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Laborer prevailing wage in Clark County, Washington

$63.89an hour, base wage + fringe benefits · General Laborer

$45.71 base wage + $18.18 fringe benefits

On Washington public works in Clark County, a laborer working as general laborer must be paid at least $63.89 an hour in total: $45.71 in wages plus $18.18 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 lists 120 commercial laborer rates for Clark County, from $60.14 to $66.05 an hour. See all of them.

L&I also sets a residential laborer rate in Clark County: $38.63 an hour. It applies only to the residential projects L&I defines. Residential rates and when they apply.

Base wage and fringe benefits: $45.71 + $18.18

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)$45.71
Health and welfare$8.80
Pension$6.80
Vacation and holiday$1.15
Training$1.10
Other benefits$0.33
Total straight-time hourly rate$63.89

Set from: collective bargaining agreement, 2024-2027 Laborers Heavy/Highway, Building and Utility Master Labor Agreement Covering SW Washington Between Oregon-Columbia Chapter The Associated General Contractors of America and The Washington & 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).

When does this rate change?

Every laborer rate in Clark County

As L&I lists them, commercial rates only (residential rates are below). The highlighted row is the one this page leads with.

ClassificationBase wageFringe benefitsTotal rateEffective
Anchor Machines$47.26 $18.22 $65.48 Sep 2, 2026
Application (Including Pot Power Tender For Same), Applying Protective Material By Hand Or Nozzle On Utility Lines Or Storage Tanks On Project$46.59 $18.20 $64.79 Sep 2, 2026
Asbestos Removal$47.26 $18.22 $65.48 Sep 2, 2026
Asphalt Plant Laborers$45.71 $18.18 $63.89 Sep 2, 2026
Asphalt Raker$47.82 $18.23 $66.05 Sep 2, 2026
Asphalt Spreaders$45.71 $18.18 $63.89 Sep 2, 2026
Ballast Regulators$47.26 $18.22 $65.48 Sep 2, 2026
Batch Weighman$45.71 $18.18 $63.89 Sep 2, 2026
Bit Grinder$47.26 $18.22 $65.48 Sep 2, 2026
Brick Pavers (Dry)$45.71 $18.18 $63.89 Sep 2, 2026
Broomers$45.71 $18.18 $63.89 Sep 2, 2026
Brush (Power Saw)$46.59 $18.20 $64.79 Sep 2, 2026
Brush Burners And Cutters$45.71 $18.18 $63.89 Sep 2, 2026
Burners$46.59 $18.20 $64.79 Sep 2, 2026
Car And Truck Loaders$45.71 $18.18 $63.89 Sep 2, 2026
Carpenter Tender$45.71 $18.18 $63.89 Sep 2, 2026
Change-house Man Or Dry Shack Man$45.71 $18.18 $63.89 Sep 2, 2026
Chipping Guns$46.59 $18.20 $64.79 Sep 2, 2026
Choker Setters$45.71 $18.18 $63.89 Sep 2, 2026
Choker Splicer$46.59 $18.20 $64.79 Sep 2, 2026
Chuck Tender$46.59 $18.20 $64.79 Sep 2, 2026
Clary Power Spreader And Similar Types$46.59 $18.20 $64.79 Sep 2, 2026
Clean Up Laborers$45.71 $18.18 $63.89 Sep 2, 2026
Clean-up Nozzleman-Green-Cutter (Concrete Rock, Etc.)$46.59 $18.20 $64.79 Sep 2, 2026
