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Washington Public Works Contractors & Subs (Prevailing Wage Intents): 2026 statistics from 15,801 public records
The most common agency type is City or town: 3,642 of 15,801 records (23.0%) (as of 2026-11-03; source: Washington State Department of Labor & Industries prevailing wage Statements of Intent (data.wa.gov)).
Data as of · Compiled by Zalwin from Washington State Department of Labor & Industries prevailing wage Statements of Intent (data.wa.gov)
Key findings
- Zalwin's WaPublicWorksIntentPulse dataset holds 15,801 WaPublicWorksIntentPulse records dated 2026-08-29 to 2026-10-27 (as of 2026-11-03; source: Washington State Department of Labor & Industries prevailing wage Statements of Intent (data.wa.gov)). #
- The most common agency type is City or town: 3,642 of 15,801 records (23.0%) (as of 2026-11-03; source: Washington State Department of Labor & Industries prevailing wage Statements of Intent (data.wa.gov)). #
- Across 12,290 records with a stated contract, the total is $1,698,815,687 and the median is $7,964; the largest is $101,000,000 (Hoffman Construction Co of Wa) (as of 2026-11-03; source: Washington State Department of Labor & Industries prevailing wage Statements of Intent (data.wa.gov)). #
- The top 10% of records by contract (1,229 of 12,290) account for 88.0% of the total (as of 2026-11-03; source: Washington State Department of Labor & Industries prevailing wage Statements of Intent (data.wa.gov)). #
- 5,444 of 15,801 records (34.5%) are dated within the 30 days before 2026-11-03 (source: Washington State Department of Labor & Industries prevailing wage Statements of Intent (data.wa.gov)). #
WaPublicWorksIntentPulse records by agency type
| Group | Records | Share | Total contract |
|---|---|---|---|
| City or town | 3,642 | 23.0% | $289,417,741 |
| School district or college | 3,595 | 22.8% | $373,057,694 |
| Port, transit, utility or special district | 3,242 | 20.5% | $343,380,733 |
| State agency or university | 2,122 | 13.4% | $330,188,063 |
| Other public owner | 2,021 | 12.8% | $163,815,001 |
| County | 775 | 4.9% | $175,550,425 |
| Housing authority | 404 | 2.6% | $23,406,030 |
Methodology and data provenance
- Sample: 15,801 public records dated 2026-08-29 to 2026-10-27; illustrative samples excluded.
- Source: Washington State Department of Labor & Industries prevailing wage Statements of Intent (data.wa.gov). Refreshed automatically about every 24 hours; figures above are as of 2026-11-03.
- Shares are of all records in the dataset; totals and medians use only records with a stated contract.
- Organization-level data only. Informational; verify individual records at the official source.
Cite this study
Zalwin Research, "WaPublicWorksIntentPulse statistics" (data as of 2026-11-03), https://zalwin.com/research/wapublicworksintentpulse
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