UnionCarpenters Local 279 wages 2026 (New York)
The hourly rates, overtime, shift, vacation and per diem rules of Carpenters Local 279 in New York, read from the two agreements built into the Carpenter app. An independent guide: the agreement and your hall have the final word.
Westchester, Rockland, Putnam (type your deductions)
New York State prevailing wage schedule (Article 8) July 1 2026 to June 30 2027, carpenter building and heavy and highway rate 11-279.1B/HH: Putnam, Rockland and Westchester counties; the North Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters' union rate; deductions not published
$43.68an hour
Journeyman carpenter, Westchester, Rockland, Putnam (type your deductions)
From July 1, 2026. No later step published.
| Classification | From July 1, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Journeyman carpenterbase rate | $43.68 |
| Apprentice, 4th year80% | $34.94 |
| Apprentice, 3rd year70% | $30.58 |
| Apprentice, 2nd year60% | $26.21 |
| Apprentice, 1st year50% | $21.84 |
- 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
- 15% 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.
Mid-Hudson: Columbia, Dutchess, Orange, Sullivan, Ulster (type your deductions)
New York State prevailing wage schedule (Article 8) July 1 2026 to June 30 2027, carpenter building and heavy and highway rate 11-279.2B/H&H: Columbia, Dutchess, Orange, Sullivan and Ulster counties; the North Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters' union rate; deductions not published
$39.55 an hour, journeyman carpenter, from July 1, 2026.
| Classification | From July 1, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Journeyman carpenterbase rate | $39.55 |
| Apprentice, 4th year80% | $31.64 |
| Apprentice, 3rd year70% | $27.69 |
| Apprentice, 2nd year60% | $23.73 |
| Apprentice, 1st year50% | $19.78 |
- 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
- 15% 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.
One 40-hour week, worked out
Week of November 1, 2026Journeyman carpenter, Westchester, Rockland, Putnam (type your deductions)
Example| Day | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hours | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| Earnings | |
|---|---|
| Regular40 h × 43.68 | 1,747.20 |
| Add-on (taxable, goes to the fund)40 h × 6.69 | 267.60 |
| Gross pay | 2,014.80 |
| Deductions | |
| Add-on taken back after taxper hour | −267.60 |
| Social Security6.2% | −124.92 |
| Medicare1.45% | −29.21 |
| NY disability (DBL) | −0.60 |
| NY paid family leave | −8.70 |
| Federal income taxestimate (W-4) | −273.45 |
| New York income taxestimate | −99.67 |
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:
- Westchester, Rockland, Putnam (type your deductions). No 4×10 is printed, so the app has none; there's no make-up day.
- Westchester, Rockland, Putnam (type your deductions). The 15% of the benefits part isn't added (about $4.97 an hour more for a journeyman); leave Night off on other night work.
- Westchester, Rockland, Putnam (type your deductions). On heavy and highway (and tunnel) work Local 279 has seven paid holidays (these less the day after Thanksgiving, for anyone employed in the 5 work days before or after); the app doesn't pay them: on one you don't work, untick Hol. and enter 8 hours.
- Westchester, Rockland, Putnam (type your deductions). What it is isn't printed (probably vacation or holiday money that goes to a fund), so the app takes the cautious route: it adds it to your taxable pay and takes it back off after tax, so the tax shown may be a little high and take-home a little low. It uses $6.69 for every class and every week; for an apprentice it adds and takes back more than the real amount, which only changes the tax shown.
- Westchester, Rockland, Putnam (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.
- Mid-Hudson: Columbia, Dutchess, Orange, Sullivan, Ulster (type your deductions). The schedule prints only the current year, so the app uses the July 1 2026 rate for earlier weeks too (Davis-Bacon's July 1 2025 figure here is $44.72 including the add-on: for a 2025 week use Enter my own rate). The next rate isn't printed yet: after June 30 2027, type your new rate under Enter my own rate.
- Mid-Hudson: Columbia, Dutchess, Orange, Sullivan, Ulster (type your deductions). No 4×10 is printed, so the app has none; there's no make-up day.
- Mid-Hudson: Columbia, Dutchess, Orange, Sullivan, Ulster (type your deductions). On heavy and highway (and tunnel) work Local 279 has seven paid holidays (these less the day after Thanksgiving, for anyone employed in the 5 work days before or after); the app doesn't pay them: on one you don't work, untick Hol. and enter 8 hours.
- Mid-Hudson: Columbia, Dutchess, Orange, Sullivan, Ulster (type your deductions). What it is isn't printed (probably vacation or holiday money that goes to a fund), so the app takes the cautious route: it adds it to your taxable pay and takes it back off after tax, so the tax shown may be a little high and take-home a little low. It uses $6.47 for every class and every week; for an apprentice it adds and takes back more than the real amount, which only changes the tax shown.
- Mid-Hudson: Columbia, Dutchess, Orange, Sullivan, Ulster (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 279 journeyman carpenter make in 2026?
$43.68 an hour under the New York State prevailing wage schedule (Article 8) July 1 2026 to June 30 2027, carpenter building and heavy and highway rate 11-279.1B/HH: Putnam, Rockland and Westchester counties; the North Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters' union rate; deductions not published, from July 1, 2026. The other agreements on this page: Mid-Hudson: Columbia, Dutchess, Orange, Sullivan, Ulster (type your deductions) $39.55.
When is the next Local 279 raise?
No later step is published in the data for the Westchester, Rockland, Putnam (type your deductions) agreement. Rates usually change once a year; check the schedule before you count on a raise.
What do Local 279 apprentices make?
Apprentice, 4th year $34.94 (80%), Apprentice, 3rd year $30.58 (70%), Apprentice, 2nd year $26.21 (60%) and Apprentice, 1st year $21.84 (50%) an hour from July 1, 2026.
Does Local 279 pay a per diem?
Per diem and travel pay aren't in New York's schedule.
How is Local 279 overtime paid?
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.
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, Westchester County (carpenter 11-279.1B/HH, p.9; overtime and holiday codes)
- New York State prevailing wage schedule 2025-2026, Putnam County (Internet Archive copy; 11-279.1B/HH p.9-10)
- North Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters LM-2 (working dues)
- New York State prevailing wage schedule 2026-2027, Ulster County (carpenter 11-279.2B/H&H, p.5-6; overtime and holiday codes)
- Davis-Bacon NY20260007 rev 3 (Dutchess, Orange, Sullivan, Ulster: CARP0279-005)
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