Davis-Bacon rates — Brewster County, Texas

Every active general wage determination covering this county, one section per construction type. These rates are the minimum that must be paid on a federal or federally assisted contract.

Pick the construction type that matches your contract, not the highest rate. Building, Residential, Highway and Heavy are separate determinations with different rates, and using the wrong one is a common reason a certified payroll comes back rejected. Where your trade appears under several classifications the choice between them is a judgement call — the plainest match is usually right, and the contracting officer can confirm it.

Building

TX20260120 rev 1 · 05/18/2026 · 24 classifications

Classification	Base rate	Fringe	Total
ASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR (BREWSTER COUNTY)	31.26	11.83	43.09
BOILERMAKER	33.17	24.92	58.09
IRONWORKER: REINFORCING	29.64	8.43	38.07
LABORERS: MASON TENDER - CEMENT/CONCRETE	25.27	9.57	34.84
TRUCK DRIVER	11.24	0.35	11.59
TILE SETTER	15.00	—	15.00
SHEET METAL WORKER, INCLUDES HVAC DUCT INSTALLATION.$ 18.00 0.00 ROOFER	15.10	1.29	16.39
PLASTERER	12.00	—	12.00
PAINTER: BRUSH, ROLLER AND SPRAY	15.80	—	15.80
OPERATOR: LOADER (FRONT END)	10.54	—	10.54
OPERATOR: FORKLIFT	14.58	—	14.58
OPERATOR: CRANE	21.33	—	21.33
OPERATOR: BULLDOZER	12.80	0.43	13.23
OPERATOR: BACKHOE/EXCAVATOR/TRACKHOE	13.75	—	13.75
LATHER	12.00	—	12.00
LABORER: MORTAR MIXER	9.50	—	9.50
LABORER: MASON TENDER - BRICK	12.02	—	12.02
LABORER: LANDSCAPE & IRRIGATION	8.50	0.22	8.72
LABORER: COMMON OR GENERAL	9.81	—	9.81
ELECTRICIAN	15.85	—	15.85
CEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER	13.27	—	13.27
CARPENTER, INCLUDES DRYWALL HANGING (EXCLUDES ACOUSTICAL CEILING INSTALLATION)	15.00	1.55	16.55
BRICKLAYER	17.76	—	17.76
ACOUSTICAL CEILING MECHANIC	14.50	—	14.50

Highway

TX20260292 rev 1 · 05/18/2026 · 25 classifications

Classification	Base rate	Fringe	Total
WORK ZONE BARRICADE SERVICER	17.12	—	17.12
TRUCK DRIVER, TANDEM AXLE TRACTOR WITH SEMI TRAILER.$ 21.97 0.00 TRUCK DRIVER, SINGLE OR TANDEM AXLE DUMP TRUCK	21.14	—	21.14
TRUCK DRIVER, SINGLE AXLE	18.24	—	18.24
SERVICER	21.51	—	21.51
ROLLER OPERATOR, OTHER	17.12	—	17.12
ROLLER OPERATOR, ASPHALT	17.12	—	17.12
RECLAIMER/PULVERIZER OPERATOR	23.25	—	23.25
PAVEMENT MARKING MACHINE OPERATOR	18.99	—	18.99
MOTOR GRADER OPERATOR, ROUGH	23.69	—	23.69
MOTOR GRADER OPERATOR, FINE GRADE	26.38	—	26.38
MILLING MACHINE OPERATOR	18.49	—	18.49
MECHANIC	28.00	—	28.00
LOADER/BACKHOE OPERATOR	18.00	—	18.00
LABORER, UTILITY	17.46	—	17.46
LABORER, COMMON	17.12	—	17.12
FRONT END LOADER OPERATOR, OVER 3 CY	19.83	—	19.83
FRONT END LOADER OPERATOR, 3 CY OR LESS	18.28	—	18.28
FORM BUILDER/SETTER, STRUCTURES	20.18	—	20.18
FLAGGER	15.00	—	15.00
EXCAVATOR OPERATOR, 50,000 POUNDS OR LESS	22.91	—	22.91
CONCRETE FINISHER, PAVING AND STRUCTURES	18.72	—	18.72
BROOM OR SWEEPER OPERATOR	17.12	—	17.12
ASPHALT RAKER	18.20	—	18.20
ASPHALT PAVING MACHINE OPERATOR	22.45	—	22.45
ASPHALT DISTRIBUTOR OPERATOR	23.76	—	23.76

Filing the WH-347 that these rates feed into? I build certified payroll tools, and I will prepare your first weekly filing from your payroll register free, with worker names removed — partly to be useful, partly because real registers are the only way to test the thing properly. hamza.aiemployee@gmail.com. No sign-up on this site, and nothing here is tracked.