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Texas welder prevailing wage, county by county

A welder's Davis-Bacon prevailing wage in Texas runs from $9.75 an hour in Jones County to $23.72 in Collin County. The median county is $22.00.

Main welder classification in each county (Welder), Davis-Bacon wage determinations on SAM.gov, as of October 25, 2026. 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)). Checked October 25, 2026.

Walker County: no rate for this tradeBrooks County: no rate for this tradeDeaf Smith County welder: $22.00 per hourHockley County welder: $22.00 per hourShackelford County welder: $22.00 per hourTom Green County: no rate for this tradeWise County welder: $23.72 per hourCottle County welder: $22.00 per hourTaylor County: no rate for this tradeArmstrong County: no rate for this tradeHutchinson County welder: $22.00 per hourIrion County: no rate for this tradeMitchell County welder: $22.00 per hourYoakum County welder: $22.00 per hourChildress County welder: $22.00 per hourGillespie County: no rate for this tradeDickens County welder: $22.00 per hourLa Salle County: no rate for this tradeHansford County welder: $22.00 per hourPotter County: no rate for this tradeFalls County: no rate for this tradeHamilton County: no rate for this tradeRunnels County welder: $22.00 per hourHale County welder: $22.00 per hourSan Jacinto County welder: $20.97 per hourDuval County: no rate for this tradeMoore County welder: $22.00 per hourMartin County welder: $22.00 per hourLimestone County: no rate for this tradeZavala County: no rate for this tradeCochran County welder: $22.00 per hourFisher County welder: $22.00 per hourBaylor County welder: $22.00 per hourPanola County: no rate for this tradeJack County: no rate for this tradeCoryell County welder: $23.38 per hourLipscomb County welder: $22.00 per hourDonley County welder: $22.00 per hourAtascosa County welder: $23.38 per hourBriscoe County welder: $22.00 per hourGoliad County: no rate for this tradeGray County welder: $22.00 per hourHall County welder: $22.00 per hourBrown County welder: $22.00 per hourGaines County welder: $22.00 per hourBell County welder: $23.38 per hourSutton County: no rate for this tradeSan Augustine County: no rate for this tradeKing County welder: $22.00 per hourUvalde County: no rate for this tradeWilson County welder: $23.38 per hourSchleicher County welder: $22.00 per hourSwisher County welder: $22.00 per hourMotley County welder: $22.00 per hourLynn County welder: $22.00 per hourMenard County welder: $22.00 per hourNolan County welder: $22.00 per hourSterling County welder: $22.00 per hourGarza County welder: $22.00 per hourCallahan County welder: $9.75 per hourStonewall County welder: $22.00 per hourFranklin County: no rate for this tradeVan Zandt County: no rate for this tradeHunt County welder: $23.72 per hourMadison County: no rate for this tradeHood County: no rate for this tradeMason County: no rate for this tradeGregg County: no rate for this tradeHemphill County welder: $22.00 per hourCastro County welder: $22.00 per hourUpton County welder: $22.00 per hourJim Hogg County: no rate for this tradeLavaca County: no rate for this tradeMidland County: no rate for this tradeKimble County welder: $22.00 per hourCarson County: no rate for this tradePalo Pinto County: no rate for this tradeLamb County welder: $22.00 per hourEastland County welder: $22.00 per hourKerr County: no rate for this tradeLubbock County: no rate for this tradeErath County: no rate for this tradeUpshur County: no rate for this tradeBlanco County: no rate for this tradeAndrews County welder: $22.00 per hourJeff Davis County: no rate for this tradeKnox County welder: $22.00 per hourLlano County: no rate for this tradeWheeler County welder: $22.00 per hourCrosby County: no rate for this tradeMcMullen County: no rate for this tradeRoberts County welder: $22.00 per hourKent County welder: $22.00 per hourComal County welder: $23.38 per hourZapata County: no rate for this tradeAransas County: no rate for this tradeOrange County welder: $20.97 per hourWinkler County welder: $22.00 per hourJones County welder: $9.75 per hourSherman County welder: $22.00 per hourChambers County welder: $20.97 per hourHardin County welder: $20.97 per hourHill County: no rate for this tradeWilliamson County welder: $23.38 per hourKinney County: no rate for this tradeCalhoun County: no rate for this tradeEllis County welder: $23.72 per hourClay County welder: $9.75 per hourKaufman County welder: $23.72 per hourFoard County welder: $22.00 per hourCollin County welder: $23.72 per hourComanche County welder: $22.00 per hourConcho County welder: $22.00 per hourCrane County welder: $22.00 per hourJasper County: no rate for this tradeGonzales County: no rate for this tradeJefferson County welder: $20.97 per hourDimmit County: no rate for this tradeBowie County: no rate for this tradeBrewster County: no rate for this tradeDallam County welder: $22.00 per hourCass County: no rate for this tradeFayette County: no rate for this