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Telecommunications Technician prevailing wage, Yakima County group, Washington (8 counties)
L&I sets the same telecommunications technician rates, row for row, in 8 counties: Asotin, Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Garfield, Kittitas, Walla Walla and Yakima. Every figure on this page applies in each of them.
$62.44an hour, base wage + fringe benefits
$41.97 base wage + $20.47 fringe benefits
On Washington public works in each of these 8 counties, a telecommunications technician must be paid at least $62.44 an hour in total: $41.97 in wages plus $20.47 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 $62.44 to $62.44 an hour. See all of them.
Base wage and fringe benefits: $41.97 + $20.47
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) | $41.97 |
| Health and welfare | $11.58 |
| Pension | $8.23 |
| Training | $0.25 |
| Other benefits | $0.41 |
| Total straight-time hourly rate | $62.44 |
Set from: collective bargaining agreement, Washington State Addendum to NECA/IBEW 9th District Sound and Communications Agreement. IBEW Local Unions 72, 76, 112, & 191. Inland Empire, Southwest Washington, & Cascade Chapters, NECA - Local 112. 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 August 3, 2026 and took effect September 2, 2026.
Every telecommunications technician rate in the Yakima County group
As L&I lists them. The highlighted row is the one this page leads with.
| Classification | Base wage | Fringe benefits | Total rate | Effective |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Journey Level | $41.97 | $20.47 | $62.44 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Journey Level | $41.97 | $20.47 | $62.44 | Sep 2, 2026 |
Holidays
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Holidays: New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day (6).
How the Yakima 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
Base wage and fringe benefits, nearby
- Yakima County groupbase $41.97$62.44
- Klickitat Countybase $54.50$83.46
- Kittitas Countybase $41.97$62.44
- Benton 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 | Base wage | Total rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clark County group, 5 counties: Clark, Cowlitz, Klickitat, Skamania, Wahkiakum | Journey Level | $54.50 | $83.46 |
| King County group, 4 counties: Clallam, Jefferson, King, Kitsap | Journey Level | $52.46 | $75.47 |
| Snohomish County group, 9 counties: Chelan, Douglas, Grant, Island, Okanogan, San Juan, Skagit, Snohomish, Whatcom | Electronic Technicians Journey Level | $41.90 | $65.58 |
| Pierce County group, 6 counties: Grays Harbor, Lewis, Mason, Pacific, Pierce, Thurston | Journey Level | $47.82 | $64.34 |
| Yakima County group, 8 counties: Asotin, Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Garfield, Kittitas, Walla Walla, Yakima | Journey Level | $41.97 | $62.44 |
| Spokane County group, 7 counties: Adams, Ferry, Lincoln, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens, Whitman | Journey Level | $40.00 | $62.40 |
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
More from L&I on this rate
- Scope of work, WAC 296-127-01322: 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: Asotin · Benton · Columbia · Franklin · Garfield · Kittitas · Walla Walla · 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 $62.44. 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:
- Asotin County: L&I wage record 149948
- Benton County: L&I wage record 149948
- Columbia County: L&I wage record 149948
- Franklin County: L&I wage record 149948
- Garfield County: L&I wage record 149948
- Kittitas County: L&I wage record 149948
- Walla Walla County: L&I wage record 149948
- Yakima County: L&I wage record 149948
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