How much does a union plumber make per hour?

Across the 170 UA locals with a published union rate, the median journeyman base is $46.10 per hour, ranging from $26.50 to $91.00. Base rate is the check rate only — most locals add fringe benefits on top, taking the highest total packages above $140.40 per hour.

Is union plumber pay higher than the national average?

Yes, substantially. The BLS median for all plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters is 30.67 per hour ($63,800 a year, May 2025), and that figure covers union and non-union work together. The median UA journeyman base rate here is $46.10 per hour — before fringe benefits.

What do UA apprentices get paid?

It depends entirely on the local. There is no UA-wide apprentice pay scale. Among locals that publish a percentage ladder, the first step runs from 35% to 55% of journeyman scale, and some locals publish flat dollar amounts with no link to the journeyman rate at all.

Why is my local not listed?

50 of the 220 locals we track have no union wage determination to cite. In much of the South and in right-to-work states the federal determination for those counties is a wage survey rather than a union agreement, and a survey rate is not union scale — so we leave it out rather than publish a number that misrepresents what the local pays. Maryland, Tennessee and Wyoming carry no union pipe-trades determination at all.

2026 wage determinations

UA Pay Scales: Union Wage Rates by Local

Journeyman base rate, fringe benefits and total package for 170 UA locals across 47 states — plus each local's own apprentice ladder where it publishes one. Median journeyman scale is $46.10 an hour, roughly $95,900 a year at full time.

Median journeyman

$46.10

base rate, per hour

Range

$26.50–$91.00

lowest to highest local

Locals with a rate

170

of 220 tracked

Top total package

$140.40

wage + fringe

Showing 170 of 170 locals with a published union rate.

