Boilermakers Local 242 wages 2026 (Washington)

The hourly rates, overtime, shift, vacation and per diem rules of Boilermakers Local 242 in Washington, Oregon and Idaho, read from the one agreement built into the Boilermaker app. An independent guide: the agreement and your hall have the final word.

Field construction (Western States)

Western States Articles of Agreement, Lodge 242 scale as printed in the Hanford Site Stabilization Agreement's Boilermakers Appendix A (Rev 2026-1, January 1 2026)

$45.33an hour

Journeyman, Field construction (Western States)

From January 1, 2026. No later step published.

Classification	From January 1, 2026
Journeymanbase rate	$45.33
ForemanJM + 10%	$49.86
Assistant foremanJM + 5%	$47.60
General foremanJM + 25%	$56.66
Apprentice, 5,001 to 6,000 hours (95%)95%	$43.06
Apprentice, 4,001 to 5,000 hours (90%)90%	$40.80
Apprentice, 3,001 to 4,000 hours (85%)85%	$38.53
Apprentice, 2,001 to 3,000 hours (80%)80%	$36.26
Apprentice, 1,001 to 2,000 hours (75%)75%	$34.00
Apprentice, first 1,000 hours (70%)70%	$31.73
Helper (at least 55%)55%	$24.93

Overtime: The first 2 hours past 8 Monday to Friday are time and a half and every hour over 10, Monday to Saturday, is double time; a Saturday's first 10 hours are time and a half; Sundays and holidays are double time.
Shift premium: 7.5 hours worked on shift are paid as 8.
Vacation and holiday pay: Vacation (taxable, to the Boilermaker Vacation Trust): paid with wages and sent to the fund, deducted after tax.
Per diem and travel: 70 to 120 miles, staying away from home: $105 per diem a day worked; Over 120 miles, staying away from home: $120 per diem a day worked.

One 40-hour week, worked out

Week of November 1, 2026Journeyman, Field construction (Western States)

Example

Hours worked each day
Day	Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
Hours	0	8	8	8	8	8	0

The paycheck those hours make
Earnings
Regular40 h × 45.33	1,813.20
Vacation (taxable, to the Boilermaker Vacation Trust)40 h paid, taxable	153.60
Gross pay	1,966.80
Deductions
Vacation sent to the Boilermaker Vacation Trustafter tax	−153.60
Field dues6.5% of gross taxable wages, vacation included	−127.84
Monthly dues	−38.95
M.O.R.E. Work Investment Fundper hour	−40.00
Social Security6.2%	−121.94
Medicare1.45%	−28.52
WA paid leave	−15.88
WA Cares	−11.41
Federal income taxestimate (W-4)	−262.89

Take-home$1,165.77

Example only: a journeyman on 5×8 Mon–Fri, no overtime, no shift premium, no per diem. Single, standard withholding; Social Security and Medicare not yet maxed for the year. Your paycheck depends on your hours, your site and your deductions.

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:

A rule changed since isn't in it. Work under the National Maintenance Agreement or another national agreement isn't built in yet.
The agreement's term ended September 30 2026 and the renewal's rates aren't public, so the app keeps the January 2026 rates: check your stub, and if it shows more, use Enter my own rate.
The 'Mandatory-Eight' rule (missed weekday hours worked off at straight time in the week's next overtime) isn't followed, nor are the 30- and 28-hour holiday weeks of the 2nd and 3rd shifts.
The agreement says only that overtime is 'adjusted accordingly'; the app pays every hour past 10 at double time (the over-10 rule), and the Friday and the Saturday at time and a half for 10 hours, then double. There's no make-up day.
The app treats every night as a 2nd shift, so a 3rd shift of 7 hours gets 7.47 hours' pay instead of 8; on a 4×10, a Saturday, a Sunday or a holiday it adds no paid-but-not-worked time.
Washington's filing for this agreement lists nine (no Martin Luther King Jr. Day); Veterans Day may be swapped for Christmas Eve and a local building trades council may move a holiday: untick or tick Hol. on the day.
The time-and-a-half amount is rounded half up to the cent; and if you waived the vacation (it then stays on your check as wages), the app still takes it off, so your take-home is $3.84 an hour higher than shown.
The monthly amount isn't published; the app takes $38.95, the least in Lodge 242's 2026 report to the US Department of Labor (up to $100.00), in the week that holds the 1st: type yours on the Settings tab. The Campaign Assistance Fund goes through the Vacation Trust and isn't taken.
The agreement calls the per diem a partial reimbursement and doesn't say how it's taxed; the app treats it as tax-free when you stay away from home overnight and as taxable wages when you drive home each day, and uses the 2026 amounts for every week.

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Questions

What does a Local 242 journeyman make in 2026?

$45.33 an hour under the Western States Articles of Agreement, Lodge 242 scale as printed in the Hanford Site Stabilization Agreement's Boilermakers Appendix A (Rev 2026-1, January 1 2026), from January 1, 2026.

When is the next Local 242 raise?

No later step is published in the data for the Field construction (Western States) agreement. Rates usually change once a year; check the schedule before you count on a raise.

What do Local 242 apprentices make?

Apprentice, 5,001 to 6,000 hours (95%) $43.06 (95%), Apprentice, 4,001 to 5,000 hours (90%) $40.80 (90%), Apprentice, 3,001 to 4,000 hours (85%) $38.53 (85%), Apprentice, 2,001 to 3,000 hours (80%) $36.26 (80%), Apprentice, 1,001 to 2,000 hours (75%) $34.00 (75%) and Apprentice, first 1,000 hours (70%) $31.73 (70%) an hour from January 1, 2026.

Does Local 242 pay a per diem?

70 to 120 miles, staying away from home: $105 per diem a day worked; Over 120 miles, staying away from home: $120 per diem a day worked.

How is Local 242 overtime paid?

The first 2 hours past 8 Monday to Friday are time and a half and every hour over 10, Monday to Saturday, is double time; a Saturday's first 10 hours are time and a half; Sundays and holidays are double time.

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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