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Carpet & Soft Floor Layer prevailing wage, King County group, Washington (2 counties)
L&I sets the same carpet and soft floor layer rates, row for row, in 2 counties: King and Snohomish. Every figure on this page applies in each of them.
$70.17an hour, base wage + fringe benefits
$56.75 base wage + $13.42 fringe benefits
On Washington public works in each of these 2 counties, a carpet and soft floor layer must be paid at least $70.17 an hour in total: $56.75 in wages plus $13.42 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.
L&I also sets a residential carpet and soft floor layer rate in the King County group: $49.91 an hour. It applies only to the residential projects L&I defines. Residential rates and when they apply.
Base wage and fringe benefits: $56.75 + $13.42
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) | $56.75 |
| Health and welfare | $8.75 |
| Pension | $4.20 |
| Training | $0.35 |
| Other benefits | $0.12 |
| Total straight-time hourly rate | $70.17 |
Set from: collective bargaining agreement, Floor Layers Agreement between Floor Layer Contractor Group and Pacific Northwest Regional Council of Carpenters of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America. 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).
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.
Residential carpet and soft floor layer rates in the King County group
Residential rates apply only to construction, alteration, repair, improvement or maintenance of single-family homes, duplexes, apartments, condominiums and other residential buildings no more than four stories tall (basement included), and only for affordable housing (including permanent supportive and transitional housing), weatherization or rehabilitation of low-income homes, and homeless and domestic-violence shelters. Utilities, streets and structures unrelated to the housing use commercial rates. (WAC 296-127-010(9))
| Classification | Base wage | Fringe benefits | Total rate | Effective |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residential Soft Floor Layers: Journey Level | $35.40 | $14.51 | $49.91 | Aug 31, 2025 |
Davis-Bacon carpet and soft floor layer 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| King County | Federal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match | |||
| Snohomish County | Federal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match | |||
Holidays
L&I holiday code 15J:
Holidays: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, the Friday and Saturday after Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day (9). Any holiday which falls on a Sunday shall be observed as a holiday on the following Monday. If any of the listed holidays falls on a Saturday, the preceding Friday shall be a regular work day.
How the King County group compares
The main carpet and soft floor layer 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
Base wage and fringe benefits, nearby
- King County groupbase $56.75$70.17
- Pierce Countybase $56.75$70.17
- Snohomish Countybase $56.75$70.17
- Kittitas Countybase $45.11$65.72
Which county is in which carpet and soft floor layer group
Every Washington county with a carpet and soft floor layer 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pierce County group, 3 counties: Grays Harbor, Island, Pierce | Journey Level | $56.75 | $70.17 |
| Clallam County group, 2 counties: Clallam, Jefferson | Journey Level | $56.75 | $70.17 |
| King County group, 2 counties: King, Snohomish | Journey Level | $56.75 | $70.17 |
| Lewis County group, 2 counties: Lewis, Pacific | Journey Level | $56.75 | $70.17 |
| Whatcom County group, 2 counties: Skagit, Whatcom | Journey Level | $56.75 | $70.17 |
| Kitsap County | Journey Level | $56.75 | $70.17 |
| Mason County | Journey Level | $56.75 | $70.17 |
| San Juan County | Journey Level | $56.75 | $70.17 |
| Thurston County | Journey Level | $56.75 | $70.17 |
| Klickitat County | Journey Level | $43.19 | $65.81 |
| Lincoln County group, 7 counties: Adams, Columbia, Douglas, Ferry, Garfield, Lincoln, Pend Oreille | Journey Level | $45.11 | $65.72 |
| Benton County group, 3 counties: Benton, Franklin, Walla Walla | Journey Level | $45.11 | $65.72 |
| Asotin County | Journey Level | $45.11 | $65.72 |
| Chelan County | Journey Level | $45.11 | $65.72 |
| Grant County | Journey Level | $45.11 | $65.72 |
| Kittitas County | Journey Level | $45.11 | $65.72 |
| Okanogan County | Journey Level | $45.11 | $65.72 |
| Spokane County | Journey Level | $45.11 | $65.72 |
| Stevens County | Journey Level | $45.11 | $65.72 |
| Whitman County | Journey Level | $45.11 | $65.72 |
| Yakima County | Journey Level | $45.11 | $65.72 |
| Cowlitz County group, 3 counties: Cowlitz, Skamania, Wahkiakum | Journey Level | $51.67 | $63.29 |
| Clark County | Journey Level | $51.67 | $63.29 |
8 groups of counties with identical L&I rates, and 15 counties with rates of their own.
Washington carpet and soft floor layer prevailing wage by county, with a map
More from L&I on this rate
- Scope of work, WAC 296-127-01313: which tasks this trade covers. L&I says the right classification “depends upon determinations published by L&I” (L&I).
- L&I's prevailing wage lookup, for any county, trade and bid date
- Apprentices: registered apprentices are paid L&I's apprentice rate for the trade. Anyone without a registered agreement counts as a journey-level worker (RCW 39.12.021).
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 $70.17. 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, Soft Floor Layers (SOFT), 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:
- King County: L&I wage record 149613
- Snohomish County: L&I wage record 149613
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