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Welder prevailing wage, Cooke County group, Texas (82 counties)

DOL sets the same welder rates, row for row, in 82 counties: 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 and Young. Every figure on this page applies in each of them.

$22.00an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum)

$22.00 base wage + $0.00 fringe benefits · SATX2025-012

On federally funded or assisted highway construction in each of these 82 counties, a welder must be paid at least $22.00 an hour: a $22.00 base wage plus $0.00 in fringe benefits, under wage determination TX20260298 (modification 1). DOL prints no total, so $22.00 is our sum of the two.

Wage determination TX20260298, modification 1, published May 18, 2026, for highway construction; rate identifier SATX2025-012 (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.

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

When does this rate change?

How the Cooke County group compares

The main welder 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

$9.75Archer$23.72Collin
CookeNearby: Andrews $22.00, Bailey $22.00, Baylor $22.00, Borden $22.00, Briscoe $22.00, Brown $22.00, Castro $22.00, Childress $22.00, Cochran $22.00, Coke $22.00, Coleman $22.00, Collingsworth $22.00, Comanche $22.00, Concho $22.00, Cottle $22.00, Crane $22.00, Dallam $22.00, Dawson $22.00, Deaf Smith $22.00, Dickens $22.00, Donley $22.00, Eastland $22.00, Fisher $22.00, Floyd $22.00, Foard $22.00, Gaines $22.00, Garza $22.00, Glasscock $22.00, Gray $22.00, Hale $22.00, Hall $22.00, Hansford $22.00, Hardeman $22.00, Hartley $22.00, Haskell $22.00, Hemphill $22.00, Hockley $22.00, Howard $22.00, Hutchinson $22.00, Kent $22.00, Kimble $22.00, King $22.00, Knox $22.00, Lamb $22.00, Lipscomb $22.00, Loving $22.00, Lynn $22.00, Martin $22.00, McCulloch $22.00, Menard $22.00, Mills $22.00, Mitchell $22.00, Montague $22.00, Moore $22.00, Motley $22.00, Nolan $22.00, Ochiltree $22.00, Oldham $22.00, Parmer $22.00, Reagan $22.00, Real $22.00, Roberts $22.00, Runnels $22.00, San Saba $22.00, Schleicher $22.00, Scurry $22.00, Shackelford $22.00, Sherman $22.00, Stephens $22.00, Sterling $22.00, Stonewall $22.00, Swisher $22.00, Terry $22.00, Throckmorton $22.00, Upton $22.00, Ward $22.00, Wheeler $22.00, Wilbarger $22.00, Winkler $22.00, Yoakum $22.00, Young $22.00Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 33 counties pay more than Cooke, 81 the same, 22 less.

Wage and fringe benefits, nearby

  1. Cooke County groupbase $22.00$22.00
  2. Montague Countybase $22.00$22.00
  3. Grayson Countybase $23.72$23.72
  4. Denton Countybase $23.72$23.72

Which county is in which welder group

Every Texas county with a welder rate. Counties DOL treats alike share one page; the rest have their own.

CountiesMain classificationBase wageTotal rate
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.

Texas welder prevailing wage by county, with a map

More from DOL on this rate

  • 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)).

Every trade's rates, county by county: 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 · Young

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), Davis-Bacon wage determinations on SAM.gov, as of October 25, 2026. For the row this page leads with:

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 every Texas rate as CSV · Report an error