Journeyman pipefitters under UA Local 234 in Jacksonville, FL earn $37.50/hr in base wages, or $55.09/hr as a total package with fringe benefits, effective Sep 2025.
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The Local 234 pay scale for 2026 is $37.50 per hour for journeymen in Jacksonville, FL, or about $75,000 a year at 2,080 hours. The total package, including employer-paid fringe benefits, is $55.09 per hour. That is the rate in force for 2026, effective 09/01/2025.
| Local 234 journeyman hourly wage | $37.50 / hour |
|---|---|
| Total package (wage + fringe benefits) | $55.09 / hour |
| Annualized at 2,080 hours (base wage) | $75,000 / year |
| First-period apprentice (≈45 to 50% of scale) | $16.88 to $18.75 / hour |
| Wage sheet effective | 09/01/2025 |
| Classification | Plumber |
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A Local 234 apprentice in Jacksonville, FL starts at roughly $16.88 an hour, about 45% of the $37.50 journeyman scale, and steps up each period, reaching around $28.13 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 234 has published; confirm the exact schedule with the JATC.
| 1st period (year 1) | 45% of scale | $16.88 / hour | $33,750 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd period (year 2) | 55% of scale | $20.63 / hour | $41,250 |
| 3rd period (year 3) | 65% of scale | $24.38 / hour | $48,750 |
| 4th period (year 4) | 75% of scale | $28.13 / hour | $56,250 |
| 5th period (year 5) | 85% of scale | $31.88 / hour | $63,750 |
| Journeyman (turned out) | 100% of scale | $37.50 / hour | $75,000 |
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Local 234 wages for 2025: $37.50 an hour on the journeyman scale, $55.09 an hour with fringe benefits added, effective 09/01/2025. That is the most recent Jacksonville, FL sheet we can source; rates move with each contract cycle, so confirm with the hall before quoting.
Roughly 32% of the UA Local 234 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. DOL Davis-Bacon determination FL20260202, rev. 2
Download the UA Local 234 pay scale (PDF), one-page printable rate sheet, effective September 1, 2025.
| Benefit & fringe contributions | $17.59/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 234 scale used across the Jacksonville, FL 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 Jacksonville metro, so a pipefitters wage quoted locally is normally this scale plus the fringe package shown in the table.
Gulfstream recruits pipefitters talent for commercial mechanical, electrical, plumbing, piping, sheet metal and building automation contractors in and around Jacksonville. We are a private recruiting firm, we do not dispatch, set, or negotiate Local 234 rates. For current Jacksonville scale, dispatch standing, or apprenticeship intake, contact the hall directly.
UA Local 234 runs its own referral procedure and books are signed at the hall, call 904-786-0941 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 234 represents skilled plumbers, pipefitters, and HVAC technicians across Northeast Florida. Based in Jacksonville, this local provides the specialized workforce required for the region's diverse industrial and commercial infrastructure. Since 2014, Gulfstream Strategic Placements has tracked the signatory landscape in this market, noting that Local 234 members are essential to maintaining the high standards of the piping trades in complex environments ranging from naval facilities to healthcare campuses. The local operates a comprehensive training center designed to keep its members current on the latest welding certifications and mechanical technologies used by top-tier contractors.
The Jacksonville market serves as a critical hub for maritime, logistical, and medical construction, placing Local 234 in a strategic position within the Florida panhandle and coastal regions. As the metropolitan area expands, the demand for licensed pipe trades professionals grows alongside it. Local 234 ensures that its signatory partners have access to a pool of craftspeople who have completed rigorous five-year apprenticeship programs. This commitment to quality and safety is a cornerstone of the local's value proposition to the mechanical contracting industry, facilitating the successful completion of large-scale public and private sector projects that define the regional skyline and industrial capacity.
Effective March 11, 2024, the journeyman hourly rate for UA Local 234 is set at $35.00, contributing to a total employer-paid package of $50.50 per hour. This $15.50 fringe benefit spread covers essential protections including healthcare and retirement security. Apprentices entering the program start at a percentage of the journeyman rate, typically beginning around 45% to 50% for first-year students. As apprentices complete their required on-the-job training hours and classroom modules at the JATC, they receive scheduled incremental raises. By the fifth year, an apprentice typically earns approximately 80% to 85% of the journeyman scale. This structured progression ensures that pay remains commensurate with the individual's increasing technical proficiency and certifications in welding, brazing, or specialized plumbing systems.
