Journeyman plumbers under UA Local 168 in Marietta, OH earn $40.92/hr in base wages, or $78.12/hr as a total package with fringe benefits, effective Jun 2025.
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The Local 168 pay scale for 2026 is $40.92 per hour for journeymen in Marietta, OH, or about $81,840 a year at 2,080 hours. The total package, including employer-paid fringe benefits, is $78.12 per hour. That is the rate in force for 2026, effective 6/1/25.
| Local 168 journeyman hourly wage | $40.92 / hour |
|---|---|
| Total package (wage + fringe benefits) | $78.12 / hour |
| Annualized at 2,080 hours (base wage) | $81,840 / year |
| First-period apprentice (≈45–50% of scale) | $18.41–$20.46 / hour |
| Wage sheet effective | 6/1/25 |
| Classification | PIPEFITTER (EXCLUDES HVAC PIPE INSTALLATION) |
A Local 168 apprentice in Marietta, OH starts at roughly $18.41 an hour — about 45% of the $40.92 journeyman scale — and steps up each period, reaching around $30.69 an hour by the fourth year and full scale on turning out. These are the standard percentage steps of scale, not a wage sheet Local 168 has published; confirm the exact schedule with the JATC.
| 1st period (year 1) | 45% of scale | $18.41 / hour | $36,828 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd period (year 2) | 55% of scale | $22.51 / hour | $45,012 |
| 3rd period (year 3) | 65% of scale | $26.60 / hour | $53,196 |
| 4th period (year 4) | 75% of scale | $30.69 / hour | $61,380 |
| 5th period (year 5) | 85% of scale | $34.78 / hour | $69,564 |
| Journeyman (turned out) | 100% of scale | $40.92 / hour | $81,840 |
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Local 168 wages: $40.92 an hour on the journeyman scale, $78.12 an hour with fringe benefits added, effective 6/1/25. That is the most recent Marietta, OH sheet we can source; rates move with each contract cycle, so confirm with the hall before quoting.
Roughly 48% of the UA Local 168 package is employer-paid benefits and fringes rather than wages, which is why the package figure and a take-home hourly rate are not the same number.
Verified from official source: U.S. Department of Labor Davis-Bacon general wage determination OH20260047 (rev 1), building construction, PLUM0168-001 06/01/2025: base rate $40.92 plus printed fringes $37.20
Download the UA Local 168 pay scale (PDF) — one-page printable rate sheet, effective June 1, 2025.
| Benefit & fringe contributions | $37.20/hr | Printed as the fringe line on U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division determination OH20260047, schedule PLUM0168-001. |
|---|---|---|
| What the contributions fund | Health & welfare, pension, annuity, training and industry funds | Standard fund categories in mechanical and electrical agreements. The exact split between funds is set in the local's agreement — the hall or fund office publishes the schedule. |
| Paid on | Every hour worked | Fringe contributions are made per hour worked, so they scale with dispatched hours and are paid to the funds rather than to the member. |
The rates above are the UA Local 168 scale used across the Marietta, OH area. Members dispatched out of this hall work commercial mechanical and process piping, chiller and boiler work, HVAC piping and hydronics and service, retrofit and shutdown work for signatory contractors throughout the Marietta metro, so a plumbers wage quoted locally is normally this scale plus the fringe package shown in the table.
Gulfstream recruits plumbers talent for commercial mechanical, plumbing, piping, sheet metal and building automation contractors in and around Marietta. We are a private recruiting firm — we do not dispatch, set, or negotiate Local 168 rates. For current Marietta scale, dispatch standing, or apprenticeship intake, contact the hall directly.
Source document: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division Davis-Bacon Act determination OH20260047 (mod 1), published 2026-05-18.
Schedule line PLUM0168-001 — Building construction, scope: Counties listed on OH20260047.
Classification as printed: PIPEFITTER (EXCLUDES HVAC PIPE INSTALLATION)
UA Local 168 runs its own referral procedure and books are signed at the hall — call 740-373-7965 to confirm dispatch procedure, required documents (union card, certifications, ID) and current list standing before traveling in. Contact details are imported from the UA, SMART and IBEW public directories. Gulfstream is a private recruiting firm, is not affiliated with the local, and does not control hall dispatch.
