Davis-Bacon rates — El Paso 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.

Residential

TX20260036 rev 1 · 05/18/2026 · 24 classifications

Classification	Base rate	Fringe	Total
TILE SETTER	8.00	—	8.00
TAPER	7.25	—	7.25
SHEET METAL WORKER	7.25	—	7.25
ROOFER	7.25	—	7.25
ROCKMASON (FENCE)	7.25	—	7.25
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: FORKLIFTS; FRONT END LOADERS	7.25	—	7.25
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: BACKHOES	7.25	—	7.25
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: (GRADERS)	7.25	—	7.25
PLUMBERS AND PIPEFITTERS	7.25	—	7.25
PLASTERER	7.25	—	7.25
PAINTERS: SPRAY	7.25	—	7.25
PAINTERS: BRUSH	7.25	—	7.25
LATHER	7.25	—	7.25
LABORERS: UNSKILLED	7.25	—	7.25
LABORERS: MASON TENDERS	7.25	—	7.25
LABORERS: ASHPALT RAKERS	7.25	—	7.25
IRONWORKER	7.25	—	7.25
INSULATION INSTALLER	7.25	—	7.25
GLAZIER	7.25	—	7.25
FLOOR LAYER: CARPET	7.34	—	7.34
ELECTRICIAN	7.25	—	7.25
CEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER	7.25	—	7.25
CARPENTER	7.25	—	7.25
BRICKLAYER	7.25	—	7.25

Highway

TX20260293 rev 1 · 05/18/2026 · 25 classifications

Classification	Base rate	Fringe	Total
WELDER	17.34	—	17.34
TRUCK DRIVER, SINGLE OR TANDEM AXLE DUMP TRUCK	16.58	—	16.58
TRUCK DRIVER, SINGLE AXLE	15.16	—	15.16
SERVICER	17.87	—	17.87
SCRAPER OPERATOR	18.33	—	18.33
REINFORCING STEEL WORKER	20.57	—	20.57
PIPELAYER	17.11	—	17.11
MOTOR GRADER OPERATOR, FINE GRADE	20.04	—	20.04
MILLING MACHINE OPERATOR	23.02	—	23.02
MECHANIC	23.84	—	23.84
LOADER/BACKHOE OPERATOR	17.92	—	17.92
LABORER, UTILITY	16.73	—	16.73
LABORER, COMMON	15.16	—	15.16
JOINT SEALER	15.16	—	15.16
FRONT END LOADER OPERATOR, OVER 3 CY	18.26	—	18.26
FRONT END LOADER OPERATOR, 3 CY OR LESS	17.42	—	17.42
FORM BUILDER/SETTER, STRUCTURES	19.37	—	19.37
EXCAVATOR OPERATOR, 50,000 POUNDS OR LESS	19.70	—	19.70
ELECTRICIAN	25.73	—	25.73
DIRECTIONAL DRILLING LOCATOR	16.50	—	16.50
CRANE OPERATOR, HYDRAULIC 80 TONS OR LESS	23.37	—	23.37
CONCRETE FINISHER, PAVING AND STRUCTURES	17.99	—	17.99
ASPHALT RAKER	16.28	—	16.28
ASPHALT PAVING MACHINE OPERATOR	19.02	—	19.02
ASPHALT DISTRIBUTOR OPERATOR	21.93	—	21.93

Heavy

TX20260035 rev 1 · 05/18/2026 · 9 classifications

Classification	Base rate	Fringe	Total
ELECTRICIAN: HEAVY CONSTRUCTION (INCLUDING WATER/SEWER LINES)	27.50	9.30	36.80
TRUCK DRIVER	9.17	—	9.17
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: GRADER	11.19	—	11.19
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: FRONT END LOADER	10.43	—	10.43
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: BACKHOE	11.57	—	11.57
LABORERS: (PIPELAYER)	8.48	—	8.48
LABORERS: (COMMON)	7.96	—	7.96
CEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER	9.29	—	9.29
CARPENTER, INCLUDES FORM WORK	12.21	—	12.21

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.