UnionMillwrights Local 1121 wages 2026 (Massachusetts)
The hourly rates, overtime, shift, vacation and per diem rules of Millwrights Local 1121 in Massachusetts, read from the three agreements built into the Millwright app. An independent guide: the agreement and your hall have the final word.
Massachusetts Zone 1 (Suffolk County, inner towns, power plants)
Agreement between Millwrights Local 1121 (North Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters) and the Northeast Millwright Association with the Connecticut contractor associations, January 1 2024 to December 31 2026, Massachusetts Zone 1: Suffolk County and the inner towns the agreement names (Cambridge, Quincy, Lynn, Salem, Waltham, Woburn and others), and every power plant in Massachusetts
$52.97an hour
Journeyman millwright, Massachusetts Zone 1 (Suffolk County, inner towns, power plants)
From January 5, 2026. No later step published.
| Classification | From January 5, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Journeyman millwrightbase rate | $52.97 |
| ForemanJM + $4.50 | $57.47 |
| General foremanJM + $7.00 | $59.97 |
| Apprentice, 4th year85% | $45.02 |
| Apprentice, 3rd year75% | $39.73 |
| Apprentice, 2nd year65% | $34.43 |
| Apprentice, 1st year55% | $29.13 |
- Overtime
- Hours and overtime: 8 hours a day starting between 6:00 and 8:00 a.m.; all work outside the regular day or shift, Monday to Saturday, is time and a half; Sundays and holidays are double time.
- Shift premium
- 7.5 hours worked on shift are paid as 8.
- Per diem and travel
- There's no travel pay or subsistence inside New England.
Massachusetts Zone 2 (eastern counties)
Agreement between Millwrights Local 1121 (North Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters) and the Northeast Millwright Association with the Connecticut contractor associations, January 1 2024 to December 31 2026, Massachusetts Zone 2: Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Middlesex, Nantucket, Norfolk and Plymouth counties and the listed towns outside Zone 1
$46.86 an hour, journeyman millwright, from January 5, 2026.
| Classification | From January 5, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Journeyman millwrightbase rate | $46.86 |
| ForemanJM + $4.50 | $51.36 |
| General foremanJM + $7.00 | $53.86 |
| Apprentice, 4th year85% | $39.83 |
| Apprentice, 3rd year75% | $35.15 |
| Apprentice, 2nd year65% | $30.46 |
| Apprentice, 1st year55% | $25.77 |
- Overtime
- Hours and overtime: 8 hours a day starting between 6:00 and 8:00 a.m.; all work outside the regular day or shift, Monday to Saturday, is time and a half; Sundays and holidays are double time.
- Shift premium
- 7.5 hours worked on shift are paid as 8.
- Per diem and travel
- There's no travel pay or subsistence inside New England.
Massachusetts Zone 3 (central and western counties)
Agreement between Millwrights Local 1121 (North Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters) and the Northeast Millwright Association with the Connecticut contractor associations, January 1 2024 to December 31 2026, Massachusetts Zone 3: Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire and Worcester counties (with Ashby and Townsend)
$45.20 an hour, journeyman millwright, from January 5, 2026.
| Classification | From January 5, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Journeyman millwrightbase rate | $45.20 |
| ForemanJM + $4.50 | $49.70 |
| General foremanJM + $7.00 | $52.20 |
| Apprentice, 4th year85% | $38.42 |
| Apprentice, 3rd year75% | $33.90 |
| Apprentice, 2nd year65% | $29.38 |
| Apprentice, 1st year55% | $24.86 |
- Overtime
- Hours and overtime: 8 hours a day starting between 6:00 and 8:00 a.m.; all work outside the regular day or shift, Monday to Saturday, is time and a half; Sundays and holidays are double time.
- Shift premium
- 7.5 hours worked on shift are paid as 8.
- Per diem and travel
- There's no travel pay or subsistence inside New England.
One 40-hour week, worked out
Week of October 25, 2026Journeyman millwright, Massachusetts Zone 1 (Suffolk County, inner towns, power plants)
Example| Day | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hours | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| Earnings | |
| Regular40 h × 52.97 | 2,118.80 |
| Gross pay | 2,118.80 |
| Deductions | |
| Working dues (2.25% of the total package)per hour | −78.40 |
| Duesper hour | −4.00 |
| Local 1121 Scholarshipper hour | −2.00 |
| Disability Fundper hour | −2.00 |
| Vacation fundper hour | −80.00 |
| Social Security6.2% | −131.37 |
| Medicare1.45% | −30.72 |
| MA paid leave | −9.75 |
| Federal income taxestimate (W-4) | −296.33 |
| Massachusetts income taxestimate | −97.84 |
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:
- Massachusetts Zone 1 (Suffolk County, inner towns, power plants). The agreement prints the foreman and general foreman premiums, not the dollars, so the app works them out.
- Massachusetts Zone 1 (Suffolk County, inner towns, power plants). Zone 1's newest published schedule (December 2025) shows $52.97; Zones 2 and 3 moved $0.50 an hour from the wage to health in their 2026 schedules at the same total, and Zone 1 probably did too ($52.47): if your stub shows $52.47, use Enter my own rate.
