California Prevailing Wage Determination Modified for Iron Workers

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Published January 6th, 2017

Detected March 17th, 2026

Summary

The California Department of Industrial Relations issued a notice modifying the prevailing wage determination for Iron Workers (Fence Erector). The predetermined increase effective January 1, 2017, was reduced from $1.90 to $1.85 per hour.

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What changed

The California Department of Industrial Relations issued an Important Notice to Awarding Bodies and Interested Parties regarding a modification to the Director's General Prevailing Wage Determinations for the craft of Iron Worker, specifically the Fence Erector classification. The notice corrects a predetermined increase, reducing it from $1.90 to $1.85 per hour, allocated as $1.25 to the Basic Hourly Rate, $0.13 to Health and Welfare, $0.08 to Vacation, and $0.39 to others. All other wages and conditions in the referenced determinations remain unchanged.

This modification requires awarding bodies and contractors to update their prevailing wage calculations for relevant public works projects. Compliance officers should ensure that the revised wage rate of $1.85 per hour is applied for Iron Worker (Fence Erector) classifications effective January 1, 2017, to avoid potential underpayment of wages on covered projects. No specific compliance deadline is mentioned beyond the effective date of the wage adjustment.

What to do next

Update prevailing wage calculations to reflect the modified hourly rate of $1.85 for Iron Worker (Fence Erector) classifications.
Ensure compliance with the revised wage determination for all applicable public works projects.

Source document (simplified)

STATE OF CALIFORNIA EDMUND G. BROWN JR., Governor DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS Office of the Director – Research Unit 455 Golden Gate Avenue, 9th Floor San Francisco, CA 94102 MAILING ADDRESS: P. O. Box 420603 San Francisco, CA 94142-0603 January 6, 2017 IMPORTANT NOTICE TO AWARDING BODIES AND ALL INTERESTED PARTIES REGARDING A MODIFICATION TO THE DIRECTOR’S GENERAL PREVAILING WAGE DETERMINATIONS Dear Public Official/Other Interested Parties: CRAFT: Iron Worker CLASSIFICATION: Fence Erector DETERMINATIONS: C-20-X-1-2014-2, C-20-X-1-2015-1, C-20-X-1-2015-2, C-20-X-1-2016-1 and C-20-X-1-2016-2 LOCALITIES: Statewide The predetermined increase of $1.90 effective January 1, 2017, has been reduced to $1.85 allocated as follows:  $1.25 to the Basic Hourly Rate, $0.13 to Health and Welfare, $0.08 to Vacation and $0.39 to others With the exception of this correction, all of the wages and other conditions found in the above referenced determinations remain unchanged.