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Landscape & Irrigation Laborer prevailing wage in Thurston County, Washington

$55.62an hour, base wage + fringe benefits

$37.82 base wage + $17.80 fringe benefits

Thurston County uses the same landscape and irrigation laborer rates as 1 other county. See all of them on one page.

On Washington public works in Thurston County, a landscape and irrigation laborer must be paid at least $55.62 an hour in total: $37.82 in wages plus $17.80 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 landscape and irrigation laborer rates for Thurston County, from $55.62 to $92.99 an hour. See all of them.

Base wage and fringe benefits: $37.82 + $17.80

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)	$37.82
Health and welfare	$8.80
Pension	$6.80
Vacation and holiday	$0.95
Training	$1.10
Other benefits	$0.15
Total straight-time hourly rate	$55.62

Set from: collective bargaining agreement, Western WA Master Labor Agreement 2024-2027 Agreement between the Associated General Contractors of Washington and Washington and Northern Idaho District Council of Laborers. 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 11X:

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.

Work performed in excess of ten (10) hours of straight time per day when four ten (10) hour shifts are established and all work on Saturdays, except for make-up days shall be paid at time and one-half (1 ½) the straight time rate.

Work performed outside the normal work hours of 5:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. shall be paid at one and one-half (1-1/2) times the straight time rate, (except for special shifts or multiple shift operations). When the first shift of multiple shift (a two or three shift) operation is started at the basic straight time rate or at a specific overtime rate, all shifts of that day’s operation shall be completed at that rate. When due to conditions beyond the control of the Employer or when contract specifications require that work can only be performed outside the regular day shift of 5:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., then a special shift may be worked at the straight time rate, plus the shift pay premium when applicable. The starting time of work will be arranged to fit such conditions of work. Such shifts shall consist of eight (8) hours work for eight (8) hours pay or ten (10) hours work for ten (10) hours pay for four ten-hour shifts.

In the event the job is down due to weather conditions, then Saturday may, be worked as a voluntary make-up day at the straight time rate. However, Saturday shall not be utilized as a make-up day when a holiday falls on Friday. All work performed on Sundays and holidays and work in excess of twelve (12) hours per day shall be paid at double (2x) the straight time rate of pay.

After an employee has worked eight (8) hours at an applicable overtime rate, all additional hours shall be at the applicable overtime rate until such time as the employee has had a break of eight (8) hours.

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.

Special Shifts: When due to conditions beyond the control of the Employer or when contract specifications require that work can only be performed outside the regular day shift, then a special shift may be worked at the straight time rate. The starting time of work will be arranged to fit such conditions of work. Such shift shall consist of eight (8) hours work for eight (8) hours pay or ten (10) hours work for ten (10) hours pay for four ten- hour shifts

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.

Every landscape and irrigation laborer rate in Thurston County

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

Classification	Base wage	Fringe benefits	Total rate	Effective
Landscape Construction/Landscaping Or Planting Laborers	$37.82	$17.80	$55.62	Sep 2, 2026
Landscape Equipment Operators: Landscape Operator	$62.85	$30.14	$92.99	Sep 2, 2026

Davis-Bacon landscape and irrigation laborer rate in Thurston 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.

The federal determinations for Thurston County list no landscape and irrigation laborer classification.

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 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.

How Thurston County compares

The main landscape and irrigation laborer 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

Thurston $55.623588

$50.34Chelan$57.49Adams

ThurstonNearby: Lewis $55.62, Mason $55.62, Cowlitz $51.68Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 8 counties pay more than Thurston, 14 the same, 16 less.

Base wage and fringe benefits, nearby

Thurston Countybase $37.82$55.62
Lewis Countybase $37.82$55.62
Mason Countybase $37.82$55.62
Cowlitz Countybase $33.80$51.68

Landscape & Irrigation Laborer 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 landscape and irrigation laborer rates for Thurston County are the same as in 1 other county: Pierce. The closest county with a different rate is Cowlitz County, at $51.68.

County	Classification	Base wage	Total rate	vs Thurston County
Thurston County	Landscape Construction/Landscaping Or Planting Laborers	$37.82	$55.62
Lewis County	Landscape Construction/Landscaping Or Planting Laborers	$37.82	$55.62	same
Mason County	Landscape Construction/Landscaping Or Planting Laborers	$37.82	$55.62	same
Pierce County	Landscape Construction/Landscaping Or Planting Laborers	$37.82	$55.62	same
Grays Harbor County	Landscape Construction/Landscaping Or Planting Laborers	$37.82	$55.62	same
Kitsap County	Landscape Construction/Landscaping Or Planting Laborers	$37.82	$55.62	same
Pacific County	Landscape Construction/Landscaping Or Planting Laborers	$37.82	$55.62	same

Washington landscape and irrigation laborer prevailing wage by county, with a map

Notes on this rate

L&I's notes, in L&I's words. Some add premiums for hazardous work, special shifts or certifications.

9N Tide Work: When employees are called out between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.to work on tide work (work located in the tide plane) all time worked shall be at one and one-half times the hourly rate of pay. Swinging Stage/Boatswains Chair: Employees working on a swinging state or boatswains chair or under conditions that require them to be tied off to allow their hands to be free shall receive seventy-five cents ($0.75) per hour above the classification rate. When Laborers are required to work in or with live sanitary sewage, they will receive a premium payoff forty ($40.00) dollars per day above their regular daily classification pay. Further, the employer will pay all necessary inoculations to prevent disease if requested by the employee and as recommended by the Department of Labor and Industries (Industrial Safety and Health Division).

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 $55.62. 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, Thurston County, Landscape Construction (LAND), L&I wage record 149980, 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 Thurston County as CSV · Report an error