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Laborer prevailing wage in Klickitat County, Washington
$63.89an hour, total · General Laborer
$45.71 wage + $18.18 fringe benefits
On Washington public works in Klickitat 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 Klickitat County, from $60.14 to $66.05 an hour. See all of them.
L&I also sets a residential laborer rate in Klickitat County: $17.13 an hour. It applies only to the residential projects L&I defines. Residential rates and when they apply.
Base wage and fringe: $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).
Davis-Bacon laborer rate in Klickitat 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 heavy work, the matching Davis-Bacon classification is LABORER: COMMON OR GENERAL at $26.46 ($20.96 base + $5.50 fringe), from WA20260050 modification 2, published May 20, 2026, rate SUWA2009-041. Against L&I's $63.89: L&I's rate is $37.43 an hour higher.
| Construction | Federal classification | Base + fringe | Base | WD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Building | LABORER: GROUP 6 GRADE CHECKER; PIPELAYERLABO0335-025 | $61.68 | $46.08 | WA20260031 Mod 1 |
| Building | LABORER: GROUP 4 MASON TENDER-CEMENT/CONCRETELABO0335-025 | $61.14 | $45.54 | WA20260031 Mod 1 |
| Building | LABORER: GROUP 3 COMMON OR GENERAL LABORER, MASON TENDER BRICKLABO0335-025 | $59.66 | $44.06 | WA20260031 Mod 1 |
| Highway | LABORER: GROUP 3, AREA A-1 - ASPHALT ROLLER, WALKING; CEMENT FINISHER TENDER; CONCRETE SAW, WALKING; DEMOLITION TORCH; DOPE POT FIREMEN, NON-MECHANICAL; …LABO0238-004 | $54.36 | $37.46 | WA20260001 Mod 4 |
| Highway | LABORER: GROUP 3, AREA A-2 - ASPHALT ROLLER, WALKING; CEMENT FINISHER TENDER; CONCRETE SAW, WALKING; DEMOLITION TORCH; DOPE POT FIREMEN, NON-MECHANICAL; …LABO0238-004 | $57.36 | $40.46 | WA20260001 Mod 4 |
| Highway | LABORER: 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 | $68.51 | $51.52 | WA20260001 Mod 4 |
| Highway | LABORER: ZONE 1: GROUP 5 CAISSON WORKER; MINER; MORTARMAN AND HODCARRIER; GRADE CHECKER AND TRANSIT PERSON; HIGH SCALER; POWDERMAN; RE-TIMBERMAN; HAZARDOUS …LABO0252-010 | $69.32 | $52.31 | WA20260001 Mod 4 |
| Highway | LABORER: GROUP 3 ASPHALT PLANT LABORERS; ASPHALT SPREADERS; BATCH WEIGHMAN; BROOMERS; BRUSH BURNERS AND CUTTERS; CAR AND TRUCK LOADERS; CARPENTER TENDER; …LABO0335-022 | $59.66 | $44.06 | WA20260001 Mod 4 |
| Highway | LABORER: 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 | $60.50 | $44.90 | WA20260001 Mod 4 |
| Highway | LABORER: GROUP 6 ASPHALT RAKER; CONCRETE SAW OPERATOR (WALLS); CONCRETE NOZZELMAN; GRADE CHECKER; PIPELAYER; LASER BEAM (PIPELAYING)-APPLICABLE WHEN EMPLOYEE …LABO0335-022 | $61.68 | $46.08 | WA20260001 Mod 4 |
| Heavy | LABORER: GROUP 6 GRADE CHECKER; PIPELAYERLABO0335-023 | $61.68 | $46.08 | WA20260050 Mod 2 |
| Heavy | LABORER: GROUP 4 CHIPPING GUNS; MASON TENDER-CEMENT/CONCRETE;LABO0335-023 | $60.50 | $44.90 | WA20260050 Mod 2 |
| Heavy | LABORER: COMMON OR GENERALSUWA2009-041 | $26.46 | $20.96 | WA20260050 Mod 2 |
| Residential | LABORER: COMMON OR GENERALSUWA2011-006 | $29.30 | $22.32 | WA20260086 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.
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.
Every laborer rate in Klickitat County
As L&I lists them, commercial rates only (residential rates are below). The highlighted row is the one this page leads with.
