What Jobs Must Be Paid Prevailing Wage?
To find out whether a particular job is a public works project and whether a particular job classification therefore must be paid prevailing wage:
- Look up the public works project here by project name, awarding agency, company name, etc.
- If you find that it is a public works project, check the job classification specifications in the Scopes of Works links below. Note: Public works projects paid for by public funding must pay prevailing wage rates for the following jobs.
- Asbestos Abatement Worker.
- Boilermakers.
- Brick and Marble Masons
Brick Masons
Marble Setters - Stone Masons.
- Building Service Employees.
- Cabinet Makers (in shop).
- Carpenters.
- Carpenters - Drywall Applicators.
- Carpenters - Millwrights.
- Cement Masons.
- Construction Site Surveyor.
- Diver and Diver Tender.
- Drywall Tapers.
- Electrical Fixture Maintenance Workers.
- Electricians - Inside.
- Electricians - Powerline Construction.
- Electronic and Telecommunication Technicians
Electronic Technicians
Telecommunication Technicians - Elevator Constructors.
- Fence Erectors.
- Flaggers.
- Glaziers.
- Heat & Frost Insulators and Asbestos Workers.
- Heating Equipment Mechanics.
- Hod Carriers, Mason Tenders and Mortarmen.
- Industrial Power Vacuum Cleaner.
- Inland Boatman.
- Inspection/Cleaning/Sealing of Water Systems by Remote Control.
- Insulation Applicators.
- Ironworkers.
- Laborers.
- Laborers - Clean-up Laborers.
- Laborers - Carpenter Tenders.
- Laborers - Underground Sewer and Water.
- Landscape Construction.
- Lathers.
- Metal Fabrication (in shop).
- Painters.
- Piledrivers.
- Plasterers.
- Playground & Park Equipment Installers.
- Plumbers & Pipefitters.
- Power Equipment Operators.
- Powerline Clearance Tree Trimmers.
- Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Mechanics.
- Roofers.
- Sheet Metal Workers.
- Sign Makers & Sign Installers.
- Soft Floor Layers (Carpet and Resilient Floor).
- Solar Controls For Windows (Tinting & Coating Installer).
- Sprinkler Fitters (Fire Protection).
- Stage Rigging Mechanics (Non Structural).
- Street And Parking Lot Sweeper Workers.
- Telephone Line Construction (Outside).
- Terrazzo Workers & Tile Setters
Terrazzo Workers
Tile Setters - Tile, Marble & Terrazzo Finishers.
- Traffic Control Stripers.
- Underground Sewer & Water (Utilities Construction).
- Well Drillers & Irrigation Pump Installers.
These links go to the official Scopes of Work listings in WAC 296-127.
