UnionBoilermakers Local 28 wages 2026 (New Jersey)
The hourly rates, overtime, shift, vacation and per diem rules of Boilermakers Local 28 in New Jersey, read from the two agreements built into the Boilermaker app. An independent guide: the agreement and your hall have the final word.
Field construction (2024 rate, check yours)
Boilermakers Lodge 28 (New Jersey), from the New Jersey Department of Labor's prevailing wage determination (Boilermaker), rates dated January 12 2024 and still in force in March 2026; 2024 rate, check your rate
$49.11an hour
Journeyman, Field construction (2024 rate, check yours)
From January 12, 2024. No later step published.
| Classification | From January 12, 2024 |
|---|---|
| Journeymanbase rate | $49.11 |
| Foreman | $54.11 |
| General foreman | $56.11 |
| Apprentice, 7th 1,000 hours (95%)95% | $46.65 |
| Apprentice, 6th 1,000 hours (90%)90% | $44.20 |
| Apprentice, 5th 1,000 hours (85%)85% | $41.74 |
| Apprentice, 4th 1,000 hours (80%)80% | $39.29 |
| Apprentice, 3rd 1,000 hours (75%)75% | $36.83 |
| Apprentice, 2nd 1,000 hours (70%)70% | $34.38 |
| Apprentice, first 1,000 hours (65%)65% | $31.92 |
- Overtime
- Hours and overtime (New Jersey's notes): the regular day is 8 hours between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.; over 8 hours Monday to Friday and every Saturday hour are time and a half; Sundays and holidays are double time, and Labor Day is quadruple time.
- Shift premium
- 10% of the rate on straight-time hours worked on shift.
- 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
- Lodge 28's per diem and travel rules aren't published.
Minor repairs (2024 rate, check yours)
Boilermakers Lodge 28 (New Jersey), from the New Jersey Department of Labor's prevailing wage determination (Boilermaker - Minor Repairs), rates dated January 12 2024 and still in force in March 2026; 2024 rate, check your rate
$34.38 an hour, mechanic (minor repairs), from January 12, 2024.
| Classification | From January 12, 2024 |
|---|---|
| Mechanic (minor repairs)base rate | $34.38 |
| Foreman (minor repairs) | $35.88 |
| General foreman (minor repairs) | $36.38 |
- Overtime
- Hours and overtime (New Jersey's notes): the regular day is 8 hours between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.; over 8 hours Monday to Friday and every Saturday hour are time and a half; Sundays and holidays are double time, and Labor Day is quadruple time.
- Shift premium
- 10% of the rate on straight-time hours worked on shift.
- Per diem and travel
- Lodge 28's per diem and travel rules aren't published.
One 40-hour week, worked out
Week of November 1, 2026Journeyman, Field construction (2024 rate, check yours)
Example| Day | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hours | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| Earnings | |
|---|---|
| Regular40 h × 49.11 | 1,964.40 |
| Vacation (taxable, to the Boilermaker Vacation Trust)40 h paid, taxable | 400.00 |
| Gross pay | 2,364.40 |
| Deductions | |
| Vacation sent to the Boilermaker Vacation Trustafter tax | −400.00 |
| Field dues7% of gross wages, vacation included | −165.51 |
| M.O.R.E. Fundper hour | −40.00 |
| PACper hour | −5.20 |
| Social Security6.2% | −146.59 |
| Medicare1.45% | −34.28 |
| NJ unemployment | −9.04 |
| NJ workforce fund | −1.00 |
| NJ disability (TDI) | −4.49 |
| NJ family leave (FLI) | −5.44 |
| Federal income taxestimate (W-4) | −350.80 |
| New Jersey income taxestimate | −120.89 |
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:
- Field construction (2024 rate, check yours). New Jersey prints only the apprentice percentages, so the app works the dollar rates out, rounded to the cent, and uses these rates for every week.
- Field construction (2024 rate, check yours). The app pays Labor Day at double time like the other holidays: to see quadruple time, enter twice the hours you worked (16 for 8); it doesn't know what other crafts get; and it works five 8-hour days only (the Municipal Water Works 4×10 isn't built in).
