UnionBoilermakers Local 1 wages 2026 (Illinois)
The hourly rates, overtime, shift, vacation and per diem rules of Boilermakers Local 1 in Illinois and Indiana, read from the one agreement built into the Boilermaker app. An independent guide: the agreement and your hall have the final word.
Field construction (Chicago; state schedule)
Boilermakers Local 1 (Chicago): the Illinois Department of Labor's Cook County prevailing wage (Boilermaker), with the May 1 2026 rate; the lodge's agreement isn't public
$62.06an hour
Journeyman, Field construction (Chicago; state schedule)
From May 1, 2026. No later step published.
| Classification | From May 1, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Journeymanbase rate | $62.06 |
| ForemanJM + 9% | $67.64 |
- Overtime
- Overtime (the state's schedule): Local 1 pays double time for all overtime: past 8 hours a day Monday to Friday, and every Saturday, Sunday and holiday hour, on the base wage.
- Per diem and travel
- Local 1's subsistence and travel rules aren't published.
One 40-hour week, worked out
Week of November 1, 2026Journeyman, Field construction (Chicago; state schedule)
Example| Day | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hours | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| Earnings | |
|---|---|
| Regular40 h × 62.06 | 2,482.40 |
| Gross pay | 2,482.40 |
| Deductions | |
| Field dues8% of gross wages | −198.59 |
| Social Security6.2% | −153.91 |
| Medicare1.45% | −35.99 |
| Federal income taxestimate (W-4) | −379.12 |
| Illinois income taxestimate | −122.88 |
What's missing
Where the app can't follow a rule to the letter yet, its notes say so, and say how to allow for it when you enter your hours. From this page's agreements:
- The state posts dates, not the agreement's: May 1 2025 is the federal Davis-Bacon step date, and May 1 2026 is inferred from the state's first posting of $62.06 (May 21 2026). In Indiana the app uses the same rate (the federal schedule printed the same $58.91 for Hammond in 2025). The next step isn't published: then type your new rate under Enter my own rate.
- The weekly threshold, 4×10 rules and shifts aren't published; the app pays double time past 8 hours a day and past 40 in the week, on a 5×8 week only. Enter the hours you're paid for.
- The lodge's own list isn't published: the app pays nothing for a holiday you don't work and leaves a Saturday holiday on the Saturday.
- Local 1's 2025 report to the US Department of Labor gives field dues as a range, 4% to 8% of gross wages, without saying who pays which; the app takes 8%, the top of the range, so type your % on the Settings tab if your stub shows less. Monthly dues ($56.75 to $57.25) are paid to the lodge yourself, so they aren't on the check.
- The state's schedule shows no vacation contribution, and subsistence, travel and shift premiums aren't published, so the app takes no vacation off and adds none of them (ticking Night changes nothing).
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Questions
What does a Local 1 journeyman make in 2026?
$62.06 an hour under the Boilermakers Local 1 (Chicago): the Illinois Department of Labor's Cook County prevailing wage (Boilermaker), with the May 1 2026 rate; the lodge's agreement isn't public, from May 1, 2026.
When is the next Local 1 raise?
No later step is published in the data for the Field construction (Chicago; state schedule) agreement. Rates usually change once a year; check the schedule before you count on a raise.
Does Local 1 pay a per diem?
Local 1's subsistence and travel rules aren't published.
How is Local 1 overtime paid?
Overtime (the state's schedule): Local 1 pays double time for all overtime: past 8 hours a day Monday to Friday, and every Saturday, Sunday and holiday hour, on the base wage.
What is the take-home on a 40-hour week?
About $1,591.91 for a journeyman on 5×8 Mon–Fri, after Social Security, Medicare and income tax, with no overtime, shift premium or per diem. An example from the app: your own paycheck depends on your deductions.
Sources
The agreements and schedules these numbers were read from. Built October 18, 2026 from the Boilermaker app, version 0.2.0.
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