The contractor landscape for UA Local 234 is comprised of diverse signatory entities, ranging from national mechanical primes to specialized local plumbing firms. These contractors handle the bulk of the region's large-scale industrial piping, commercial HVAC installations, and heavy mechanical service contracts. The relationship between the local and its signatory partners is governed by a collective bargaining agreement that stabilizes labor costs and ensures a steady supply of qualified manpower. Hiring is typically managed through the local's referral system, allowing contractors to scale their workforce based on project demands. This ecosystem supports major developments in the healthcare, aerospace, and maritime sectors which require the precision and certification standards maintained by Local 234 members.
As of March 2024, the total package for a journeyman is $50.50 per hour. This includes the $35.00 hourly check wage plus $15.50 in benefits such as health insurance, pension contributions, and training funds. This package ensures that the employer covers the cost of benefits above and beyond the base hourly pay.
Yes, Local 234 operates a certified training facility where members can obtain and maintain various UA welding certifications. These certifications are essential for industrial work in the Jacksonville market, including power piping and pressure vessel work. The JATC provides the necessary equipment and instruction for members to stay current with industry codes.
UA members in good standing from other locals may seek to travel or transfer into Local 234. This process is governed by the United Association International Constitution. Travelers must typically check in with the Business Manager in Jacksonville and provide their current travel card before being eligible for dispatch in this jurisdiction.
Local 234 members are active on a wide array of projects, including the construction and maintenance of hospitals, schools, and naval station facilities. They also provide specialized piping for the region's manufacturing plants and perform complex mechanical work for Jacksonville's growing commercial and high-rise residential sectors.
UA Local 234 is seated in Jacksonville, Florida (FL). We hold published wage sheets for 19 locals across Florida, 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 234 pay scale for 2026 is $37.50 per hour for journeymen in Jacksonville, FL, or about $75,000 a year at 2,080 hours. The total package, including employer-paid fringe benefits, is $55.09 per hour. That is the rate in force for 2026, effective 09/01/2025.
UA Local 234 wages for 2026: journeyman Plumbers & Pipefitters rate of $37.50 per hour in Jacksonville, FL, with a total package of $55.09 per hour including fringe benefits, effective 09/01/2025. Apprentices are paid a graduated percentage of that rate. Confirm any increase since 09/01/2025 with the UA Local 234 business office.
The UA Local 234 wage sheet on this page lists the journeyman scale of $37.50 per hour ($55.09 per hour total package), effective 09/01/2025, plus the apprentice percentage steps. The official sheet is published by the UA Local 234 business office; figures here come from that published schedule, so confirm any increase dated after 09/01/2025 with the hall.
Local 234 apprentices earn a graduated percentage of the $37.50 per hour journeyman rate, typically starting near 40 to 50% ($16.88 to $18.75 per hour) in the first period and stepping up each period to 100% at turnout. The exact percentage schedule is set by the UA Local 234 JATC, so confirm the current apprentice sheet with the training center.
Journeyman pipefitters under the UA Local 234 agreement make $37.50 an hour in base wages, or $55.09 an hour counting the fringe package, per the wage sheet effective 09/01/2025. Overtime, shift premiums, and travel or subsistence pay are added on top under the local's CBA.
$37.50 per hour base wage and $55.09 per hour total package for a journeyman in Jacksonville, FL, effective 09/01/2025. Annualized at 2,080 hours that is roughly $75,000 before overtime.
A Local 234 apprentice in Jacksonville, FL starts at roughly $16.88 an hour, about 45% of the $37.50 journeyman scale, and steps up each period, reaching around $28.13 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 234 has published; confirm the exact schedule with the JATC.
About $16.88 an hour, or roughly $33,750 a year at 2,080 hours, based on the standard 45% first-period step of the $37.50 journeyman rate effective 09/01/2025. Apprentices also earn benefit contributions and paid classroom progression; the JATC sets the exact percentage.
Around $24.38 an hour at the standard 65% third-period step, moving to about $28.13 an hour in the fourth period and $37.50 an hour at full journeyman scale. Confirm the published step schedule with the Local 234 training center.
Local 234 wages for 2025: $37.50 an hour on the journeyman scale, $55.09 an hour with fringe benefits added, effective 09/01/2025. That is the most recent Jacksonville, FL sheet we can source; rates move with each contract cycle, so confirm with the hall before quoting.
The current published UA Local 234 journeyman rate is $37.50 an hour ($55.09 total package), effective 09/01/2025, roughly $75,000 a year at 2,080 hours before overtime. It is the rate in force for 2025 unless the local has since ratified a new agreement.
