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Electrician prevailing wage in Walla Walla County, Washington

$92.05an hour, total

$63.00 wage + $29.05 fringe benefits

On Washington public works in Walla Walla County, an electrician must be paid at least $92.05 an hour in total: $63.00 in wages plus $29.05 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 3 commercial electrician rates for Walla Walla County, from $92.05 to $108.39 an hour. See all of them.

L&I also sets a residential electrician rate in Walla Walla County: $30.33 an hour. It applies only to the residential projects L&I defines. Residential rates and when they apply.

Base wage and fringe: $63.00 + $29.05

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)	$63.00
Health and welfare	$12.38
Pension	$15.19
Training	$0.90
Other benefits	$0.58
Total straight-time hourly rate	$92.05

Set from: collective bargaining agreement, 2021-2024 Agreement Between Local Union N. 112 International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Kennewick, WA and Western Division, Inland Empire Chapter National Electrical 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 11F:

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 two (2) hours after eight (8) regular hours Monday through Friday and the first eight (8) hours on Saturday shall be paid at one and one-half times the hourly rate of wage. All other hours worked Monday through Saturday, and all hours worked on Sundays and holidays shall be paid at double the hourly rate of wage.

On a four-day, ten-hour weekly schedule, either Monday thru Thursday or Tuesday thru Friday schedule, all hours worked after ten shall be paid at double the hourly rate of wage. The Monday or Friday not utilized in the normal four-day, ten hour work week, and Saturday shall be paid at one-half times the hourly rate of wage for the first eight (8) hours. All other hours worked Monday through Saturday, and 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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Davis-Bacon electrician rate in Walla Walla 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.

For building work, the matching Davis-Bacon classification is ELECTRICIAN at $87.78 ($60.00 base + $27.78 fringe), from WA20260117 modification 2, published May 18, 2026, rate ELEC0112-012. Against L&I's $92.05: L&I's rate is $4.27 an hour higher.

For highway work, the matching Davis-Bacon classification is ELECTRICIAN (ASOTIN, BENTON, COLUMBIA, FRANKLIN, GARFIELD, KITTITAS, WALLA WALLA, YAKIMA COUNTIES) at $87.78 ($60.00 base + $27.78 fringe), from WA20260001 modification 4, published June 16, 2026, rate ELEC0112-005. Against L&I's $92.05: L&I's rate is $4.27 an hour higher.

For heavy work, the matching Davis-Bacon classification is ELECTRICIAN at $87.78 ($60.00 base + $27.78 fringe), from WA20260133 modification 2, published May 18, 2026, rate ELEC0112-010. Against L&I's $92.05: L&I's rate is $4.27 an hour higher.

Construction	Federal classification	Base + fringe	Base	WD
Building	ELECTRICIANELEC0112-012	$87.78	$60.00	WA20260117 Mod 2
Highway	ELECTRICIAN (ASOTIN, BENTON, COLUMBIA, FRANKLIN, GARFIELD, KITTITAS, WALLA WALLA, YAKIMA COUNTIES)ELEC0112-005	$87.78	$60.00	WA20260001 Mod 4
Heavy	ELECTRICIANELEC0112-010	$87.78	$60.00	WA20260133 Mod 2
Residential	ELECTRICIANELEC0073-007	$39.85	$29.02	WA20260100 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 5A:

Holidays: New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Friday after Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day (7).

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 electrician rate in Walla Walla County

As L&I lists them, commercial rates only (residential rates are below). The highlighted row is the one this page leads with.

Welder$108.39
Cable Splicer$96.02
Journey Level$92.05

Total hourly rate of each electrician classification in Walla Walla County, highest first, split into wage and fringe benefits.

Classification	Total	Base	Fringes	Effective
Cable Splicer	$96.02	$66.15	$29.87	Sep 2, 2026
Journey Level	$92.05	$63.00	$29.05	Sep 2, 2026
Welder	$108.39	$78.75	$29.64	Sep 2, 2026

Residential electrician rates in Walla Walla 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	Total	Base	Fringes	Effective
Residential Electricians: Journey Level	$30.33	$30.33	$0.00	Dec 19, 2020

How Walla Walla County compares

The main electrician 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

Walla Walla $92.057154

$72.39Adams$114.21Clallam

Walla WallaNearby: Columbia $92.05, Franklin $92.05, Adams $72.39Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 24 counties pay more than Walla Walla, 7 the same, 7 less.

Wage and fringe benefits, nearby

Walla Walla Countybase $63.00$92.05
Columbia Countybase $63.00$92.05
Franklin Countybase $63.00$92.05
Adams Countybase $51.00$72.39

Electrician 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).

County	Classification	Total	Base	vs Walla Walla County
Walla Walla County	Journey Level	$92.05	$63.00
Columbia County	Journey Level	$92.05	$63.00	same
Franklin County	Journey Level	$92.05	$63.00	same
Garfield County	Journey Level	$92.05	$63.00	same
Benton County	Journey Level	$92.05	$63.00	same
Asotin County	Journey Level	$92.05	$63.00	same
Adams County	Journeyman	$72.39	$51.00	−$19.66

Washington electrician 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 $92.05. 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, Walla Walla County, Electricians - Inside (ELEC), L&I wage record 149944, 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 Walla Walla County as CSV · Report an error