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Washington outside telephone line worker prevailing wage, county by county

An outside telephone line worker's prevailing wage on Washington public works runs from $40.28 an hour in Yakima County to $40.28 in Adams County, wages and fringe benefits together. The median county is $40.28.

Main outside telephone line worker classification in each county (Telephone lineperson), L&I period 2026-2, commercial rates. Checked October 24, 2026.

Pierce County outside telephone line worker: $40.28 per hourAdams County outside telephone line worker: $40.28 per hourPend Oreille County outside telephone line worker: $40.28 per hourKing County outside telephone line worker: $40.28 per hourChelan County outside telephone line worker: $40.28 per hourKittitas County outside telephone line worker: $40.28 per hourGarfield County outside telephone line worker: $40.28 per hourGrant County outside telephone line worker: $40.28 per hourOkanogan County outside telephone line worker: $40.28 per hourFranklin County outside telephone line worker: $40.28 per hourKlickitat County outside telephone line worker: $40.28 per hourClark County outside telephone line worker: $40.28 per hourSkagit County outside telephone line worker: $40.28 per hourWalla Walla County outside telephone line worker: $40.28 per hourPacific County outside telephone line worker: $40.28 per hourCowlitz County outside telephone line worker: $40.28 per hourWahkiakum County outside telephone line worker: $40.28 per hourLewis County outside telephone line worker: $40.28 per hourClallam County outside telephone line worker: $40.28 per hourGrays Harbor County outside telephone line worker: $40.28 per hourJefferson County outside telephone line worker: $40.28 per hourLincoln County outside telephone line worker: $40.28 per hourMason County outside telephone line worker: $40.28 per hourSan Juan County outside telephone line worker: $40.28 per hourStevens County outside telephone line worker: $40.28 per hourWhatcom County outside telephone line worker: $40.28 per hourDouglas County outside telephone line worker: $40.28 per hourSnohomish County outside telephone line worker: $40.28 per hourThurston County outside telephone line worker: $40.28 per hourColumbia County outside telephone line worker: $40.28 per hourYakima County outside telephone line worker: $40.28 per hourBenton County outside telephone line worker: $40.28 per hourIsland County outside telephone line worker: $40.28 per hourSpokane County outside telephone line worker: $40.28 per hourWhitman County outside telephone line worker: $40.28 per hourFerry County outside telephone line worker: $40.28 per hourSkamania County outside telephone line worker: $40.28 per hourAsotin County outside telephone line worker: $40.28 per hourKitsap County outside telephone line worker: $40.28 per hour
$40$40$40$40$40$40Telephone Line Worker (Outside), main rate, total per hour. Each shade holds about a fifth of the counties.

Which counties pay which rate

CountiesMain classificationTotalBase
King County group, 39 counties: Adams, Asotin, Benton, Chelan, Clallam, Clark, Columbia, Cowlitz, Douglas, Ferry, Franklin, Garfield, Grant, Grays Harbor, Island, Jefferson, King, Kitsap, Kittitas, Klickitat, Lewis, Lincoln, Mason, Okanogan, Pacific, Pend Oreille, Pierce, San Juan, Skagit, Skamania, Snohomish, Spokane, Stevens, Thurston, Wahkiakum, Walla Walla, Whatcom, Whitman, YakimaTelephone Lineperson$40.28 $31.83 

1 group of counties with identical L&I rates, and 0 counties with rates of their own.

These are journey-level rates. Registered apprentices are paid L&I's apprentice rate for the trade (RCW 39.12.021), which L&I publishes in its wage lookup.

Questions about Washington outside telephone line worker pay

What is the outside telephone line worker prevailing wage in King County?

$40.28 an hour: a $31.83 base wage plus $8.45 in fringe benefits, under L&I period 2026-2. Overtime and every outside telephone line worker classification in King County.

Does outside telephone line worker prevailing wage include fringe benefits?

Yes. In King County the $40.28 total is a $31.83 base wage plus $8.45 in fringe benefits, about 21% of the total. The employer owes the full amount for every hour worked.

Do apprentice outside telephone line workers get this rate?

Registered apprentices get L&I's apprentice rate for the trade (RCW 39.12.021), which L&I publishes in its wage lookup. Anyone else on the job is paid as a journey-level worker.

Why do some counties have the same outside telephone line worker rate?

L&I often publishes the same outside telephone line worker rates for several counties. Across Washington, the 39 counties with an outside telephone line worker rate fall into 1 distinct sets of rates, and 1 of those sets are shared by more than one county; the largest covers 39 counties (the King County group).