UnionCarpenters Local 270 wages 2026 (Illinois)
The hourly rates, overtime, shift, vacation and per diem rules of Carpenters Local 270 in Illinois, read from the one agreement built into the Carpenter app. An independent guide: the agreement and your hall have the final word.
Commercial construction
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 270 commercial wage addendum effective May 1 2026: Adams, Brown, Cass, Christian, Greene, Hancock, Logan, Macon, Macoupin, McDonough, Menard, Montgomery, Morgan, Piatt, Pike, Sangamon, Schuyler, Scott and Warren counties
$38.12an hour
Journeyman carpenter or lather, Commercial construction
From May 1, 2026. No later step published.
| Classification | From May 1, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Journeyman carpenter or latherbase rate | $38.12 |
| Journeyman piledriverJM + $2.00 | $40.12 |
| Carpenter or lather foremanJM + $2.75 | $40.87 |
| Piledriver foremanJM + $4.75 | $42.87 |
| General foremanJM + $4.25 | $42.37 |
| Journeyman carpenter (Logan County) | $38.98 |
| Carpenter foreman (Logan County)Logan JM + $2.75 | $41.73 |
| Apprentice, months 43 to 4895% | $36.21 |
| Apprentice, months 37 to 4290% | $34.31 |
| Apprentice, months 31 to 3685% | $32.40 |
| Apprentice, months 25 to 3080% | $30.50 |
| Apprentice, months 19 to 2475% | $28.59 |
| Apprentice, months 13 to 1870% | $26.68 |
| Apprentice, months 7 to 1265% | $24.78 |
| Apprentice, months 4 to 660% | $22.87 |
| Apprentice, months 1 to 350% | $19.06 |
- 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 construction
Example| Day | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hours | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| Earnings | |
| Regular40 h × 38.12 | 1,524.80 |
| Gross pay | 1,524.80 |
| Deductions | |
| Regional Council check-offper hour | −60.80 |
| Local Union check-offper hour | −15.20 |
| UBCJA check-offper hour | −4.40 |
| Promotional Fundper hour | −6.00 |
| Substance Abuse Programper hour | −0.40 |
| Social Security6.2% | −94.54 |
| Medicare1.45% | −22.11 |
| Federal income taxestimate (W-4) | −165.65 |
| Illinois income taxestimate | −75.48 |
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 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.
- 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.
- 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').
- 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.
- The app uses the 2026 Regional Council check-off for earlier weeks too (it was $1.49 for a journeyman), and the journeyman's amount for foremen and piledrivers.
Enter your own hours in the Carpenter 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 270 journeyman carpenter or lather make in 2026?
$38.12 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 270 commercial wage addendum effective May 1 2026: Adams, Brown, Cass, Christian, Greene, Hancock, Logan, Macon, Macoupin, McDonough, Menard, Montgomery, Morgan, Piatt, Pike, Sangamon, Schuyler, Scott and Warren counties, from May 1, 2026.
When is the next Local 270 raise?
No later step is published in the data for the Commercial construction agreement. Rates usually change once a year; check the schedule before you count on a raise.
What do Local 270 apprentices make?
Apprentice, months 43 to 48 $36.21 (95%), Apprentice, months 37 to 42 $34.31 (90%), Apprentice, months 31 to 36 $32.40 (85%), Apprentice, months 25 to 30 $30.50 (80%), Apprentice, months 19 to 24 $28.59 (75%), Apprentice, months 13 to 18 $26.68 (70%), Apprentice, months 7 to 12 $24.78 (65%), Apprentice, months 4 to 6 $22.87 (60%) and Apprentice, months 1 to 3 $19.06 (50%) an hour from May 1, 2026.
Does Local 270 pay a per diem?
The agreement has no travel, subsistence or per diem pay.
How is Local 270 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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