Concrete Crew, Bull Gang$46.59 $18.20 $64.79 Sep 2, 2026
Concrete Laborers$46.59 $18.20 $64.79 Sep 2, 2026
Concrete Nozzlemen$47.82 $18.23 $66.05 Sep 2, 2026
Concrete Power Buggyman$46.59 $18.20 $64.79 Sep 2, 2026
Concrete Saw Operator$47.26 $18.22 $65.48 Sep 2, 2026
Concrete Saw Operator (Walls)$47.82 $18.23 $66.05 Sep 2, 2026
Confined Space / Hole Watch$42.05 $18.09 $60.14 Sep 2, 2026
Crusher Feeder$46.59 $18.20 $64.79 Sep 2, 2026
Curing, Concrete$45.71 $18.18 $63.89 Sep 2, 2026
Demolition And Wrecking Charred Materials$46.59 $18.20 $64.79 Sep 2, 2026
Demolition, Wrecking And Moving Laborers$45.71 $18.18 $63.89 Sep 2, 2026
Drill Doctor$47.26 $18.22 $65.48 Sep 2, 2026
Drill Operators, Air Tracks, Cat Drills, Wagon Drills, Rubber-mounted Drills And Other Similar Types, Including At Crusher Plants$47.82 $18.23 $66.05 Sep 2, 2026
Dry Pack Machine$46.59 $18.20 $64.79 Sep 2, 2026
Dry Stack Walls$45.71 $18.18 $63.89 Sep 2, 2026
Dumpers, Road Oiling Crew$45.71 $18.18 $63.89 Sep 2, 2026
Dumpmen (for Grading Crew)$45.71 $18.18 $63.89 Sep 2, 2026
Elevator Feeders$45.71 $18.18 $63.89 Sep 2, 2026
Erosion Control Specialist$45.71 $18.18 $63.89 Sep 2, 2026
Final Clean-up$42.05 $18.09 $60.14 Sep 2, 2026
Fine Graders$45.71 $18.18 $63.89 Sep 2, 2026
Fire Watch$42.05 $18.09 $60.14 Sep 2, 2026
Form Strippers (Not Swinging Stages)$45.71 $18.18 $63.89 Sep 2, 2026
General Laborer$45.71 $18.18 $63.89 Sep 2, 2026
Grade Checker$47.82 $18.23 $66.05 Sep 2, 2026
Guard Rail, Median Rail, Reference Post Guide Post, Right-of-way Marker$45.71 $18.18 $63.89 Sep 2, 2026
Gunite Nozzleman$47.82 $18.23 $66.05 Sep 2, 2026
Gunite Nozzleman Tender$46.59 $18.20 $64.79 Sep 2, 2026
Gunite or Sand Blasting Pot Tender$46.59 $18.20 $64.79 Sep 2, 2026
Hand Placed Sand Blasting (Wet)$46.59 $18.20 $64.79 Sep 2, 2026
Handlers Or Mixers Of All Materials Of An Irritating Nature (Including Cement & Lime)$46.59 $18.20 $64.79 Sep 2, 2026
Hazardous Waste Worker$47.26 $18.22 $65.48 Sep 2, 2026
High Scalers, Strippers & Drillers (covers work in swinging stages, chairs or belts under extreme conditions unusual to normal drilling, blasting, barring down or slopping and stripping$47.82 $18.23 $66.05 Sep 2, 2026
Laser Beam$47.82 $18.23 $66.05 Sep 2, 2026
Laser Beam (Pipe Laying) - Applicable When Employee Assigned To Move, Set Up, Align$47.82 $18.23 $66.05 Sep 2, 2026
Laser Beam (Tunnel) - Applicable When Employee Assigned To Move, Set Up, Align$47.82 $18.23 $66.05 Sep 2, 2026
Lead Abatement$47.26 $18.22 $65.48 Sep 2, 2026
Leverman Or Aggregate Spreaders (Flaherty And Similar Types)$45.71 $18.18 $63.89 Sep 2, 2026
Loading Spotters$45.71 $18.18 $63.89 Sep 2, 2026
Loop Installation$47.82 $18.23 $66.05 Sep 2, 2026
Manhole Building$47.26 $18.22 $65.48 Sep 2, 2026
Material Yard Man$45.71 $18.18 $63.89 Sep 2, 2026
Miner - Tunnel$47.82 $18.23 $66.05 Sep 2, 2026
Mold Remediation Or Removal$47.26 $18.22 $65.48 Sep 2, 2026
