UnionCarpenters Local 251 wages 2026 (New Jersey)
The hourly rates, overtime, shift, vacation and per diem rules of Carpenters Local 251 in New Jersey, read from the one agreement built into the Carpenter app. An independent guide: the agreement and your hall have the final word.
Floor coverer, resilient flooring (2025 rates)
New Jersey Department of Labor's statewide rate for 'Carpenter - Resilient Flooring' (Floor Coverers Local 251), dated May 1 2025, with its work rules
$57.42an hour
Journeyman floor coverer, Floor coverer, resilient flooring (2025 rates)
From May 1, 2025. No later step published.
| Classification | From May 1, 2025 |
|---|---|
| Journeyman floor covererbase rate | $57.42 |
| ForemanJM + 15% | $66.03 |
| Apprentice, 5th year90% | $51.68 |
| Apprentice, 4th year80% | $45.94 |
| Apprentice, 3rd year65% | $37.32 |
| Apprentice, 2nd year55% | $31.58 |
| Apprentice, 1st year40% | $22.97 |
- Overtime
- Overtime (the state's rules): hours past 8 a day or 40 a week, or before or after the regular day Monday to Friday, are time and a half; a Saturday make-up day is straight time up to 8 hours and 40 for the week, otherwise Saturday is time and a half; Sundays and holidays are double time.
- Shift premium
- 10% of the rate on straight-time hours worked on shift.
- Per diem and travel
- New Jersey's schedule prints no per diem or travel pay.
One 40-hour week, worked out
Week of November 1, 2026Journeyman floor coverer, Floor coverer, resilient flooring (2025 rates)
Example| Day | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hours | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| Earnings | |
|---|---|
| Regular40 h × 57.42 | 2,296.80 |
| Gross pay | 2,296.80 |
| Deductions | |
| Field dues4% of gross wages | −91.87 |
| Social Security6.2% | −142.40 |
| Medicare1.45% | −33.30 |
| NJ unemployment | −8.79 |
| NJ workforce fund | −0.98 |
| NJ disability (TDI) | −4.36 |
| NJ family leave (FLI) | −5.28 |
| Federal income taxestimate (W-4) | −335.49 |
| New Jersey income taxestimate | −116.16 |
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 new rate dated May 2026 is listed by the state but couldn't be read (its site refuses automated reading), so the app keeps the 2025 rate: once your 2026 rate is on your stub, type it under Enter my own rate.
- The state prints the percentages, so the apprentice dollars are the journeyman rate times the percentage, rounded to the cent.
- The app's make-up day runs at straight time up to 10 hours and 40 for the week (the state says 8 hours), even in a week with a holiday.
- The app lets a make-up day run at straight time up to 40 hours even in a week with a holiday.
- Every night is taken as a 2nd shift (+10%); for a 3rd or irregular shift use Enter my own rate with the 15% added.
- A holiday on a Saturday stays on its date, and whether a holiday not worked is paid isn't printed, so the app pays nothing for it.
- Whether the 4% is figured on your wage or on the wage plus benefits isn't published; the app takes 4% of your wages (as the Mid-America council's 4% is, in Chicago), so if your stub figures it on the package your dues are about $1.38 an hour higher. Whether some of the benefits ($34.52 an hour, printed as one total) is vacation money taken from your pay isn't known either: if it is, take-home here is higher than your stub by that much.
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Questions
What does a Local 251 journeyman floor coverer make in 2026?
$57.42 an hour under the New Jersey Department of Labor's statewide rate for 'Carpenter - Resilient Flooring' (Floor Coverers Local 251), dated May 1 2025, with its work rules, from May 1, 2025.
When is the next Local 251 raise?
No later step is published in the data for the Floor coverer, resilient flooring (2025 rates) agreement. Rates usually change once a year; check the schedule before you count on a raise.
What do Local 251 apprentices make?
Apprentice, 5th year $51.68 (90%), Apprentice, 4th year $45.94 (80%), Apprentice, 3rd year $37.32 (65%), Apprentice, 2nd year $31.58 (55%) and Apprentice, 1st year $22.97 (40%) an hour from May 1, 2025.
Does Local 251 pay a per diem?
New Jersey's schedule prints no per diem or travel pay.
How is Local 251 overtime paid?
Overtime (the state's rules): hours past 8 a day or 40 a week, or before or after the regular day Monday to Friday, are time and a half; a Saturday make-up day is straight time up to 8 hours and 40 for the week, otherwise Saturday is 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 Carpenter app, version 0.1.0.
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