Local	Where	Journeyman	Package
38	San Francisco, CA	$91.00	$140.40
467	Burlingame, CA	$87.75	$129.19
483	Hayward, CA	$81.54	$122.89
342	Concord (Bay Area), CA	$80.50	$130.95
32	Renton (Seattle), WA	$75.21	$109.09
1	Long Island City (NYC), NY	$48.90–$73.00	$105.81
12	Boston, MA	$69.84	$106.27
393	San Jose, CA	$68.76	$115.39
159	Martinez, CA	$67.68	$116.72
447	Sacramento, CA	$55.58–$67.37	$97.37
537	Boston, MA	$66.58	$105.80
525	Las Vegas, NV	$65.79	$92.34
598	Pasco, WA	$65.20	$100.11
24	West Caldwell, NJ	$62.09	$107.14
290	Tualatin (Portland), OR	$60.77	$95.49
200	Ronkonkoma, NY	$60.73	$106.48
26	Lacey, WA	$60.72	$94.87
21	Peekskill, NY	$60.66	$106.01
130	Chicago, IL	$60.50	$99.52
75	Milwaukee, WI	$60.05	$87.95
420	Philadelphia, PA	$59.65	$102.43
9	Englishtown, NJ	$46.23–$59.57	$106.02
601	Milwaukee, WI	$58.92	$90.26
709	Whittier, CA	$58.60	$92.25
442	Modesto, CA	$58.45	$97.19
274	Parsippany, NJ	$57.97	$98.19
62	Castroville, CA	$57.75	$101.35
118	Kenosha, WI	$57.35	$86.72
475	Warren, NJ	$56.34	$107.14
322	Winslow, NJ	$56.30	$107.06
690	Philadelphia, PA	$56.28	$91.79
375	Fairbanks, AK	$55.66	$90.56
533	Kansas City, MO	$55.56	$81.36
23	Rockford, IL	$55.54	$86.97
7	Latham, NY	$55.26	$84.38
602	Capitol Heights (DC metro), MD	$55.00–$55.00	$79.46
597	Chicago, IL	$55.00	$93.62
4	West Boylston, MA	$55.00	$86.57
246	Fresno, CA	$13.00–$54.50	$97.04
51	East Providence, RI	$54.34	$88.84
149	Savoy, IL	$54.31	$78.46
8	Kansas City, MO	$54.28	$78.07
469	Phoenix, AZ	$54.15	$73.95
675	Honolulu, HI	$53.83	$87.02
350	Sparks, NV	$53.38	$80.67
5	Washington, DC	$53.30	$77.01
400	Kaukauna (NE Wisconsin), WI	$53.23	$76.63
373	Mountainville, NY	$41.99–$53.20	$99.77
189	Columbus, OH	$53.00	$80.59
160	Murphysboro, IL	$52.80	$76.75
228	Marysville, CA	$52.75	$94.14
104	Holyoke, MA	$52.26	$83.31
524	Scranton, PA	$51.69	$78.76
553	East Alton, IL	$51.61	$73.06
50	Northwood, OH	$51.00	$83.56
434	Mosinee, WI	$50.94	$76.92
99	Bloomington, IL	$50.85	$78.60
669	Columbia, MD	$49.69–$60.67	$80.59
777	Meriden, CT	$50.58	$86.43
449	Harmony (Pittsburgh), PA	$50.20	$80.82
440	Indianapolis, IN	$50.05	$70.44
367	Anchorage, AK	$50.00	$83.20
210	Merrillville, IN	$49.77	$78.33
45	St. Joseph, MO	$49.45	$76.10
11	Duluth, MN	$49.32	$76.50
120	Valley View (Cleveland), OH	$49.17	$77.72
439	Caseyville, IL	$49.00	$73.42
562	Earth City (St. Louis), MO	$48.66	$71.45
27	Pittsburgh (Coraopolis), PA	$48.65	$74.12
551	West Frankfort, IL	$48.50	$77.35
638	Long Island City (NYC), NY	$47.85–$70.36	$71.81
101	Belleville, IL	$47.75	$71.17
94	Canton, OH	$47.48	$74.62
174	Coopersville, MI	$47.40	$70.75
3	Aurora, CO	$47.23	$68.91
44	Spokane, WA	$47.15	$74.35
219	Akron, OH	$46.87	$75.26
671	Monroe, MI	$46.71	$73.50
157	Terre Haute, IN	$46.65	$70.10
370	Flint, MI	$46.61	$69.56
25	Rock Island, IL	$46.50	$74.30
41	Butte, MT	$46.45	$66.37
136	Evansville, IN	$46.42	$67.75
464	Omaha, NE	$46.25	$67.35
