UnionCrane Operators Local 478 wages 2026 (Connecticut)
The hourly rates, overtime, shift, vacation and per diem rules of IUOE Local 478 in Connecticut, read from the one agreement built into the Crane Operator app. An independent guide: the agreement and your hall have the final word.
Connecticut building, statewide (type your deductions)
Local 478 Wage Rates, Classifications and Benefit Rates, Building Agreement, April 1 2026 to March 31 2030 (the Heavy & Highway agreement prints the same wage scale); deductions not published
$60.66an hour
Crane handling or erecting structural steel or stone; hoisting engineer on 2 drums or more, Connecticut building, statewide (type your deductions)
From April 5, 2026. Next step $63.24 on April 4, 2027.
| Classification | From April 5, 2026 | From April 4, 2027 |
|---|---|---|
| Crane handling or erecting structural steel or stone; hoisting engineer on 2 drums or morebase rate | $60.66 | $63.24 |
| Crane 100 t rated capacity and over | $60.24 | $62.80 |
| Crane under 100 t; Magni 360 rotating telehandler | $59.20 | $61.72 |
| Maintenance engineer | $43.99 | $45.86 |
| Apprentice, 1st year60% of the front-end loader under 3 cu yd class | $30.44 | $31.74 |
| Apprentice, 2nd year70% | $35.52 | $37.03 |
| Apprentice, 3rd year80% | $40.59 | $42.32 |
| Apprentice, 4th year90% | $45.67 | $47.61 |
- 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
- No travel or per diem rule is published.
One 40-hour week, worked out
Week of November 8, 2026Crane handling or erecting structural steel or stone; hoisting engineer on 2 drums or more, Connecticut building, statewide (type your deductions)
Example| Day | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hours | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| Earnings | |
|---|---|
| Regular40 h × 60.66 | 2,426.40 |
| Gross pay | 2,426.40 |
| Deductions | |
| Social Security6.2% | −150.44 |
| Medicare1.45% | −35.18 |
| CT paid leave | −12.13 |
| Federal income taxestimate (W-4) | −365.68 |
| Connecticut income taxestimate | −169.61 |
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 rates before April 5 2026 aren't in our sources, so the app uses the 2026 rates for earlier weeks.
- The app pays the boom premium as a flat amount for every hour worked, not multiplied on overtime.
- The app uses the usual pattern, time and a half over 8 hours a day and on Saturdays and 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 478 journeyman make in 2026?
$60.66 an hour under the Local 478 Wage Rates, Classifications and Benefit Rates, Building Agreement, April 1 2026 to March 31 2030 (the Heavy & Highway agreement prints the same wage scale); deductions not published, from April 5, 2026.
When is the next Local 478 raise?
The next step in the Connecticut building, statewide (type your deductions) schedule is $63.24 an hour on April 4, 2027.
What do Local 478 apprentices make?
Apprentice, 1st year $30.44 (60% of the front-end loader under 3 cu yd class), Apprentice, 2nd year $35.52 (70%), Apprentice, 3rd year $40.59 (80%) and Apprentice, 4th year $45.67 (90%) an hour from April 5, 2026.
Does Local 478 pay a per diem?
No travel or per diem rule is published.
How is Local 478 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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