tradeBurnet County: no rate for this tradeRefugio County: no rate for this tradeOchiltree County welder: $22.00 per hourMatagorda County: no rate for this tradeThrockmorton County welder: $22.00 per hourAnderson County: no rate for this tradeCaldwell County welder: $23.38 per hourMedina County welder: $23.38 per hourGlasscock County welder: $22.00 per hourKenedy County: no rate for this tradeWood County: no rate for this tradeLiberty County welder: $20.97 per hourTravis County welder: $23.38 per hourMontgomery County welder: $20.97 per hourHoward County welder: $22.00 per hourBastrop County welder: $23.38 per hourTrinity County: no rate for this tradeMcLennan County welder: $23.38 per hourMcCulloch County welder: $22.00 per hourBrazoria County welder: $20.97 per hourBailey County welder: $22.00 per hourHouston County: no rate for this tradeSan Saba County welder: $22.00 per hourPresidio County: no rate for this tradeNacogdoches County: no rate for this tradeWashington County: no rate for this tradeCooke County welder: $22.00 per hourWilbarger County welder: $22.00 per hourLeon County: no rate for this tradeKarnes County: no rate for this tradeRandall County: no rate for this tradeDeWitt County: no rate for this tradeWard County welder: $22.00 per hourWichita County welder: $14.86 per hourWillacy County: no rate for this tradeShelby County: no rate for this tradeKendall County welder: $23.38 per hourMorris County: no rate for this tradeHopkins County: no rate for this tradeRockwall County welder: $23.72 per hourHudspeth County: no rate for this tradeSmith County: no rate for this tradeHidalgo County welder: $21.35 per hourBrazos County welder: $23.38 per hourBurleson County welder: $23.38 per hourDelta County welder: $23.72 per hourCrockett County: no rate for this tradeLee County: no rate for this tradeRobertson County welder: $23.38 per hourMills County welder: $22.00 per hourLoving County welder: $22.00 per hourSabine County: no rate for this tradeAustin County welder: $20.97 per hourReagan County welder: $22.00 per hourReeves County: no rate for this tradeTarrant County welder: $23.72 per hourHays County welder: $23.38 per hourSan Patricio County: no rate for this tradeOldham County welder: $22.00 per hourPecos County: no rate for this tradeReal County welder: $22.00 per hourDallas County welder: $23.72 per hourNueces County: no rate for this tradeRed River County: no rate for this tradeColeman County welder: $22.00 per hourRusk County: no rate for this tradeTerrell County: no rate for this tradeTyler County: no rate for this tradeVictoria County: no rate for this tradeWebb County welder: $21.35 per hourWharton County: no rate for this tradeKleberg County: no rate for this tradeHarris County welder: $20.97 per hourHardeman County welder: $22.00 per hourNewton County: no rate for this tradeNavarro County: no rate for this tradeMontague County welder: $22.00 per hourFrio County: no rate for this tradeHarrison County: no rate for this tradeLamar County: no rate for this tradeFloyd County welder: $22.00 per hourStarr County: no rate for this tradeStephens County welder: $22.00 per hourParmer County welder: $22.00 per hourMarion County: no rate for this tradeVal Verde County: no rate for this tradeEl Paso County welder: $17.34 per hourCoke County welder: $22.00 per hourCameron County welder: $21.35 per hourWaller County welder: $20.97 per hourBee County: no rate for this tradeTitus County: no rate for this tradeCamp County: no rate for this tradeGrimes County: no rate for this tradeScurry County welder: $22.00 per hourJim Wells County: no rate for this tradeEctor County: no rate for this tradeRains County: no rate for this tradeParker County welder: $23.72 per hourYoung County welder: $22.00 per hourPolk County: no rate for this tradeAngelina County: no rate for this tradeLive Oak County: no rate for this tradeDawson County welder: $22.00 per hourHaskell County welder: $22.00 per hourTerry County welder: $22.00 per hourArcher County welder: $9.75 per hourHenderson County: no rate for this tradeBosque County: no rate for this tradeHartley County welder: $22.00 per hourCollingsworth County welder: $22.00 per hourSomervell County: no rate for this tradeColorado County: no rate for this tradeFreestone County: no rate for this tradeBorden County welder: $22.00 per hourCulberson County: no rate for this tradeGalveston County welder: $20.97 per hourLampasas County welder: $23.38 per hourEdwards County: no rate for this tradeGuadalupe County welder: $23.38 per hourCherokee County: no rate for this tradeFannin County: no rate for this tradeFort Bend County welder: $20.97 per hourMilam County: no rate for this tradeBexar County welder: $23.38 per hourJohnson County welder: $23.72 per hourDenton County welder: $23.72 per hourBandera County welder: $23.38 per hourMaverick County: no rate for this tradeJackson County: no rate for this tradeGrayson County welder: $23.72 per hour
$9$22$22$22$23$23Welder, main rate, base + fringe per hour. Each shade holds about a fifth of the counties.