United Association Local 168 represents skilled plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters across the Mid-Ohio Valley, headquartered in Marietta, Ohio. This local serves as a critical labor source for the region's industrial and commercial infrastructure, particularly within the energy and manufacturing sectors that define the local economy. By maintaining a highly trained workforce, Local 168 ensures that large-scale mechanical projects meet rigorous safety and performance standards. The organization oversees the training of apprentices and the continuing education of journeymen to keep pace with evolving technologies in piping systems, medical gas, and high-pressure steam applications.
The Marietta market is strategically positioned near significant industrial corridors, making Local 168 a vital partner for signatory contractors operating in southeastern Ohio and western West Virginia. Members are dispatched to a variety of project sites, including chemical processing plants, healthcare facilities, and educational institutions. Because the regional economy relies heavily on industrial output, the labor demand for pipefitters often fluctuates based on facility turnarounds and capital expansion projects. For tradespeople and contractors alike, Local 168 provides the structure necessary to manage complex mechanical systems while upholding the prevailing wage standards and benefits required for a sustainable middle-class career in the trades.
Journeyman wages for UA Local 168 are established through collective bargaining between the union and signatory contractor associations. While specific hourly rates are not publicly published here, the total compensation package includes both the base check rate and significant employer-paid fringes. Apprentices typically start at a percentage of the journeyman rate, often beginning around 40-50% and increasing in 5% or 10% increments as they complete required classroom hours and on-the-job training milestones. These scheduled raises ensure that as a worker's skill set grows, their compensation reflects their increased productivity. To obtain the most current wage scale, including specific dollar amounts for taxable income and total packages, individuals should contact the Local 168 business office directly to request the latest fringe benefit report.
The chartered jurisdiction for UA Local 168 encompasses several counties in southeastern Ohio, centered around the Marietta metropolitan area. This territory covers a mix of rural and industrial zones where members perform work on commercial plumbing, industrial process piping, and HVAC systems. The local's reach extends to projects along the Ohio River, involving significant cooperation with neighboring locals for large-scale industrial builds. Members are expected to travel within this multi-county footprint for dispatch, ensuring that signatory contractors have access to qualified labor regardless of the project's specific location. The jurisdiction covers all phases of the piping trade, from underground utility work to high-altitude refinery maintenance and complex boiler installations.
The contractor landscape for Local 168 is comprised of approximately 11 signatory firms tracked on this page, ranging from local mechanical service providers to large-scale industrial primes. These companies specialize in diverse sectors including heavy a mechanical contractor for the energy sector and commercial plumbing for institutional facilities. Hiring often follows the project lifecycle, with surges in labor demand occurring during major plant shutdowns or new facility construction. Signatory contractors benefit from a predictable cost of labor and a referral system that provides pre-vetted, drug-tested, and OSHA-certified professionals. This relationship allows contractors to bid on complex public and private works that require a high degree of technical proficiency and adherence to strict project timelines.
Members have access to various UA certifications, including medical gas installation, backflow prevention, and various ASME welding certifications (such as 6G). The JATC in Marietta provides the necessary equipment and proctored testing environments to ensure members can meet the specific requirements of industrial signatory contractors throughout the Mid-Ohio Valley region.
During facility turnarounds or shutdowns, Local 168 often utilizes a referral list to man projects that require high volumes of pipefitters for short durations. These projects typically involve intensive maintenance and piping replacement. If local demand exceeds the current membership, the local may pull travelers from neighboring UA locals to fulfill contractor manning requirements.
Yes, while the region has a heavy industrial pipefitting presence, Local 168 is a combined local representing both plumbers and pipefitters. Members work on commercial plumbing systems for hospitals, schools, and government buildings. The apprenticeship program includes comprehensive training in both sanitary drainage and potable water systems alongside a mechanical contractor applications.
