UnionCarpenters Local 237 wages 2026 (Illinois)
The hourly rates, overtime, shift, vacation and per diem rules of Carpenters Local 237 in Illinois, read from the two agreements built into the Carpenter app. An independent guide: the agreement and your hall have the final word.
Commercial (Fulton, Knox, Mason, Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford)
Mid Central Illinois Region Master Agreement 2024–2029 (Central Illinois Builders of AGC and Greater Peoria Contractors & Suppliers Association with the Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council), Local 237 commercial wage addendum effective May 1 2026: Fulton, Knox, Mason, Peoria, Tazewell and Woodford counties
$40.77an hour
Journeyman carpenter or lather, Commercial (Fulton, Knox, Mason, Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford)
From May 1, 2026. No later step published.
| Classification | From May 1, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Journeyman carpenter or latherbase rate | $40.77 |
| Journeyman piledriverJM + $2.00 | $42.77 |
| Carpenter or lather foremanJM + $2.75 | $43.52 |
| Piledriver foremanJM + $4.75 | $45.52 |
| General foremanJM + $4.25 | $45.02 |
| Apprentice, months 43 to 4895% | $38.73 |
| Apprentice, months 37 to 4290% | $36.69 |
| Apprentice, months 31 to 3685% | $34.65 |
| Apprentice, months 25 to 3080% | $32.62 |
| Apprentice, months 19 to 2475% | $30.58 |
| Apprentice, months 13 to 1870% | $28.54 |
| Apprentice, months 7 to 1265% | $26.50 |
| Apprentice, months 4 to 660% | $24.46 |
| Apprentice, months 1 to 350% | $20.39 |
- Overtime
- Overtime: every hour past 8 Monday to Friday and every Saturday hour is time and a half; Sundays and holidays are double time.
- Shift premium
- 7.5 hours worked on shift are paid as 8.
- Per diem and travel
- The agreement has no travel, subsistence or per diem pay.
Commercial (DeWitt, Livingston, McLean, Ford)
Mid Central Illinois Region Master Agreement 2024–2029 (Central Illinois Builders of AGC and Greater Peoria Contractors & Suppliers Association with the Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council), Local 237 commercial wage addendum effective May 1 2026: DeWitt, Livingston, McLean and Ford counties
$40.75 an hour, journeyman carpenter or lather, from May 1, 2026.
| Classification | From May 1, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Journeyman carpenter or latherbase rate | $40.75 |
| Journeyman piledriverJM + $2.00 | $42.75 |
| Carpenter or lather foremanJM + $2.75 | $43.50 |
| Piledriver foremanJM + $4.75 | $45.50 |
| General foremanJM + $4.25 | $45.00 |
| Apprentice, months 43 to 4895% | $38.71 |
| Apprentice, months 37 to 4290% | $36.68 |
| Apprentice, months 31 to 3685% | $34.64 |
| Apprentice, months 25 to 3080% | $32.60 |
| Apprentice, months 19 to 2475% | $30.56 |
| Apprentice, months 13 to 1870% | $28.53 |
| Apprentice, months 7 to 1265% | $26.49 |
| Apprentice, months 4 to 660% | $24.45 |
| Apprentice, months 1 to 350% | $20.38 |
- Overtime
- Overtime: every hour past 8 Monday to Friday and every Saturday hour is time and a half; Sundays and holidays are double time.
- Shift premium
- 7.5 hours worked on shift are paid as 8.
- Per diem and travel
- The agreement has no travel, subsistence or per diem pay.
One 40-hour week, worked out
Week of October 25, 2026Journeyman carpenter or lather, Commercial (Fulton, Knox, Mason, Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford)
Example| Day | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hours | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| Earnings | |
| Regular40 h × 40.77 | 1,630.80 |
| Gross pay | 1,630.80 |
| Deductions | |
| Regional Council check-offper hour | −65.20 |
| Local Union check-offper hour | −14.00 |
| UBCJA check-offper hour | −4.40 |
| Promotional Fundper hour | −6.00 |
| Substance Abuse Programper hour | −0.40 |
| Building tradesper hour | −6.40 |
| Social Security6.2% | −101.11 |
| Medicare1.45% | −23.65 |
| Federal income taxestimate (W-4) | −188.97 |
| Illinois income taxestimate | −80.72 |
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:
- Commercial (Fulton, Knox, Mason, Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford). The addenda print the apprentice percentages and the general foreman's $4.25, so those dollars are worked out from the journeyman rate, rounded to the cent.