Nippers And Timbermen$47.26 $18.22 $65.48 Sep 2, 2026
Nuclear Plant Workers - Lead Shield, Power Saw Operators (Bucking & Falling)$47.26 $18.22 $65.48 Sep 2, 2026
Pilot Car$42.05 $18.09 $60.14 Sep 2, 2026
Pipe Doping & Wrapping$46.59 $18.20 $64.79 Sep 2, 2026
Pipe Layer All Types$47.82 $18.23 $66.05 Sep 2, 2026
Pittsburgh Chipper Operator Or Similar Types$45.71 $18.18 $63.89 Sep 2, 2026
Post Hold Digger, Air, Gas Or Electric$46.59 $18.20 $64.79 Sep 2, 2026
Powderman - Tunnel$47.82 $18.23 $66.05 Sep 2, 2026
Powderman Tender$45.71 $18.18 $63.89 Sep 2, 2026
Power Jacks$47.26 $18.22 $65.48 Sep 2, 2026
Pressure Washer$46.59 $18.20 $64.79 Sep 2, 2026
Railroad Track Laborers$45.71 $18.18 $63.89 Sep 2, 2026
Ribbon Setter, Head$46.59 $18.20 $64.79 Sep 2, 2026
Ribbon Setters (Including Steel Forms)$45.71 $18.18 $63.89 Sep 2, 2026
Rigger/Signalperson$45.71 $18.18 $63.89 Sep 2, 2026
Rip Rap Man (Hand Packed)$45.71 $18.18 $63.89 Sep 2, 2026
Rip Rap Man (Head)$46.59 $18.20 $64.79 Sep 2, 2026
Road Pump Tender$45.71 $18.18 $63.89 Sep 2, 2026
Sand Blasting (Dry)$47.26 $18.22 $65.48 Sep 2, 2026
Scaffold Tender$45.71 $18.18 $63.89 Sep 2, 2026
Sewer Labor$45.71 $18.18 $63.89 Sep 2, 2026
Sewer Timbermen$47.26 $18.22 $65.48 Sep 2, 2026
Signalman$45.71 $18.18 $63.89 Sep 2, 2026
Skipman$45.71 $18.18 $63.89 Sep 2, 2026
Slopers$45.71 $18.18 $63.89 Sep 2, 2026
Spraymen$45.71 $18.18 $63.89 Sep 2, 2026
Stake Chaser$45.71 $18.18 $63.89 Sep 2, 2026
Stake-setter$46.59 $18.20 $64.79 Sep 2, 2026
Stockpiler$45.71 $18.18 $63.89 Sep 2, 2026
Tampers$46.59 $18.20 $64.79 Sep 2, 2026
Tie Back Shoring$46.59 $18.20 $64.79 Sep 2, 2026
Timber Faller And Bucker (Hand Labor)$45.71 $18.18 $63.89 Sep 2, 2026
Tool Operators - Jackhammer$46.59 $18.20 $64.79 Sep 2, 2026
Tool Operators - Paving Breakers$46.59 $18.20 $64.79 Sep 2, 2026
Toolroom Man (At Job Site)$45.71 $18.18 $63.89 Sep 2, 2026
Track Liners$47.26 $18.22 $65.48 Sep 2, 2026
Traffic Control Laborer$45.71 $18.18 $63.89 Sep 2, 2026
Traffic Control SupervisorListed twice by L&I$46.59 $18.20 $64.79 Sep 2, 2026
Traffic Control SupervisorListed twice by L&I$46.59 $18.20 $64.79 Sep 2, 2026
Truck Mounted Attenuator$45.71 $18.18 $63.89 Sep 2, 2026
Tugger Operator$47.26 $18.22 $65.48 Sep 2, 2026
Tunnel Bullgang (Above Ground)$47.82 $18.23 $66.05 Sep 2, 2026
Tunnel Chuck Tenders$47.82 $18.23 $66.05 Sep 2, 2026
Tunnel Motorman - Dinky Locomotive$47.82 $18.23 $66.05 Sep 2, 2026
Tunnel Muckers, Brakemen$47.82 $18.23 $66.05 Sep 2, 2026
Tunnel Shield Operator$47.82 $18.23 $66.05 Sep 2, 2026
Vibrating Screed$47.82 $18.23 $66.05 Sep 2, 2026
Vibrators (All Types)$47.82 $18.23 $66.05 Sep 2, 2026
Water Blaster$47.26 $18.22 $65.48 Sep 2, 2026
Weight-Man-Crusher (Aggregate When Used)$45.71 $18.18 $63.89 Sep 2, 2026
Welder$47.26 $18.22 $65.48 Sep 2, 2026
General Laborer and Topman$47.82 $18.23 $66.05 Sep 2, 2026