| Classification | Total | Base | Fringes | Effective |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anchor Machines | $65.48 | $47.26 | $18.22 | 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 | $64.79 | $46.59 | $18.20 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Asbestos Removal | $65.48 | $47.26 | $18.22 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Asphalt Plant Laborers | $63.89 | $45.71 | $18.18 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Asphalt Raker | $66.05 | $47.82 | $18.23 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Asphalt Spreaders | $63.89 | $45.71 | $18.18 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Ballast Regulators | $65.48 | $47.26 | $18.22 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Batch Weighman | $63.89 | $45.71 | $18.18 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Bit Grinder | $65.48 | $47.26 | $18.22 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Brick Pavers (Dry) | $63.89 | $45.71 | $18.18 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Broomers | $63.89 | $45.71 | $18.18 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Brush (Power Saw) | $64.79 | $46.59 | $18.20 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Brush Burners And Cutters | $63.89 | $45.71 | $18.18 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Burners | $64.79 | $46.59 | $18.20 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Car And Truck Loaders | $63.89 | $45.71 | $18.18 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Carpenter Tender | $63.89 | $45.71 | $18.18 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Change-house Man Or Dry Shack Man | $63.89 | $45.71 | $18.18 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Chipping Guns | $64.79 | $46.59 | $18.20 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Choker Setters | $63.89 | $45.71 | $18.18 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Choker Splicer | $64.79 | $46.59 | $18.20 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Chuck Tender | $64.79 | $46.59 | $18.20 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Clary Power Spreader And Similar Types | $64.79 | $46.59 | $18.20 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Clean Up Laborers | $63.89 | $45.71 | $18.18 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Clean-up Nozzleman-Green-Cutter (Concrete Rock, Etc.) | $64.79 | $46.59 | $18.20 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Concrete Crew, Bull Gang | $64.79 | $46.59 | $18.20 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Concrete Laborers | $64.79 | $46.59 | $18.20 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Concrete Nozzlemen | $66.05 | $47.82 | $18.23 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Concrete Power Buggyman | $64.79 | $46.59 | $18.20 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Concrete Saw Operator | $65.48 | $47.26 | $18.22 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Concrete Saw Operator (Walls) | $66.05 | $47.82 | $18.23 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Confined Space / Hole Watch | $60.14 | $42.05 | $18.09 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Crusher Feeder | $64.79 | $46.59 | $18.20 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Curing, Concrete | $63.89 | $45.71 | $18.18 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Demolition And Wrecking Charred Materials | $64.79 | $46.59 | $18.20 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Demolition, Wrecking And Moving Laborers | $63.89 | $45.71 | $18.18 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Drill Doctor | $65.48 | $47.26 | $18.22 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Drill Operators, Air Tracks, Cat Drills, Wagon Drills, Rubber-mounted Drills And Other Similar Types, Including At Crusher Plants | $66.05 | $47.82 | $18.23 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Dry Pack Machine | $64.79 | $46.59 | $18.20 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Dry Stack Walls | $63.89 | $45.71 | $18.18 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Dumpers, Road Oiling Crew | $63.89 | $45.71 | $18.18 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Dumpmen (for Grading Crew) | $63.89 | $45.71 | $18.18 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Elevator Feeders | $63.89 | $45.71 | $18.18 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Erosion Control Specialist | $63.89 | $45.71 | $18.18 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Final Clean-up | $60.14 | $42.05 | $18.09 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Fine Graders | $63.89 | $45.71 | $18.18 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Fire Watch | $60.14 | $42.05 | $18.09 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Form Strippers (Not Swinging Stages) | $63.89 | $45.71 | $18.18 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| General Laborer | $63.89 | $45.71 | $18.18 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Grade Checker | $66.05 | $47.82 | $18.23 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Guard Rail, Median Rail, Reference Post Guide Post, Right-of-way Marker | $63.89 | $45.71 | $18.18 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Gunite Nozzleman | $66.05 | $47.82 | $18.23 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Gunite Nozzleman Tender | $64.79 | $46.59 | $18.20 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Gunite or Sand Blasting Pot Tender | $64.79 | $46.59 | $18.20 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Hand Placed Sand Blasting (Wet) | $64.79 | $46.59 | $18.20 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Handlers Or Mixers Of All Materials Of An Irritating Nature (Including Cement & Lime) | $64.79 | $46.59 | $18.20 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Hazardous Waste Worker | $65.48 | $47.26 | $18.22 | 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 | $66.05 | $47.82 | $18.23 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Laser Beam | $66.05 | $47.82 | $18.23 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Laser Beam (Pipe Laying) - Applicable When Employee Assigned To Move, Set Up, Align | $66.05 | $47.82 | $18.23 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Laser Beam (Tunnel) - Applicable When Employee Assigned To Move, Set Up, Align | $66.05 | $47.82 | $18.23 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Lead Abatement | $65.48 | $47.26 | $18.22 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Leverman Or Aggregate Spreaders (Flaherty And Similar Types) | $63.89 | $45.71 | $18.18 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Loading Spotters | $63.89 | $45.71 | $18.18 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Loop Installation | $66.05 | $47.82 | $18.23 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Manhole Building | $65.48 | $47.26 | $18.22 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Material Yard