140	Salt Lake City, UT	$46.10	$61.93
58	Colorado Springs, CO	$45.90	$63.07
441	Wichita, KS	$45.90	$65.84
131	Hooksett, NH	$45.76	$71.95
125	Cedar Rapids, IA	$45.51	$67.08
85	Saginaw, MI	$38.01–$45.50	$67.25
111	Escanaba, MI	$34.59–$45.44	$73.87
208	Denver, CO	$45.40	$67.51
33	Des Moines, IA	$45.20	$68.45
166	Fort Wayne, IN	$45.06	$68.22
653	Centralia, IL	$45.00	$66.54
172	South Bend, IN	$44.93	$67.96
112	Binghamton, NY	$31.40–$44.91	$78.22
773	Queensbury (Glens Falls), NY	$44.88	$78.48
55	Cleveland, OH	$44.86	$74.89
30	Billings, MT	$44.35	$66.22
190	Ann Arbor, MI	$44.31	$68.01
184	Paducah, KY	$44.26	$64.54
16	Omaha, NE	$44.26	$61.16
137	Springfield, IL	$37.96–$43.89	$69.60
360	Collinsville, IL	$43.75	$65.00
520	Harrisburg, PA	$43.35	$72.91
412	Albuquerque, NM	$43.07	$59.67
162	Dayton, OH	$43.05	$70.23
42	Norwalk, OH	$43.02	$69.47
776	Lima, OH	$42.76	$73.57
248	Ashland, KY	$42.75	$68.51
63	East Peoria, IL	$42.70	$73.68
13	Rochester, NY	$42.68	$70.56
486	Baltimore, MD	$42.62	$65.39
333	Lansing, MI	$42.29	$66.23
22	West Seneca (Buffalo), NY	$42.20	$72.00
262	Juneau, AK	$41.50	$69.12
145	Grand Junction, CO	$41.32	$57.33
72	Atlanta, GA	$41.18	$58.19
353	Peoria, IL	$41.10	$68.69
452	Lexington, KY	$41.00	$62.66
344	Oklahoma City, OK	$41.00–$41.00	$57.03
565	Parkersburg, WV	$41.00	$78.63
168	Marietta, OH	$40.92	$78.12
392	Cincinnati, OH	$40.70	$70.22
396	Boardman, OH	$40.55	$69.80
300	Fargo, ND	$40.53	$61.13
636	Farmington Hills (Detroit), MI	$40.41	$69.76
716	Augusta, ME	$40.00	$64.71
296	Boise, ID	$39.90	$58.57
100	Dallas, TX	$39.76	$53.80
459	Missoula, MT	$39.38	$55.61
178	Springfield, MO	$32.78–$39.35	$55.07
495	Cambridge, OH	$39.32	$76.92
142	San Antonio, TX	$38.97	$50.45
577	Portsmouth, OH	$38.89	$67.45
633	Owensboro, KY	$38.41	$60.67
211	Deer Park (Houston), TX	$38.31	$50.92
146	Fort Worth, TX	$38.28	$51.09
83	Wheeling, WV	$38.04	$77.76
234	Jacksonville, FL	$37.50	$55.09
693	South Burlington, VT	$37.40	$56.42
286	Austin, TX	$37.15	$54.07
110	Norfolk, VA	$36.92	$55.17
648	Pocatello, ID	$36.75	$55.68
430	Tulsa, OK	$36.65	$52.68
372	Tuscaloosa, AL	$36.10	$52.05
421	Charleston (both Carolinas), SC	$36.00	$50.19
68	Houston, TX	$35.96	$47.64
98	Madison Heights (Detroit), MI	$35.77	$70.90
188	Savannah, GA	$35.45	$53.00
91	Birmingham, AL	$35.25	$51.01
119	Mobile, AL	$35.20	$48.71
192	Cheyenne, WY	$34.88	$57.28
60	Metairie (New Orleans), LA	$34.87	$52.66
155	Little Rock, AR	$34.41	$50.11
152	Morgantown, WV	$34.05	$75.10
177	Brunswick, GA	$34.00	$50.35
10	Richmond, VA	$33.25	$52.72
529	Waco, TX	$32.85	$45.59
760	Sheffield, AL	$32.50	$51.83
357	Schoolcraft, MI	$32.50	$57.47
198	Baton Rouge, LA	$32.42	$48.92
52	Montgomery, AL	$32.30	$50.26
502	Louisville, KY	$32.00	$52.13
150	Augusta, GA	$31.70	$48.26
568	Saucier, MS	$30.41	$41.88
141	Shreveport, LA	$28.98	$43.90
404	Lubbock, TX	$28.64	$39.29
247	Alexandria, LA	$26.50	$39.89

