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Carpenter prevailing wage in Maverick County, Texas

Which kind of construction is the job?

The kind of construction decides the rate: each wage determination covers one. Residential covers homes and apartments up to four stories.

$18.00an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum)

$18.00 base wage + $0.00 fringe benefits

CARPENTER · SUTX2009-089

$11.26an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum)

$11.26 base wage + $0.00 fringe benefits

CARPENTER · SUTX2009-149

$17.56an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum)

$17.56 base wage + $0.00 fringe benefits

FORM SETTER, PAVING & CURB · SATX2025-011

Maverick County uses the same carpenter rates as 1 other county. See all of them on one page.

On federally funded or assisted building construction in Maverick County, a carpenter must be paid at least $18.00 an hour: a $18.00 base wage plus $0.00 in fringe benefits, under wage determination TX20260202 (modification 1). DOL prints no total, so $18.00 is our sum of the two.

Wage determination TX20260202, modification 1, published May 18, 2026, for building construction; rate identifier SUTX2009-089 (April 20, 2009). Checked against sam.gov on October 25, 2026.

On federally funded or assisted residential construction in Maverick County, a carpenter must be paid at least $11.26 an hour: a $11.26 base wage plus $0.00 in fringe benefits, under wage determination TX20260103 (modification 1). DOL prints no total, so $11.26 is our sum of the two.

Wage determination TX20260103, modification 1, published May 18, 2026, for residential construction; rate identifier SUTX2009-149 (April 22, 2009). Checked against sam.gov on October 25, 2026.

On federally funded or assisted highway construction in Maverick County, a carpenter must be paid at least $17.56 an hour: a $17.56 base wage plus $0.00 in fringe benefits, under wage determination TX20260297 (modification 1). DOL prints no total, so $17.56 is our sum of the two.

Wage determination TX20260297, modification 1, published May 18, 2026, for highway construction; rate identifier SATX2025-011 (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.

DOL lists 4 carpenter rates for Maverick County, from $11.26 to $18.26 an hour. See all of them.

Base wage and fringe benefits: $18.00 + $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)$18.00
Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total)$18.00

Base wage and fringe benefits: $11.26 + $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)$11.26
Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total)$11.26

Base wage and fringe benefits: $17.56 + $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)$17.56
Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total)$17.56

When does this rate change?

Every carpenter rate in Maverick County

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

  1. FORM BUILDER/SETTER, STRUCTURESHighway · SATX2025-011$18.26
  2. CARPENTERBuilding · SUTX2009-089$18.00
  3. FORM SETTER, PAVING & CURBHighway · SATX2025-011$17.56
  4. CARPENTERResidential · SUTX2009-149$11.26
Hourly rate of each carpenter classification in Maverick County, highest first, split into wage and fringe benefits.
ClassificationBase wageFringe benefitsTotal rateWD
CARPENTERBuildingSUTX2009-089$18.00 $0.00 $18.00 TX20260202 Mod 1
FORM SETTER, PAVING & CURBHighwaySATX2025-011$17.56 $0.00 $17.56 TX20260297 Mod 1
FORM BUILDER/SETTER, STRUCTURESHighwaySATX2025-011$18.26 $0.00 $18.26 TX20260297 Mod 1
CARPENTERResidentialSUTX2009-149$11.26 $0.00 $11.26 TX20260103 Mod 1

How Maverick County compares

The main carpenter 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

$12.42Howard$43.00Anderson
MaverickNearby: Zavala $18.00, Dimmit $18.00, Real $13.13Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 68 counties pay more than Maverick, 14 the same, 171 less.

Wage and fringe benefits, nearby

  1. Maverick Countybase $18.00$18.00
  2. Zavala Countybase $18.00$18.00
  3. Dimmit Countybase $18.00$18.00
  4. Real Countybase $13.13$13.13

Carpenter 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 carpenter rates for Maverick County are the same as in 1 other county: Frio. The closest county with a different rate is Real County, at $13.13.

CountyClassificationBase wageTotal ratevs Maverick County
Maverick CountyCARPENTER$18.00 $18.00 
Zavala CountyCARPENTER$18.00 $18.00 same
Dimmit CountyCARPENTER$18.00 $18.00 same
Kinney CountyCARPENTER$18.00 $18.00 same
Uvalde CountyCARPENTER$18.00 $18.00 same
Frio CountyCARPENTER$18.00 $18.00 same
La Salle CountyCARPENTER$18.00 $18.00 same

Texas carpenter prevailing wage by county, with a map

More from DOL on this rate

All Maverick County prevailing wage rates

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 TX20260202 Mod 1, published May 18, 2026: sam.gov/wage-determination/TX20260202/1

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 Maverick County as CSV · Report an error