UnionPipefitters Local 798 wages 2026 (every state)
The hourly rates, overtime, shift, vacation and per diem rules of UA Local 798 in every state where it applies, read from the one agreement built into the Pipefitter app. An independent guide: the agreement and your hall have the final word.
Pipeline (National Pipe Line Agreement)
National Pipe Line Agreement 2026–2029 (Pipe Line Contractors Association and the United Association), Alabama, with Exhibits A–C for June 1 2026 to May 30 2027
$55.00an hour
Journeyman, Pipeline (National Pipe Line Agreement)
From June 1, 2026. No later step published.
| Classification | From June 1, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Welder (journeyman) | $55.00 |
| Welder with a $2.00 premium (welder foreman, steward, stringer bead or hot pass, repair, testing, hot work)JM + $2.00 | $57.00 |
| Back welder ($3.00 premium)JM + $3.00 | $58.00 |
| Journeyman (pipefitter)base rate | $55.00 |
| Journeyman with a $2.00 premium (line carrier, bead or hot pass, testing, hot work)JM + $2.00 | $57.00 |
| Welder or journeyman on small-diameter pipe, station or integrity work (Attachments 1, 2 and 4)80% | $44.00 |
| Apprentice, 5th year90% | $49.50 |
| Apprentice, 4th year80% | $44.00 |
| Apprentice, 3rd year70% | $38.50 |
| Apprentice, 2nd yearhelper + $1.00 | $27.00 |
| Apprentice, 1st yearhelper + $0.01 | $26.01 |
| Helper | $26.00 |
- Overtime
- Past 8 hours a day and past 40 straight-time hours a week is time and a half; a Saturday within those limits is straight time; every Sunday hour is time and a half; from the 17th hour in a row it's double time until the end of the shift.
- Per diem and travel
- Welder, job set up for 6 or 7 days a week: $165 a day, 7 days; Welder, job set up for 5 days or fewer: $165 a day worked, plus one day; Journeyman (not welding) or apprentice in years 3 to 5, job set up for 6 or 7 days: $105 a day, 7 days; Journeyman (not welding) or apprentice in years 3 to 5, job set up for 5 days or fewer: $105 a day worked, plus one day; Helper or apprentice in years 1 and 2, job set up for 6 or 7 days: $100 a day, 7 days; 1 more in the app.
Rates in every state
The hourly rate in each state from June 1, 2026. The agreement above is shown in full for Alabama; its rules are the same in every state, only the rates change.
| State | Welder | Journeyman | Helper |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | $55.00 | $55.00 | $26.00 |
| Arizona | $56.04 | $56.04 | $26.00 |
| Arkansas | $55.00 | $55.00 | $26.00 |
| California | $60.89 | $60.89 | |
| Colorado | $55.00 | $55.00 | $26.00 |
| Connecticut | $58.89 | $58.89 | $33.91 |
| Delaware | $58.22 | $58.22 | $26.00 |
| District of Columbia | $58.22 | $58.22 | $26.00 |
| Florida | $55.00 | $55.00 | $26.00 |
| Georgia | $55.00 | $55.00 | $26.00 |
| Idaho Benewah, Bonner, Boundary, Clearwater, Idaho, Kootenai, Latah, Lewis, Nez Perce and Shoshone counties | $59.85 | $59.85 | $35.66 |
| Idaho the rest of Idaho | $57.85 | $57.85 | $34.16 |
| Illinois | $60.22 | $60.22 | |
| Indiana Jasper, Lake, LaPorte, Newton and Porter counties | $60.22 | $60.22 | $43.61 |
| Indiana the rest of Indiana | $58.22 | $58.22 | $29.36 |
| Iowa | $58.22 | $58.22 | |
| Kansas | $55.00 | $55.00 | |
| Kentucky | $55.37 | $55.37 | $26.00 |
| Louisiana | $55.00 | $55.00 | $26.00 |
| Maine | $58.22 | $58.22 | $26.00 |
| Maryland | $58.22 | $58.22 | $28.27 |
| Massachusetts | $58.89 | $58.89 | $35.82 |
| Michigan | $58.22 | $58.22 | $33.08 |
| Minnesota | $58.22 | $58.22 | $27.47 |
| Mississippi | $55.00 | $55.00 | $26.00 |
| Missouri | $55.37 | $55.37 | $32.84 |
| Montana | $55.00 | $55.00 | $26.00 |
| Nebraska | $55.00 | $55.00 | $26.00 |
| Nevada | $56.04 | $56.04 | $33.59 |
| New Hampshire | $58.22 | $58.22 | $26.00 |
| New Jersey | $60.89 | $60.89 | $37.59 |
| New Mexico | $55.00 | $55.00 | $26.00 |
| New York | $58.22 | $58.22 | |
| North Carolina | $55.00 | $55.00 | $26.00 |
| North Dakota | $55.00 | $55.00 | $26.00 |
| Ohio | $58.22 | $58.22 | $34.48 |
| Oklahoma | $55.00 | $55.00 | $26.00 |
| Oregon | $60.22 | $60.22 | $35.21 |
| Pennsylvania Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties | $60.22 | $60.22 | $34.38 |
| Pennsylvania the rest of Pennsylvania | $58.22 | $58.22 | $30.53 |