Union scale vs the national plumber median

The BLS median for plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters is $30.67 an hour ($63,800 a year) as of May 2025, across $510,600 jobs. That number blends union and non-union work, residential and commercial, every state.

The median UA journeyman base rate on this page is $46.10 an hour — about $95,900 a year at 2,080 hours, and that is before the fringe package. It is not an apples-to-apples comparison (union journeymen are, by definition, fully-trained workers in organised markets) but it is the clearest illustration of what the apprenticeship is worth finishing.

Journeyman scale by region

Region	Locals	Median	Range
West	36	$54.15	$34.88–$91.00
Northeast	37	$52.26	$34.05–$73.00
Midwest	63	$46.50	$32.50–$60.50
South	34	$35.96	$26.50–$44.26

What apprentices earn

There is no UA-wide apprentice pay scale. Apprentice wages are negotiated local by local, and the locals genuinely disagree: among the 7 locals we verified that publish a percentage ladder, the first step ranges from 35% to 55% of journeyman scale. Another 3 publish flat dollar amounts instead — and UA Local 396 states plainly that its apprentice rates “are NOT related to the Journeyman’s rate in any way.”

That is why this page shows a ladder only where the local published one. Applying a “typical” percentage to the rest would turn an estimate into an apparent fact, and for at least one local it would be flatly wrong. Full detail on the UA apprentice pay scale page.

Where these numbers come from

Every rate is a 2026 federal wage determination for a union classification. When a determination covers a union classification, the rate in it is the local’s own negotiated collective-bargaining rate for that county — the Department of Labor adopts the bargained rate wholesale. The determination identifier encodes which local it belongs to (PLUM0016 is Plumbers Local 16), which is how each rate here is tied to a specific local rather than to a region.

