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Inland Boatman prevailing wage, King County group, Washington (19 counties)

L&I sets the same inland boatman rates, row for row, in 19 counties: Clallam, Clark, Cowlitz, Grays Harbor, Island, Jefferson, King, Kitsap, Lewis, Mason, Pacific, Pierce, San Juan, Skagit, Skamania, Snohomish, Thurston, Wahkiakum and Whatcom. Every figure on this page applies in each of them.

$71.28an hour, base wage + fringe benefits · Boat Operator

$54.39 base wage + $16.89 fringe benefits

On Washington public works in each of these 19 counties, an inland boatman working as boat operator must be paid at least $71.28 an hour in total: $54.39 in wages plus $16.89 in fringe benefits for health, pension, vacation, training and other plans. L&I's rate took effect March 5, 2025.

L&I published this rate on February 3, 2025 and it took effect March 5, 2025. L&I hasn't changed it since, so it is still current in period 2026-2. Checked against L&I's wage lookup on October 24, 2026.

L&I lists 6 commercial inland boatman rates for each of these counties, from $69.55 to $89.12 an hour. See all of them.

Base wage and fringe benefits: $54.39 + $16.89

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)$54.39
Health and welfare$7.06
Pension$5.90
Vacation and holiday$2.30
Other benefits$1.63
Total straight-time hourly rate$71.28

Set from: collective bargaining agreement, Agreement Between Manson Construction Co. and Inlandboatmen's Union of the Pacific Puget Sound Region, Southern California Region and San Francisco Region Marine Division of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union. 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 inland boatman rate in the King County group

As L&I lists them. The highlighted row is the one this page leads with.

  1. Mate$89.12
  2. Boat Operator$71.28
  3. Launch Operator$71.23
  4. Deckhand$70.00
  5. Cook$69.70
  6. Deckhand Engineer$69.55
Total hourly rate of each inland boatman classification in the King County group, highest first, split into base wage and fringe benefits.
ClassificationBase wageFringe benefitsTotal rateEffective
Boat Operator$54.39 $16.89 $71.28 Mar 5, 2025
Cook$52.95 $16.75 $69.70 Mar 5, 2025
Deckhand$53.25 $16.75 $70.00 Mar 5, 2025
Deckhand Engineer$52.76 $16.79 $69.55 Mar 5, 2025
Launch Operator$54.39 $16.84 $71.23 Mar 5, 2025
Mate$72.23 $16.89 $89.12 Mar 5, 2025

Davis-Bacon inland boatman 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.

CountyFederal classificationBase + fringeWDvs L&I
Clallam CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Clark CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Cowlitz CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Grays Harbor CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Island CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Jefferson CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
King CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Kitsap CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Lewis CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Mason CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Pacific CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Pierce CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
San Juan CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Skagit CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Skamania CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Snohomish CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Thurston CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Wahkiakum CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Whatcom CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match

Holidays

L&I holiday code 5B:

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

How the King County group compares

The main inland boatman 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

$17.13Adams$71.28Clallam
KingNearby: Clallam $71.28, Clark $71.28, Cowlitz $71.28, Grays Harbor $71.28, Island $71.28, Jefferson $71.28, Kitsap $71.28, Lewis $71.28, Mason $71.28, Pacific $71.28, Pierce $71.28, San Juan $71.28, Skagit $71.28, Skamania $71.28, Snohomish $71.28, Thurston $71.28, Wahkiakum $71.28, Whatcom $71.28Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 0 counties pay more than King, 18 the same, 20 less.

Base wage and fringe benefits, nearby

  1. King County groupbase $54.39$71.28
  2. Pierce Countybase $54.39$71.28
  3. Snohomish Countybase $54.39$71.28
  4. Kittitas Countybase $8.55$17.13

Which county is in which inland boatman group

Every Washington county with a inland boatman 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.

CountiesMain classificationBase wageTotal rate
King County group, 19 counties: Clallam, Clark, Cowlitz, Grays Harbor, Island, Jefferson, King, Kitsap, Lewis, Mason, Pacific, Pierce, San Juan, Skagit, Skamania, Snohomish, Thurston, Wahkiakum, WhatcomBoat Operator$54.39 $71.28 
Spokane County group, 20 counties: Adams, Asotin, Benton, Chelan, Columbia, Douglas, Ferry, Franklin, Garfield, Grant, Kittitas, Klickitat, Lincoln, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens, Walla Walla, Whitman, YakimaJourney Level$8.55 $17.13 

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

Washington inland boatman prevailing wage by county, with a map

More from L&I on this rate

  • Scope of work, WAC 296-127-01335: 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).

Every trade's rates, county by county: Clallam · Clark · Cowlitz · Grays Harbor · Island · Jefferson · King · Kitsap · Lewis · Mason · Pacific · Pierce · San Juan · Skagit · Skamania · Snohomish · Thurston · Wahkiakum · Whatcom

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 $71.28. 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, Inland Boatmen (INLA), published February 3, 2025, effective March 5, 2025: secure.lni.wa.gov/wagelookup/. L&I keeps a wage record for each county; for the row this page leads with:

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