UnionCarpenters Local 276 wages 2026 (New York)
The hourly rates, overtime, shift, vacation and per diem rules of Carpenters Local 276 in New York, read from the four agreements built into the Carpenter app. An independent guide: the agreement and your hall have the final word.
Buffalo: Erie County building (type your deductions)
New York State prevailing wage schedule (Article 8) July 1 2026 to June 30 2027, carpenter building rate 12-276B-Cat: Erie County, with Persia and Perrysburg townships in Cattaraugus County; the North Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters' union rate; deductions not published
$38.47an hour
Journeyman carpenter, Buffalo: Erie County building (type your deductions)
From July 1, 2026. No later step published.
| Classification | From July 1, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Journeyman carpenterbase rate | $38.47 |
| Certified welderJM + $3.00 | $41.47 |
| Apprentice, 4th term80% | $30.78 |
| Apprentice, 3rd term75% | $28.85 |
| Apprentice, 2nd term70% | $26.93 |
| Apprentice, 1st term65% | $25.01 |
- Overtime
- Overtime (the schedule's codes B, E, E2 and Q): time and a half after 8 hours a day and on Saturday; a Saturday worked to make up a weekday lost to weather is straight time; Sundays and holidays are double time.
- Shift premium
- 10% of the rate on straight-time hours worked on shift.
- Per diem and travel
- Per diem and travel pay aren't in New York's schedule.
Buffalo: Erie County heavy and highway (type your deductions)
New York State prevailing wage schedule (Article 8) July 1 2026 to June 30 2027, carpenter heavy and highway rate 12-276HH-Erie: Erie County; the North Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters' union rate; deductions not published
$45.23 an hour, journeyman, from July 1, 2026.
| Classification | From July 1, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Journeyman carpenter, heavy and highwaybase rate | $45.23 |
| Apprentice, 4th term80% | $36.18 |
| Apprentice, 3rd term75% | $33.92 |
| Apprentice, 2nd term70% | $31.66 |
| Apprentice, 1st term65% | $29.40 |
- Overtime
- Overtime (the schedule's codes B, E and Q): time and a half after 8 hours a day and on Saturday; Sundays and holidays are double time.
- Per diem and travel
- Per diem and travel pay aren't in New York's schedule.
Rochester: Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Wayne building (type your deductions)
New York State prevailing wage schedule (Article 8) July 1 2026 to June 30 2027, carpenter building rate 6-276B-Liv: Livingston, Monroe, Ontario and Wayne counties and part of Wyoming County; the North Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters' union rate; deductions not published
$37.03 an hour, journeyman carpenter, from July 1, 2026.
| Classification | From July 1, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Journeyman carpenterbase rate | $37.03 |
| Apprentice, 4th term80% | $29.62 |
| Apprentice, 3rd term75% | $27.77 |
| Apprentice, 2nd term70% | $25.92 |
| Apprentice, 1st term65% | $24.07 |
- Overtime
- Overtime (the schedule's codes B, E, E2 and Q): time and a half after 8 hours a day and on Saturday; a Saturday worked to make up a weekday lost to weather is straight time; Sundays and holidays are double time.
- Shift premium
- 10% of the rate on straight-time hours worked on shift.
- Per diem and travel
- Per diem and travel pay aren't in New York's schedule.
Rochester: heavy and highway (type your deductions)
New York State prevailing wage schedule (Article 8) July 1 2026 to June 30 2027, carpenter heavy and highway rate 6-276HH-Liv: Livingston, Monroe, Ontario and Wayne counties; the North Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters' union rate; deductions not published
$40.92 an hour, journeyman, from July 1, 2026.
| Classification | From July 1, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Journeyman carpenter, heavy and highwaybase rate | $40.92 |
| Apprentice, 4th term80% | $32.74 |
| Apprentice, 3rd term75% | $30.69 |
| Apprentice, 2nd term70% | $28.64 |
| Apprentice, 1st term65% | $26.60 |
- Overtime
- Overtime (the schedule's codes B, E and Q): time and a half after 8 hours a day and on Saturday; Sundays and holidays are double time.
- Shift premium
- $4.00 an hour on straight-time hours worked on shift.
- Per diem and travel
- Per diem and travel pay aren't in New York's schedule.
One 40-hour week, worked out
Week of November 1, 2026Journeyman carpenter, Buffalo: Erie County building (type your deductions)
Example| Day | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hours | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| Earnings | |
|---|---|
| Regular40 h × 38.47 | 1,538.80 |
| Gross pay | 1,538.80 |
| Deductions | |
| Social Security6.2% | −95.41 |
| Medicare1.45% | −22.31 |
| NY disability (DBL) | −0.60 |
| NY paid family leave | −6.65 |
| Federal income taxestimate (W-4) | −168.73 |
| New York income taxestimate | −72.25 |
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:
- Buffalo: Erie County building (type your deductions). The schedule prints the percentages, so the apprentice dollars are the journeyman rate times the percentage, rounded to the cent. No foreman or general foreman rate is printed: use Enter my own rate. A day logged as another role is paid at that role's rate.
- Buffalo: Erie County building (type your deductions). The schedule prints only the current year, so the app uses the July 1 2026 rate for earlier weeks too. The package goes up $3.50 an hour on July 1 2027 and $2.50 on July 1 2028, to be allocated later: after that, type your new rate under Enter my own rate.
- Buffalo: Erie County building (type your deductions). No 4×10 is printed, so the app has none, and it lets a make-up day run at straight time up to 40 hours even in a week with a holiday.
