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Telecommunications Technician prevailing wage, Spokane County group, Washington (7 counties)

L&I sets the same telecommunications technician rates, row for row, in 7 counties: Adams, Ferry, Lincoln, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens and Whitman. Every figure on this page applies in each of them.

$62.40an hour, total

$40.00 wage + $22.40 fringe benefits

On Washington public works in each of these 7 counties, a telecommunications technician must be paid at least $62.40 an hour in total: $40.00 in wages plus $22.40 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 lists 2 commercial telecommunications technician rates for each of these counties, from $62.40 to $62.40 an hour. See all of them.

Base wage and fringe: $40.00 + $22.40

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)	$40.00
Health and welfare	$11.18
Pension	$10.41
Training	$0.40
Other benefits	$0.41
Total straight-time hourly rate	$62.40

Set from: collective bargaining agreement, Washington State Addendum to NECA/IBEW 9th District Sound and Communication Agreement IBEW Local Unions 73,76, 112, 191 Inland Empire, Southwest Washington, & Cascade Chapters, NECA. 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 1B:

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.

All hours worked on Saturdays shall be paid at one and one-half times the hourly rate of wage. 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.

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Holidays

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When this rate changes

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 telecommunications technician rate in the Spokane County group

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

Classification	Total	Base	Fringes	Effective
Journey Level	$62.40	$40.00	$22.40	Sep 2, 2026
Journey Level	$62.40	$40.00	$22.40	Sep 2, 2026

How the Spokane County group compares

The main telecommunications technician 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

Spokane $62.406945

$62.40Adams$83.46Clark

SpokaneNearby: Adams $62.40, Ferry $62.40, Lincoln $62.40, Pend Oreille $62.40, Stevens $62.40, Whitman $62.40Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 32 counties pay more than Spokane, 6 the same, 0 less.

Wage and fringe benefits, nearby

Spokane County groupbase $40.00$62.40
Lincoln Countybase $40.00$62.40
Whitman Countybase $40.00$62.40
Garfield Countybase $41.97$62.44

Which county is in which telecommunications technician group

Every Washington county with a telecommunications technician 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	Total	Base
Clark County group, 5 counties: Clark, Cowlitz, Klickitat, Skamania, Wahkiakum	Journey Level	$83.46	$54.50
King County group, 4 counties: Clallam, Jefferson, King, Kitsap	Journey Level	$75.47	$52.46
Snohomish County group, 9 counties: Chelan, Douglas, Grant, Island, Okanogan, San Juan, Skagit, Snohomish, Whatcom	Electronic Technicians Journey Level	$65.58	$41.90
Pierce County group, 6 counties: Grays Harbor, Lewis, Mason, Pacific, Pierce, Thurston	Journey Level	$64.34	$47.82
Yakima County group, 8 counties: Asotin, Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Garfield, Kittitas, Walla Walla, Yakima	Journey Level	$62.44	$41.97
Spokane County group, 7 counties: Adams, Ferry, Lincoln, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens, Whitman	Journey Level	$62.40	$40.00

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

Washington telecommunications technician 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 $62.40. 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, Electronic Technicians (ELTC), 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:

Adams County: L&I wage record 149928
Ferry County: L&I wage record 149928
Lincoln County: L&I wage record 149928
Pend Oreille County: L&I wage record 149928
Spokane County: L&I wage record 149928
Stevens County: L&I wage record 149928
Whitman County: L&I wage record 149928

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