Each entry links to its determination so you can check it. Four rules shape what is published:

Survey rates are excluded. Determinations in weakly-organised counties carry survey identifiers rather than union ones. Those are not union scale, so they are left out — which is why 50 tracked locals have no figure here.
Residential rates are excluded. Residential schedules run well below commercial journeyman scale. Minnesota is the clearest case: every UA local there appears only in residential determinations, so none of them carry a journeyman figure on this page.
The common rate, not the best one. A local covers many counties and sometimes several classifications. We publish the rate most of its determinations agree on, never the highest — jobsite differentials can run 50% above a local’s ordinary scale and would badly misrepresent it.
Ranges where a range is honest. 14 locals have genuinely different rates across their jurisdiction — nationwide locals especially — and are shown as a range rather than a single number.

Rates change with every collective-bargaining cycle. These are 2026 determinations; the figures on this page are generated from that dataset rather than typed in, so a refresh updates the page, the tables and the summary numbers together.

Every determination cited on this page

The table above is interactive, so its per-local source links only exist once you open a row — invisible to anything reading this page as plain HTML. Here they are server-rendered instead, one line per local.

Local	Journeyman	Determination
Local 1 — Long Island City (NYC), NY	$73.00	NY20260003
Local 3 — Aurora, CO	$47.23	CO20260015
Local 4 — West Boylston, MA	$55.00	MA20260001
Local 5 — Washington, DC	$53.30	DC20260001
Local 7 — Latham, NY	$55.26	NY20260002
Local 8 — Kansas City, MO	$54.28	KS20260060
Local 9 — Englishtown, NJ	$59.57	NJ20260027
Local 10 — Richmond, VA	$33.25	VA20260015
Local 11 — Duluth, MN	$49.32	WI20260011
Local 12 — Boston, MA	$69.84	MA20260001
Local 13 — Rochester, NY	$42.68	NY20260029
Local 16 — Omaha, NE	$44.26	NE20260064
Local 21 — Peekskill, NY	$60.66	NY20260007
Local 22 — West Seneca (Buffalo), NY	$42.20	NY20260099
Local 23 — Rockford, IL	$55.54	IL20260001
Local 24 — West Caldwell, NJ	$62.09	NJ20260026
Local 25 — Rock Island, IL	$46.50	IL20260001
Local 26 — Lacey, WA	$60.72	WA20260103
Local 27 — Pittsburgh (Coraopolis), PA	$48.65	PA20260001
Local 30 — Billings, MT	$44.35	MT20260056
Local 32 — Renton (Seattle), WA	$75.21	WA20260022
Local 33 — Des Moines, IA	$45.20	IA20260029
Local 38 — San Francisco, CA	$91.00	CA20260007
Local 41 — Butte, MT	$46.45	MT20260025
Local 42 — Norwalk, OH	$43.02	OH20260001
Local 44 — Spokane, WA	$47.15	WA20260003
Local 45 — St. Joseph, MO	$49.45	MO20260028
Local 50 — Northwood, OH	$51.00	OH20260001
Local 51 — East Providence, RI	$54.34	RI20260001
Local 52 — Montgomery, AL	$32.30	AL20260082
Local 55 — Cleveland, OH	$44.86	OH20260001
Local 58 — Colorado Springs, CO	$45.90	CO20260002
Local 60 — Metairie (New Orleans), LA	$34.87	LA20260029
Local 62 — Castroville, CA	$57.75	CA20260018
Local 63 — East Peoria, IL	$42.70	IL20260001
Local 68 — Houston, TX	$35.96	TX20260116
Local 72 — Atlanta, GA	$41.18	GA20260084
Local 75 — Milwaukee, WI	$60.05	WI20260011
Local 83 — Wheeling, WV	$38.04	WV20260049
Local 85 — Saginaw, MI	$45.50	MI20260107
Local 91 — Birmingham, AL	$35.25	AL20260099
Local 94 — Canton, OH	$47.48	OH20260001
Local 98 — Madison Heights (Detroit), MI	$35.77	MI20260044
Local 99 — Bloomington, IL	$50.85	IL20260001
Local 100 — Dallas, TX	$39.76	TX20260018
Local 101 — Belleville, IL	$47.75	IL20260001
Local 104 — Holyoke, MA	$52.26	MA20260003
Local 110 — Norfolk, VA	$36.92	VA20260010
Local 111 — Escanaba, MI	$45.44	MI20260103
Local 112 — Binghamton, NY	$44.91	NY20260004
Local 118 — Kenosha, WI	$57.35	WI20260011
Local 119 — Mobile, AL	$35.20	AL20260082
Local 120 — Valley View (Cleveland), OH	$49.17	OH20260001
Local 125 — Cedar Rapids, IA	$45.51	IA20260078
Local 130 — Chicago, IL	$60.50	IL20260001
Local 131 — Hooksett, NH	$45.76	NH20260015
Local 136 — Evansville, IN	$46.42	IN20260002
Local 137 — Springfield, IL	$43.89	IL20260001
Local 140 — Salt Lake City, UT	$46.10	UT20260081
Local 141 — Shreveport, LA	$28.98	LA20260006
Local 142 — San Antonio, TX	$38.97	TX20260118
Local 145 — Grand Junction, CO	$41.32	CO20260002
Local 146 — Fort Worth, TX	$38.28	TX20260026
Local 149 — Savoy, IL	$54.31	IL20260002
Local 150 — Augusta, GA	$31.70	SC20260032
Local 152 — Morgantown, WV	$34.05	WV20260005
Local 155 — Little Rock, AR	$34.41	AR20260018
Local 157 — Terre Haute, IN	$46.65	IN20260002
Local 159 — Martinez, CA	$67.68	CA20260018
Local 160 — Murphysboro, IL	$52.80	IL20260001
Local 162 — Dayton, OH	$43.05	OH20260001
Local 166 — Fort Wayne, IN	$45.06	IN20260002