“Listed twice by L&I”: L&I publishes two rows with the same name and different record numbers. Both are shown; ask L&I which applies.

Residential laborer rates in Clark County

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))

ClassificationBase wageFringe benefitsTotal rateEffective
Residential Laborers: Journey Level$38.63 $0.00 $38.63 Dec 19, 2020

Davis-Bacon laborer rate in Clark County

Federally funded or assisted construction here uses the U.S. Department of Labor's wage determinations. 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.

For building work, the matching Davis-Bacon classification is LABORER: COMMON OR GENERAL at $40.48 ($34.00 base + $6.48 fringe), from WA20260120 modification 1, published May 18, 2026, rate SUWA2018-020. Against L&I's $63.89: L&I's rate is $23.41 an hour higher.

For heavy work, the matching Davis-Bacon classification is LABORER: COMMON OR GENERAL at $59.66 ($44.06 base + $15.60 fringe), from WA20260137 modification 1, published May 18, 2026, rate LABO0335-004. Against L&I's $63.89: L&I's rate is $4.23 an hour higher.

ConstructionFederal classificationBase wageTotal rateWD
BuildingLABORER: FORM STRIPPINGLABO0242-015$50.38 $67.34 WA20260120 Mod 1
BuildingLABORER: JACKHAMMERLABO0242-018$51.52 $68.51 WA20260120 Mod 1
BuildingLABORER: NOZZLE PERSONLABO0242-020$52.31 $69.32 WA20260120 Mod 1
BuildingLABORER: FIRE WATCHLABO0335-007$40.56 $56.16 WA20260120 Mod 1
BuildingLABORER: MASON TENDER - CEMENT/CONCRETELABO0335-020$44.90 $60.50 WA20260120 Mod 1
BuildingLABORER: GRADE CHECKERSUWA2018-020$31.86 $44.84 WA20260120 Mod 1
BuildingLABORER: PIPELAYERSUWA2018-020$32.17 $43.66 WA20260120 Mod 1
BuildingLABORER: CONCRETE SAW CHAINSUWA2018-020$35.03 $45.89 WA20260120 Mod 1
BuildingLABORER: COMMON OR GENERALSUWA2018-020$34.00 $40.48 WA20260120 Mod 1
BuildingOPERATOR: CONCRETE PUMPUAVGWA0001$52.92 $75.55 WA20260120 Mod 1
HighwayLABORER: GROUP 3, AREA A-1 - ASPHALT ROLLER, WALKING; CEMENT FINISHER TENDER; CONCRETE SAW, WALKING; DEMOLITION TORCH; DOPE POT FIREMEN, NON-MECHANICAL; …LABO0238-004$37.46 $54.36 WA20260001 Mod 4
HighwayLABORER: GROUP 3, AREA A-2 - ASPHALT ROLLER, WALKING; CEMENT FINISHER TENDER; CONCRETE SAW, WALKING; DEMOLITION TORCH; DOPE POT FIREMEN, NON-MECHANICAL; …LABO0238-004$40.46 $57.36 WA20260001 Mod 4
HighwayLABORER: ZONE 1: GROUP 4 CEMENT DUMPER-PAVING; CHIPPING GUN (OVER 30 LBS.); CLARY POWER SPREADER; CONCRETE DUMPER/CHUTE OPERATOR; CONCRETE SAW OPERATOR; DRILL …LABO0252-010$51.52 $68.51 WA20260001 Mod 4
HighwayLABORER: ZONE 1: GROUP 5 CAISSON WORKER; MINER; MORTARMAN AND HODCARRIER; GRADE CHECKER AND TRANSIT PERSON; HIGH SCALER; POWDERMAN; RE-TIMBERMAN; HAZARDOUS …LABO0252-010$52.31 $69.32 WA20260001 Mod 4
HighwayLABORER: GROUP 3 ASPHALT PLANT LABORERS; ASPHALT SPREADERS; BATCH WEIGHMAN; BROOMERS; BRUSH BURNERS AND CUTTERS; CAR AND TRUCK LOADERS; CARPENTER TENDER; …LABO0335-022$44.06 $59.66 WA20260001 Mod 4
HighwayLABORER: GROUP 4 APPLICATOR (INCLUDING POT POWER TENDER FOR SAME), APPLYING PROTECTIVE MATERIAL BY HAND OR NOZZLE ON UTILITY LINES OR STORAGE TANKS ON PROJECT; …LABO0335-022$44.90 $60.50 WA20260001 Mod 4
HighwayLABORER: GROUP 6 ASPHALT RAKER; CONCRETE SAW OPERATOR (WALLS); CONCRETE NOZZELMAN; GRADE CHECKER; PIPELAYER; LASER BEAM (PIPELAYING)-APPLICABLE WHEN EMPLOYEE …LABO0335-022$46.08 $61.68 WA20260001 Mod 4
HeavyOPERATOR: CONCRETE PUMPENGI0701-046$51.31 $68.46 WA20260137 Mod 1
HeavyLABORER: NOZZLE PERSONLABO0242-010$52.31 $69.32 WA20260137 Mod 1
HeavyLABORER: COMMON OR GENERALLABO0335-004$44.06 $59.66 WA20260137 Mod 1
HeavyLABORER: PIPELAYERLABO0348-010$37.80 $54.70 WA20260137 Mod 1
HeavyLABORER: MASON TENDER - CEMENT/CONCRETESUWA2018-037$38.46 $38.46 WA20260137 Mod 1
HeavyLABORER: CONCRETE SAW CHAINSUWA2018-037$37.30 $41.60 WA20260137 Mod 1
HeavyLABORER: ASPHALT, INCLUDES RAKER, SHOVELER, SPREADER AND DISTRIBUTORSUWA2018-037$37.63 $48.88 WA20260137 Mod 1
HeavyGRADE CHECKERSUWA2018-037$35.58 $35.58 WA20260137 Mod 1
ResidentialLABORER: MASON TENDER - CEMENT/CONCRETELABO0238-001$38.05 $54.80 WA20260099 Mod 1
ResidentialLABORER: COMMON OR GENERALSUWA2011-019$16.10 $17.40 WA20260099 Mod 1