- Commercial (Fulton, Knox, Mason, Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford). The app keeps the 2026 rates after May 1 2027 until the 2027 addendum is out: then type your new rate under Enter my own rate.
- Commercial (Fulton, Knox, Mason, Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford). When Friday is worked as an extra day, Saturday becomes double time; the app keeps Saturday at time and a half. The app lets a make-up day run at straight time up to 40 hours even in a week with a holiday (the agreement says 'to reach 40 hours').
- Commercial (Fulton, Knox, Mason, Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford). The app treats every night as an evening shift, so a 7-hour night shift gets 7.47 hours' pay instead of 8; a special shift (+$3.00 an hour, overtime figured on the premium rate) isn't added: use Enter my own rate with the $3.00 added.
- Commercial (Fulton, Knox, Mason, Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford). Knox County has no building trades deduction; the app takes it everywhere, so in Knox County it takes $0.16 an hour too much.
- Commercial (Fulton, Knox, Mason, Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford). The app uses the 2026 Regional Council check-off for earlier weeks too (it was $1.56 for a journeyman), and the journeyman's amount for foremen and piledrivers.
- Commercial (DeWitt, Livingston, McLean, Ford). The addenda print the apprentice percentages and the general foreman's $4.25, so those dollars are worked out from the journeyman rate, rounded to the cent (for this county group our source has no apprentice dollars at all, so all of them are worked out this way).
- Commercial (DeWitt, Livingston, McLean, Ford). The app keeps the 2026 rates after May 1 2027 until the 2027 addendum is out: then type your new rate under Enter my own rate.
- Commercial (DeWitt, Livingston, McLean, Ford). When Friday is worked as an extra day, Saturday becomes double time; the app keeps Saturday at time and a half. The app lets a make-up day run at straight time up to 40 hours even in a week with a holiday (the agreement says 'to reach 40 hours').
- Commercial (DeWitt, Livingston, McLean, Ford). The app treats every night as an evening shift, so a 7-hour night shift gets 7.47 hours' pay instead of 8; a special shift (+$3.00 an hour, overtime figured on the premium rate) isn't added: use Enter my own rate with the $3.00 added.
- Commercial (DeWitt, Livingston, McLean, Ford). DeWitt and Ford counties have no building trades deduction; the app takes it everywhere, so there it takes $0.03 an hour too much.
- Commercial (DeWitt, Livingston, McLean, Ford). The app uses the 2026 Regional Council check-off for earlier weeks too (it was $1.56 for a journeyman), and the journeyman's amount for foremen and piledrivers.
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Questions
What does a Local 237 journeyman carpenter or lather make in 2026?
$40.77 an hour under the Mid Central Illinois Region Master Agreement 2024–2029 (Central Illinois Builders of AGC and Greater Peoria Contractors & Suppliers Association with the Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council), Local 237 commercial wage addendum effective May 1 2026: Fulton, Knox, Mason, Peoria, Tazewell and Woodford counties, from May 1, 2026. The other agreements on this page: Commercial (DeWitt, Livingston, McLean, Ford) $40.75.
When is the next Local 237 raise?
No later step is published in the data for the Commercial (Fulton, Knox, Mason, Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford) agreement. Rates usually change once a year; check the schedule before you count on a raise.
What do Local 237 apprentices make?
Apprentice, months 43 to 48 $38.73 (95%), Apprentice, months 37 to 42 $36.69 (90%), Apprentice, months 31 to 36 $34.65 (85%), Apprentice, months 25 to 30 $32.62 (80%), Apprentice, months 19 to 24 $30.58 (75%), Apprentice, months 13 to 18 $28.54 (70%), Apprentice, months 7 to 12 $26.50 (65%), Apprentice, months 4 to 6 $24.46 (60%) and Apprentice, months 1 to 3 $20.39 (50%) an hour from May 1, 2026.
Does Local 237 pay a per diem?
The agreement has no travel, subsistence or per diem pay.
How is Local 237 overtime paid?
Overtime: every hour past 8 Monday to Friday and every Saturday hour is time and a half; Sundays and holidays are double time.
Sources
The agreements and schedules these numbers were read from. Built October 15, 2026 from the Carpenter app, version 0.1.0.
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