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Landscape Maintenance Laborer prevailing wage, Spokane County group, Washington (28 counties)
L&I sets the same landscape maintenance laborer rates, row for row, in 28 counties: Adams, Asotin, Chelan, Clark, Columbia, Cowlitz, Douglas, Ferry, Garfield, Grant, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Kittitas, Klickitat, Lewis, Lincoln, Mason, Okanogan, Pacific, Pend Oreille, Skamania, Spokane, Stevens, Wahkiakum, Walla Walla, Whatcom, Whitman and Yakima. Every figure on this page applies in each of them.
$17.13an hour, base wage + fringe benefits · Groundskeeper
$12.00 base wage + $5.13 fringe benefits
On Washington public works in each of these 28 counties, a landscape maintenance laborer working as groundskeeper must be paid at least $17.13 an hour. L&I's wage and benefit figures for this rate add up to $12.00, below the state minimum wage, so L&I publishes the rate at the 2026 minimum wage of $17.13.
L&I published this rate on March 11, 2019 and it took effect March 11, 2019. 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.
Base wage and fringe benefits: $12.00 + $5.13
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) | $12.00 |
| Raised to the state minimum wage | $5.13 |
| Total straight-time hourly rate | $17.13 |
L&I's wage and benefit columns for this row add up to $12.00. That is below Washington's 2026 minimum wage, so L&I publishes the total at $17.13, the minimum wage (L&I minimum wage).
Set from: L&I wage survey (weighted average). 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 March 11, 2019 and took effect March 11, 2019.
- This rate sits at the state minimum wage, which L&I applies by date. From January 1, 2027 the minimum wage is $17.73 (L&I minimum wage), and L&I's lookup already returns this rate at $17.73 for 2027 award dates.
How the Spokane County group compares
The main landscape maintenance 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
Base wage and fringe benefits, nearby
- Spokane County groupbase $12.00$17.13
- Lincoln Countybase $12.00$17.13
- Whitman Countybase $12.00$17.13
- King Countybase $17.87$17.87
Which county is in which landscape maintenance laborer group
Every Washington county with a landscape maintenance laborer 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Juan County | Groundskeeper | $32.83 | $32.83 |
| King County | Groundskeeper | $17.87 | $17.87 |
| Spokane County group, 28 counties: Adams, Asotin, Chelan, Clark, Columbia, Cowlitz, Douglas, Ferry, Garfield, Grant, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Kittitas, Klickitat, Lewis, Lincoln, Mason, Okanogan, Pacific, Pend Oreille, Skamania, Spokane, Stevens, Wahkiakum, Walla Walla, Whatcom, Whitman, Yakima | Groundskeeper | $12.00 | $17.13 |
| Benton County | Groundskeeper | $13.56 | $17.13 |
| Clallam County | Groundskeeper | $12.89 | $17.13 |
| Franklin County | Groundskeeper | $15.09 | $17.13 |
| Island County | Groundskeeper | $16.60 | $17.13 |
| Kitsap County | Groundskeeper | $12.92 | $17.13 |
| Pierce County | Groundskeeper | $17.07 | $17.13 |
| Skagit County | Groundskeeper | $14.18 | $17.13 |
| Snohomish County | Groundskeeper | $14.13 | $17.13 |
| Thurston County | Groundskeeper | $14.41 | $17.13 |
1 group of counties with identical L&I rates, and 11 counties with rates of their own.
Washington landscape maintenance laborer prevailing wage by county, with a map
More from L&I on this rate
- Scope of work, WAC 296-127-01345: 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: Adams · Asotin · Chelan · Clark · Columbia · Cowlitz · Douglas · Ferry · Garfield · Grant · Grays Harbor · Jefferson · Kittitas · Klickitat · Lewis · Lincoln · Mason · Okanogan · Pacific · Pend Oreille · Skamania · Spokane · Stevens · Wahkiakum · Walla Walla · Whatcom · Whitman · Yakima
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 $17.13. 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, Landscape Maintenance (LANM), published March 11, 2019, effective March 11, 2019: 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 142045
- Asotin County: L&I wage record 142048
- Chelan County: L&I wage record 142050
- Clark County: L&I wage record 142075
- Columbia County: L&I wage record 142051
- Cowlitz County: L&I wage record 142076
- Douglas County: L&I wage record 142052
- Ferry County: L&I wage record 142053
- Garfield County: L&I wage record 142056
- Grant County: L&I wage record 142057
- Grays Harbor County: L&I wage record 142077
- Jefferson County: L&I wage record 142080
- Kittitas County: L&I wage record 142058
- Klickitat County: L&I wage record 142082
- Lewis County: L&I wage record 142084
- Lincoln County: L&I wage record 142059
- Mason County: L&I wage record 142085
- Okanogan County: L&I wage record 142060
- Pacific County: L&I wage record 142086
- Pend Oreille County: L&I wage record 142061
- Skamania County: L&I wage record 142090
- Spokane County: L&I wage record 142062
- Stevens County: L&I wage record 142063
- Wahkiakum County: L&I wage record 142093
- Walla Walla County: L&I wage record 142064
- Whatcom County: L&I wage record 142094
- Whitman County: L&I wage record 142065
- Yakima County: L&I wage record 142066
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