UnionCarpenters TVA wages 2026 (Tennessee)
The hourly rates, overtime, shift, vacation and per diem rules of Carpenters TVA in Tennessee, Alabama, Kentucky and Mississippi, read from the one agreement built into the Carpenter app. An independent guide: the agreement and your hall have the final word.
TVA project agreements (type your deductions)
TVA Construction Project Agreement and Project Maintenance and Modification Agreement (Tennessee Valley Trades and Labor Council), Exhibit A wage schedule 2026, carpenters; deductions not published
$35.16an hour
Carpenter, TVA project agreements (type your deductions)
From January 1, 2026. No later step published.
| Classification | From January 1, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Carpenter (also carpenter welder, lather tie-on, saw filer, sawyer)base rate | $35.16 |
| Carpenter foreman | $38.68 |
| Carpenter head foreman | $42.55 |
| Carpenter transmission foreman specialist | $44.05 |
| Pile driver | $35.41 |
| Pile driver foreman | $38.95 |
- Overtime
- Overtime: every hour past the standard day Monday to Friday and every hour on the 6th day (Saturday) is time and a half; the 7th day (Sunday) and holidays are paid at your local agreement's multiplier, at most double time.
- Shift premium
- 7.5 hours worked on shift are paid as 8.
- Per diem and travel
- Transmission work, lodged more than 55 miles from home: $112 a night.
One 40-hour week, worked out
Week of October 25, 2026Carpenter (also carpenter welder, lather tie-on, saw filer, sawyer), TVA project agreements (type your deductions)
Example| Day | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hours | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| Earnings | |
| Regular40 h × 35.16 | 1,406.40 |
| Gross pay | 1,406.40 |
| Deductions | |
| Social Security6.2% | −87.20 |
| Medicare1.45% | −20.39 |
| Federal income taxestimate (W-4) | −139.60 |
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 app starts the 2026 rates on January 1 (TVA starts them with the first pay period after it) and uses the transmission foreman specialist's 2026 rate for earlier weeks too. TVA publishes the next schedule in December: then type your new rate under Enter my own rate.
- That multiplier isn't in our source, so the app pays Sundays and holidays at time and a half, the cautious choice; your stub may show double time. A 4×10 is allowed but isn't built in, and there's no make-up day.
- The app treats every night as a 2nd shift, so a 7-hour 3rd shift gets 7.47 hours' pay instead of 8.
- The app leaves a holiday on a Saturday or Sunday on its date, and pays work on one at time and a half (see Overtime).
- With nothing typed, nothing comes off for dues, so take-home here is higher than your stub until you do.
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 TVA journeyman make in 2026?
$35.16 an hour under the TVA Construction Project Agreement and Project Maintenance and Modification Agreement (Tennessee Valley Trades and Labor Council), Exhibit A wage schedule 2026, carpenters; deductions not published, from January 1, 2026.
When is the next TVA raise?
No later step is published in the data for the TVA project agreements (type your deductions) agreement. Rates usually change once a year; check the schedule before you count on a raise.
Does TVA pay a per diem?
Transmission work, lodged more than 55 miles from home: $112 a night.
How is TVA overtime paid?
Overtime: every hour past the standard day Monday to Friday and every hour on the 6th day (Saturday) is time and a half; the 7th day (Sunday) and holidays are paid at your local agreement's multiplier, at most double time.
What is the take-home on a 40-hour week?
About $1,159.21 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 15, 2026 from the Carpenter app, version 0.1.0.
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