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Operating Engineer prevailing wage in Limestone County, Texas
$15.14an hour, base + fringe
$14.67 wage + $0.47 fringe benefits · Building · SUTX2009-100
Limestone County uses the same operating engineer rates as 4 other counties. See all of them on one page.
On federally funded or assisted building construction in Limestone County, an operating engineer must be paid at least $15.14 an hour: a $14.67 base wage plus $0.47 in fringe benefits, under wage determination TX20260213 (modification 1). DOL prints no total, so $15.14 is our sum of the two.
Wage determination TX20260213, modification 1, published May 18, 2026, for building construction; rate identifier SUTX2009-100 (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 32 operating engineer rates for Limestone County, from $10.54 to $27.22 an hour. See all of them.
Base wage and fringe benefits: $14.67 + $0.47
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) | $14.67 |
| Fringe benefits (one figure, not itemized) | $0.47 |
| Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total) | $15.14 |
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 Limestone 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)BuildingSUTX2009-100 | $10.54 | $10.54 | $0.00 | TX20260213 Mod 1 |
| OPERATOR: FORKLIFTBuildingSUTX2009-100 | $14.58 | $14.58 | $0.00 | TX20260213 Mod 1 |
| OPERATOR: CRANEBuildingSUTX2009-100 | $21.33 | $21.33 | $0.00 | TX20260213 Mod 1 |
| OPERATOR: BULLDOZERBuildingSUTX2009-100 | $13.35 | $13.00 | $0.35 | TX20260213 Mod 1 |
| OPERATOR: BACKHOE/EXCAVATOR/TRACKHOEBuildingSUTX2009-100 | $15.14 | $14.67 | $0.47 | TX20260213 Mod 1 |
| SPREADER BOX OPERATORHighwaySATX2025-009 | $18.52 | $18.52 | $0.00 | TX20260295 Mod 1 |
| SCRAPER OPERATORHighwaySATX2025-009 | $17.71 | $17.71 | $0.00 | TX20260295 Mod 1 |
| ROLLER OPERATOR, OTHERHighwaySATX2025-009 | $17.09 | $17.09 | $0.00 | TX20260295 Mod 1 |
| ROLLER OPERATOR, ASPHALTHighwaySATX2025-009 | $18.34 | $18.34 | $0.00 | TX20260295 Mod 1 |
| RECLAIMER/PULVERIZER OPERATORHighwaySATX2025-009 | $18.15 | $18.15 | $0.00 | TX20260295 Mod 1 |
| MOTOR GRADER OPERATOR, ROUGHHighwaySATX2025-009 | $21.43 | $21.43 | $0.00 | TX20260295 Mod 1 |
| MOTOR GRADER OPERATOR, FINE GRADEHighwaySATX2025-009 | $24.43 | $24.43 | $0.00 | TX20260295 Mod 1 |
| MILLING MACHINE OPERATORHighwaySATX2025-009 | $19.99 | $19.99 | $0.00 | TX20260295 Mod 1 |
| MECHANICHighwaySATX2025-009 | $24.13 | $24.13 | $0.00 | TX20260295 Mod 1 |
| LOADER/BACKHOE OPERATORHighwaySATX2025-009 | $20.42 | $20.42 | $0.00 | TX20260295 Mod 1 |
| FRONT END LOADER OPERATOR, OVER 3 CYHighwaySATX2025-009 | $19.55 | $19.55 | $0.00 | TX20260295 Mod 1 |
| FRONT END LOADER OPERATOR, 3 CY OR LESSHighwaySATX2025-009 | $18.58 | $18.58 | $0.00 | TX20260295 Mod 1 |
