UnionCrane Operators Local 150 wages 2026 (Illinois)
The hourly rates, overtime, shift, vacation and per diem rules of IUOE Local 150 in Illinois, read from the five agreements built into the Crane Operator app. An independent guide: the agreement and your hall have the final word.
Chicago area building (MARBA)
Illinois Building Agreement 2024–2027 between Local 150 and the Mid-America Regional Bargaining Association (MARBA), Districts 1, 2 and 3, with the June 1 2026 wage allocation
$71.80an hour
Certified friction crane operator, Chicago area building (MARBA)
From June 1, 2026. No later step published.
| Classification | From June 1, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Certified friction crane operatorbase rate | $71.80 |
| Certified crane operator, with or without an oiler | $70.80 |
| Class 1: cranes not certified, hammerhead and GCI tower cranes, creter and spider cranes, derricks, boom trucks | $68.80 |
| Class 4: oiler / helper | $63.20 |
| Craft foreman | $72.80 |
| Assistant craft foreman | $72.55 |
| A/D director (crane assembly and disassembly) | $72.80 |
| Apprentice, 1st year | $34.85 |
| Apprentice, 2nd year | $43.55 |
| Apprentice, 3rd year, 1st half | $50.25 |
| Apprentice, 3rd year, 2nd half | $53.60 |
| Apprentice, 4th year, 1st half | $56.95 |
| Apprentice, 4th year, 2nd half | $61.65 |
- Overtime
- Every hour over 8 a day or 40 a week, before or after the normal day, and all Saturday, Sunday and holiday work is double time; working through lunch pays the lunch at double time.
- Shift premium
- $2.00 an hour on every hour worked on shift.
- Per diem and travel
- No per diem inside Local 150's area.
Chicago area building, crane rental company (MARBA, Addendum 2)
Illinois Building Agreement 2024–2027 between Local 150 and MARBA, Districts 1, 2 and 3, Addendum 2: crane rental companies (crane operators and oilers + 5%)
$75.39 an hour, journeyman, from June 1, 2026.
| Classification | From June 1, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Certified friction crane operator (crane rental + 5%)base rate | $75.39 |
| Certified crane operator, with or without an oiler (crane rental + 5%) | $74.34 |
| Class 1: cranes not certified, tower cranes, derricks, boom trucks (crane rental + 5%) | $72.24 |
| Class 4: oiler / helper (crane rental + 5%) | $66.36 |
| Craft foreman | $72.80 |
| Assistant craft foreman | $72.55 |
| A/D director (crane assembly and disassembly) | $72.80 |
| Apprentice, 1st year | $34.85 |
| Apprentice, 2nd year | $43.55 |
| Apprentice, 3rd year, 1st half | $50.25 |
| Apprentice, 3rd year, 2nd half | $53.60 |
| Apprentice, 4th year, 1st half | $56.95 |
| Apprentice, 4th year, 2nd half | $61.65 |
- Overtime
- Every hour over 8 a day or 40 a week, before or after the normal day, and all Saturday, Sunday and holiday work is double time; working through lunch pays the lunch at double time.
- Shift premium
- $2.00 an hour on every hour worked on shift.
- Per diem and travel
- No per diem inside Local 150's area.
Chicago area heavy, highway and underground (MARBA)
Illinois Heavy and Highway and Underground Agreement 2024–2027 between Local 150 and MARBA, Districts 1, 2 and 3, with the June 1 2026 wage allocation
$70.00 an hour, certified friction crane operator, from June 1, 2026.
| Classification | From June 1, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Certified friction crane operatorbase rate | $70.00 |
| Certified crane operator, with or without an oiler | $69.00 |
| Class 1: cranes not certified, tower cranes of all types, creter and spider cranes, derricks, derrick boats | $67.00 |
| Class 2: boom trucks | $66.45 |
| Class 5: oiler / helper | $61.80 |
| Craft foreman | $71.00 |
| A/D director (crane assembly and disassembly) | $71.00 |
| Apprentice, 1st year | $34.85 |
| Apprentice, 2nd year | $43.55 |
| Apprentice, 3rd year, 1st half | $50.25 |
| Apprentice, 3rd year, 2nd half | $53.60 |
| Apprentice, 4th year, 1st half | $56.95 |
| Apprentice, 4th year, 2nd half | $61.65 |
- Overtime
- Every hour over 8 a day or 40 a week, before or after the normal day, and all Saturday work is time and a half; Sundays and holidays are double time.
