Index 2021-1 Northern California basic trade journeyman rates

General prevailing wage determinations
made by the director of industrial relations

Pursuant to California Labor Code part 7,
chapter 1, article 2, sections 1770, 1773, and 1773.1


Determination Holidays,
scope of work,
travel &
subsistence
Predetermined
increase
Asbestos Worker, Heat and Frost Insulator (h)
Increase
Asbestos Removal Worker (Laborer)
Increase
Building/Construction Inspector and Field Soils and Material Tester+
No increase *
Carpenter +
Increase
Cement Mason +
Increase
Dredger (Operating Engineer) +
Increase
Drywall Installer/Lather (Carpenter) +
Increase
Elevator Constructor
Increase
Laborer +
Increase
Landscape Maintenance Laborer
No increase *
Modular Furniture Installer (Carpenter)
Increase
Operating Engineer (Heavy and Highway Work) +
Increase
Operating Engineer (Building Construction) +
Increase
Operating Engineer (Landscape Construction) +
Increase
Parking and Highway Improvement Painter
No increase *
Parking and Highway Improvement Painter (Laborer) and Traffic Control/Lane Closure (Laborer) +
Increase
Pile Driver (Carpenter)
Increase
Pile Driver (Operating Engineer - Heavy and Highway Work) +
Increase
Pile Driver (Operating Engineer - Building Construction) +
Increase
Slurry Seal Worker (Laborer)
No increase *
Steel Erector and Fabricator (Operating Engineer - Heavy and Highway Work) +
Increase
Steel Erector and Fabricator  (Operating Engineer - Building Construction) +
Increase
Teamster +
Increase
Tree Maintenance (Laborer)
Increase
Tunnel Worker (Laborer) +
Increase
Tunnel/Underground (Operating Engineer) +
Increase

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+   Includes shift pay determinations.
*  
A single asterisk after the expiration date of a determination indicates that no increase is required for projects advertised while that determination is in effect.  The determination remains in effect until it is canceled, modified, or superseded by a new determination by the Director of Industrial Relations.  A new determination will become effective 10 days after it is issued.  Contact the Office of the Director - Research Unit at (415) 703-4774 after 10 days from the expiration date, if no subsequent determination is issued.

h.   Includes Mono County.


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