Journeyman plumbers under UA Local 22 in West Seneca, NY earn $42.20/hr in base wages, or $42.20/hr as a total package with fringe benefits, effective Jun 2024.
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The Local 22 pay scale is $42.20 per hour for journeymen in West Seneca, NY, or about $84,400 a year at 2,080 hours. The total package, including employer-paid fringe benefits, is $42.20 per hour. That is the rate in force, effective 6/2/24.
| Local 22 journeyman hourly wage | $42.20 / hour |
|---|---|
| Total package (wage + fringe benefits) | $42.20 / hour |
| Annualized at 2,080 hours (base wage) | $84,400 / year |
| First-period apprentice (≈45–50% of scale) | $18.99–$21.10 / hour |
| Wage sheet effective | 6/2/24 |
| Classification | Combo |
A Local 22 apprentice in West Seneca, NY starts at roughly $18.99 an hour — about 45% of the $42.20 journeyman scale — and steps up each period, reaching around $31.65 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 22 has published; confirm the exact schedule with the JATC.
| 1st period (year 1) | 45% of scale | $18.99 / hour | $37,980 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd period (year 2) | 55% of scale | $23.21 / hour | $46,420 |
| 3rd period (year 3) | 65% of scale | $27.43 / hour | $54,860 |
| 4th period (year 4) | 75% of scale | $31.65 / hour | $63,300 |
| 5th period (year 5) | 85% of scale | $35.87 / hour | $71,740 |
| Journeyman (turned out) | 100% of scale | $42.20 / hour | $84,400 |
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Local 22 wages: $42.20 an hour on the journeyman scale, $42.20 an hour with fringe benefits added, effective 6/2/24. That is the most recent West Seneca, NY sheet we can source; rates move with each contract cycle, so confirm with the hall before quoting.
Roughly 0% of the UA Local 22 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.
Download the UA Local 22 pay scale (PDF) — one-page printable rate sheet, effective June 2, 2024.
| Benefit & fringe contributions | $0.00/hr | Derived: total package minus base wage. This is the employer's combined hourly contribution to the funds, not take-home pay. |
|---|---|---|
| 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 22 scale used across the West Seneca, NY 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 West Seneca 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 West Seneca. We are a private recruiting firm — we do not dispatch, set, or negotiate Local 22 rates. For current West Seneca scale, dispatch standing, or apprenticeship intake, contact the hall directly.
UA Local 22 runs its own referral procedure and books are signed at the hall — call 716-656-0220 to confirm dispatch hours, 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 22 represents the skilled plumbing and pipefitting workforce across Western New York, headquartered in Buffalo. Since 2014, Gulfstream Strategic Placements has monitored this region's labor dynamics, where the local serves as a critical talent pipeline for high-demand industrial and commercial sectors. The union maintains jurisdiction over the installation, maintenance, and repair of piping systems across diverse environments including chemical processing, food production, and healthcare facilities. Members are trained in specialized skills such as medical gas piping, orbital welding, and backflow prevention to meet the stringent code requirements of the New York State Department of Health and local building authorities.
The Buffalo market remains a focal point for mechanical construction due to significant reinvestment in the city's medical corridor and revitalization of legacy manufacturing sites. Local 22 provides signatory contractors with a steady supply of journeymen and apprentices who have undergone rigorous safety and technical training at their local JATC facility. For tradespeople, the local offers a structured career path with standardized wages and benefits that reflect the technical complexity of modern mechanical systems. As the region continues to expand its technological footprint in green energy and semiconductor-adjacent manufacturing, the demand for UA-certified pipefitters and plumbers remains a cornerstone of the regional construction economy.
As of June 2, 2024, the journeyman hourly rate for Local 22 is established at $42.20. It is important to note that the total package figure supplied matches the hourly wage, which typically indicates that fringe benefits are either calculated separately or that the reader should contact the Local 22 business office to verify the specific employer-paid contributions for health and pension funds. Apprentices entering the five-year program start at a percentage of the journeyman rate, usually beginning around 40-45% and increasing annually as they complete required classroom hours and on-the-job training milestones. These scheduled increases provide a clear financial trajectory for new entrants as they move from basic installation tasks to complex system commissioning and supervisory roles.
The jurisdiction of UA Local 22 covers the heart of Western New York, primarily centered on the Buffalo-Niagara Falls metropolitan area. The charter includes the entirety of Erie and Niagara counties, extending into surrounding rural territories to ensure a unified labor standard for mechanical work. This territory encompasses major international border crossings, massive hydroelectric infrastructure, and a dense concentration of industrial waterfront properties. Members are dispatched to job sites ranging from the downtown Buffalo core to suburban medical campuses and the heavy industrial corridor in Tonawanda and Niagara Falls. All plumbing, steamfitting, and HVAC piping work performed within these boundaries falls under the Local 22 collective bargaining agreement.
The contractor landscape for Local 22 is comprised of 61 signatory organizations, ranging from massive mechanical primes to specialized service and repair shops. These firms handle the bulk of the region's large-scale infrastructure projects, including municipal water treatment upgrades and university campus expansions. The presence of large-scale mechanical contractors ensures a diverse range of work opportunities, from heavy industrial process piping to high-precision laboratory plumbing. Hiring is typically managed through the union's referral system, though service contractors often maintain steady year-round crews to support long-term maintenance contracts for the region's commercial and industrial building owners.
