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Light Fixture Maintenance Worker prevailing wage, King County group, Washington (4 counties)
L&I sets the same light fixture maintenance worker rates, row for row, in 4 counties: Clallam, Jefferson, King and Kitsap. Every figure on this page applies in each of them.
$42.69an hour, base wage + fringe benefits
$32.13 base wage + $10.56 fringe benefits
On Washington public works in each of these 4 counties, a light fixture maintenance worker must be paid at least $42.69 an hour in total: $32.13 in wages plus $10.56 in fringe benefits for health, pension, vacation, training and other plans. L&I's rate took effect March 4, 2026.
L&I published this rate on February 2, 2026 and it took effect March 4, 2026. 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: $32.13 + $10.56
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) | $32.13 |
| Health and welfare | $5.85 |
| Pension | $4.71 |
| Total straight-time hourly rate | $42.69 |
Set from: collective bargaining agreement, Master Agreement for Light Fixture Maintenance Agreement. 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 February 2, 2026 and took effect March 4, 2026.
Holidays
L&I holiday code 5L:
Holidays: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Friday after Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day (8).
How the King County group compares
The main light fixture maintenance worker 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
- King County groupbase $32.13$42.69
- Pierce Countybase $17.76$17.76
- Snohomish Countybase $13.76$17.13
- Kitsap Countybase $32.13$42.69
Which county is in which light fixture maintenance worker group
Every Washington county with a light fixture maintenance worker 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grays Harbor County | Journey Level | $68.36 | $97.32 |
| Yakima County | Journey Level | $43.32 | $43.32 |
| King County group, 4 counties: Clallam, Jefferson, King, Kitsap | Journey Level | $32.13 | $42.69 |
| Benton County | Journey Level | $34.23 | $34.23 |
| Kittitas County | Journey Level | $32.24 | $32.24 |
| Spokane County | Journey Level | $30.89 | $30.89 |
| Thurston County | Journey Level | $29.54 | $29.54 |
| Clark County | Journey Level | $26.96 | $26.96 |
| Cowlitz County | Journey Level | $25.23 | $25.23 |
| Grant County | Journey Level | $24.88 | $24.88 |
| Skagit County | Journey Level | $21.48 | $21.48 |
| Pierce County | Journey Level | $17.76 | $17.76 |
| Franklin County group, 19 counties: Adams, Asotin, Chelan, Columbia, Douglas, Ferry, Franklin, Garfield, Lewis, Lincoln, Mason, Okanogan, Pacific, Pend Oreille, San Juan, Stevens, Wahkiakum, Walla Walla, Whitman | Journey Level | $8.55 | $17.13 |
| Klickitat County group, 2 counties: Klickitat, Skamania | Journey Level | $8.72 | $17.13 |
| Whatcom County group, 2 counties: Island, Whatcom | Journey Level | $13.82 | $17.13 |
| Snohomish County | Journey Level | $13.76 | $17.13 |
4 groups of counties with identical L&I rates, and 12 counties with rates of their own.
Washington light fixture maintenance worker prevailing wage by county, with a map
More from L&I on this rate
- Scope of work, WAC 296-127-01325: 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 · Jefferson · King · Kitsap
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 $42.69. 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, Electrical Fixture Maintenance Workers (EFIX), published February 2, 2026, effective March 4, 2026: secure.lni.wa.gov/wagelookup/. L&I keeps a wage record for each county; for the row this page leads with:
- Clallam County: L&I wage record 149452
- Jefferson County: L&I wage record 149452
- King County: L&I wage record 149452
- Kitsap County: L&I wage record 149452
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