California
For California, has a prevailing wage law is Yes; dollar threshold is all public works projects; covered project types is public works projects; administering agency is Department of Industrial Relations, recorded from its source on 2026-08-13.
- State
- California verified
- Has a prevailing wage law
- Yes our reading
- Dollar threshold
- all public works projects
- Covered project types
- public works projects verified
- Administering agency
- Department of Industrial Relations verified
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
public works projects must be paid the prevailing wage determined by the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations, according to the type of work and location of the project. The prevailing wage rates are usually based on rates specified in collective bargaining agreements. Resources <https://www.dir.ca.gov/OPRL/DPreWageDetermination.htm> Prevailing wage rates <http://www.dir.ca.gov/OPRL/pwappwage/PWAppWageStart.asp> Apprentice prevailing wage rates <https://www.dir.ca.gov/OPRL/statistics_and_databases.html> Labor Research and Statistics Office (within OPRL) For more information and to find exact legal definitions and language please see the <http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displayexpandedbranch.xhtml?tocCode=LAB&division=2.&title=&part=7.&chapter=1.&article=> Public Works Chapter of the <http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codesTOCSelected.xhtml?tocCode=LAB&tocTitle=+Labor+Code+-+LAB=> California Labor Code .
— dir.ca.gov, retrieved 2026-08-13
Source
- dir.ca.govhttps://www.dir.ca.gov/public-works/prevailing-wage.html