UnionCrane Operators Local 12 wages 2026 (California)
The hourly rates, overtime, shift, vacation and per diem rules of IUOE Local 12 in California, read from the one agreement built into the Crane Operator app. An independent guide: the agreement and your hall have the final word.
Southern California cranes, pile driver and hoisting (type your deductions)
California DIR prevailing wage determination SC-23-63-2-2026-2B, Operating Engineer (Cranes, Pile Driver and Hoisting Equipment), Local 12 counties, effective July 1 2026; deductions not published
$71.75an hour
Group 13: crane over 300 t; mobile tower crane over 300 t, Southern California cranes, pile driver and hoisting (type your deductions)
From July 1, 2026. No later step published.
| Classification | From July 1, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Group 13: crane over 300 t; mobile tower crane over 300 tbase rate | $71.75 |
| Group 12: crane over 200 to 300 t | $70.75 |
| Group 11: crane over 100 to 200 t; tower crane and tower gantry | $69.75 |
| Group 10: crane over 50 to 100 t; mobile tower crane 50 to 100 t | $68.75 |
| Group 9: crane over 25 to 50 t; K-crane; polar crane; self-erecting tower crane 10 t | $67.75 |
| Group 8: crane up to 25 t; crawler transporter; rotating telehandler | $67.58 |
| Group 7: pedestal crane; tower crane repairman | $67.41 |
| Group 6: bridge crane; Chicago boom; polar gantry | $67.29 |
| Group 5: hydraulic boom truck or knuckleboom; stinger crane | $67.18 |
| Group 3: A-frame or winch truck | $66.82 |
| Group 2: truck crane oiler | $66.53 |
| Group 1: engineer oiler | $65.75 |
| Apprentice, 1st 1,000 hours (estimated)60% of Group 6 | $40.37 |
| Apprentice, 2nd 1,000 hours (estimated)65% | $43.74 |
| Apprentice, 3rd 1,000 hours (estimated)70% | $47.10 |
| Apprentice, 4th 1,000 hours (estimated)75% | $50.47 |
| Apprentice, 5th 1,000 hours (estimated)80% | $53.83 |
| Apprentice, 6th 1,000 hours (estimated)90% | $60.56 |
- Overtime
- Daily overtime is time and a half for the first 4 hours, then double time; Saturday is time and a half for the first 12 hours, then double time; Sundays and holidays are double time.
- Shift premium
- $1.00 an hour on every hour worked on shift.
- Vacation and holiday pay
- Holidays (DIR holiday provisions): New Year's Day, Presidents' Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, the Day after Thanksgiving and Christmas, and the first Saturday after the first Friday in June and in December; all paid at double time when worked, and not paid when you don't work them (the holiday money is the employer's vacation and holiday contribution).
- Per diem and travel
- Subsistence (DIR travel provisions, Sec.
One 40-hour week, worked out
Week of November 8, 2026Group 13: crane over 300 t; mobile tower crane over 300 t, Southern California cranes, pile driver and hoisting (type your deductions)
Example| Day | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hours | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| Earnings | |
|---|---|
| Regular32 h × 71.75 | 2,296.00 |
| Double time 2×8 h × 143.50 | 1,148.00 |
| Gross pay | 3,444.00 |
| Deductions | |
| Social Security6.2% | −213.53 |
| Medicare1.45% | −49.94 |
| CA SDI | −44.77 |
| Federal income taxestimate (W-4) | −609.91 |
| California income taxestimate | −265.72 |
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 2025-1B determination doesn't print the date its rates started, so the app uses its issue date (August 22 2025); and the apprentice dollars are estimates: DIR says the apprentice rate is a percentage of the Group 6 rate but serves the Los Angeles-area apprentice sheet only through a search form, so the app uses the San Diego sheet's steps (60, 65, 70, 75, 80 and 90% of Group 6, by 1,000 hours): check your stub.
- The app adds $1.00 for every hour worked that day; on a third shift enter the 8 hours you're paid.
- The two Saturday holidays in June and December aren't in the app's calendar: tick Holiday on them if you work.
- The app adds it for every hour worked, not multiplied on overtime.
- With nothing typed, take-home here is higher than your stub until you do.
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Questions
What does a Local 12 journeyman make in 2026?
$71.75 an hour under the California DIR prevailing wage determination SC-23-63-2-2026-2B, Operating Engineer (Cranes, Pile Driver and Hoisting Equipment), Local 12 counties, effective July 1 2026; deductions not published, from July 1, 2026.
When is the next Local 12 raise?
No later step is published in the data for the Southern California cranes, pile driver and hoisting (type your deductions) agreement. Rates usually change once a year; check the schedule before you count on a raise.
What do Local 12 apprentices make?
Apprentice, 1st 1,000 hours (estimated) $40.37 (60% of Group 6), Apprentice, 2nd 1,000 hours (estimated) $43.74 (65%), Apprentice, 3rd 1,000 hours (estimated) $47.10 (70%), Apprentice, 4th 1,000 hours (estimated) $50.47 (75%), Apprentice, 5th 1,000 hours (estimated) $53.83 (80%) and Apprentice, 6th 1,000 hours (estimated) $60.56 (90%) an hour from July 1, 2026.
Does Local 12 pay a per diem?
Subsistence (DIR travel provisions, Sec.
How is Local 12 overtime paid?
Daily overtime is time and a half for the first 4 hours, then double time; Saturday is time and a half for the first 12 hours, then double time; Sundays and holidays are double time.
Sources
The agreements and schedules these numbers were read from. Built October 25, 2026 from the Crane Operator app, version 0.1.0.
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