harris County compares
The main controls technician rate in every county that has one. All bars use the same scale.
Every county in Texas
Rates nearby
- Harris Countyfringes included$22.65
- Waller Countyfringes included$22.51
- Galveston Countyfringes included$22.27
Controls Technician (HVAC / Fire Protection) 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 Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harris County | Fire Protection - Controls | $22.65 | incl. | |
| Waller County | Fire Protection - Controls | $22.51 | incl. | −$0.14 |
| Galveston County | Fire Protection - Controls | $22.27 | incl. | −$0.38 |
Texas controls technician prevailing wage by county, with a map
More from DOL on this rate
- DOL wage determination, page 1
- SAM.gov wage determinations
- 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)).
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 TAMUS-2024-10-14-harris, issued October 14, 2024, page 1: hub.tamus.edu/assets/files/fpc/pdf/WageRates/HarrisWageRates.pdf
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 Harris County as CSV · Report an error