- Shift premium
- $2.00 an hour on every hour worked on shift.
- Per diem and travel
- No per diem inside Local 150's area.
Rockford building, District 4 (NIBCA)
Rockford Building Agreement 2025–2028 between the Northern Illinois Building Contractors' Association (NIBCA) and Local 150, District 4
$63.75 an hour, certified friction crane operator, from June 1, 2026; $67.75 from June 1, 2027.
| Classification | From June 1, 2026 | From June 1, 2027 |
|---|---|---|
| Certified friction crane operatorbase rate | $63.75 | $67.75 |
| Certified crane operator, with or without an oiler | $62.75 | $66.75 |
| Class I: cranes not certified, tower cranes, derricks, boom trucks | $60.75 | $64.75 |
| Class IV: oiler / helper | $55.60 | $59.60 |
| Craft foreman | $64.75 | $68.75 |
| Assistant craft foreman | $64.50 | $68.50 |
| A/D director (crane assembly and disassembly) | $64.75 | $68.75 |
| Apprentice, 1st year | $31.60 | $33.70 |
| Apprentice, 2nd year | $39.50 | $42.10 |
| Apprentice, 3rd year, 1st half | $45.55 | $48.55 |
| Apprentice, 3rd year, 2nd half | $48.60 | $51.80 |
| Apprentice, 4th year, 1st half | $51.65 | $55.05 |
| Apprentice, 4th year, 2nd half | $55.90 | $59.60 |
- Overtime
- Every hour over 8 a day or 40 a week, before or after the normal day, and all Saturday, Sunday and holiday work is double time; working through lunch pays the lunch at double time.
- Shift premium
- $1.94 an hour on every hour worked on shift.
- Per diem and travel
- No per diem inside Local 150's area.
Rockford heavy, highway and underground, District 4 (NICA)
Rockford Heavy, Highway and Underground Agreement 2025–2028 between the Northwestern Illinois Contractors Association (NICA) and Local 150, District 4
$63.60 an hour, journeyman, from June 1, 2026; $67.60 from June 1, 2027.
| Classification | From June 1, 2026 | From June 1, 2027 |
|---|---|---|
| Certified friction crane operator, or certified crane operator requiring an oilerbase rate | $63.60 | $67.60 |
| Certified crane operator, no oiler | $62.60 | $66.60 |
| Class I: cranes not certified | $60.60 | $64.60 |
| Class V: oiler / helper | $55.85 | $59.85 |
| Craft foreman | $64.60 | $68.60 |
| A/D director (crane assembly and disassembly) | $64.60 | $68.60 |
| Apprentice, 1st year | $31.50 | $33.60 |
| Apprentice, 2nd year | $39.40 | $42.00 |
| Apprentice, 3rd year, 1st half | $45.45 | $48.45 |
| Apprentice, 3rd year, 2nd half | $48.50 | $51.70 |
| Apprentice, 4th year, 1st half | $51.50 | $54.90 |
| Apprentice, 4th year, 2nd half | $55.75 | $59.45 |
- Overtime
- Every hour over 8 a day or 40 a week, before or after the normal day, and all Saturday work is time and a half; Sundays and holidays are double time.
- Shift premium
- $1.94 an hour on every hour worked on shift.
- Per diem and travel
- No per diem inside Local 150's area.
