Refrigeration & A/C Mechanic prevailing wage in Kleberg County, Texas

$29.86an hour, fringe benefits included · HVAC - Journeyman

One rate, fringe benefits included (DOL prints no split) · Texas A&M System

On Texas public works in Kleberg County, a refrigeration and air conditioning mechanic working as hvac - journeyman must be paid at least $29.86 an hour. DOL prints one rate with fringe benefits included, so there is no separate base wage.

DOL, TAMUS-2024-10-14-kleberg. Checked on October 25, 2026.

DOL lists 2 refrigeration and air conditioning mechanic rates for Kleberg County, from $19.01 to $29.86 an hour. See all of them.

Listed minimum prevailing wage rate is the base hourly wage rate including fringes.

One rate, fringe benefits included: $29.86

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 $29.86. DOL doesn't publish a base and fringe split, so this page doesn't invent one.

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.

Every refrigeration and air conditioning mechanic rate in Kleberg County

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

Classification	Base wage	Fringe benefits	Total rate	WD
HVAC - JourneymanTexas A&M System	incl.	incl.	$29.86	TAMUS-2024-10-14-kleberg
HVAC - ApprenticeTexas A&M System	incl.	incl.	$19.01	TAMUS-2024-10-14-kleberg

How Kleberg County compares

The main refrigeration and air conditioning mechanic rate in every county that has one. All bars use the same scale.

Every county in Texas

Kleberg $29.861282427489

$7.25Austin$54.07Hays

KlebergNearby: Nueces $7.25, San Patricio $7.25, Aransas $10.33Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 21 counties pay more than Kleberg, 0 the same, 89 less.

Rates nearby

Kleberg Countyfringes included$29.86
Nueces Countybase $7.25$7.25
San Patricio Countybase $7.25$7.25
Aransas Countybase $8.75$10.33

Refrigeration & A/C Mechanic 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 wage	Total rate	vs Kleberg County
Kleberg County	HVAC - Journeyman	incl.	$29.86
Aransas County	AIR CONDITIONING MECHANIC	$8.75	$10.33	−$19.53
Nueces County	AIR CONDITIONING MECHANIC	$7.25	$7.25	−$22.61
San Patricio County	AIR CONDITIONING MECHANIC	$7.25	$7.25	−$22.61

Texas refrigeration and air conditioning mechanic 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 TAMUS-2024-10-14-kleberg, issued October 14, 2024, page 1: hub.tamus.edu/assets/files/fpc/pdf/WageRates/KlebergWageRates.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 Kleberg County as CSV · Report an error