Bricklayer prevailing wage in Jim Wells County, Texas

$19.67an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum)

$19.67 base wage + $0.00 fringe benefits · SUTX2009-096

Jim Wells County uses the same bricklayer rates as 2 other counties. See all of them on one page.

On federally funded or assisted building construction in Jim Wells County, a bricklayer must be paid at least $19.67 an hour: a $19.67 base wage plus $0.00 in fringe benefits, under wage determination TX20260209 (modification 1). DOL prints no total, so $19.67 is our sum of the two.

Wage determination TX20260209, modification 1, published May 18, 2026, for building construction; rate identifier SUTX2009-096 (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.

Base wage and fringe benefits: $19.67 + $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)	$19.67
Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total)	$19.67

When does this rate change?

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 Jim Wells County compares

The main bricklayer 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

Jim Wells $19.6744036010

$16.17Cameron$33.62Atascosa

Jim WellsNearby: Duval $17.76, Nueces $20.04, Kleberg $19.67Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 96 counties pay more than Jim Wells, 40 the same, 117 less.

Wage and fringe benefits, nearby

Jim Wells Countybase $19.67$19.67
Duval Countybase $17.76$17.76
Nueces Countybase $20.04$20.04
Kleberg Countybase $19.67$19.67

Bricklayer 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.

DOL's bricklayer rates for Jim Wells County are the same as in 2 other counties: Live Oak, Wharton.

County	Classification	Base wage	Total rate	vs Jim Wells County
Nueces County	BRICKLAYER	$20.04	$20.04	+$0.37
San Patricio County	BRICKLAYER	$20.04	$20.04	+$0.37
Jim Wells County	BRICKLAYER	$19.67	$19.67
Kleberg County	BRICKLAYER	$19.67	$19.67	same
Live Oak County	BRICKLAYER	$19.67	$19.67	same
Duval County	BRICKLAYER	$17.76	$17.76	−$1.91
Brooks County	BRICKLAYER	$17.76	$17.76	−$1.91

Texas bricklayer 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 TX20260209 Mod 1, published May 18, 2026: sam.gov/wage-determination/TX20260209/1

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 Jim Wells County as CSV · Report an error