Pipefitters Local 393 wages 2026 (California)

The hourly rates, overtime, shift, vacation and per diem rules of UA Local 393 in California, read from the one agreement built into the Pipefitter app. An independent guide: the agreement and your hall have the final word.

Plumber, steamfitter, refrigeration fitter (San Jose)

UA Local 393 master agreement as filed with California's Department of Industrial Relations (determination 204-393-1: plumber, steamfitter, refrigeration fitter), with the July 1 2026 rate

$83.57an hour

Journeyman, Plumber, steamfitter, refrigeration fitter (San Jose)

From July 1, 2026. No later step published.

Classification	From July 1, 2026
Journeyman (plumber, steamfitter or refrigeration fitter)base rate	$83.57
Construction tradesman, year 5	$39.70
Construction tradesman, year 4	$36.71
Construction tradesman, year 3	$35.33
Construction tradesman, year 2	$29.73

Overtime: The first 2 overtime hours a day and the first 10 hours on Saturday are time and a half; every other overtime hour, Sundays and holidays are double time.
Shift premium: 15% of the rate on straight-time hours worked on shift.
Per diem and travel: Local 393's determination doesn't publish a per diem.

One 40-hour week, worked out

Week of November 1, 2026Journeyman (plumber, steamfitter or refrigeration fitter), Plumber, steamfitter, refrigeration fitter (San Jose)

Example

Hours worked each day
Day	Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
Hours	0	8	8	8	8	8	0

The paycheck those hours make
Earnings
Regular40 h × 83.57	3,342.80
Gross pay	3,342.80
Deductions
Field dues4% of gross wages	−133.71
Social Security6.2%	−207.25
Medicare1.45%	−48.47
CA SDI	−43.46
Federal income taxestimate (W-4)	−585.62
California income taxestimate	−255.37

Take-home$2,068.92

Example only: a journeyman on 5×8 Mon–Fri, no overtime, no shift premium, no per diem. Single, standard withholding; Social Security and Medicare not yet maxed for the year. Your paycheck depends on your hours, your site and your deductions.

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 app starts the $80.07 rate on the state's issue date (August 22 2025), as the agreement's own 2025 date isn't published; the construction tradesman rates before July 1 2026 aren't published either, so the app uses the July 2026 ones for earlier weeks; after June 30 2027 type your new rate under Enter my own rate. The federal Davis-Bacon schedule still prints the 2021 rate ($68.76): the app doesn't use it.
Five 8-hour days only (no 4×10 rule is published), no make-up day, and show-up pay isn't published.
Hours past the shift's 8 paid hours get no premium (the determination doesn't say how overtime on a shift is paid), and overtime starts after the 8 paid hours, not after the 7½ or 7 worked.
The app has no date rule for the first Friday in August: tick Holiday on it (August 7 2026); the other bridge days the agreement lists aren't marked either. Whether holidays are paid when not worked isn't stated (the state shows no vacation or holiday contribution), so the app pays nothing for them. When two holidays land on the same Friday (2027 and 2028), the app moves the second to the Monday after.
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. There's no vacation fund.

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Questions

What does a Local 393 journeyman make in 2026?

$83.57 an hour under the UA Local 393 master agreement as filed with California's Department of Industrial Relations (determination 204-393-1: plumber, steamfitter, refrigeration fitter), with the July 1 2026 rate, from July 1, 2026.

When is the next Local 393 raise?

No later step is published in the data for the Plumber, steamfitter, refrigeration fitter (San Jose) agreement. Rates usually change once a year; check the schedule before you count on a raise.

Does Local 393 pay a per diem?

Local 393's determination doesn't publish a per diem.

How is Local 393 overtime paid?

The first 2 overtime hours a day and the first 10 hours on Saturday are time and a half; every other overtime hour, Sundays and holidays are double time.

What is the take-home on a 40-hour week?

About $2,068.92 for a journeyman 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 18, 2026 from the Pipefitter app, version 0.1.0.

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