UnionIronworkers Local 40 wages 2026 (New York)
The hourly rates, overtime, shift, vacation and per diem rules of Ironworkers Local 40 in New York, read from the one agreement built into the Ironworker app. An independent guide: the agreement and your hall have the final word.
Structural (Manhattan, Bronx, Westchester, Staten Island)
Iron Workers Local 40 structural: the Locals 40, 361 & 417 funds' rate notices (July 1 2026) and the New York City Comptroller's schedule
$59.45an hour
Journeyman, Structural (Manhattan, Bronx, Westchester, Staten Island)
From July 1, 2026. No later step published.
| Classification | From July 1, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Journeymanbase rate | $59.45 |
| Foreman | $62.45 |
| Apprentice, over 18 months | $32.08 |
| Apprentice, 7 to 18 months | $31.47 |
| Apprentice, first 6 months | $30.87 |
- Overtime
- Hours and overtime (Comptroller 2026-27): Monday to Friday 8 hours straight time, the 9th and 10th hours time and a half, then double time; Saturday the first 8 hours time and a half, then double; Sunday double time.
- Shift premium
- 50% of the rate on straight-time hours worked on shift.
- Vacation and holiday pay
- Vacation (taxable, to the Locals 40, 361 & 417 vacation fund): paid with wages and sent to the fund, deducted after tax.
- Per diem and travel
- The Locals 40 and 361 notices show no travel pay or subsistence (city work is normally inside the free zone), so this agreement has no per diem in its published documents.
One 40-hour week, worked out
Week of October 25, 2026Journeyman, Structural (Manhattan, Bronx, Westchester, Staten Island)
Example| Day | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hours | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| Earnings | |
| Regular40 h × 59.45 | 2,378.00 |
| Vacation (taxable, to the Locals 40, 361 & 417 vacation fund)40 h paid, taxable | 966.80 |
| Gross pay | 3,344.80 |
| Deductions | |
| Vacation sent to the vacation fundafter tax | −966.80 |
| Union work assessmentper hour | −107.20 |
| International Organizingper hour | −8.80 |
| Social Security6.2% | −207.38 |
| Medicare1.45% | −48.50 |
| NY disability (DBL) | −0.60 |
| NY paid family leave | −14.45 |
| Federal income taxestimate (W-4) | −586.10 |
| New York income taxestimate | −196.95 |
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 overtime, shift and holiday rules are the Comptroller's, written for public work; private work under the agreement may differ in ways the notices don't show. Work under the National Maintenance Agreement, the International Agreement or another national agreement has its own rules and isn't built in yet.
- Each notice runs six months; the app keeps the July 1 2026 rates after December 31 2026 until the next notice is out: then type your new rate under Enter my own rate.
- The schedule doesn't say how overtime works on a 4×10 or its Friday; the app pays hours 11 and 12 at time and a half then double, and the Friday like a Saturday. It names no make-up day, so don't tick Make-up day.
- Hours 9 and 10 of a night shift should be double time and the app pays them at time and a half, and the vacation and the pension memo for a night's first 8 hours stay at the straight-time amount.
- The app counts those 4 hours as worked, and the schedule doesn't say when a weekend holiday is observed, so the app uses the national rule, a Saturday holiday on the Friday before and a Sunday one on the Monday after (Independence Day on Friday July 3 2026; Christmas 2027 on Friday December 24).
- Contributions are on hours paid rounded up to the next half hour; the app uses the hours you enter, rounds the time-and-a-half amount half up to the cent, and gives a foreman the journeyman's vacation.
- The app uses the July 1 2026 work assessment for earlier weeks and counts both on hours worked; the notices mark International Organizing taxable without saying whether it comes off your pay or is paid by the employer, so the app takes it off (if your stub doesn't show it, your take-home is $0.22 an hour higher). Monthly dues are paid to the local yourself, so they aren't on the check.
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Questions
What does a Local 40 journeyman make in 2026?
$59.45 an hour under the Iron Workers Local 40 structural: the Locals 40, 361 & 417 funds' rate notices (July 1 2026) and the New York City Comptroller's schedule, from July 1, 2026.
When is the next Local 40 raise?
No later step is published in the data for the Structural (Manhattan, Bronx, Westchester, Staten Island) agreement. Rates usually change once a year; check the schedule before you count on a raise.
What do Local 40 apprentices make?
Apprentice, over 18 months $32.08, Apprentice, 7 to 18 months $31.47 and Apprentice, first 6 months $30.87 an hour from July 1, 2026.
Does Local 40 pay a per diem?
The Locals 40 and 361 notices show no travel pay or subsistence (city work is normally inside the free zone), so this agreement has no per diem in its published documents.
How is Local 40 overtime paid?
Hours and overtime (Comptroller 2026-27): Monday to Friday 8 hours straight time, the 9th and 10th hours time and a half, then double time; Saturday the first 8 hours time and a half, then double; Sunday double time.
Sources
The agreements and schedules these numbers were read from. Built October 15, 2026 from the Ironworker app, version 0.1.0.
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