- Massachusetts Zone 1 (Suffolk County, inner towns, power plants). The next agreement's rates aren't known, so the app keeps the 2026 rates after that: then type your new rate under Enter my own rate.
- Massachusetts Zone 1 (Suffolk County, inner towns, power plants). The app treats every night as a second shift, so a 7-hour third shift gets 7.47 hours' pay instead of 8.
- Massachusetts Zone 1 (Suffolk County, inner towns, power plants). The agreement moves only Sunday holidays, so one on a Saturday stays on its date (Independence Day 2026 on Saturday July 4).
- Massachusetts Zone 1 (Suffolk County, inner towns, power plants). The 2025 and 2026 split of the small funds and the hourly dues aren't published, so the package is worked out; apprentices pay on the apprentice package, which isn't published, so the app takes the journeyman's amount (an apprentice's dues shown here are higher than the real ones); the 2026 amount is used for 2025 weeks too; and the app counts hours worked where the agreement says hours paid (a night shift's paid, not worked half hour isn't counted).
- Massachusetts Zone 2 (eastern counties). The agreement prints the foreman and general foreman premiums, not the dollars, so the app works them out.
- Massachusetts Zone 2 (eastern counties). The next agreement's rates aren't known, so the app keeps the 2026 rates after that: then type your new rate under Enter my own rate.
- Massachusetts Zone 2 (eastern counties). The app treats every night as a second shift, so a 7-hour third shift gets 7.47 hours' pay instead of 8.
- Massachusetts Zone 2 (eastern counties). The agreement moves only Sunday holidays, so one on a Saturday stays on its date (Independence Day 2026 on Saturday July 4).
- Massachusetts Zone 2 (eastern counties). The 2025 and 2026 split of the small funds and the hourly dues aren't published, so the package is worked out; apprentices pay on the apprentice package, which isn't published, so the app takes the journeyman's amount (an apprentice's dues shown here are higher than the real ones); the 2026 amount is used for 2025 weeks too; and the app counts hours worked where the agreement says hours paid (a night shift's paid, not worked half hour isn't counted).
- Massachusetts Zone 3 (central and western counties). The agreement prints the foreman and general foreman premiums, not the dollars, so the app works them out. The 2025 apprentice dollars at the $43.42 rate aren't published, so for weeks before January 5 2026 the app works them out (the journeyman rate times the percentage, rounded to the cent).
- Massachusetts Zone 3 (central and western counties). The next agreement's rates aren't known, so the app keeps the 2026 rates after that: then type your new rate under Enter my own rate.
- Massachusetts Zone 3 (central and western counties). The app treats every night as a second shift, so a 7-hour third shift gets 7.47 hours' pay instead of 8.
- Massachusetts Zone 3 (central and western counties). The agreement moves only Sunday holidays, so one on a Saturday stays on its date (Independence Day 2026 on Saturday July 4).
- Massachusetts Zone 3 (central and western counties). The 2025 and 2026 split of the small funds and the hourly dues aren't published, so the package is worked out; apprentices pay on the apprentice package, which isn't published, so the app takes the journeyman's amount (an apprentice's dues shown here are higher than the real ones); the 2026 amount is used for 2025 weeks too; and the app counts hours worked where the agreement says hours paid (a night shift's paid, not worked half hour isn't counted).
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Questions
What does a Local 1121 journeyman millwright make in 2026?
$52.97 an hour under the Agreement between Millwrights Local 1121 (North Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters) and the Northeast Millwright Association with the Connecticut contractor associations, January 1 2024 to December 31 2026, Massachusetts Zone 1: Suffolk County and the inner towns the agreement names (Cambridge, Quincy, Lynn, Salem, Waltham, Woburn and others), and every power plant in Massachusetts, from January 5, 2026. The other agreements on this page: Massachusetts Zone 2 (eastern counties) $46.86 and Massachusetts Zone 3 (central and western counties) $45.20.
When is the next Local 1121 raise?
No later step is published in the data for the Massachusetts Zone 1 (Suffolk County, inner towns, power plants) agreement. Rates usually change once a year; check the schedule before you count on a raise.
What do Local 1121 apprentices make?
Apprentice, 4th year $45.02 (85%), Apprentice, 3rd year $39.73 (75%), Apprentice, 2nd year $34.43 (65%) and Apprentice, 1st year $29.13 (55%) an hour from January 5, 2026.
Does Local 1121 pay a per diem?
There's no travel pay or subsistence inside New England.
How is Local 1121 overtime paid?
Hours and overtime: 8 hours a day starting between 6:00 and 8:00 a.m.; all work outside the regular day or shift, Monday to Saturday, is time and a half; Sundays and holidays are double time.
Sources
The agreements and schedules these numbers were read from. Built October 15, 2026 from the Millwright app, version 0.1.0.
- Local 1121 / Northeast Millwright Association agreement 2024–2026 (MA DLS copy, Internet Archive)
- MA DLS wage schedule, Zone 1, issue 12/11/2025 (p.21)
- MA DLS wage schedule, Zone 2, issue 04/01/2026 (p.20)
- MA DLS wage schedule, Zone 2, issue 11/20/2025 (p.21)
- MA DLS wage schedule, Zone 3, issue 06/16/2026 (p.18)
- MA DLS wage schedule, Zone 3, issue 03/17/2026 (p.19)
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