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Striping & Traffic Control Worker prevailing wage in Travis County, Texas
$22.00an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum)
$22.00 base wage + $0.00 fringe benefits
PAVEMENT MARKING MACHINE OPERATOR · SATX2025-004
$19.17an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum)
$19.17 base wage + $0.00 fringe benefits
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: (PAVEMENT MARKING MACHINE) · SUTX2011-006
On federally funded or assisted highway construction in Travis County, a striping and traffic control worker must be paid at least $22.00 an hour: a $22.00 base wage plus $0.00 in fringe benefits, under wage determination TX20260291 (modification 1). DOL prints no total, so $22.00 is our sum of the two.
Wage determination TX20260291, modification 1, published May 18, 2026, for highway construction; rate identifier SATX2025-004 (November 15, 2023). Checked against sam.gov on October 25, 2026.
On federally funded or assisted heavy construction in Travis County, a striping and traffic control worker must be paid at least $19.17 an hour: a $19.17 base wage plus $0.00 in fringe benefits, under wage determination TX20260007 (modification 1). DOL prints no total, so $19.17 is our sum of the two.
Wage determination TX20260007, modification 1, published May 18, 2026, for heavy construction; rate identifier SUTX2011-006 (August 3, 2011). 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 3 striping and traffic control worker rates for Travis County, from $19.17 to $22.15 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.
Base wage and fringe benefits: $22.00 + $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) | $22.00 |
| Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total) | $22.00 |
Base wage and fringe benefits: $19.17 + $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) | $19.17 |
| Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total) | $19.17 |
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 striping and traffic control worker rate in Travis County
As DOL lists them. The highlighted row is the one this page leads with.
- Pavement Marking Machine OperatorCity of Austin: Heavy and Highway · City of Austin$22.15
- PAVEMENT MARKING MACHINE OPERATORHighway · SATX2025-004$22.00
- POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: (PAVEMENT MARKING MACHINE)Heavy · SUTX2011-006$19.17
| Classification | Base wage | Fringe benefits | Total rate | WD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAVEMENT MARKING MACHINE OPERATORHighwaySATX2025-004 | $22.00 | $0.00 | $22.00 | TX20260291 Mod 1 |
| POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: (PAVEMENT MARKING MACHINE)HeavySUTX2011-006 | $19.17 | $0.00 | $19.17 | TX20260007 Mod 1 |
| Pavement Marking Machine OperatorCity of Austin: Heavy and HighwayCity of Austin | $22.15 | $0.00 | $22.15 | COA-00830HH-2026-08-17 |
How Travis County compares
The main striping and traffic control worker 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
- Travis Countybase $22.00$22.00
- Hays Countybase $22.00$22.00
- Williamson Countybase $22.00$22.00
- Blanco Countybase $17.50$17.50
Striping & Traffic Control Worker 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 Travis County |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travis County | PAVEMENT MARKING MACHINE OPERATOR | $22.00 | $22.00 | |
| Hays County | PAVEMENT MARKING MACHINE OPERATOR | $22.00 | $22.00 | same |
| Williamson County | PAVEMENT MARKING MACHINE OPERATOR | $22.00 | $22.00 | same |
| Bastrop County | PAVEMENT MARKING MACHINE OPERATOR | $22.00 | $22.00 | same |
| Caldwell County | PAVEMENT MARKING MACHINE OPERATOR | $22.00 | $22.00 | same |
| Blanco County | PAVEMENT MARKING MACHINE OPERATOR | $17.50 | $17.50 | −$4.50 |
| Burnet County | PAVEMENT MARKING MACHINE OPERATOR | $17.50 | $17.50 | −$4.50 |
Texas striping and traffic control worker 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 TX20260291 Mod 1, published May 18, 2026: sam.gov/wage-determination/TX20260291/1
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 Travis County as CSV · Report an error