Plumbers in Local 22 primarily focus on potable water systems, drainage, and waste-vent piping within buildings. Steamfitters, or pipefitters, specialize in high-pressure systems, industrial process piping, and heating/cooling loops. Both trades undergo the same rigorous five-year apprenticeship but may specialize in different certifications depending on the signatory contractor's core business and the member's career interests.
Yes, Local 22 provides extensive training and testing for various UA welding certifications. This includes SMAW, TIG, and MIG processes for carbon steel, stainless steel, and specialty alloys. These certifications are critical for industrial work in the Niagara Falls chemical corridor and are maintained through the JATC to ensure that signatory contractors have the highest quality of welders available for high-pressure piping projects.
Journeymen from other United Association locals may seek to work in Local 22's jurisdiction as travelers through the UA's reciprocal travel card system. Permanent transfers, or 'depositing a card,' are subject to the local's current bylaws, the local unemployment rate, and the approval of the Business Manager. Travelers are expected to follow all Local 22 CBA rules while working in Western New York.
Local 22 members frequently work in food and beverage production facilities, automotive manufacturing plants, and chemical processing sites. This work often involves stainless steel piping, steam system installation, and heavy industrial rigging. The region's focus on renewable energy and battery manufacturing has also increased the demand for specialized pipefitting and cooling system installation on large-scale industrial builds.
UA Local 22 is seated in West Seneca, New York (NY). We hold published wage sheets for 27 locals across New York — 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 22 pay scale is $42.20 per hour for journeymen in West Seneca, NY, or about $84,400 a year at 2,080 hours. The total package, including employer-paid fringe benefits, is $42.20 per hour. That is the rate in force, effective 6/2/24.
Journeyman plumbers under the UA Local 22 agreement make $42.20 an hour in base wages, or $42.20 an hour counting the fringe package, per the wage sheet effective 6/2/24. Overtime, shift premiums, and travel or subsistence pay are added on top under the local's CBA.
$42.20 per hour base wage and $42.20 per hour total package for a journeyman in West Seneca, NY, effective 6/2/24. Annualized at 2,080 hours that is roughly $84,400 before overtime.
A Local 22 apprentice in West Seneca, NY starts at roughly $18.99 an hour — about 45% of the $42.20 journeyman scale — and steps up each period, reaching around $31.65 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 22 has published; confirm the exact schedule with the JATC.
About $18.99 an hour, or roughly $37,980 a year at 2,080 hours, based on the standard 45% first-period step of the $42.20 journeyman rate effective 6/2/24. Apprentices also earn benefit contributions and paid classroom progression; the JATC sets the exact percentage.
Around $27.43 an hour at the standard 65% third-period step, moving to about $31.65 an hour in the fourth period and $42.20 an hour at full journeyman scale. Confirm the published step schedule with the Local 22 training center.
Local 22 wages: $42.20 an hour on the journeyman scale, $42.20 an hour with fringe benefits added, effective 6/2/24. That is the most recent West Seneca, NY sheet we can source; rates move with each contract cycle, so confirm with the hall before quoting.
Yes — a one-page printable UA Local 22 rate sheet is available at /rate-sheets/ua-local-22-pay-scale.pdf, showing the $42.20 hourly scale, the $42.20 total package and the 6/2/24 effective date, with the source it was read from. It is a free download — no sign-up needed.
The current UA Local 22 journeyman rate is $42.20/hour, with a total package of $42.20/hour including fringe benefits, effective 6/2/24. At 2,080 hours that works out to roughly $84,400 per year in base wages before overtime. Rates change with each CBA cycle — confirm with the Local 22 business office before relying on the figure.
The $42.20/hour figure is the base journeyman wage that lands on the paycheck. The $42.20/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 22 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 $42.20/hour journeyman rate, a first-period apprentice would be in the $18.99–$21.10/hour range. The exact percentage schedule is set by the local's JATC.
UA Local 22 is headquartered in West Seneca, NY 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 22 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 22 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 22 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 22 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 6/2/24 schedule; check with the Local 22 business office for any increase that has taken effect since.
We track 61 signatory contractors working under the UA Local 22 agreement, listed on this page with their websites and LinkedIn pages. Signatory shops are the employers legally able to hire Local 22 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 22 against neighboring jurisdictions and other plumbers & steamfitters markets.
The UA Local 22 hall is at 120 Gardenville Pkwy Ste 1 West Seneca, NY 14224, serving West Seneca, NY and the surrounding jurisdiction. Hall phone: 716-656-0220.
UA Local 22 runs its own referral procedure and books are signed at the hall. Call the hall at 716-656-0220 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 22 can be reached at 716-656-0220. Contact details are imported from the union's public directory listing — confirm hours with the hall.
$42.20/hr in base wages for combo, or $42.20/hr counting employer-paid benefits and fringes, effective June 2, 2024 per the unionpayscales.com wage sheet.
June 2, 2024. The source wage sheet is more than 18 months old, so a mid-term raise may already be in effect. Confirm the current step with the local's business office before extending an offer.
No — the $42.20/hr base is wages only. Employers contribute roughly $0.00/hr more per hour worked to health and welfare, pension, annuity and training funds, which is the difference between the base and the $42.20/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.
Moderate confidence — last cross-checked against the source on Sep 1, 2026 (13 days ago). Always confirm the current step with the hall before relying on it for an offer.