Davis-Bacon rates from SAM.gov, read October 25, 2026. Our federal totals are base plus fringe; DOL prints no total. Washington Davis-Bacon changes

Holidays

L&I holiday code 6Z:

Holidays: New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Friday after Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day (7). Any holiday which falls on a Sunday shall be observed as a holiday on the following Monday. Any holiday which falls on a Saturday shall be observed as a holiday on the preceding Friday.

How Clark County compares

The main 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

$57.75Asotin$71.10Clallam
ClarkNearby: Cowlitz $63.89, Skamania $63.89, Lewis $71.10Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 15 counties pay more than Clark, 4 the same, 19 less.

Base wage and fringe benefits, nearby

  1. Clark Countybase $45.71$63.89
  2. Cowlitz Countybase $45.71$63.89
  3. Skamania Countybase $45.71$63.89
  4. Lewis Countybase $52.92$71.10

Laborer rates in nearby counties

Current L&I rates. You pay the rate for the county where the work is done. The statute defines “locality” as “the largest city in the county wherein the physical work is being performed”, and L&I publishes rates county by county (RCW 39.12.010).

CountyClassificationBase wageTotal ratevs Clark County
Lewis CountyGeneral Laborer$52.92 $71.10 +$7.21
Pacific CountyGeneral Laborer$52.92 $71.10 +$7.21
Thurston CountyGeneral Laborer$52.92 $71.10 +$7.21
Clark CountyGeneral Laborer$45.71 $63.89 
Cowlitz CountyGeneral Laborer$45.71 $63.89 same
Skamania CountyGeneral Laborer$45.71 $63.89 same
Wahkiakum CountyGeneral Laborer$45.71 $63.89 same

Washington laborer prevailing wage by county, with a map

More from L&I on this rate

  • Scope of work, WAC 296-127-01344: 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).

All Clark County prevailing wage rates

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 $63.89. 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, Clark County, Laborers (LABO), L&I wage record 149953, published August 3, 2026, effective September 2, 2026: secure.lni.wa.gov/wagelookup/

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 Clark County as CSV · Report an error