One 40-hour week, worked out
Week of November 8, 2026Certified friction crane operator, Chicago area building (MARBA)
Example| Day | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hours | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| Earnings | |
|---|---|
| Regular40 h × 71.80 | 2,872.00 |
| Vacation savings (taxable, goes to the fund)40 h × 2.00 | 80.00 |
| Gross pay | 2,952.00 |
| Deductions | |
| Field dues3% of gross wages | −86.16 |
| Vacation savings sent to the fund (Art. X Sec. 7)per hour | −80.00 |
| Social Security6.2% | −183.02 |
| Medicare1.45% | −42.80 |
| Federal income taxestimate (W-4) | −491.83 |
| Illinois income taxestimate | −146.12 |
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:
- Chicago area building (MARBA). No rates after May 31 2027 are published, so the app keeps the 2026 rates after that: then type your new rate under Enter my own rate.
- Chicago area building (MARBA). The app pays the premium as a flat amount for every hour worked, not multiplied on overtime (the agreement doesn't say), and only one premium at a time.
- Chicago area building (MARBA). One Night tick can't tell the two shifts apart, so the app adds the afternoon shift's $2.00 ($1.90) for every hour worked that day (on a night shift your stub shows 70 cents an hour more), and two- and three-shift operations work 7.5 hours for 8 paid: enter 8.
- Chicago area building (MARBA). 1st and 2nd-year apprentices' vacation savings is $1.25 an hour, but the app adds and takes back $2.00 for every class, so their tax is a little higher than their stub's; and the app figures the 3% on your wages without the vacation savings (if your stub figures it on both, dues are 6 cents an hour higher).
- Chicago area building, crane rental company (MARBA, Addendum 2). No rates after May 31 2027 are published, so the app keeps the 2026 rates after that: then type your new rate under Enter my own rate.
- Chicago area building, crane rental company (MARBA, Addendum 2). The app pays the premium as a flat amount for every hour worked, not multiplied on overtime (the agreement doesn't say), and only one premium at a time.
- Chicago area building, crane rental company (MARBA, Addendum 2). The 5% is rounded to the cent (half up), and the 16-hour guarantee isn't worked out: if a week falls short, enter the hours you're paid.
- Chicago area building, crane rental company (MARBA, Addendum 2). One Night tick can't tell the two shifts apart, so the app adds the afternoon shift's $2.00 ($1.90) for every hour worked that day (on a night shift your stub shows 70 cents an hour more), and two- and three-shift operations work 7.5 hours for 8 paid: enter 8.
- Chicago area building, crane rental company (MARBA, Addendum 2). 1st and 2nd-year apprentices' vacation savings is $1.25 an hour, but the app adds and takes back $2.00 for every class, so their tax is a little higher than their stub's; and the app figures the 3% on your wages without the vacation savings (if your stub figures it on both, dues are 6 cents an hour higher).
- Chicago area heavy, highway and underground (MARBA). No rates after May 31 2027 are published, so the app keeps the 2026 rates after that: then type your new rate under Enter my own rate.
- Chicago area heavy, highway and underground (MARBA). The app pays the premium as a flat amount for every hour worked, not multiplied on overtime (the agreement doesn't say), and only one premium at a time.
- Chicago area heavy, highway and underground (MARBA). One Night tick can't tell the two shifts apart, so the app adds the afternoon shift's $2.00 ($1.90) for every hour worked that day (on a night shift your stub shows 70 cents an hour more).
- Chicago area heavy, highway and underground (MARBA). 1st and 2nd-year apprentices' vacation savings is $1.25 an hour, but the app adds and takes back $2.00 for every class, so their tax is a little higher than their stub's; and the app figures the 3% on your wages without the vacation savings (if your stub figures it on both, dues are 6 cents an hour higher).
- Rockford building, District 4 (NIBCA). No rates after May 31 2028 are published, so the app keeps the 2027 rates after that.
- Rockford building, District 4 (NIBCA). The app pays the premium as a flat amount for every hour worked, not multiplied on overtime (the agreement doesn't say), and only one premium at a time.
