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Drywall Finisher prevailing wage in Snohomish County, Washington

$84.77an hour, base wage + fringe benefits

$65.37 base wage + $19.40 fringe benefits

Snohomish County uses the same drywall finisher rates as 1 other county. See all of them on one page.

On Washington public works in Snohomish County, a drywall finisher must be paid at least $84.77 an hour in total: $65.37 in wages plus $19.40 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 also sets a residential drywall finisher rate in Snohomish County: $84.37 an hour. It applies only to the residential projects L&I defines. Residential rates and when they apply.

Base wage and fringe benefits: $65.37 + $19.40

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)	$65.37
Health and welfare	$9.25
Pension	$8.61
Training	$0.77
Other benefits	$0.77
Total straight-time hourly rate	$84.77

Set from: collective bargaining agreement, Agreement between the Southwest Mountain States Regional Council of Carpenters and Northwest Wall & Ceiling Contractors Association. 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 11S:

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 shall be paid at one and one-half times the hourly rate of wage. In the event the job is down due to weather conditions, or other conditions beyond the control of the Employer, then Saturday may be worked at the straight time rate, for the first eight (8) hours, or the first ten (10) hours when a four day ten hour workweek has been established.

All hours worked Monday through Saturday over twelve (12) hours and all hours worked on Sundays and holidays shall be paid at double the hourly rate of wage.

When an employee returns to work without a break of eight (8) hours since their previous shift, all such time shall be a continuation of shift and paid at the applicable overtime rate until such time as the employee has had a break of eight (8) hours.

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.

Residential drywall finisher rates in Snohomish 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 Drywall Tapers: Journey Level	$60.20	$24.17	$84.37	Sep 2, 2026

Davis-Bacon drywall finisher rate in Snohomish 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.

We don't put a federal figure next to L&I's here, because the two schedules' classifications don't line up one to one. The federal rows for this trade are below; match the classification to the work.

Construction	Federal classification	Base wage	Total rate	WD
Building	DRYWALL FINISHER/TAPERPAIN0364-001	$53.59	$77.24	WA20260113 Mod 1
Residential	PAINTER: DRYWALL FINISHING/TAPING ONLYSUWA2011-014	$34.36	$48.70	WA20260094 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 15O:

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, the day before Christmas day, and Christmas Day (10). Any holiday which falls on a Sunday shall be observed as a holiday on the following Monday.

How Snohomish County compares

The main drywall finisher 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

Snohomish $84.77145

$66.66Adams$84.77Chelan

SnohomishNearby: Skagit $84.77, King $84.77, Grant $66.66Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 0 counties pay more than Snohomish, 19 the same, 19 less.

Base wage and fringe benefits, nearby

Snohomish Countybase $65.37$84.77
Skagit Countybase $65.37$84.77
King Countybase $65.37$84.77
Grant Countybase $48.11$66.66

Drywall Finisher 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 drywall finisher rates for Snohomish County are the same as in 1 other county: Pierce. The closest county with a different rate is Grant County, at $66.66.

County	Classification	Base wage	Total rate	vs Snohomish County
Snohomish County	Journey Level	$65.37	$84.77
Skagit County	Journey Level	$65.37	$84.77	same
King County	Journey Level	$65.37	$84.77	same
Island County	Journey Level	$65.37	$84.77	same
Chelan County	Journey Level	$65.37	$84.77	same
Whatcom County	Journey Level	$65.37	$84.77	same
Kitsap County	Journey Level	$65.37	$84.77	same

Washington drywall finisher 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 $84.77. 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, Snohomish County, Drywall Tapers (DRYW), L&I wage record 149610, 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 Snohomish County as CSV · Report an error