Gulfstream Strategic Placements has tracked the signatory landscape and labor market for UA locals since 2014. While we provide reference data on wages and jurisdiction, specific member reviews or internal union ratings are best found through direct engagement with the local's membership or by attending public informational sessions at the Marietta headquarters.
UA Local 168 is seated in Marietta, Ohio (OH). We hold published wage sheets for 34 locals across Ohio — compare nearby scales before you take a call.
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Journeyman scales as last published by each local. Rates change every contract cycle — confirm with the hall.
The Local 168 pay scale for 2026 is $40.92 per hour for journeymen in Marietta, OH, or about $81,840 a year at 2,080 hours. The total package, including employer-paid fringe benefits, is $78.12 per hour. That is the rate in force for 2026, effective 6/1/25.
Journeyman plumbers under the UA Local 168 agreement make $40.92 an hour in base wages, or $78.12 an hour counting the fringe package, per the wage sheet effective 6/1/25. Overtime, shift premiums, and travel or subsistence pay are added on top under the local's CBA.
$40.92 per hour base wage and $78.12 per hour total package for a journeyman in Marietta, OH, effective 6/1/25. Annualized at 2,080 hours that is roughly $81,840 before overtime.
A Local 168 apprentice in Marietta, OH starts at roughly $18.41 an hour — about 45% of the $40.92 journeyman scale — and steps up each period, reaching around $30.69 an hour by the fourth year and full scale on turning out. These are the standard percentage steps of scale, not a wage sheet Local 168 has published; confirm the exact schedule with the JATC.
About $18.41 an hour, or roughly $36,828 a year at 2,080 hours, based on the standard 45% first-period step of the $40.92 journeyman rate effective 6/1/25. Apprentices also earn benefit contributions and paid classroom progression; the JATC sets the exact percentage.
Around $26.60 an hour at the standard 65% third-period step, moving to about $30.69 an hour in the fourth period and $40.92 an hour at full journeyman scale. Confirm the published step schedule with the Local 168 training center.
Local 168 wages: $40.92 an hour on the journeyman scale, $78.12 an hour with fringe benefits added, effective 6/1/25. That is the most recent Marietta, OH sheet we can source; rates move with each contract cycle, so confirm with the hall before quoting.
The current published UA Local 168 journeyman rate is $40.92 an hour ($78.12 total package), effective 6/1/25 — roughly $81,840 a year at 2,080 hours before overtime. Confirm the effective agreement with the local.
Yes — a one-page printable UA Local 168 rate sheet is available at /rate-sheets/ua-local-168-pay-scale.pdf, showing the $40.92 hourly scale, the $78.12 total package and the 6/1/25 effective date, with the source it was read from. It is a free download — no sign-up needed.
The current UA Local 168 journeyman rate is $40.92/hour, with a total package of $78.12/hour including fringe benefits, effective 6/1/25. At 2,080 hours that works out to roughly $81,840 per year in base wages before overtime. Rates change with each CBA cycle — confirm with the Local 168 business office before relying on the figure.
The $40.92/hour figure is the base journeyman wage that lands on the paycheck. The $78.12/hour total package adds employer-paid fringes — health and welfare, pension, annuity, apprenticeship training, and industry funds. Contractors bid work off the total package, so that is the number that matters when comparing plumbers & steamfitters labor costs across locals.
Apprentices under the UA Local 168 agreement are paid a graduated percentage of the journeyman rate, typically starting near 40–50% in the first period and stepping up each six-month or annual period until reaching 100% at turnout. Against the current $40.92/hour journeyman rate, a first-period apprentice would be in the $18.41–$20.46/hour range. The exact percentage schedule is set by the local's JATC.
UA Local 168 is headquartered in Marietta, OH and dispatches plumbers & steamfitters manpower throughout its chartered jurisdiction. Work performed inside that territory falls under the local's collective bargaining agreement and wage schedule, even when the contractor is based elsewhere and travels in.