- Field construction (2024 rate, check yours). A 3rd shift comes out 10% short, and overtime hours on a shift get no premium; show-up pay and meal rules aren't published.
- Field construction (2024 rate, check yours). The app has no date rule for Presidential Election Day: tick Holiday on it (November 7 2028); and the notes don't say what happens to a Saturday holiday, so the app leaves it on the Saturday (July 4 2026).
- Field construction (2024 rate, check yours). The current amount isn't published (New Jersey's benefit total isn't split); the app uses the $10.00 an hour of Lodge 28's 2021 wage allocation, the only public figure, and multiplies it on overtime hours ($15.00 and $20.00) as other vacation-trust lodges do. If your stub shows another amount, your tax and take-home here are off by the tax on the difference.
- Field construction (2024 rate, check yours). The 7% is the best public figure (the lodge's 2025 report to the US Department of Labor leaves the line blank), the per-hour amounts are from the 2021 sheet (current ones aren't published) and are counted on hours worked. Monthly dues ($58.80 for 2026) are paid to the lodge yourself, so they aren't on the check.
- Field construction (2024 rate, check yours). Per diem and travel pay aren't published, so the app adds none.
- Minor repairs (2024 rate, check yours). The app uses these rates for every week.
- Minor repairs (2024 rate, check yours). The app pays Labor Day at double time like the other holidays: to see quadruple time, enter twice the hours you worked (16 for 8); it doesn't know what other crafts get; and it works five 8-hour days only (the Municipal Water Works 4×10 isn't built in). New Jersey's notes for minor repairs don't give their own overtime rules, so the app uses the craft's.
- Minor repairs (2024 rate, check yours). A 3rd shift comes out 10% short, and overtime hours on a shift get no premium; show-up pay and meal rules aren't published.
- Minor repairs (2024 rate, check yours). The app has no date rule for Presidential Election Day: tick Holiday on it (November 7 2028).
- Minor repairs (2024 rate, check yours). The minor-repair benefit total ($17.89) can't hold the field vacation, and whether any vacation is withheld on minor repairs isn't published, so the app takes none.
- Minor repairs (2024 rate, check yours). The 7% is the best public figure (the lodge's 2025 report to the US Department of Labor leaves the line blank), the per-hour amounts are from the 2021 sheet (current ones aren't published) and are counted on hours worked. Monthly dues ($58.80 for 2026) are paid to the lodge yourself, so they aren't on the check.
- Minor repairs (2024 rate, check yours). Per diem and travel pay aren't published, so the app adds none.
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Questions
What does a Local 28 journeyman make in 2026?
$49.11 an hour under the Boilermakers Lodge 28 (New Jersey), from the New Jersey Department of Labor's prevailing wage determination (Boilermaker), rates dated January 12 2024 and still in force in March 2026; 2024 rate, check your rate, from January 12, 2024. The other agreements on this page: Minor repairs (2024 rate, check yours) $34.38.
When is the next Local 28 raise?
No later step is published in the data for the Field construction (2024 rate, check yours) agreement. Rates usually change once a year; check the schedule before you count on a raise.
What do Local 28 apprentices make?
Apprentice, 7th 1,000 hours (95%) $46.65 (95%), Apprentice, 6th 1,000 hours (90%) $44.20 (90%), Apprentice, 5th 1,000 hours (85%) $41.74 (85%), Apprentice, 4th 1,000 hours (80%) $39.29 (80%), Apprentice, 3rd 1,000 hours (75%) $36.83 (75%), Apprentice, 2nd 1,000 hours (70%) $34.38 (70%) and Apprentice, first 1,000 hours (65%) $31.92 (65%) an hour from January 12, 2024.
Does Local 28 pay a per diem?
Lodge 28's per diem and travel rules aren't published.
How is Local 28 overtime paid?
Hours and overtime (New Jersey's notes): the regular day is 8 hours between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.; over 8 hours Monday to Friday and every Saturday hour are time and a half; Sundays and holidays are double time, and Labor Day is quadruple 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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