Yes, a one-page printable UA Local 234 rate sheet is available at /rate-sheets/ua-local-234-pay-scale.pdf, showing the $37.50 hourly scale, the $55.09 total package and the 09/01/2025 effective date, with the source it was read from. It is a free download, no sign-up needed.
The current UA Local 234 journeyman rate is $37.50/hour, with a total package of $55.09/hour including fringe benefits, effective 09/01/2025. At 2,080 hours that works out to roughly $75,000 per year in base wages before overtime. Rates change with each CBA cycle, confirm with the Local 234 business office before relying on the figure.
The $37.50/hour figure is the base journeyman wage that lands on the paycheck. The $55.09/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 & pipefitters labor costs across locals.
Apprentices under the UA Local 234 agreement are paid a graduated percentage of the journeyman rate, typically starting near 40 to 50% in the first period and stepping up each six-month or annual period until reaching 100% at turnout. Against the current $37.50/hour journeyman rate, a first-period apprentice would be in the $16.88 to $18.75/hour range. The exact percentage schedule is set by the local's JATC.
UA Local 234 is headquartered in Jacksonville, FL and dispatches plumbers & pipefitters 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 & pipefitters work. Some Local 234 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 234 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 234 training center directly.
Plumbers & Pipefitters apprenticeships generally run four to five years, roughly 8,000 to 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 234 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 & pipefitters 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 09/01/2025 schedule; check with the Local 234 business office for any increase that has taken effect since.
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 234 against neighboring jurisdictions and other plumbers & pipefitters markets.
Yes, the openings section on this page lists current plumbers & pipefitters roles near Jacksonville, FL, and you can apply directly through the apply form on this page. These are direct-hire positions with mechanical contractors that Gulfstream recruits for, not union dispatch or hall referrals. For the hall's out-of-work list, contact the Local 234 business office.
The UA Local 234 hall is at 5411 Cassidy Rd Jacksonville, FL 32254, serving Jacksonville, FL and the surrounding jurisdiction. Hall phone: 904-786-0941. The hall office is open Mon to Fri 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM (closed 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM) (per the local's official site).
The UA Local 234 hall office is open Mon to Fri 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM (closed 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM), as published on the local's official website. Dispatch and out-of-work list procedures can differ from office hours, call 904-786-0941 to confirm before traveling in.
UA Local 234 runs its own referral procedure and books are signed at the hall. Call the hall at 904-786-0941 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 234 can be reached at 904-786-0941. The hall office is open Mon to Fri 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM (closed 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM), per the local's official site.
Apply through the local's joint apprenticeship training committee (JATC). Most programs open applications on a set schedule and require an aptitude test and interview. For UA Local 234's current application window and requirements, contact the hall at 904-786-0941.
Each Plumbers & Pipefitters local sets its own intake process, and it varies. The common paths: apprenticeship through the JATC; organizing in as an experienced worker, since journeymen and technicians already working in the trade can usually apply directly to the hall for membership; or transferring from another local of the same international with a transfer card from your current hall. For fees and requirements, contact the hall at 904-786-0941.
We haven't found an official source for UA Local 234's dues or membership rules. To confirm, contact the hall at 904-786-0941.
We haven't found an official source for UA Local 234's member benefits. To confirm, contact the hall at 904-786-0941.
UA Local 234's sourced plumber union rate is $37.50/hr in base wages and $55.09/hr for the total package, effective September 1, 2025. The rate applies to the listed classification and source area; apprentice, foreman and specialty classifications may differ.
$37.50/hr in base wages for plumber, or $55.09/hr counting employer-paid benefits and fringes, effective September 1, 2025 per the U.S. DOL Davis-Bacon determination FL20260202, rev. 2 wage determination.
September 1, 2025. Read directly from the primary source (U.S. DOL Davis-Bacon determination FL20260202, rev. 2) and cross-checked at build time. Highest confidence for offer benchmarking.
No, the $37.50/hr base is wages only. Employers contribute roughly $17.59/hr more per hour worked to health and welfare, pension, annuity and training funds, which is the difference between the base and the $55.09/hr package.
No. Gulfstream Strategic Placements is a private MEP 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 5, 2026 (1 month ago). Always confirm the current step with the hall before relying on it for an offer.
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Plumber · Effective 09/01/2025 · Base wage $37.50/hr · Published package $55.09/hr
U.S. DOL Davis-Bacon determination FL20260202, rev. 2
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