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Field Surveyor prevailing wage in Kittitas County, Washington

$92.28an hour, base wage + fringe benefits · Construction Site Surveyor

$63.71 base wage + $28.57 fringe benefits

Kittitas County uses the same field surveyor rates as 9 other counties. See all of them on one page.

On Washington public works in Kittitas County, a field surveyor working as construction site surveyor must be paid at least $92.28 an hour in total: $63.71 in wages plus $28.57 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 5 commercial field surveyor rates for Kittitas County, from $86.78 to $92.28 an hour. See all of them.

Base wage and fringe benefits: $63.71 + $28.57

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)	$63.71
Health and welfare	$10.72
Pension	$16.80
Training	$1.05
Total straight-time hourly rate	$92.28

Set from: collective bargaining agreement, 2024-2028 Master Agreement For Crane Rental & Rigging Between Northwest Crane Owners Association and Operating Engineers Local 302. 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).

Overtime

L&I overtime code 11H:

Overtime Calculations are based on the hourly rate actually paid to the worker. On public works projects, the hourly rate must be not less than the prevailing rate of wage minus the hourly rate of the cost of fringe benefits actually provided for the worker.

ALL HOURS WORKED IN EXCESS OF EIGHT (8) HOURS PER DAY OR FORTY (40) HOURS PER WEEK SHALL BE PAID AT ONE AND ONE-HALF TIMES THE HOURLY RATE OF WAGE.

Work performed in excess of eight (8) hours of straight time per day, or ten (10) hours of straight time per day when four ten (10) hour shifts are established, or forty (40) hours of straight time per week, Monday through Friday, or outside the normal 5 am to 6pm shift, and all work on Saturdays shall be paid at one and one-half times the hourly rate of wage.

All work performed after 6:00 pm Saturday to 5:00 am Monday and Holidays, and all hours worked in excess of twelve (12) hours in a single shift shall be paid at double the hourly rate of wage.

After an employee has worked eight (8) hours at an applicable overtime rate, all additional hours shall be at the applicable overtime rate until such time as the employee has had a break of ten (10) hours or more.

When an employee returns to work without at least ten (10) hours time off since their previous shift, all such time shall be a continuation of shift and paid at the applicable overtime rate until he/she shall have the ten (10) hours rest period.

Washington has no single overtime rule for prevailing wage. Each rate carries its own L&I code, copied here as published.

Labor cost calculator: a crew's straight-time wage and fringe cost over the job dates.

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 field surveyor rate in Kittitas County

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

Construction Site Surveyor$92.28
Construction Site Surveyor: Assistant Construction Site Surveyor$90.76
Construction Site Surveyor: Chainman$86.78
Construction Site Surveyor: Drone Operator (when used in conjunction with survey work only)$86.78
Construction Site Surveyor: Ground Penetrating Radar Operator$86.78

Total hourly rate of each field surveyor classification in Kittitas County, highest first, split into base wage and fringe benefits.

Classification	Base wage	Fringe benefits	Total rate	Effective
Construction Site Surveyor: Assistant Construction Site Surveyor	$62.19	$28.57	$90.76	Sep 2, 2026
Construction Site Surveyor: Chainman	$58.21	$28.57	$86.78	Sep 2, 2026
Construction Site Surveyor	$63.71	$28.57	$92.28	Sep 2, 2026
Construction Site Surveyor: Drone Operator (when used in conjunction with survey work only)	$58.21	$28.57	$86.78	Sep 2, 2026
Construction Site Surveyor: Ground Penetrating Radar Operator	$58.21	$28.57	$86.78	Sep 2, 2026

Davis-Bacon field surveyor rate in Kittitas 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.

The federal determinations for Kittitas County list no field surveyor classification.

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 7A:

Holidays: New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, the Friday and Saturday after Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day (8). 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 Kittitas County compares

The main field surveyor 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

Kittitas $92.289257

$17.13Adams$96.51Island

KittitasNearby: Yakima $92.28, Chelan $92.28, Grant $28.57Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 7 counties pay more than Kittitas, 12 the same, 19 less.

Base wage and fringe benefits, nearby

Kittitas Countybase $63.71$92.28
Yakima Countybase $63.71$92.28
Chelan Countybase $63.71$92.28
Grant Countybase $28.57$28.57

Field Surveyor 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).

L&I's field surveyor rates for Kittitas County are the same as in 9 other counties: Chelan, Clallam, Douglas, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Kitsap, Mason, Okanogan and 1 more.

County	Classification	Base wage	Total rate	vs Kittitas County
King County	Construction Site Surveyor	$67.94	$96.51	+$4.23
Pierce County	Construction Site Surveyor	$67.94	$96.51	+$4.23
Kittitas County	Construction Site Surveyor	$63.71	$92.28
Yakima County	Construction Site Surveyor	$63.71	$92.28	same
Chelan County	Construction Site Surveyor	$63.71	$92.28	same
Douglas County	Construction Site Surveyor	$63.71	$92.28	same
Grant County	Construction Site Surveyor: All Classifications	$28.57	$28.57	−$63.71

Washington field surveyor prevailing wage by county, with a map

Notes on this rate

L&I's notes, in L&I's words. Some add premiums for hazardous work, special shifts or certifications.

8X Workers on hazmat projects receive additional hourly premiums as follows - Class A Suit: $2.00, Class B Suit: $1.50, Class C Suit: $1.00, and Class D Suit: $0.50. Special Shift Premium: Basic hourly rate plus $2.00 per hour. When due to conditions beyond the control of the Employer or when an owner (not acting as the contractor), a government agency or the contract specifications requires that work can only be performed outside the normal 5 am to 6pm shift, then the special shift premium will be applied to the basic hourly rate. When an employee works on a special shift, they shall be paid a special shift premium for each hour worked unless they are in OT or Double-time status. (For example, the special shift premium does not waive the overtime requirements for work performed on Saturday or Sunday.)

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 $92.28. 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, Kittitas County, Surveyors (SURV), L&I wage record 149706, 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 Kittitas County as CSV · Report an error