| Rhode Island | $58.89 | $58.89 | $35.47 |
| South Carolina | $55.00 | $55.00 | $26.00 |
| South Dakota | $55.00 | $55.00 | $26.00 |
| Tennessee | $55.00 | $55.00 | $26.00 |
| Texas | $55.00 | $55.00 | $26.00 |
| Utah | $55.00 | $55.00 | $26.00 |
| Vermont | $58.22 | $58.22 | $26.00 |
| Virginia | $59.22 | $59.22 | $27.50 |
| Washington | $60.22 | $60.22 | $34.79 |
| West Virginia | $58.22 | $58.22 | $29.86 |
| Wisconsin | $60.22 | $60.22 | $31.74 |
| Wyoming | $55.00 | $55.00 | $26.00 |
One 40-hour week, worked out
Week of October 25, 2026Journeyman (pipefitter), Pipeline (National Pipe Line Agreement)
Example| Day | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hours | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| Earnings | |
| Regular40 h × 55.00 | 2,200.00 |
| Gross pay | 2,200.00 |
| Deductions | |
| Field dues3% of gross weekly wages | −66.00 |
| Organizing dues (Local 798, $0.50 an hour paid)per hour | −20.00 |
| Social Security6.2% | −136.40 |
| Medicare1.45% | −31.90 |
| Federal income taxestimate (W-4) | −314.19 |
| Alabama income taxestimate | −91.12 |
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 2026 rates are for jobs set up (pre-jobbed) on or after June 1 2026 (Art. XII(A)); a job pre-jobbed earlier keeps the 2025 rates, but the app switches every job on June 1 2026, so for an older job use Enter my own rate. The apprentice scale starts June 1 2026, and the app shows its 2026 rates for earlier weeks too (apprentices were dispatched as helpers then). Years 1 and 2 use the helper rate.
- After a shift past 16 hours, the next shift stays at time and a half until you've had an 8-hour break; the app doesn't carry that over, so check those hours against your stub. Not worked out: Waiting Time for a scheduled day lost (4 hours' pay for journeymen, 3 for helpers, plus per diem; Art. XIV), reporting pay (Art. XVI), assembly-point move pay and the $10.00 a week for boots and safety glasses (Art. XI(J)): your stub shows them.
- The app pays 3 hours (the helpers' amount) for an unworked holiday Monday to Saturday, so a journeyman's or welder's holiday week shows one straight-time hour less than the stub; and on a job set up for 5 days or fewer a Saturday holiday isn't a scheduled day and pays nothing: untick Holiday on it.
- Members of other locals pay their own local's working dues: type the % on the Settings tab; the app takes Local 798's $0.50 an hour from everyone. There's no vacation fund.
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.
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Questions
What does a Local 798 journeyman (pipefitter) make in 2026?
$55.00 an hour under the National Pipe Line Agreement 2026–2029 (Pipe Line Contractors Association and the United Association), Alabama, with Exhibits A–C for June 1 2026 to May 30 2027, from June 1, 2026.
When is the next Local 798 raise?
No later step is published in the data for the Pipeline (National Pipe Line Agreement) agreement. Rates usually change once a year; check the schedule before you count on a raise.
What do Local 798 apprentices make?
Apprentice, 5th year $49.50 (90%), Apprentice, 4th year $44.00 (80%), Apprentice, 3rd year $38.50 (70%), Apprentice, 2nd year $27.00 (helper + $1.00) and Apprentice, 1st year $26.01 (helper + $0.01) an hour from June 1, 2026.
Does Local 798 pay a per diem?
Welder, job set up for 6 or 7 days a week: $165 a day, 7 days; Welder, job set up for 5 days or fewer: $165 a day worked, plus one day; Journeyman (not welding) or apprentice in years 3 to 5, job set up for 6 or 7 days: $105 a day, 7 days; Journeyman (not welding) or apprentice in years 3 to 5, job set up for 5 days or fewer: $105 a day worked, plus one day; Helper or apprentice in years 1 and 2, job set up for 6 or 7 days: $100 a day, 7 days; 1 more in the app.
How is Local 798 overtime paid?
Past 8 hours a day and past 40 straight-time hours a week is time and a half; a Saturday within those limits is straight time; every Sunday hour is time and a half; from the 17th hour in a row it's double time until the end of the shift.
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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