UnionPipefitters Local 208 wages 2026 (Colorado)
The hourly rates, overtime, shift, vacation and per diem rules of UA Local 208 in Colorado, read from the one agreement built into the Pipefitter app. An independent guide: the agreement and your hall have the final word.
Pipefitters, commercial (Davis-Bacon rate; partial)
UA Local 208 (Denver Pipefitters): the federal Davis-Bacon building rate for the Denver area (PLUM0208-008, June 1 2025)
$45.40an hour
Journeyman pipefitter, Pipefitters, commercial (Davis-Bacon rate; partial)
From June 1, 2025. No later step published.
| Classification | From June 1, 2025 |
|---|---|
| Journeyman pipefitterbase rate | $45.40 |
- Overtime
- Work under the National Maintenance Agreement (for work starting on or after January 1 2027, the National Construction and Maintenance Agreement, which pays 2nd and 3rd shifts 10% of the wage more instead of $2.00 and $2.25 an hour) or the General Presidents' Project Maintenance Agreement keeps the local wage but has its own hours, overtime, holiday and per diem rules, and isn't built in yet.
- Per diem and travel
- Local 208 doesn't publish a per diem.
One 40-hour week, worked out
Week of October 25, 2026Journeyman pipefitter, Pipefitters, commercial (Davis-Bacon rate; partial)
Example| Day | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hours | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| Earnings | |
| Regular40 h × 45.40 | 1,816.00 |
| Gross pay | 1,816.00 |
| Deductions | |
| Field dues4% of gross wages | −72.64 |
| Social Security6.2% | −112.59 |
| Medicare1.45% | −26.33 |
| CO FAMLI | −7.99 |
| Federal income taxestimate (W-4) | −229.71 |
| Colorado income taxestimate | −75.25 |
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:
- Local 208's 2026 raise (its year starts June 1) isn't published, so the app keeps $45.40 after June 1 2026: when you know your new rate, use Enter my own rate. A call that pays a percentage or dollars over scale, or an incentive, pays that much more: it isn't added.
- Local 208's overtime and holiday rules aren't published. The app uses the most common pattern in the agreements that publish theirs: past 8 hours a day Monday to Friday and every Saturday hour are time and a half, with no step to double time on a weekday; Sundays and holidays are double time. Five 8-hour days only (any 4×10 rules aren't published); enter the hours you're paid for, not an unpaid lunch. Check overtime against your stub.
- The holiday list isn't published either, so the app marks the six holidays every pipe trades agreement read for this app has: New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas, each on its own date (one on a weekend doesn't move), unpaid unless worked and double time when worked. Tick Holiday on any other day your job observes.
- Local 208's working dues aren't published. The app takes 4% of gross wages, the highest flat percentage in the pilot locals' documents: type yours as the dues % on the Settings tab. The Davis-Bacon schedule shows only a fringe total, so there's no vacation fund.
- Shift premiums aren't published, so none are added. Some calls on the hall's job line post a shift differential or a per diem: add the per diem on the Settings tab; a differential isn't worked out.
Enter your own hours in the Pipefitter app: it applies these rates, the overtime and holiday rules, dues and tax, and keeps a year of paychecks. Free for a month.
Your agreement isn't here, or a number is wrong? Send us your agreement from the app's Settings tab. If the app doesn't have it yet, you get a free year when it's added.
Questions
What does a Local 208 journeyman pipefitter make in 2026?
$45.40 an hour under the UA Local 208 (Denver Pipefitters): the federal Davis-Bacon building rate for the Denver area (PLUM0208-008, June 1 2025), from June 1, 2025.
When is the next Local 208 raise?
No later step is published in the data for the Pipefitters, commercial (Davis-Bacon rate; partial) agreement. Rates usually change once a year; check the schedule before you count on a raise.
Does Local 208 pay a per diem?
Local 208 doesn't publish a per diem.
How is Local 208 overtime paid?
Work under the National Maintenance Agreement (for work starting on or after January 1 2027, the National Construction and Maintenance Agreement, which pays 2nd and 3rd shifts 10% of the wage more instead of $2.00 and $2.25 an hour) or the General Presidents' Project Maintenance Agreement keeps the local wage but has its own hours, overtime, holiday and per diem rules, and isn't built in yet.
What is the take-home on a 40-hour week?
About $1,291.49 for a journeyman pipefitter 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 16, 2026 from the Pipefitter app, version 0.1.0.
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