UnionBoilermakers Local 647 wages 2026 (North Dakota)
The hourly rates, overtime, shift, vacation and per diem rules of Boilermakers Local 647 in North Dakota and South Dakota, read from the one agreement built into the Boilermaker app. An independent guide: the agreement and your hall have the final word.
Field construction, maintenance and repair
Great Lakes Articles of Agreement 2026–2028, Local 647 territory (North Dakota and South Dakota), with the January 1 2026 wages
$51.00an hour
Journeyman, Field construction, maintenance and repair
From January 1, 2026. No later step published.
| Classification | From January 1, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Journeymanbase rate | $51.00 |
| ForemanJM + $4 | $55.00 |
| General foremanJM + $6 | $57.00 |
| Apprentice 4B (8th six months)95% | $48.45 |
| Apprentice 4A (7th six months)90% | $45.90 |
| Apprentice 3B (6th six months)85% | $43.35 |
| Apprentice 3A (5th six months)80% | $40.80 |
| Apprentice 2B (4th six months)77.5% | $39.53 |
| Apprentice 2A (3rd six months)75% | $38.25 |
| Apprentice 1B (2nd six months)72.5% | $36.98 |
| Apprentice 1A (first six months)70% | $35.70 |
| Helper70% | $35.70 |
- Overtime
- 4×10 (Art. 7.2, the employer's option; by agreement with the union on jobs of two weeks or less): 10 hours a day Monday to Thursday at straight time, hours past 10 at time and a half.
- Shift premium
- 7.5 hours worked on shift are paid as 8.
- Per diem and travel
- 50 miles or more, staying away from home: $100 per diem a day worked.
One 40-hour week, worked out
Week of October 25, 2026Journeyman, Field construction, maintenance and repair
Example| Day | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hours | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| Earnings | |
| Regular40 h × 51.00 | 2,040.00 |
| Subsistence (taxable)5 d × 50.00 | 250.00 |
| Gross pay | 2,290.00 |
| Deductions | |
| Field dues5.5% of gross wages | −112.20 |
| Political Action Fund (Art. 25.2)per hour | −2.00 |
| Social Security6.2% | −141.98 |
| Medicare1.45% | −33.21 |
| Federal income taxestimate (W-4) | −333.99 |
| North Dakota income taxestimate | −23.00 |
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 agreement prints only the percentages, so the app works out apprentice and helper rates as the journeyman rate times the percentage, rounded to the cent (Local 107 publishes its 2026 apprentice table and it matches this to the cent). An apprentice certified with the employer as a tube welder gets 20% more and as a plate welder 5% more, up to 95%: pick the period with that percentage or use Enter my own rate.
- Weeks before January 1 2026 are worked out at the 2026 rates (this agreement doesn't print the 2025 ones); for a 2025 week use Enter my own rate. On January 1 2027 the package goes up $4.24 an hour ($3.11 on January 1 2028) and the union splits it between the wage and the funds before each January 1 (Art. 13.1), so the app keeps the 2026 rates until the 2027 rate sheet is out: then type your new rate under Enter my own rate.
- The app treats every night as a 2nd shift and leaves the differentials out, so a 2nd shift is $0.25 an hour worked short, and a 3rd shift of 7 hours gets 7.47 hours' pay instead of 8 plus $0.50 an hour. On a Saturday, Sunday or holiday, and on a 4×10 (where the second shift works 9½ hours for 10, Art. 7.2.1), the app adds no paid-but-not-worked time. The pension memo counts the extra half hour as time paid.
- The agreement doesn't say how subsistence is taxed. Under IRS rules a daily amount paid while you go home every night is taxable wages, so the app adds the $50 to taxable pay (no dues or vacation on it); the $100 is a tax-free per diem when you stay away from home overnight, or taxable if you pick the drive-home choice. After 16 hours in a row on site every hour is double time; the app doesn't work that out.
- The app takes no vacation off, so your take-home here is higher than your stub by that amount.
- Local 647's 2025 report to the US Department of Labor gives field dues as a range, 1% to 5.5% of gross wages, without saying who pays which; the app takes 5.5%, so type your % on the Settings tab if your stub shows less. Per-hour deductions are counted on hours worked. Monthly dues ($58.00 for 2026) are paid to the lodge yourself, so they aren't on the check.
Enter your own hours in the Boilermaker app: it applies these rates, the overtime and holiday rules, dues and tax, and keeps a year of paychecks. Free for a month.
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Questions
What does a Local 647 journeyman make in 2026?
$51.00 an hour under the Great Lakes Articles of Agreement 2026–2028, Local 647 territory (North Dakota and South Dakota), with the January 1 2026 wages, from January 1, 2026.
When is the next Local 647 raise?
No later step is published in the data for the Field construction, maintenance and repair agreement. Rates usually change once a year; check the schedule before you count on a raise.
What do Local 647 apprentices make?
Apprentice 4B (8th six months) $48.45 (95%), Apprentice 4A (7th six months) $45.90 (90%), Apprentice 3B (6th six months) $43.35 (85%), Apprentice 3A (5th six months) $40.80 (80%), Apprentice 2B (4th six months) $39.53 (77.5%), Apprentice 2A (3rd six months) $38.25 (75%), Apprentice 1B (2nd six months) $36.98 (72.5%) and Apprentice 1A (first six months) $35.70 (70%) an hour from January 1, 2026.
Does Local 647 pay a per diem?
50 miles or more, staying away from home: $100 per diem a day worked.
How is Local 647 overtime paid?
4×10 (Art. 7.2, the employer's option; by agreement with the union on jobs of two weeks or less): 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 15, 2026 from the Boilermaker app, version 0.2.0.
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