UnionBoilermakers Local 29 wages 2026 (Massachusetts)
The hourly rates, overtime, shift, vacation and per diem rules of Boilermakers Local 29 in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, read from the one agreement built into the Boilermaker app. An independent guide: the agreement and your hall have the final word.
Field construction and maintenance, MA and RI (2025 rate, check yours)
Northeastern States Articles of Agreement (2022–2024 rules) with the 2025 wage: Lodge 29, Massachusetts and Rhode Island; 2025 rate, check your rate
$50.62an hour
Journeyman, Field construction and maintenance, MA and RI (2025 rate, check yours)
From January 1, 2025. No later step published.
| Classification | From January 1, 2025 |
|---|---|
| Journeymanbase rate | $50.62 |
| ForemanJM + $5 | $55.62 |
| General foremanJM + $7 | $57.62 |
| Apprentice, 8th period95% | $48.09 |
| Apprentice, 7th period90% | $45.56 |
| Apprentice, 6th period85% | $43.03 |
| Apprentice, 5th period80% | $40.50 |
| Apprentice, 4th period75% | $37.97 |
| Apprentice, 3rd period70% | $35.43 |
| Apprentice, 2nd period65% | $32.90 |
| Apprentice, 1st period65% | $32.90 |
| Helper or trainee65% | $32.90 |
- Overtime
- 4×10 (Art. 14(e)-(f), by mutual agreement): 10 hours a day Monday to Thursday at straight time, hours past 10 at time and a half.
- Shift premium
- $2.00 an hour on straight-time hours worked on shift.
- Per diem and travel
- Travel allowance (Art. 20): 25 to 45 miles: $10 a day worked; Over 45 to 60 miles: $25 a day worked; Over 60 miles: $35 a day worked.
One 40-hour week, worked out
Week of November 1, 2026Journeyman, Field construction and maintenance, MA and RI (2025 rate, check yours)
Example| Day | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hours | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| Earnings | |
|---|---|
| Regular40 h × 50.62 | 2,024.80 |
| Gross pay | 2,024.80 |
| Deductions | |
| Field dues5% of gross wages | −101.24 |
| Vacation fund (Art. 19(e))per hour | −80.00 |
| Building and Training Fund (Art. 18)per hour | −12.00 |
| M.O.R.E. Work Investment Fundper hour | −40.00 |
| Massachusetts Building Trades Council (Art. 32)per hour | −0.40 |
| Social Security6.2% | −125.54 |
| Medicare1.45% | −29.36 |
| MA paid leave | −9.31 |
| Federal income taxestimate (W-4) | −275.65 |
| Massachusetts income taxestimate | −93.50 |
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 app uses the 2022–2024 rules, which New York's 2026 wage schedules still follow, with the 2025 wage; a rule changed since isn't in it yet. Work under the National Maintenance Agreement or another national agreement has its own rules and isn't built in yet.
- The foreman, general foreman and apprentice dollar rates aren't printed for 2025, so the app works them out from those rules, rounded to the cent (a general foreman may be paid more than the minimum).
- The agreement's raises fall on January 1; the app uses $48.12 from January 1 2024 and $50.62 from January 1 2025, and keeps $50.62 after January 1 2026 because the 2026 step isn't published: type your new rate under Enter my own rate.
- The app pays $2.00 on every night, so a 3rd shift is $0.25 an hour short, and only on straight-time hours, as the agreement doesn't say whether the premium is paid on overtime.
- The app doesn't add the paid meal by itself because the agreement doesn't say at what rate it's paid: if your stub pays it, add the half hour to the day's hours.
- The agreement doesn't say how it's taxed; a daily amount for getting to work is normally taxable wages under IRS rules, so the app adds it to taxable pay (no dues or vacation on it), and on every day with hours logged. It's also owed for a holiday in the regular work week when you work the scheduled days before and after; the app doesn't add that.
- The app takes it in Rhode Island too. The per-hour amounts are the 2022 ones printed in the agreement (newer ones aren't published) and are counted on hours worked. The LEAP political fund ($0.05 an hour, only on a signed card, Art. 31) isn't taken. Monthly dues ($54.85) are paid to the lodge yourself, so they aren't on the check.
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Questions
What does a Local 29 journeyman make in 2026?
$50.62 an hour under the Northeastern States Articles of Agreement (2022–2024 rules) with the 2025 wage: Lodge 29, Massachusetts and Rhode Island; 2025 rate, check your rate, from January 1, 2025.
When is the next Local 29 raise?
No later step is published in the data for the Field construction and maintenance, MA and RI (2025 rate, check yours) agreement. Rates usually change once a year; check the schedule before you count on a raise.
What do Local 29 apprentices make?
Apprentice, 8th period $48.09 (95%), Apprentice, 7th period $45.56 (90%), Apprentice, 6th period $43.03 (85%), Apprentice, 5th period $40.50 (80%), Apprentice, 4th period $37.97 (75%), Apprentice, 3rd period $35.43 (70%), Apprentice, 2nd period $32.90 (65%) and Apprentice, 1st period $32.90 (65%) an hour from January 1, 2025.
Does Local 29 pay a per diem?
Travel allowance (Art. 20): 25 to 45 miles: $10 a day worked; Over 45 to 60 miles: $25 a day worked; Over 60 miles: $35 a day worked.
How is Local 29 overtime paid?
4×10 (Art. 14(e)-(f), by mutual agreement): 10 hours a day Monday to Thursday at straight time, hours past 10 at time and a half.
Sources
The agreements and schedules these numbers were read from. Built October 18, 2026 from the Boilermaker app, version 0.2.0.
- Northeastern States Articles of Agreement 2022–2024
- Federal wage determination MA20260001 (eastern Massachusetts building, BOIL0029-001)
- Federal wage determination RI20260001 (Rhode Island)
- Massachusetts DLS wage schedule, Littleton, April 2026 (Local 29 at the 2024 rate)
- The 2022–2024 agreement as posted by Massachusetts (archived copy)
- Lodge 29 LM-2 2025 (field dues)
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