How much does a welder make on prevailing wage in Texas?

6 groups of counties with identical rates and 4 with rates of their own, highest main rate first. The table below lists which counties are in each group.

  1. Dallas County group13 counties$23.72
  2. Bexar County group19 counties$23.38
  3. Travis County1 county$23.38
  4. Cooke County group82 counties$22.00
  5. Hidalgo County group3 counties$21.35
  6. Fort Bend County group12 counties$20.97
  7. Harris County1 county$20.97
  8. El Paso County1 county$17.34
  9. Wichita County1 county$14.86
  10. Jones County group4 counties$9.75

Which counties pay which rate

CountiesMain classificationBase + fringeBase
Dallas County group, 13 localities: Collin, Dallas, Delta, Denton, Ellis, Grayson, Hunt, Johnson, Kaufman, Parker, Rockwall, Tarrant, WiseWELDER$23.72 $23.72 
Bexar County group, 19 localities: Atascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bell, Bexar, Brazos, Burleson, Caldwell, Comal, Coryell, Guadalupe, Hays, Kendall, Lampasas, McLennan, Medina, Robertson, Williamson, WilsonWELDER$23.38 $23.38 
Travis CountyWELDER$23.38 $23.38 
Cooke County group, 82 localities: Andrews, Bailey, Baylor, Borden, Briscoe, Brown, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Coke, Coleman, Collingsworth, Comanche, Concho, Cooke, Cottle, Crane, Dallam, Dawson, Deaf Smith, Dickens, Donley, Eastland, Fisher, Floyd, Foard, Gaines, Garza, Glasscock, Gray, Hale, Hall, Hansford, Hardeman, Hartley, Haskell, Hemphill, Hockley, Howard, Hutchinson, Kent, Kimble, King, Knox, Lamb, Lipscomb, Loving, Lynn, Martin, McCulloch, Menard, Mills, Mitchell, Montague, Moore, Motley, Nolan, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Reagan, Real, Roberts, Runnels, San Saba, Schleicher, Scurry, Shackelford, Sherman, Stephens, Sterling, Stonewall, Swisher, Terry, Throckmorton, Upton, Ward, Wheeler, Wilbarger, Winkler, Yoakum, YoungWELDER$22.00 $22.00 
Hidalgo County group, 3 localities: Cameron, Hidalgo, WebbWELDER$21.35 $21.35 
Fort Bend County group, 12 localities: Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Hardin, Jefferson, Liberty, Montgomery, Orange, San Jacinto, WallerWELDER$20.97 $20.97 
Harris CountyWELDER$20.97 $20.97 
El Paso CountyWELDER$17.34 $17.34 
Wichita CountyWELDER$14.86 $14.86 
Jones County group, 4 localities: Archer, Callahan, Clay, JonesWELDER$9.75 $9.75 

6 groups of counties with identical DOL rates, and 4 counties with rates of their own.

Questions about Texas welder pay

What is the welder prevailing wage in Harris County?

$20.97 an hour: a $20.97 base wage plus $0.00 in fringe benefits, under wage determination TX20260299, modification 1. Overtime and every welder classification in Harris County.

Does welder prevailing wage include fringe benefits?

Yes. In Harris County the $20.97 total is a $20.97 base wage plus $0.00 in fringe benefits, about 0% of the total. The employer owes the full amount for every hour worked.

Does welder prevailing wage pay overtime in Texas?

Davis-Bacon rates are straight time. On contracts over $100,000, the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act requires 1½ times the basic rate for hours over 40 in a workweek (40 U.S.C. 3702). The fringe is owed for every hour at its straight-time amount.

Do apprentice welders get this rate?

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)).

Why do some counties have the same welder rate?

DOL often publishes the same welder rates for several counties. Across Texas, the 137 counties with a welder rate fall into 10 distinct sets of rates, and 6 of those sets are shared by more than one county; the largest covers 82 counties (the Cooke County group).