Kent County, TX · Flagger

Flagger prevailing wage in Kent County, Texas

$14.82an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum)

$14.82 base wage + $0.00 fringe benefits · SATX2025-012

Kent County uses the same flagger rates as 81 other counties. See all of them on one page.

On federally funded or assisted highway construction in Kent County, a flagger must be paid at least $14.82 an hour: a $14.82 base wage plus $0.00 in fringe benefits, under wage determination TX20260298 (modification 1). DOL prints no total, so $14.82 is our sum of the two.

Wage determination TX20260298, modification 1, published May 18, 2026, for highway construction; rate identifier SATX2025-012 (November 15, 2023). 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: $14.82 + $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)	$14.82
Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total)	$14.82

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 Kent County compares

The main flagger 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

Kent $14.8216463136201413

$13.50Archer$16.63Austin

KentNearby: Garza $14.82, Dickens $14.82, Crosby $13.50Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 87 counties pay more than Kent, 81 the same, 84 less.

Wage and fringe benefits, nearby

Kent Countybase $14.82$14.82
Garza Countybase $14.82$14.82
Dickens Countybase $14.82$14.82
Crosby Countybase $13.50$13.50

Flagger 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 flagger rates for Kent County are the same as in 81 other counties: Andrews, Bailey, Baylor, Borden, Briscoe, Brown, Castro, Childress and 73 more.

County	Classification	Base wage	Total rate	vs Kent County
Kent County	FLAGGER	$14.82	$14.82
Garza County	FLAGGER	$14.82	$14.82	same
Dickens County	FLAGGER	$14.82	$14.82	same
Stonewall County	FLAGGER	$14.82	$14.82	same
Scurry County	FLAGGER	$14.82	$14.82	same
Fisher County	FLAGGER	$14.82	$14.82	same
Crosby County	FLAGGER	$13.50	$13.50	−$1.32

Texas flagger 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 TX20260298 Mod 1, published May 18, 2026: sam.gov/wage-determination/TX20260298/1

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 Kent County as CSV · Report an error