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Electrician prevailing wage in Lewis County, Washington

$97.32an hour, base wage + fringe benefits

$68.36 base wage + $28.96 fringe benefits

Lewis County uses the same electrician rates as 3 other counties. See all of them on one page.

On Washington public works in Lewis County, an electrician must be paid at least $97.32 an hour in total: $68.36 in wages plus $28.96 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 4 commercial electrician rates for Lewis County, from $97.32 to $111.40 an hour. See all of them.

L&I also sets a residential electrician rate in Lewis County: $57.29 an hour. It applies only to the residential projects L&I defines. Residential rates and when they apply.

Base wage and fringe benefits: $68.36 + $28.96

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)	$68.36
Health and welfare	$10.51
Pension	$16.85
Training	$1.03
Other benefits	$0.57
Total straight-time hourly rate	$97.32

Set from: collective bargaining agreement, Inside Collective Bargaining Agreement Between Southwest Washington Chapter NECA And IBEW Local Union #76. 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 1G:

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.

The first ten (10) hours worked on Saturdays and the first ten (10) hours worked on a fifth calendar weekday in a four - ten hour schedule, shall be paid at one and one-half times the hourly rate of wage. All hours worked in excess of ten (10) hours per day Monday through Saturday and all hours worked on Sundays and holidays shall be paid at double the hourly rate of wage.

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 electrician rate in Lewis County

As L&I lists them, commercial rates only (residential rates are below). The highlighted row is the one this page leads with.

Lead Covered Cable Splicer$111.40
Cable Splicer$104.37
Welder$104.37
Journey Level$97.32

Total hourly rate of each electrician classification in Lewis County, highest first, split into base wage and fringe benefits.

Classification	Base wage	Fringe benefits	Total rate	Effective
Cable Splicer	$75.20	$29.17	$104.37	Sep 2, 2026
Journey Level	$68.36	$28.96	$97.32	Sep 2, 2026
Lead Covered Cable Splicer	$82.03	$29.37	$111.40	Sep 2, 2026
Welder	$75.20	$29.17	$104.37	Sep 2, 2026

Residential electrician rates in Lewis 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	Base wage	Fringe benefits	Total rate	Effective
Residential Electricians: Journey Level	$41.67	$15.62	$57.29	Sep 2, 2026

Davis-Bacon electrician rate in Lewis 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 building work, the matching Davis-Bacon classification is ELECTRICIAN at $91.70 ($65.14 base + $26.56 fringe), from WA20260032 modification 1, published May 18, 2026, rate ELEC0076-005. Against L&I's $97.32: L&I's rate is $5.62 an hour higher.

For highway work, the matching Davis-Bacon classification is ELECTRICIAN (GRAYS HARBOR, LEWIS, MASON, PACIFIC, PIERCE, AND THURSTON COUNTIES) at $91.70 ($65.14 base + $26.56 fringe), from WA20260001 modification 4, published June 16, 2026, rate ELEC0076-002. Against L&I's $97.32: L&I's rate is $5.62 an hour higher.

For heavy work, the matching Davis-Bacon classification is ELECTRICIAN at $91.70 ($65.14 base + $26.56 fringe), from WA20260051 modification 1, published May 18, 2026, rate ELEC0076-005. Against L&I's $97.32: L&I's rate is $5.62 an hour higher.

Construction	Federal classification	Base wage	Total rate	WD
Building	ELECTRICIANELEC0076-005	$65.14	$91.70	WA20260032 Mod 1
Highway	ELECTRICIAN (GRAYS HARBOR, LEWIS, MASON, PACIFIC, PIERCE, AND THURSTON COUNTIES)ELEC0076-002	$65.14	$91.70	WA20260001 Mod 4
Heavy	ELECTRICIANELEC0076-005	$65.14	$91.70	WA20260051 Mod 1
Residential	ELECTRICIANSUWA2011-006	$19.00	$22.17	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 5C:

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

How Lewis County compares

The main electrician 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

Lewis $97.327854

$72.39Adams$114.21Clallam

LewisNearby: Cowlitz $99.74, Thurston $97.32, Pierce $97.32Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 18 counties pay more than Lewis, 5 the same, 15 less.

Base wage and fringe benefits, nearby

Lewis Countybase $68.36$97.32
Cowlitz Countybase $65.50$99.74
Thurston Countybase $68.36$97.32
Pierce Countybase $68.36$97.32

Electrician 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 electrician rates for Lewis County are the same as in 3 other counties: Grays Harbor, Pacific, Thurston.

County	Classification	Base wage	Total rate	vs Lewis County
Cowlitz County	Journey Level	$65.50	$99.74	+$2.42
Skamania County	Journey Level	$65.50	$99.74	+$2.42
Wahkiakum County	Journey Level	$65.50	$99.74	+$2.42
Clark County	Journey Level	$65.50	$99.74	+$2.42
Lewis County	Journey Level	$68.36	$97.32
Thurston County	Journey Level	$68.36	$97.32	same
Pierce County	Journey Level	$68.36	$97.32	same

Washington electrician prevailing wage by county, with a map

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 $97.32. 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, Lewis County, Electricians - Inside (ELEC), L&I wage record 149854, 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 Lewis County as CSV · Report an error