Man | $63.89 | $45.71 | $18.18 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Miner - Tunnel | $66.05 | $47.82 | $18.23 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Mold Remediation Or Removal | $65.48 | $47.26 | $18.22 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Nippers And Timbermen | $65.48 | $47.26 | $18.22 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Nuclear Plant Workers - Lead Shield, Power Saw Operators (Bucking & Falling) | $65.48 | $47.26 | $18.22 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Pilot Car | $60.14 | $42.05 | $18.09 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Pipe Doping & Wrapping | $64.79 | $46.59 | $18.20 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Pipe Layer All Types | $66.05 | $47.82 | $18.23 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Pittsburgh Chipper Operator Or Similar Types | $63.89 | $45.71 | $18.18 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Post Hold Digger, Air, Gas Or Electric | $64.79 | $46.59 | $18.20 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Powderman - Tunnel | $66.05 | $47.82 | $18.23 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Powderman Tender | $63.89 | $45.71 | $18.18 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Power Jacks | $65.48 | $47.26 | $18.22 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Pressure Washer | $64.79 | $46.59 | $18.20 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Railroad Track Laborers | $63.89 | $45.71 | $18.18 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Ribbon Setter, Head | $64.79 | $46.59 | $18.20 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Ribbon Setters (Including Steel Forms) | $63.89 | $45.71 | $18.18 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Rigger/Signalperson | $63.89 | $45.71 | $18.18 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Rip Rap Man (Hand Packed) | $63.89 | $45.71 | $18.18 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Rip Rap Man (Head) | $64.79 | $46.59 | $18.20 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Road Pump Tender | $63.89 | $45.71 | $18.18 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Sand Blasting (Dry) | $65.48 | $47.26 | $18.22 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Scaffold Tender | $63.89 | $45.71 | $18.18 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Sewer Labor | $63.89 | $45.71 | $18.18 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Sewer Timbermen | $65.48 | $47.26 | $18.22 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Signalman | $63.89 | $45.71 | $18.18 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Skipman | $63.89 | $45.71 | $18.18 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Slopers | $63.89 | $45.71 | $18.18 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Spraymen | $63.89 | $45.71 | $18.18 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Stake Chaser | $63.89 | $45.71 | $18.18 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Stake-setter | $64.79 | $46.59 | $18.20 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Stockpiler | $63.89 | $45.71 | $18.18 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Tampers | $64.79 | $46.59 | $18.20 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Tie Back Shoring | $64.79 | $46.59 | $18.20 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Timber Faller And Bucker (Hand Labor) | $63.89 | $45.71 | $18.18 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Tool Operators - Jackhammer | $64.79 | $46.59 | $18.20 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Tool Operators - Paving Breakers | $64.79 | $46.59 | $18.20 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Toolroom Man (At Job Site) | $63.89 | $45.71 | $18.18 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Track Liners | $65.48 | $47.26 | $18.22 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Traffic Control Laborer | $63.89 | $45.71 | $18.18 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Traffic Control SupervisorListed twice by L&I | $64.79 | $46.59 | $18.20 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Traffic Control SupervisorListed twice by L&I | $64.79 | $46.59 | $18.20 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Truck Mounted Attenuator | $63.89 | $45.71 | $18.18 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Tugger Operator | $65.48 | $47.26 | $18.22 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Tunnel Bullgang (Above Ground) | $66.05 | $47.82 | $18.23 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Tunnel Chuck Tenders | $66.05 | $47.82 | $18.23 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Tunnel Motorman - Dinky Locomotive | $66.05 | $47.82 | $18.23 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Tunnel Muckers, Brakemen | $66.05 | $47.82 | $18.23 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Tunnel Shield Operator | $66.05 | $47.82 | $18.23 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Vibrating Screed | $66.05 | $47.82 | $18.23 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Vibrators (All Types) | $66.05 | $47.82 | $18.23 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Water Blaster | $65.48 | $47.26 | $18.22 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Weight-Man-Crusher (Aggregate When Used) | $63.89 | $45.71 | $18.18 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Welder | $65.48 | $47.26 | $18.22 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| General Laborer and Topman | $66.05 | $47.82 | $18.23 | 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 Klickitat 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))
| Classification | Total | Base | Fringes | Effective |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residential Laborers: Journey Level | $17.13 | $13.50 | $3.63 | Dec 19, 2020 |
How Klickitat 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
Wage and fringe benefits, nearby
- Klickitat Countybase $45.71$63.89
- Yakima Countybase $40.28$58.14
- Skamania Countybase $45.71$63.89
- Benton Countybase $38.63$57.75
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).
| County | Classification | Total | Base | vs Klickitat County |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis County | General Laborer | $71.10 | $52.92 | +$7.21 |
| Klickitat County | General Laborer | $63.89 | $45.71 | |
| Skamania County | General Laborer | $63.89 | $45.71 | same |
| Clark County | General Laborer | $63.89 | $45.71 | same |
| Yakima County | General Laborer | $58.14 | $40.28 | −$5.75 |
| Kittitas County | General Laborer | $58.14 | $40.28 | −$5.75 |
| Benton County | General Laborer | $57.75 | $38.63 | −$6.14 |
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).
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, Klickitat County, Laborers (LABO), L&I wage record 149953, published August 3, 2026, effective September 2, 2026: secure.lni.wa.gov/wagelookup/
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