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Drywall Installer / Lather prevailing wage, Adams County group, Washington (2 counties)
L&I sets the same drywall installer or lather rates, row for row, in 2 counties: Adams and Columbia. Every figure on this page applies in each of them.
$66.66an hour, base wage + fringe benefits
$48.11 base wage + $18.55 fringe benefits
On Washington public works in each of these 2 counties, a drywall installer or lather must be paid at least $66.66 an hour in total: $48.11 in wages plus $18.55 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 2 commercial drywall installer or lather rates for each of these counties, from $66.66 to $66.66 an hour. See all of them.
L&I also sets a residential drywall installer or lather rate in the Adams County group: $26.01 an hour. It applies only to the residential projects L&I defines. Residential rates and when they apply.
Base wage and fringe benefits: $48.11 + $18.55
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) | $48.11 |
| Health and welfare | $9.25 |
| Pension | $7.76 |
| Training | $0.77 |
| Other benefits | $0.77 |
| Total straight-time hourly rate | $66.66 |
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).
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.
Every drywall installer or lather rate in the Adams County group
As L&I lists them, commercial rates only (residential rates are below). The highlighted row is the one this page leads with.
| Classification | Base wage | Fringe benefits | Total rate | Effective |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Journey Level | $48.11 | $18.55 | $66.66 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Journey Level | $48.11 | $18.55 | $66.66 | Sep 2, 2026 |
Residential drywall installer or lather rates in the Adams 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 Drywall Applicators: Journey Level | $26.01 | $0.00 | $26.01 | Aug 31, 2025 |
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.
How the Adams County group compares
The main drywall installer or lather 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
- Adams County groupbase $48.11$66.66
- Franklin Countybase $48.11$66.66
- Lincoln Countybase $48.11$66.66
- Douglas Countybase $65.37$84.77
Which county is in which drywall installer or lather group
Every Washington county with a drywall installer or lather 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, 11 counties: Clallam, Grays Harbor, Island, Jefferson, Kitsap, Pacific, Pierce, San Juan, Skagit, Snohomish, Thurston | Journey Level | $65.37 | $84.77 |
| Chelan County | Journey Level | $65.37 | $84.77 |
| Douglas County | Journey Level | $65.37 | $84.77 |
| King County | Journey Level | $65.37 | $84.77 |
| Kittitas County | Journey Level | $65.37 | $84.77 |
| Lewis County | Journey Level | $65.37 | $84.77 |
| Mason County | Journey Level | $65.37 | $84.77 |
| Okanogan County | Journey Level | $65.37 | $84.77 |
| Whatcom County | Journey Level | $65.37 | $84.77 |
| Yakima County | Journey Level | $65.37 | $84.77 |
| Clark County | Journey Level | $56.49 | $74.80 |
| Skamania County group, 2 counties: Skamania, Wahkiakum | Journey Level | $51.49 | $67.80 |
| Cowlitz County | Journey Level | $51.49 | $67.80 |
| Klickitat County | Journey Level | $51.49 | $67.80 |
| Adams County group, 2 counties: Adams, Columbia | Journey Level | $48.11 | $66.66 |
| Stevens County group, 2 counties: Ferry, Stevens | Journey Level | $48.11 | $66.66 |
| Asotin County | Journey Level | $48.11 | $66.66 |
| Benton County | Journey Level | $48.11 | $66.66 |
| Franklin County | Journey Level | $48.11 | $66.66 |
| Garfield County | Journey Level | $48.11 | $66.66 |
| Grant County | Journey Level | $48.11 | $66.66 |
| Lincoln County | Journey Level | $48.11 | $66.66 |
| Pend Oreille County | Journey Level | $48.11 | $66.66 |
| Spokane County | Journey Level | $48.11 | $66.66 |
| Walla Walla County | Journey Level | $48.11 | $66.66 |
| Whitman County | Journey Level | $48.11 | $66.66 |
4 groups of counties with identical L&I rates, and 22 counties with rates of their own.
Washington drywall installer or lather prevailing wage by county, with a map
More from L&I on this rate
- Scope of work, WAC 296-127-01317: 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 $66.66. 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 Applicator (DRYA), 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:
- Adams County: L&I wage record 149609
- Columbia County: L&I wage record 149609
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