- Buffalo: Erie County building (type your deductions). Every night is taken as a 2nd shift (+10%); for a 3rd shift use Enter my own rate with the 15% added. Leave Night off on shift work that isn't required by the owner or agency.
- Buffalo: Erie County building (type your deductions). With nothing typed, nothing comes off for dues, so take-home here is higher than your stub until you do; a vacation or annuity amount taken from your pay can't be typed in.
- Buffalo: Erie County heavy and highway (type your deductions). The schedule prints the percentages, so the apprentice dollars are the journeyman rate times the percentage, rounded to the cent. No foreman or general foreman rate is printed: use Enter my own rate. A day logged as another role is paid at that role's rate.
- Buffalo: Erie County heavy and highway (type your deductions). The schedule prints only the current year, so the app uses the July 1 2026 rate for earlier weeks too. The package goes up $2.65 an hour on July 1 2027, to be allocated later: after that, type your new rate under Enter my own rate.
- Buffalo: Erie County heavy and highway (type your deductions). No 4×10 is printed, so the app has none; there's no make-up day.
- Buffalo: Erie County heavy and highway (type your deductions). The Erie County heavy and highway rate prints no shift premium, so the app adds nothing for night work; leave Night off, or use Enter my own rate if your stub shows a premium.
- Buffalo: Erie County heavy and highway (type your deductions). The app pays it whenever the holiday isn't worked (untick Hol. on the day if you missed the day before or after), and when you work one it pays double time for the hours but doesn't add the day's holiday pay.
- Buffalo: Erie County heavy and highway (type your deductions). With nothing typed, nothing comes off for dues, so take-home here is higher than your stub until you do; a vacation or annuity amount taken from your pay can't be typed in.
- Rochester: Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Wayne building (type your deductions). The schedule prints the percentages, so the apprentice dollars are the journeyman rate times the percentage, rounded to the cent. No foreman or general foreman rate is printed: use Enter my own rate. A day logged as another role is paid at that role's rate.
- Rochester: Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Wayne building (type your deductions). The schedule prints only the current year, so the app uses the July 1 2026 rate for earlier weeks too. The package goes up $4.50 an hour on July 1 2027 and $3.11 on July 1 2028, to be allocated later: after that, type your new rate under Enter my own rate.
- Rochester: Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Wayne building (type your deductions). No 4×10 is printed, so the app has none, and it lets a make-up day run at straight time up to 40 hours even in a week with a holiday.
- Rochester: Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Wayne building (type your deductions). Every night is taken as a 2nd shift (+10%); for a 3rd shift use Enter my own rate with the 15% added. Leave Night off on shift work that isn't required by the owner or agency.
- Rochester: Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Wayne building (type your deductions). With nothing typed, nothing comes off for dues, so take-home here is higher than your stub until you do; a vacation or annuity amount taken from your pay can't be typed in.
- Rochester: heavy and highway (type your deductions). The schedule prints the percentages, so the apprentice dollars are the journeyman rate times the percentage, rounded to the cent. No foreman or general foreman rate is printed: use Enter my own rate. A day logged as another role is paid at that role's rate.
- Rochester: heavy and highway (type your deductions). The schedule prints only the current year, so the app uses the July 1 2026 rate for earlier weeks too. The package goes up $4.67 an hour on July 1 2027, to be allocated later: after that, type your new rate under Enter my own rate.
- Rochester: heavy and highway (type your deductions). No 4×10 is printed, so the app has none; there's no make-up day.
- Rochester: heavy and highway (type your deductions). Whether the $4.00 is added on overtime hours isn't printed; the app adds it on straight-time hours only.
- Rochester: heavy and highway (type your deductions). The app pays it whenever the holiday isn't worked (untick Hol. on the day if you missed the day before or after), and when you work one it pays double time for the hours but doesn't add the day's holiday pay.
- Rochester: heavy and highway (type your deductions). With nothing typed, nothing comes off for dues, so take-home here is higher than your stub until you do; a vacation or annuity amount taken from your pay can't be typed in.
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Questions
What does a Local 276 journeyman carpenter make in 2026?
$38.47 an hour under the New York State prevailing wage schedule (Article 8) July 1 2026 to June 30 2027, carpenter building rate 12-276B-Cat: Erie County, with Persia and Perrysburg townships in Cattaraugus County; the North Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters' union rate; deductions not published, from July 1, 2026. The other agreements on this page: Buffalo: Erie County heavy and highway (type your deductions) $45.23, Rochester: Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Wayne building (type your deductions) $37.03 and Rochester: heavy and highway (type your deductions) $40.92.
When is the next Local 276 raise?
No later step is published in the data for the Buffalo: Erie County building (type your deductions) agreement. Rates usually change once a year; check the schedule before you count on a raise.
What do Local 276 apprentices make?
Apprentice, 4th term $30.78 (80%), Apprentice, 3rd term $28.85 (75%), Apprentice, 2nd term $26.93 (70%) and Apprentice, 1st term $25.01 (65%) an hour from July 1, 2026.
Does Local 276 pay a per diem?
Per diem and travel pay aren't in New York's schedule.
How is Local 276 overtime paid?
Overtime (the schedule's codes B, E, E2 and Q): time and a half after 8 hours a day and on Saturday; a Saturday worked to make up a weekday lost to weather is straight time; 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.
- New York State prevailing wage schedule 2026-2027, Erie County (carpenter 12-276B-Cat, p.5-6; overtime and holiday codes)
- North Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters LM-2 (working dues)
- New York State prevailing wage schedule 2026-2027, Monroe County (carpenter 6-276B-Liv, p.5-6; overtime and holiday codes)
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