Carpenters Locals 503, 541, 2851, 2949 wages 2026 (Oregon)

The hourly rates, overtime, shift, vacation and per diem rules of Carpenters Locals 503, 541, 2851, 2949 in Oregon and Washington, read from the one agreement built into the Carpenter app. An independent guide: the agreement and your hall have the final word.

Oregon and southwest Washington (type your deductions)

Washington, Oregon and Alaska Cascadia Regional Master Agreement (Western States Association of Union Contractors and the carpenters' regional council), Southwest Washington wage area, the same rates as Oregon's prevailing wage Carpenter Groups 1-6, Zone A; deductions not published

$56.69an hour

Carpenter, Group 1, Oregon and southwest Washington (type your deductions)

From July 5, 2026. No later step published.

Classification	From July 5, 2026
Carpenter, Group 1 (also acoustical, scaffold and shoring)base rate	$56.69
Group 2: floor layer and finisher, stationary power saw	$56.86
Group 5: bridge and highway carpenter	$58.06
Group 6: piledriver	$58.06
Group 1 welderGroup 1 + 5%	$59.52

Overtime: Overtime (Washington's code 11U): hours past 8 a day or 40 a week are time and a half.
Per diem and travel: No per diem or subsistence is published for these carpenters.

One 40-hour week, worked out

Week of November 1, 2026Carpenter, Group 1 (also acoustical, scaffold and shoring), Oregon and southwest Washington (type your deductions)

Example

Hours worked each day
Day	Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
Hours	0	8	8	8	8	8	0

The paycheck those hours make
Earnings
Regular40 h × 56.69	2,267.60
Gross pay	2,267.60
Deductions
Social Security6.2%	−140.59
Medicare1.45%	−32.88
OR paid leave	−13.61
OR statewide transit	−2.27
OR workers' benefit fund	−0.36
Federal income taxestimate (W-4)	−329.06
Oregon income taxestimate	−181.41

Take-home$1,567.42

Example only: a journeyman on 5×8 Mon–Fri, no overtime, no shift premium, no per diem. Single, standard withholding; Social Security and Medicare not yet maxed for the year. Your paycheck depends on your hours, your site and your deductions.

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:

Washington's filing shows the 2026 rate from September 2 2026, Oregon's from July 5 2026; the app uses July 5 for both states. Apprentice pay is printed only as a share of the whole package (wage plus fringes), not of the wage, so apprentices aren't built in: use Enter my own rate. The 2027 rates aren't known: type your new rate under Enter my own rate when they come.
On a 4×10 the app pays a worked Friday at time and a half up to 12 hours, and lets a make-up day run at straight time up to 40 hours even in a week with a holiday; on a make-up Saturday it pays every hour past 10 at time and a half (hours past 12 should be double). Oregon prints no overtime text; the agreement is the same, so the app uses Washington's code for both states.
No other shift premium is published, so the app adds nothing for night work; leave Night off.
Whether a holiday not worked is paid isn't printed, so the app pays nothing for it.
Whether zone pay is multiplied on overtime isn't printed, so the app adds it for every hour worked, not multiplied.
With nothing typed, nothing comes off for dues, so take-home here is higher than your stub until you do.

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Questions

What does a Locals 503, 541, 2851, 2949 journeyman make in 2026?

$56.69 an hour under the Washington, Oregon and Alaska Cascadia Regional Master Agreement (Western States Association of Union Contractors and the carpenters' regional council), Southwest Washington wage area, the same rates as Oregon's prevailing wage Carpenter Groups 1-6, Zone A; deductions not published, from July 5, 2026.

When is the next Locals 503, 541, 2851, 2949 raise?

No later step is published in the data for the Oregon and southwest Washington (type your deductions) agreement. Rates usually change once a year; check the schedule before you count on a raise.

Does Locals 503, 541, 2851, 2949 pay a per diem?

No per diem or subsistence is published for these carpenters.

How is Locals 503, 541, 2851, 2949 overtime paid?

Overtime (Washington's code 11U): hours past 8 a day or 40 a week are time and a half.

What is the take-home on a 40-hour week?

About $1,567.42 for a journeyman on 5×8 Mon–Fri, after Social Security, Medicare and income tax, with no overtime, shift premium or per diem. An example from the app: your own paycheck depends on your deductions.

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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