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Drywall Finisher prevailing wage, Pierce County group, Washington (2 counties)
L&I sets the same drywall finisher rates, row for row, in 2 counties: Pierce and Snohomish. Every figure on this page applies in each of them.
$84.77an hour, total
$65.37 wage + $19.40 fringe benefits
On Washington public works in each of these 2 counties, a drywall finisher must be paid at least $84.77 an hour in total: $65.37 in wages plus $19.40 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 drywall finisher rate in the Pierce County group: $84.37 an hour. It applies only to the residential projects L&I defines. Residential rates and when they apply.
Base wage and fringe: $65.37 + $19.40
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) | $65.37 |
| Health and welfare | $9.25 |
| Pension | $8.61 |
| Training | $0.77 |
| Other benefits | $0.77 |
| Total straight-time hourly rate | $84.77 |
Set from: collective bargaining agreement, Agreement between the Southwest Mountain States Regional Council of Carpenters and Northwest Wall & Ceiling Contractors Association. 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).
Davis-Bacon drywall finisher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierce 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 15O:
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, the day before Christmas day, and Christmas Day (10). Any holiday which falls on a Sunday shall be observed as a holiday on the following Monday.
When this rate changes
- 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 drywall finisher rates in the Pierce 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 | Total | Base | Fringes | Effective |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residential Drywall Tapers: Journey Level | $84.37 | $60.20 | $24.17 | Sep 2, 2026 |
How the Pierce County group compares
The main drywall finisher 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
Wage and fringe benefits, nearby
- Pierce County groupbase $65.37$84.77
- Lewis Countybase $65.37$84.77
- Thurston Countybase $65.37$84.77
- Cowlitz Countybase $50.52$72.95
Which county is in which drywall finisher group
Every Washington county with a drywall finisher 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 | Total | Base |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis County group, 4 counties: Jefferson, Lewis, Mason, San Juan | Journey Level | $84.77 | $65.37 |
| Okanogan County group, 3 counties: Douglas, Okanogan, Pacific | Journey Level | $84.77 | $65.37 |
| Pierce County group, 2 counties: Pierce, Snohomish | Journey Level | $84.77 | $65.37 |
| Chelan County | Journey Level | $84.77 | $65.37 |
| Clallam County | Journey Level | $84.77 | $65.37 |
| Grays Harbor County | Journey Level | $84.77 | $65.37 |
| Island County | Journey Level | $84.77 | $65.37 |
| King County | Journey Level | $84.77 | $65.37 |
| Kitsap County | Journey Level | $84.77 | $65.37 |
| Kittitas County | Journey Level | $84.77 | $65.37 |
| Skagit County | Journey Level | $84.77 | $65.37 |
| Thurston County | Journey Level | $84.77 | $65.37 |
| Whatcom County | Journey Level | $84.77 | $65.37 |
| Yakima County | Journey Level | $84.77 | $65.37 |
| Cowlitz County group, 3 counties: Cowlitz, Skamania, Wahkiakum | Journey Level | $72.95 | $50.52 |
| Clark County | Journey Level | $72.95 | $50.52 |
| Klickitat County | Journey Level | $72.95 | $50.52 |
| Lincoln County group, 7 counties: Adams, Columbia, Ferry, Garfield, Lincoln, Pend Oreille, Stevens | Journey Level | $66.66 | $48.11 |
| Spokane County group, 2 counties: Spokane, Whitman | Journey Level | $66.66 | $48.11 |
| Asotin County | Journey Level | $66.66 | $48.11 |
| Benton County | Journey Level | $66.66 | $48.11 |
| Franklin County | Journey Level | $66.66 | $48.11 |
| Grant County | Journey Level | $66.66 | $48.11 |
| Walla Walla County | Journey Level | $66.66 | $48.11 |
6 groups of counties with identical L&I rates, and 18 counties with rates of their own.
Washington drywall finisher prevailing wage by county, with a map
More from L&I on this rate
- Scope of work, WAC 296-127-01318: 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 $84.77. 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, Drywall Tapers (DRYW), 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:
- Pierce County: L&I wage record 149610
- Snohomish County: L&I wage record 149610
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