Local 168 — Marietta, OH	$40.92	OH20260001
Local 172 — South Bend, IN	$44.93	IN20260002
Local 174 — Coopersville, MI	$47.40	MI20260104
Local 177 — Brunswick, GA	$34.00	GA20260087
Local 178 — Springfield, MO	$39.35	MO20260001
Local 184 — Paducah, KY	$44.26	KY20260099
Local 188 — Savannah, GA	$35.45	GA20260105
Local 189 — Columbus, OH	$53.00	OH20260001
Local 190 — Ann Arbor, MI	$44.31	MI20260044
Local 192 — Cheyenne, WY	$34.88	NE20260079
Local 198 — Baton Rouge, LA	$32.42	LA20260029
Local 200 — Ronkonkoma, NY	$60.73	NY20260012
Local 208 — Denver, CO	$45.40	CO20260015
Local 210 — Merrillville, IN	$49.77	IN20260001
Local 211 — Deer Park (Houston), TX	$38.31	TX20260128
Local 219 — Akron, OH	$46.87	OH20260001
Local 228 — Marysville, CA	$52.75	CA20260007
Local 234 — Jacksonville, FL	$37.50	FL20260005
Local 246 — Fresno, CA	$54.50	CA20260018
Local 247 — Alexandria, LA	$26.50	LA20260006
Local 248 — Ashland, KY	$42.75	KY20260038
Local 262 — Juneau, AK	$41.50	AK20260001
Local 274 — Parsippany, NJ	$57.97	NJ20260026
Local 286 — Austin, TX	$37.15	TX20260114
Local 290 — Tualatin (Portland), OR	$60.77	OR20260002
Local 296 — Boise, ID	$39.90	ID20260020
Local 300 — Fargo, ND	$40.53	ND20260018
Local 322 — Winslow, NJ	$56.30	NJ20260025
Local 333 — Lansing, MI	$42.29	MI20260044
Local 342 — Concord (Bay Area), CA	$80.50	CA20260018
Local 344 — Oklahoma City, OK	$41.00	OK20260068
Local 350 — Sparks, NV	$53.38	NV20260037
Local 353 — Peoria, IL	$41.10	IL20260001
Local 357 — Schoolcraft, MI	$32.50	MI20260104
Local 360 — Collinsville, IL	$43.75	IL20260001
Local 367 — Anchorage, AK	$50.00	AK20260001
Local 370 — Flint, MI	$46.61	MI20260089
Local 372 — Tuscaloosa, AL	$36.10	AL20260079
Local 373 — Mountainville, NY	$53.20	NY20260007
Local 375 — Fairbanks, AK	$55.66	AK20260001
Local 392 — Cincinnati, OH	$40.70	IN20260004
Local 393 — San Jose, CA	$68.76	CA20260018
Local 396 — Boardman, OH	$40.55	OH20260001
Local 400 — Kaukauna (NE Wisconsin), WI	$53.23	WI20260011
Local 404 — Lubbock, TX	$28.64	TX20260115
Local 412 — Albuquerque, NM	$43.07	NM20260044
Local 420 — Philadelphia, PA	$59.65	PA20260018
Local 421 — Charleston (both Carolinas), SC	$36.00	SC20260022
Local 430 — Tulsa, OK	$36.65	OK20260067
Local 434 — Mosinee, WI	$50.94	WI20260011
Local 439 — Caseyville, IL	$49.00	IL20260001
Local 440 — Indianapolis, IN	$50.05	IN20260002
Local 441 — Wichita, KS	$45.90	KS20260044
Local 442 — Modesto, CA	$58.45	CA20260018
Local 447 — Sacramento, CA	$67.37	CA20260007
Local 449 — Harmony (Pittsburgh), PA	$50.20	PA20260001
Local 452 — Lexington, KY	$41.00	KY20260037
Local 459 — Missoula, MT	$39.38	MT20260032
Local 464 — Omaha, NE	$46.25	NE20260064
Local 467 — Burlingame, CA	$87.75	CA20260018
Local 469 — Phoenix, AZ	$54.15	AZ20260054
Local 475 — Warren, NJ	$56.34	NJ20260031
Local 483 — Hayward, CA	$81.54	CA20260018
Local 486 — Baltimore, MD	$42.62	DE20260009
Local 495 — Cambridge, OH	$39.32	OH20260001
Local 502 — Louisville, KY	$32.00	IN20260004
Local 520 — Harrisburg, PA	$43.35	PA20260073
Local 524 — Scranton, PA	$51.69	PA20260018
Local 525 — Las Vegas, NV	$65.79	NV20260001
Local 529 — Waco, TX	$32.85	TX20260137
Local 533 — Kansas City, MO	$55.56	KS20260046
Local 537 — Boston, MA	$66.58	MA20260001
Local 551 — West Frankfort, IL	$48.50	IL20260002
Local 553 — East Alton, IL	$51.61	IL20260001
Local 562 — Earth City (St. Louis), MO	$48.66	MO20260028
Local 565 — Parkersburg, WV	$41.00	WV20260049
Local 568 — Saucier, MS	$30.41	MS20260045
Local 577 — Portsmouth, OH	$38.89	OH20260030
Local 597 — Chicago, IL	$55.00	IL20260001
Local 598 — Pasco, WA	$65.20	WA20260021
Local 601 — Milwaukee, WI	$58.92	WI20260011
Local 602 — Capitol Heights (DC metro), MD	$55.00	DC20260001
Local 633 — Owensboro, KY	$38.41	KY20260099
Local 636 — Farmington Hills (Detroit), MI	$40.41	MI20260044
Local 638 — Long Island City (NYC), NY	$47.85	NY20260003
Local 648 — Pocatello, ID	$36.75	ID20260021
Local 653 — Centralia, IL	$45.00	IL20260001
Local 669 — Columbia, MD	$50.79	CA20260002
Local 671 — Monroe, MI	$46.71	MI20260092
Local 675 — Honolulu, HI	$53.83	HI20260001
Local 690 — Philadelphia, PA	$56.28	PA20260018
Local 693 — South Burlington, VT	$37.40	VT20260025
Local 709 — Whittier, CA	$58.60	CA20260022
Local 716 — Augusta, ME	$40.00	ME20260004
Local 760 — Sheffield, AL	$32.50	AL20260100
Local 773 — Queensbury (Glens Falls), NY	$44.88	NY20260002
Local 776 — Lima, OH	$42.76	OH20260001
Local 777 — Meriden, CT	$50.58	CT20260020

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Union pay in other trades

Sources: 2026 federal wage determinations (US Department of Labor), linked per local above; BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (May 2025); and each local’s own published wage schedule for apprentice ladders.