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Directional Drilling Laborer prevailing wage in Travis County, Texas
$22.15an hour, base + fringe · Directional Drilling Locator
$22.15 wage + $0.00 fringe benefits · City of Austin
On Texas public works in Travis County, a directional drilling laborer working as directional drilling locator must be paid at least $22.15 an hour: a $22.15 base wage plus $0.00 in fringe benefits.
DOL, COA-00830HH-2026-08-17, effective August 17, 2026. Checked on October 25, 2026.
DOL lists 2 directional drilling laborer rates for Travis County, from $22.15 to $25.19 an hour. See all of them.
City of Austin contracts use the Davis-Bacon rates with any base below $22.15 raised to $22.15 (the City's cash floor); those adjusted rates are listed with each trade, marked City of Austin.
- From City of Austin Section 00830HH, Wage Rates – Heavy and Highway.
Base wage and fringe benefits: $22.15 + $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) | $22.15 |
| Total hourly rate, as printed | $22.15 |
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 directional drilling laborer rate in Travis County
As DOL lists them. The highlighted row is the one this page leads with.
| Classification | Base + fringe | Base | Fringe benefits | WD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Directional Drilling LocatorCity of Austin | $22.15 | $22.15 | $0.00 | COA-00830HH-2026-08-17 |
| Directional Drilling OperatorCity of Austin | $25.19 | $25.19 | $0.00 | COA-00830HH-2026-08-17 |
More from DOL on this rate
- DOL wage determination, page 1
- 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 COA-00830HH-2026-08-17, issued August 17, 2026, effective August 17, 2026, page 1: austin.widen.net/s/dn6nzhlshd/00830hh-wage-rates-heavy-highway
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 Travis County as CSV · Report an error