- Rockford building, District 4 (NIBCA). The District 4 allocation letter isn't public, so the app works the afternoon shift out as 3% of the Rockford HHU Class I wage ($1.82 an hour from June 1 2026, $1.70 before, $1.94 from June 1 2027) and adds it for every hour worked that day; one Night tick can't tell the night shift (4%) apart, and two- and three-shift operations work 7.5 hours for 8 paid: enter 8.
- Rockford building, District 4 (NIBCA). 1st and 2nd-year apprentices' vacation savings is $2.15 an hour, but the app adds and takes back $3.00 for every class, so their tax is a little higher than their stub's; and the app figures the 3% on your wages without the vacation savings (if your stub figures it on both, dues are 9 cents an hour higher).
- Rockford heavy, highway and underground, District 4 (NICA). No rates after May 31 2028 are published, so the app keeps the 2027 rates after that.
- Rockford heavy, highway and underground, District 4 (NICA). The app pays the premium as a flat amount for every hour worked, not multiplied on overtime (the agreement doesn't say), and only one premium at a time.
- Rockford heavy, highway and underground, District 4 (NICA). The District 4 allocation letter isn't public, so the app works the afternoon shift out as 3% of the Class I wage ($1.82 an hour from June 1 2026, $1.70 before, $1.94 from June 1 2027) and adds it for every hour worked that day; one Night tick can't tell the night shift (4%) apart.
- Rockford heavy, highway and underground, District 4 (NICA). 1st and 2nd-year apprentices' vacation savings is $2.15 an hour, but the app adds and takes back $3.00 for every class, so their tax is a little higher than their stub's; and the app figures the 3% on your wages without the vacation savings (if your stub figures it on both, dues are 9 cents an hour higher).
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Questions
What does a Local 150 certified friction crane operator make in 2026?
$71.80 an hour under the Illinois Building Agreement 2024–2027 between Local 150 and the Mid-America Regional Bargaining Association (MARBA), Districts 1, 2 and 3, with the June 1 2026 wage allocation, from June 1, 2026. The other agreements on this page: Chicago area building, crane rental company (MARBA, Addendum 2) $75.39, Chicago area heavy, highway and underground (MARBA) $70.00, Rockford building, District 4 (NIBCA) $63.75 and Rockford heavy, highway and underground, District 4 (NICA) $63.60.
When is the next Local 150 raise?
No later step is published in the data for the Chicago area building (MARBA) agreement. Rates usually change once a year; check the schedule before you count on a raise.
What do Local 150 apprentices make?
Apprentice, 1st year $34.85, Apprentice, 2nd year $43.55, Apprentice, 3rd year, 1st half $50.25, Apprentice, 3rd year, 2nd half $53.60, Apprentice, 4th year, 1st half $56.95 and Apprentice, 4th year, 2nd half $61.65 an hour from June 1, 2026.
Does Local 150 pay a per diem?
No per diem inside Local 150's area.
How is Local 150 overtime paid?
Every hour over 8 a day or 40 a week, before or after the normal day, and all Saturday, Sunday and holiday work is double time; working through lunch pays the lunch at 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.
- Local 150 Building wage and fringe summary 2024–2027 (MARBA)
- Illinois Building Agreement, Districts 1-2-3, 2024–2027
- Local 150 allocation letter, 6-1-24 / 6-1-25 / 6-1-26
- Illinois Department of Labor prevailing wage, Cook County (FY27)
- Local 150 HHU wage and fringe summary 2024–2027 (MARBA)
- Illinois Heavy and Highway and Underground Agreement, Districts 1-2-3, 2024–2027
- Rockford Building Agreement, District 4, NIBCA and Local 150, 2025–2028
- NIBCA Building Trades Wage Rates and Fringe Benefits, June 1 2026
- Illinois Department of Labor prevailing wage, Winnebago County (FY27)
- Rockford HHU Agreement, District 4, NICA and Local 150, 2025–2028
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