| EXCAVATOR OPERATOR, OVER 50,000 POUNDSHighwaySATX2025-009 | $22.80 | $22.80 | $0.00 | TX20260295 Mod 1 |
| EXCAVATOR OPERATOR, 50,000 POUNDS OR LESSHighwaySATX2025-009 | $21.05 | $21.05 | $0.00 | TX20260295 Mod 1 |
| CRAWLER TRACTOR OPERATORHighwaySATX2025-009 | $19.82 | $19.82 | $0.00 | TX20260295 Mod 1 |
| CRANE OPERATOR, LATTICE BOOM OVER 80 TONSHighwaySATX2025-009 | $23.75 | $23.75 | $0.00 | TX20260295 Mod 1 |
| CRANE OPERATOR, LATTICE BOOM 80 TONS OR LESSHighwaySATX2025-009 | $24.33 | $24.33 | $0.00 | TX20260295 Mod 1 |
| CRANE OPERATOR, HYDRAULIC 80 TONS OR LESSHighwaySATX2025-009 | $27.22 | $27.22 | $0.00 | TX20260295 Mod 1 |
| CONCRETE PAVING, CURING, FLOAT, TEXTURING MACHINE OPERATORHighwaySATX2025-009 | $23.12 | $23.12 | $0.00 | TX20260295 Mod 1 |
| CONCRETE PAVEMENT FINISHING MACHINE OPERATORHighwaySATX2025-009 | $23.11 | $23.11 | $0.00 | TX20260295 Mod 1 |
| BROOM OR SWEEPER OPERATORHighwaySATX2025-009 | $17.58 | $17.58 | $0.00 | TX20260295 Mod 1 |
| ASPHALT PAVING MACHINE OPERATORHighwaySATX2025-009 | $21.26 | $21.26 | $0.00 | TX20260295 Mod 1 |
| ASPHALT DISTRIBUTOR OPERATORHighwaySATX2025-009 | $22.69 | $22.69 | $0.00 | TX20260295 Mod 1 |
| AGRICULTURAL TRACTOR OPERATORHighwaySATX2025-009 | $19.97 | $19.97 | $0.00 | TX20260295 Mod 1 |
| OPERATOR: LOADER (FRONT END)HeavySUTX2009-122 | $11.52 | $11.52 | $0.00 | TX20260091 Mod 1 |
| OPERATOR: BULLDOZERHeavySUTX2009-122 | $14.25 | $14.25 | $0.00 | TX20260091 Mod 1 |
| OPERATOR: BACKHOE/TRACKHOEHeavySUTX2009-122 | $15.89 | $15.89 | $0.00 | TX20260091 Mod 1 |
How Limestone 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
- Limestone Countybase $14.67$15.14
- Freestone Countybase $14.67$15.14
- Falls Countybase $14.67$15.14
- Navarro Countybase $11.00$11.00
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 Limestone County are the same as in 4 other counties: Newton, San Augustine, Shelby, Washington.
| County | Classification | Base + fringe | Base | vs Limestone County |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| McLennan County | OPERATOR: BACKHOE/EXCAVATOR/TRACKHOE | $15.19 | $13.59 | +$0.05 |
| Limestone County | OPERATOR: BACKHOE/EXCAVATOR/TRACKHOE | $15.14 | $14.67 | |
| Freestone County | OPERATOR: BACKHOE/EXCAVATOR/TRACKHOE | $15.14 | $14.67 | same |
| Falls County | OPERATOR: BACKHOE/EXCAVATOR/TRACKHOE | $15.14 | $14.67 | same |
| Leon County | OPERATOR: BACKHOE/EXCAVATOR/TRACKHOE | $15.14 | $14.67 | same |
| Robertson County | OPERATOR: BACKHOE/EXCAVATOR/TRACKHOE | $14.33 | $14.33 | −$0.81 |
| Navarro County | OPERATOR: BACKHOE/EXCAVATOR/TRACKHOE | $11.00 | $11.00 | −$4.14 |
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 TX20260213 Mod 1, published May 18, 2026: sam.gov/wage-determination/TX20260213/1
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 Limestone County as CSV · Report an error