UnionCrane Operators Local 18 wages 2026 (Ohio)
The hourly rates, overtime, shift, vacation and per diem rules of IUOE Local 18 in Ohio, read from the one agreement built into the Crane Operator app. An independent guide: the agreement and your hall have the final word.
Ohio outside the Cleveland area: building Zone III and heavy-highway Zone II (May 2025 rates, type your deductions)
Ohio prevailing wage schedules for Local 18, Operating Engineers Building Zone III (73 counties) and Heavy-Highway Zone II (76 counties), Columbus and Cincinnati included, effective May 1 2025; deductions not published
$47.09an hour
Crane with 250 ft or more of boom and jib, Ohio outside the Cleveland area: building Zone III and heavy-highway Zone II (May 2025 rates, type your deductions)
From May 1, 2025. No later step published.
| Classification | From May 1, 2025 |
|---|---|
| Crane with 250 ft or more of boom and jibbase rate | $47.09 |
| Crane with 180 to 249 ft of boom and jib | $46.84 |
| Crane with 150 to 179 ft of boom and jib | $46.34 |
| Group A: cranes of all types, boom trucks, cherry pickers, derricks, self-erecting cranes, compact cranes over 4,000 lb | $45.84 |
| Lift director | $46.84 |
| Group E: oiler / helper; compact cranes under 4,000 lb; signal person | $38.04 |
| Apprentice, 4th year80% | $36.67 |
| Apprentice, 3rd year70% | $32.09 |
| Apprentice, 2nd year60% | $27.50 |
| Apprentice, 1st year50% of Group A | $22.92 |
- Overtime
- Work under a national agreement isn't built in: the National Maintenance Agreement (owner-site maintenance approved by the NMAPC; for work starting on or after January 1 2027 it becomes the National Construction and Maintenance Agreement) and the National Pipe Line Agreement keep their own hours, overtime, holidays, shifts and per diem.
- Per diem and travel
- Local 18's travel and subsistence rules aren't published.
One 40-hour week, worked out
Week of November 8, 2026Crane with 250 ft or more of boom and jib, Ohio outside the Cleveland area: building Zone III and heavy-highway Zone II (May 2025 rates, type your deductions)
Example| Day | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hours | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| Earnings | |
|---|---|
| Regular40 h × 47.09 | 1,883.60 |
| Gross pay | 1,883.60 |
| Deductions | |
| Social Security6.2% | −116.78 |
| Medicare1.45% | −27.31 |
| Federal income taxestimate (W-4) | −244.58 |
| Ohio income taxestimate | −49.36 |
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:
- Ohio posted new rates on May 1 2026 but they're behind the state's login, so the app has the May 2025 ones: check your stub and type your rate under Enter my own rate; and the 10% for apprentices on mobile equipment isn't added.
- The app uses the usual pattern, time and a half over 8 hours a day and on Saturdays, double time on Sundays and holidays, and adds no shift premium; check your stub.
- The app treats New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas as holidays (double time when worked, not paid when not worked), a Saturday one kept on the Friday before and a Sunday one on the Monday after; untick Hol. on a day your job doesn't keep.
- With nothing typed, take-home here is higher than your stub until you do.
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Questions
What does a Local 18 journeyman make in 2026?
$47.09 an hour under the Ohio prevailing wage schedules for Local 18, Operating Engineers Building Zone III (73 counties) and Heavy-Highway Zone II (76 counties), Columbus and Cincinnati included, effective May 1 2025; deductions not published, from May 1, 2025.
When is the next Local 18 raise?
No later step is published in the data for the Ohio outside the Cleveland area: building Zone III and heavy-highway Zone II (May 2025 rates, type your deductions) agreement. Rates usually change once a year; check the schedule before you count on a raise.
What do Local 18 apprentices make?
Apprentice, 4th year $36.67 (80%), Apprentice, 3rd year $32.09 (70%), Apprentice, 2nd year $27.50 (60%) and Apprentice, 1st year $22.92 (50% of Group A) an hour from May 1, 2025.
Does Local 18 pay a per diem?
Local 18's travel and subsistence rules aren't published.
How is Local 18 overtime paid?
Work under a national agreement isn't built in: the National Maintenance Agreement (owner-site maintenance approved by the NMAPC; for work starting on or after January 1 2027 it becomes the National Construction and Maintenance Agreement) and the National Pipe Line Agreement keep their own hours, overtime, holidays, shifts and per diem.
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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