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Pile Driver prevailing wage, King County group, Washington (20 counties)

L&I sets the same pile driver rates, row for row, in 20 counties: Chelan, Clallam, Douglas, Grays Harbor, Island, Jefferson, King, Kitsap, Kittitas, Lewis, Mason, Okanogan, Pacific, Pierce, San Juan, Skagit, Snohomish, Thurston, Whatcom and Yakima. Every figure on this page applies in each of them.

$89.43an hour, total

$68.65 wage + $20.78 fringe benefits

On Washington public works in each of these 20 counties, a pile driver must be paid at least $89.43 an hour in total: $68.65 in wages plus $20.78 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 2 commercial pile driver rates for each of these counties, from $80.50 to $89.43 an hour. See all of them.

Base wage and fringe: $68.65 + $20.78

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)$68.65
Health and welfare$9.75
Pension$10.11
Training$0.77
Other benefits$0.15
Total straight-time hourly rate$89.43

Set from: collective bargaining agreement, (Western/Central WA) - Washington, Oregon and Alaska Cascadia Regional Master Agreement Between the Western States Association Of Union Contractors And the Western States Regional Council Of Carpenters Covering The States Of Alaska, Washington & Oregon. 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 pile driver rates in these counties

The counties share L&I's rates, but not always the same federal wage determination. 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.

CountyFederal classificationBase + fringeWDvs L&I
Chelan CountyNo federal row for this trade
Clallam CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Douglas CountyNo federal row for this trade
Grays Harbor CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Island CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Jefferson CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
King CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Kitsap CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Kittitas CountyNo federal row for this trade
Lewis CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Mason CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Okanogan CountyNo federal row for this trade
Pacific CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Pierce CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
San Juan CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Skagit CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Snohomish CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Thurston CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Whatcom CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Yakima CountyNo federal row for this trade

Holidays

L&I holiday code 15J:

Holidays: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, the Friday and Saturday after Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day (9). 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.

When this rate changes

Every pile driver rate in the King County group

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

ClassificationTotalBaseFringesEffective
Crew Tender$80.50 $80.50 $0.00 Aug 31, 2025
Journey Level$89.43 $68.65 $20.78 Sep 2, 2026

How the King County group compares

The main pile driver 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

$71.63Adams$89.43Chelan
KingNearby: Chelan $89.43, Clallam $89.43, Douglas $89.43, Grays Harbor $89.43, Island $89.43, Jefferson $89.43, Kitsap $89.43, Kittitas $89.43, Lewis $89.43, Mason $89.43, Okanogan $89.43, Pacific $89.43, Pierce $89.43, San Juan $89.43, Skagit $89.43, Snohomish $89.43, Thurston $89.43, Whatcom $89.43, Yakima $89.43Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 0 counties pay more than King, 19 the same, 19 less.

Wage and fringe benefits, nearby

  1. King County groupbase $68.65$89.43
  2. Pierce Countybase $68.65$89.43
  3. Snohomish Countybase $68.65$89.43
  4. Cowlitz Countybase $58.06$76.07

Which county is in which pile driver group

Every Washington county with a pile driver 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.

CountiesMain classificationTotalBase
King County group, 20 counties: Chelan, Clallam, Douglas, Grays Harbor, Island, Jefferson, King, Kitsap, Kittitas, Lewis, Mason, Okanogan, Pacific, Pierce, San Juan, Skagit, Snohomish, Thurston, Whatcom, YakimaJourney Level$89.43 $68.65 
Clark County group, 5 counties: Clark, Cowlitz, Klickitat, Skamania, WahkiakumJourney Level$76.07 $58.06 
Spokane County group, 14 counties: Adams, Asotin, Benton, Columbia, Ferry, Franklin, Garfield, Grant, Lincoln, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens, Walla Walla, WhitmanJourney Level$71.63 $53.80 

3 groups of counties with identical L&I rates, and 0 counties with rates of their own.

Washington pile driver prevailing wage by county, with a map

More from L&I on this rate

  • Scope of work, WAC 296-127-01358: 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: Chelan · Clallam · Douglas · Grays Harbor · Island · Jefferson · King · Kitsap · Kittitas · Lewis · Mason · Okanogan · Pacific · Pierce · San Juan · Skagit · Snohomish · Thurston · Whatcom · 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 $89.43. 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, Pile Driver (PILE), published August 3, 2026, effective September 2, 2026: secure.lni.wa.gov/wagelookup/. L&I keeps a wage record for each county; for the row this page leads with:

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