UnionInsulators Local 30 wages 2026 (New York)
The hourly rates, overtime, shift, vacation and per diem rules of Insulators Local 30 in New York, read from the one agreement built into the Insulator app. An independent guide: the agreement and your hall have the final word.
Mechanical insulation, firestopping and hazmat
Heat and Frost Insulators Local 30 (Syracuse and central New York), New York State 2026–27 prevailing wage
$45.75an hour
Asbestos worker / insulation installer, Mechanical insulation, firestopping and hazmat
From May 1, 2026. No later step published.
| Classification | From May 1, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Asbestos worker / insulation installer (mechanic)base rate | $45.75 |
| Firestopping worker (mechanical systems)= mechanic | $45.75 |
| Hazardous material handler | $38.50 |
| 4th-year apprentice90% | $41.18 |
| 3rd-year apprentice80% | $36.60 |
| 2nd-year apprentice70% | $32.03 |
| 1st-year apprentice60% | $27.45 |
- Overtime
- Overtime (New York's schedule, codes B1, K, P): the 9th and 10th hours of a weekday and the first 10 hours of a Saturday are time and a half, every hour after that double time; Sunday is double time; holidays are time and a half (double time when the holiday falls on a Sunday); Labor Day is triple time.
- Shift premium
- 15% of the rate on straight-time hours worked on shift.
- Per diem and travel
- Local 30's published rules have no per diem.
One 40-hour week, worked out
Week of October 25, 2026Asbestos worker / insulation installer (mechanic), Mechanical insulation, firestopping and hazmat
Example| Day | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hours | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| Earnings | |
| Regular40 h × 45.75 | 1,830.00 |
| Gross pay | 1,830.00 |
| Deductions | |
| Field dues8% of gross wages | −146.40 |
| Social Security6.2% | −113.46 |
| Medicare1.45% | −26.54 |
| NY disability (DBL) | −0.60 |
| NY paid family leave | −7.91 |
| Federal income taxestimate (W-4) | −232.79 |
| New York income taxestimate | −88.64 |
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:
- New York prints only the percentages, so the app works out the apprentice dollars (and the 2025 ones from $43.25), rounded to the cent. The hazardous material handler's $38.50 is the 2025 federal rate, the newest published, so the app uses it for 2026 too. The package goes up $4.50 in 2027, $4.75 in 2028 and $6.25 in 2029, to be allocated: the app keeps the 2026 rates until your new rate is out.
- The app has no triple-time rate, so Labor Day hours show at double time, a third short of what's owed. A holiday that falls on a Sunday is shown at time and a half like the others (Independence Day 2027): untick Hol. on that Sunday and it's paid as a Sunday, at double time.
- Every night is taken as a 2nd shift, so a 3rd shift is 5% short, and the premium isn't added on overtime hours.
- The schedule doesn't say whether a weekend holiday moves, so the app keeps each on its date.
- Local 30's dues and other deductions aren't published. The app takes 8% of gross wages as dues, the highest working-dues rate any insulators' local publishes (Local 40's work assessment), so the take-home shown is on the low side: type your local's % on the Settings tab. No vacation fund is taken.
Enter your own hours in the Insulator app: it applies these rates, the overtime and holiday rules, dues and tax, and keeps a year of paychecks. Free for a month.
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Questions
What does a Local 30 journeyman make in 2026?
$45.75 an hour under the Heat and Frost Insulators Local 30 (Syracuse and central New York), New York State 2026–27 prevailing wage, from May 1, 2026.
When is the next Local 30 raise?
No later step is published in the data for the Mechanical insulation, firestopping and hazmat agreement. Rates usually change once a year; check the schedule before you count on a raise.
What do Local 30 apprentices make?
4th-year apprentice $41.18 (90%), 3rd-year apprentice $36.60 (80%), 2nd-year apprentice $32.03 (70%) and 1st-year apprentice $27.45 (60%) an hour from May 1, 2026.
Does Local 30 pay a per diem?
Local 30's published rules have no per diem.
How is Local 30 overtime paid?
Overtime (New York's schedule, codes B1, K, P): the 9th and 10th hours of a weekday and the first 10 hours of a Saturday are time and a half, every hour after that double time; Sunday is double time; holidays are time and a half (double time when the holiday falls on a Sunday); Labor Day is triple time.
Sources
The agreements and schedules these numbers were read from. Built October 15, 2026 from the Insulator app, version 0.1.0.
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