Most locals require applicants to be at least 18, legally able to work in the U.S., hold a high school diploma or GED, pass a basic math/aptitude assessment and a drug screen, and be physically able to perform plumbers & steamfitters work. Some Local 168 programs give preference to applicants inside the jurisdiction or to veterans. Eligibility rules are set by the local's Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee (JATC), so confirm the current criteria with the hall before applying.
Apprenticeship applications go through the UA Local 168 JATC, not through a contractor or a recruiter. Applications typically open in defined intake windows each year: you submit the application with proof of age, education, and residency, sit for an aptitude test, and then interview. Ranked applicants are placed on an eligibility list and indentured as signatory contractors call for apprentices. Gulfstream Strategic Placements does not process apprenticeship applications — contact the Local 168 training center directly.
Plumbers & Steamfitters apprenticeships generally run four to five years — roughly 8,000–10,000 hours of on-the-job training plus several hundred classroom hours per year. Apprentices earn a paycheck the entire time, stepping up through the wage periods until they turn out as journeymen at 100% of scale.
Signatory contractors hire through the local's hiring hall, so working under the UA Local 168 agreement generally means being a member or being organized in through the local's process. Journeymen from other locals can travel in by signing the out-of-work book, subject to the local's referral rules and manpower needs. Non-union plumbers & steamfitters professionals are usually placed with open-shop contractors instead — we recruit for both.
Rates move with the collective bargaining agreement, typically on a fixed anniversary date each year of a three- to five-year contract, with negotiated increases split between the base wage and the fringe package. The figures on this page reflect the 6/1/25 schedule; check with the Local 168 business office for any increase that has taken effect since.
We track 11 signatory contractors working under the UA Local 168 agreement, listed on this page with their websites and LinkedIn pages. Signatory shops are the employers legally able to hire Local 168 members and pay the negotiated scale.
Wage rates vary widely by local and market. Use the Union Pay Scale Explorer to sort every UA and SMART local by hourly wage, total package, and annualized pay so you can benchmark Local 168 against neighboring jurisdictions and other plumbers & steamfitters markets.
The UA Local 168 hall is at 201 Front St Marietta, OH 45750, serving Marietta, OH and the surrounding jurisdiction. Hall phone: 740-373-7965. The hall office is open Monday–Friday, 8:00am–5:00pm (per the local's official site).
The UA Local 168 hall office is open Monday–Friday, 8:00am–5:00pm, as published on the local's official website. Dispatch and out-of-work list procedures can differ from office hours — call 740-373-7965 to confirm before traveling in.
UA Local 168 runs its own referral procedure and books are signed at the hall. Call the hall at 740-373-7965 to confirm dispatch hours, required documents (union card, certifications, ID) and current list standing before traveling in — Gulfstream does not control hall dispatch.
UA Local 168 can be reached at 740-373-7965. The hall office is open Monday–Friday, 8:00am–5:00pm, per the local's official site.
$40.92/hr in base wages for pipefitter (excludes hvac pipe installation), or $78.12/hr counting employer-paid benefits and fringes, effective June 1, 2025 per the U.S. Department of Labor Davis-Bacon general wage determination OH20260047 (rev 1), building construction, PLUM0168-001 06/01/2025: base rate $40.92 plus printed fringes $37.20 wage determination.
June 1, 2025. Read directly from the primary source (U.S. Department of Labor Davis-Bacon general wage determination OH20260047 (rev 1), building construction, PLUM0168-001 06/01/2025: base rate $40.92 plus printed fringes $37.20) and cross-checked at build time. Highest confidence for offer benchmarking.
No — the $40.92/hr base is wages only. Employers contribute roughly $37.20/hr more per hour worked to health and welfare, pension, annuity and training funds, which is the difference between the base and the $78.12/hr package.
No. Gulfstream Strategic Placements is a private mechanical construction recruiting firm. We are not affiliated with the local, we do not run dispatch, and we do not set or negotiate union rates. We publish the local's own sourced figures as a reference for members and contractors.
High confidence — last cross-checked against the source on Oct 1, 2026 (3 days ago). Always confirm the current step with the hall before relying on it for an offer.