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Operating Engineer prevailing wage in Jim Wells County, Texas
$13.75an hour, base + fringe
$13.75 wage + $0.00 fringe benefits · Building · SUTX2009-096
Jim Wells County uses the same operating engineer rates as 2 other counties. See all of them on one page.
On federally funded or assisted building construction in Jim Wells County, an operating engineer must be paid at least $13.75 an hour: a $13.75 base wage plus $0.00 in fringe benefits, under wage determination TX20260209 (modification 1). DOL prints no total, so $13.75 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.
DOL lists 30 operating engineer rates for Jim Wells County, from $10.54 to $31.44 an hour. See all of them.
Base wage and fringe benefits: $13.75 + $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) | $13.75 |
| Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total) | $13.75 |
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 Jim Wells County
As DOL lists them. The highlighted row is the one this page leads with.
| Classification | Base + fringe | Base | Fringe benefits | WD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OPERATOR: LOADER (FRONT END)BuildingSUTX2009-096 | $10.54 | $10.54 | $0.00 | TX20260209 Mod 1 |
| OPERATOR: FORKLIFTBuildingSUTX2009-096 | $14.58 | $14.58 | $0.00 | TX20260209 Mod 1 |
| OPERATOR: CRANEBuildingSUTX2009-096 | $21.33 | $21.33 | $0.00 | TX20260209 Mod 1 |
| OPERATOR: BULLDOZERBuildingSUTX2009-096 | $13.23 | $12.80 | $0.43 | TX20260209 Mod 1 |
| OPERATOR: BACKHOE/EXCAVATOR/TRACKHOEBuildingSUTX2009-096 | $13.75 | $13.75 | $0.00 | TX20260209 Mod 1 |
| SPREADER BOX OPERATORHighwaySATX2025-015 | $19.96 | $19.96 | $0.00 | TX20260300 Mod 1 |
| SCRAPER OPERATORHighwaySATX2025-015 | $17.21 | $17.21 | $0.00 | TX20260300 Mod 1 |
| ROLLER OPERATOR, OTHERHighwaySATX2025-015 | $16.94 | $16.94 | $0.00 | TX20260300 Mod 1 |
| ROLLER OPERATOR, ASPHALTHighwaySATX2025-015 | $18.13 | $18.13 | $0.00 | TX20260300 Mod 1 |
| RECLAIMER/PULVERIZER OPERATORHighwaySATX2025-015 | $19.67 | $19.67 | $0.00 | TX20260300 Mod 1 |
| MOTOR GRADER OPERATOR, ROUGHHighwaySATX2025-015 | $21.04 | $21.04 | $0.00 | TX20260300 Mod 1 |
| MOTOR GRADER OPERATOR, FINE GRADEHighwaySATX2025-015 | $24.96 | $24.96 | $0.00 | TX20260300 Mod 1 |
| MILLING MACHINE OPERATORHighwaySATX2025-015 | $19.88 | $19.88 | $0.00 | TX20260300 Mod 1 |
| MECHANICHighwaySATX2025-015 | $23.35 | $23.35 | $0.00 | TX20260300 Mod 1 |
| LOADER/BACKHOE OPERATORHighwaySATX2025-015 | $19.94 | $19.94 | $0.00 | TX20260300 Mod 1 |
| FRONT END LOADER OPERATOR, OVER 3 CYHighwaySATX2025-015 | $20.00 | $20.00 | $0.00 | TX20260300 Mod 1 |
| FRONT END LOADER OPERATOR, 3 CY OR LESSHighwaySATX2025-015 | $19.34 | $19.34 | $0.00 | TX20260300 Mod 1 |
| EXCAVATOR OPERATOR, OVER 50,000 POUNDSHighwaySATX2025-015 | $22.47 | $22.47 | $0.00 | TX20260300 Mod 1 |
| EXCAVATOR OPERATOR, 50,000 POUNDS OR LESSHighwaySATX2025-015 | $22.25 | $22.25 | $0.00 | TX20260300 Mod 1 |
| CRAWLER TRACTOR OPERATORHighwaySATX2025-015 | $20.83 | $20.83 | $0.00 | TX20260300 Mod 1 |
| CRANE OPERATOR, LATTICE BOOM OVER 80 TONSHighwaySATX2025-015 | $31.28 | $31.28 | $0.00 | TX20260300 Mod 1 |
| CRANE OPERATOR, LATTICE BOOM 80 TONS OR LESSHighwaySATX2025-015 | $26.15 | $26.15 | $0.00 | TX20260300 Mod 1 |
| CRANE OPERATOR, HYDRAULIC OVER 80 TONSHighwaySATX2025-015 | $31.44 | $31.44 | $0.00 | TX20260300 Mod 1 |
| CRANE OPERATOR, HYDRAULIC 80 TONS OR LESSHighwaySATX2025-015 | $23.89 | $23.89 | $0.00 | TX20260300 Mod 1 |
| BROOM OR SWEEPER OPERATORHighwaySATX2025-015 | $17.30 | $17.30 | $0.00 | TX20260300 Mod 1 |
| ASPHALT PAVING MACHINE OPERATORHighwaySATX2025-015 | $20.70 | $20.70 | $0.00 | TX20260300 Mod 1 |
| ASPHALT DISTRIBUTOR OPERATORHighwaySATX2025-015 | $23.99 | $23.99 | $0.00 | TX20260300 Mod 1 |
| OPERATOR: LOADER (FRONT END)HeavySUTX2009-125 | $11.13 | $11.13 | $0.00 | TX20260088 Mod 1 |
| OPERATOR: BULLDOZERHeavySUTX2009-125 | $14.25 | $14.25 | $0.00 | TX20260088 Mod 1 |
| OPERATOR: BACKHOE/TRACKHOEHeavySUTX2009-125 | $13.25 | $13.25 | $0.00 | TX20260088 Mod 1 |
How Jim Wells 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
Wage and fringe benefits, nearby
- Jim Wells Countybase $13.75$13.75
- Duval Countybase $13.75$13.75
- Nueces Countybase $14.25$14.25
- Kleberg Countybase $13.75$13.75
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.
DOL's operating engineer rates for Jim Wells County are the same as in 2 other counties: Live Oak, Wharton.
| County | Classification | Base + fringe | Base | vs Jim Wells County |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nueces County | OPERATOR: BACKHOE/EXCAVATOR/TRACKHOE | $14.25 | $14.25 | +$0.50 |
| San Patricio County | OPERATOR: BACKHOE/EXCAVATOR/TRACKHOE | $14.25 | $14.25 | +$0.50 |
| Jim Wells County | OPERATOR: BACKHOE/EXCAVATOR/TRACKHOE | $13.75 | $13.75 | |
| Duval County | OPERATOR: BACKHOE/EXCAVATOR/TRACKHOE | $13.75 | $13.75 | same |
| Kleberg County | OPERATOR: BACKHOE/EXCAVATOR/TRACKHOE | $13.75 | $13.75 | same |
| Live Oak County | OPERATOR: BACKHOE/EXCAVATOR/TRACKHOE | $13.75 | $13.75 | same |
| Brooks County | OPERATOR: BACKHOE/EXCAVATOR/TRACKHOE | $13.75 | $13.75 | same |
Texas operating engineer prevailing wage by county, with a map
More from DOL on this rate
- DOL wage determination
- 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 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