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Asbestos & Lead Abatement Laborer prevailing wage, Yakima County group, Washington (3 counties)

L&I sets the same asbestos and lead abatement laborer rates, row for row, in 3 counties: Chelan, Kittitas and Yakima. Every figure on this page applies in each of them.

$58.14an hour, base wage + fringe benefits

$40.28 base wage + $17.86 fringe benefits

On Washington public works in each of these 3 counties, an asbestos and lead abatement laborer must be paid at least $58.14 an hour in total: $40.28 in wages plus $17.86 in fringe benefits for health, pension, vacation, training and other plans. L&I's rate took effect September 2, 2026.

L&I published this rate on August 3, 2026 and it took effect September 2, 2026. Checked against L&I's wage lookup on October 24, 2026.

Base wage and fringe benefits: $40.28 + $17.86

The wage is the taxable hourly rate. The other lines are what Washington law calls "usual benefits": contributions to health, pension, vacation and holiday, apprenticeship and similar plans. A contractor that doesn't provide a benefit pays its value as wages instead (RCW 39.12.010).

Base wage (taxable)	$40.28
Health and welfare	$8.80
Pension	$6.80
Vacation and holiday	$1.01
Training	$1.10
Other benefits	$0.15
Total straight-time hourly rate	$58.14

Set from: collective bargaining agreement, Asbestos Abatement Industry Agreement-WA and Northern Idaho District Council of Laborers. Where a county has a collective bargaining agreement, L&I adopts its wage and benefits; with more than one, the higher rate prevails. Otherwise L&I uses wage surveys (RCW 39.12.015).

Overtime

L&I overtime code 1H:

Overtime Calculations are based on the hourly rate actually paid to the worker. On public works projects, the hourly rate must be not less than the prevailing rate of wage minus the hourly rate of the cost of fringe benefits actually provided for the worker.

ALL HOURS WORKED IN EXCESS OF EIGHT (8) HOURS PER DAY OR FORTY (40) HOURS PER WEEK SHALL BE PAID AT ONE AND ONE-HALF TIMES THE HOURLY RATE OF WAGE.

All hours worked on Saturdays (except makeup days if work is lost due to inclement weather conditions or equipment breakdown) shall be paid at one and one-half times the hourly rate of wage. All hours worked Monday through Saturday over twelve (12) hours and all hours worked on Sundays and holidays shall be paid at double the hourly rate of wage.

Washington has no single overtime rule for prevailing wage. Each rate carries its own L&I code, copied here as published.

Labor cost calculator: a crew's straight-time wage and fringe cost over the job dates.

When does this rate change?

Rates lock at the bid date. A project uses “the rates that are in effect on the date when bids by prime contractors are due”, and they stay for the life of the contract. If the contract isn't awarded within six months of the bid date, the award-date rates apply. Contracts without bids use the date they're signed (WAC 296-127-011).
L&I publishes on the first business day of February and August, and rates take effect 30 days later. Corrections can be published at any time and also take effect 30 days later (WAC 296-127-011(1); L&I publications and corrections). L&I's next set is due February 1, 2027, effective March 3, 2027.
L&I doesn't republish every rate each period. A rate stays until L&I changes it, so each one has its own date. This one was published August 3, 2026 and took effect September 2, 2026.

Davis-Bacon asbestos and lead abatement laborer rates in these counties

The counties share L&I's rates, but not always the same federal wage determination. When a contract requires both the state rate and the Davis-Bacon rate, paying the higher of the two meets both. The contract documents say which apply.

County	Federal classification	Base + fringe	WD	vs L&I
Chelan County	Federal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Kittitas County	Federal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Yakima County	Federal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match

Holidays

L&I holiday code 5D:

Holidays: New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, the Friday and Saturday after Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day (8).

How the Yakima County group compares

The main asbestos and lead abatement laborer rate in every county that has one, and how the pay splits here and in the nearest counties. All bars use the same scale.

Every county in Washington

Yakima $58.148515

$57.75Asotin$71.10Clallam

YakimaNearby: Chelan $58.14, Kittitas $58.14Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 28 counties pay more than Yakima, 2 the same, 8 less.

Base wage and fringe benefits, nearby

Yakima County groupbase $40.28$58.14
Klickitat Countybase $47.26$65.48
Kittitas Countybase $40.28$58.14
Benton Countybase $38.63$57.75

Which county is in which asbestos and lead abatement laborer group

Every Washington county with a asbestos and lead abatement laborer rate. Counties L&I treats alike share one page; the rest have their own. You pay the rate for the county where the work is done.

Counties	Main classification	Base wage	Total rate
King County group, 15 counties: Clallam, Grays Harbor, Island, Jefferson, King, Kitsap, Lewis, Mason, Pacific, Pierce, San Juan, Skagit, Snohomish, Thurston, Whatcom	Journey Level	$52.92	$71.10
Clark County group, 5 counties: Clark, Cowlitz, Klickitat, Skamania, Wahkiakum	Journey Level	$47.26	$65.48
Grant County group, 8 counties: Adams, Columbia, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Stevens	Journey Level	$41.63	$60.82
Yakima County group, 3 counties: Chelan, Kittitas, Yakima	Journey Level	$40.28	$58.14
Spokane County group, 8 counties: Asotin, Benton, Franklin, Garfield, Lincoln, Spokane, Walla Walla, Whitman	Journey Level	$38.63	$57.75

5 groups of counties with identical L&I rates, and 0 counties with rates of their own.

Washington asbestos and lead abatement laborer prevailing wage by county, with a map

Are you being paid this rate?

Add your wage to what your employer pays into health, pension and other plans for you, and compare it with $58.14. Each contractor files an L&I-approved Statement of Intent to Pay Prevailing Wages before it's paid, and an Affidavit of Wages Paid when the job is accepted (RCW 39.12.040). On contracts over $10,000 the approved intent and L&I's contact details are posted on the job site (RCW 39.12.020).

Source

Washington State Department of Labor & Industries, prevailing wage lookup, Asbestos Abatement Workers (ASBA), published August 3, 2026, effective September 2, 2026: secure.lni.wa.gov/wagelookup/. L&I keeps a wage record for each county; for the row this page leads with:

Chelan County: L&I wage record 149569
Kittitas County: L&I wage record 149569
Yakima County: L&I wage record 149569

Each figure comes from L&I's lookup and is checked against L&I's CSV export and a second, separate query. How we check · Download every Washington rate as CSV · Report an error