UnionCrane Operators Local 324 wages 2026 (Michigan)
The hourly rates, overtime, shift, vacation and per diem rules of IUOE Local 324 in Michigan, read from the one agreement built into the Crane Operator app. An independent guide: the agreement and your hall have the final word.
Detroit area building: Wayne, Oakland, Macomb (federal rates, type your deductions)
Local 324 building rates in the federal Davis-Bacon determinations for Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties (ENGI0324-017, June 1 2025), with Michigan's prevailing-wage overtime rule; deductions not published
$51.29an hour
Group 1: crane with boom and jib or leads 400 ft or longer, Detroit area building: Wayne, Oakland, Macomb (federal rates, type your deductions)
From June 1, 2025. No later step published.
| Classification | From June 1, 2025 |
|---|---|
| Group 1: crane with boom and jib or leads 400 ft or longerbase rate | $51.29 |
| Group 2: crane with 300 ft or longer | $48.79 |
| Group 3: crane with 220 ft or longer | $48.29 |
| Group 4: crane with 140 ft or longer | $47.99 |
| Group 5: crane with 120 ft or longer | $47.17 |
| Group 6: regular crane operator; concrete pump with boom | $46.31 |
| Group 9: oiler | $35.29 |
- Overtime
- Overtime (Michigan's prevailing-wage rule): time and a half over 8 hours a day (unless four 10s are allowed, as they are for these classes) and over 40 a week, and on Saturdays; double time on Sundays and recognized holidays; a make-up day is allowed.
- Per diem and travel
- No travel or per diem rule is published for Local 324.
One 40-hour week, worked out
Week of November 8, 2026Group 1: crane with boom and jib or leads 400 ft or longer, Detroit area building: Wayne, Oakland, Macomb (federal rates, type your deductions)
Example| Day | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hours | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| Earnings | |
|---|---|
| Regular40 h × 51.29 | 2,051.60 |
| Gross pay | 2,051.60 |
| Deductions | |
| Social Security6.2% | −127.20 |
| Medicare1.45% | −29.75 |
| Federal income taxestimate (W-4) | −281.54 |
| Michigan income taxestimate | −87.19 |
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 June 1 2026 step isn't published yet (Michigan's next update is due November 1 2026), so the app has the 2025 rates: check your stub and type your rate under Enter my own rate; apprentice rates are printed only as package figures, so none are offered.
- Local 324's own rules aren't public, so the app uses the state's; it adds no shift premium (none published).
- The app treats those six as holidays (double time when worked) but pays nothing for one you don't work, and keeps a Saturday holiday on the Friday before and a Sunday one on the Monday after.
- With nothing typed, take-home here is higher than your stub until you do.
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Questions
What does a Local 324 journeyman make in 2026?
$51.29 an hour under the Local 324 building rates in the federal Davis-Bacon determinations for Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties (ENGI0324-017, June 1 2025), with Michigan's prevailing-wage overtime rule; deductions not published, from June 1, 2025.
When is the next Local 324 raise?
No later step is published in the data for the Detroit area building: Wayne, Oakland, Macomb (federal rates, type your deductions) agreement. Rates usually change once a year; check the schedule before you count on a raise.
Does Local 324 pay a per diem?
No travel or per diem rule is published for Local 324.
How is Local 324 overtime paid?
Overtime (Michigan's prevailing-wage rule): time and a half over 8 hours a day (unless four 10s are allowed, as they are for these classes) and over 40 a week, and on Saturdays; double time on Sundays and recognized holidays; a make-up day is allowed.
What is the take-home on a 40-hour week?
About $1,525.92 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 25, 2026 from the Crane Operator app, version 0.1.0.
- Davis-Bacon MI20260101 rev 2 (building, Wayne County, ENGI0324-017)
- Davis-Bacon MI20260095 rev 2 (building, Oakland County)
- Davis-Bacon MI20260091 rev 2 (building, Macomb County)
- Michigan LEO prevailing wages by county (overtime rule)
- Davis-Bacon MI20260001 rev 3 (Local 324 steel erection, paid holidays)
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