Journeyman pipefitters under UA Local 94 in Canton, OH earn $43.48/hr in base wages, effective Aug 2025.
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The Local 94 pay scale for 2026 is $43.48 per hour for journeymen in Canton, OH, or about $86,960 a year at 2,080 hours. That is the rate in force for 2026, effective 8/18/25.
| Local 94 journeyman hourly wage | $43.48 / hour |
|---|---|
| Annualized at 2,080 hours (base wage) | $86,960 / year |
| First-period apprentice (≈45 to 50% of scale) | $19.57 to $21.74 / hour |
| Wage sheet effective | 8/18/25 |
| Classification | Combo |
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A Local 94 apprentice in Canton, OH starts at roughly $19.57 an hour, about 45% of the $43.48 journeyman scale, and steps up each period, reaching around $32.61 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 94 has published; confirm the exact schedule with the JATC.
| 1st period (year 1) | 45% of scale | $19.57 / hour | $39,132 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd period (year 2) | 55% of scale | $23.91 / hour | $47,828 |
| 3rd period (year 3) | 65% of scale | $28.26 / hour | $56,524 |
| 4th period (year 4) | 75% of scale | $32.61 / hour | $65,220 |
| 5th period (year 5) | 85% of scale | $36.96 / hour | $73,916 |
| Journeyman (turned out) | 100% of scale | $43.48 / hour | $86,960 |
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UA Local 94 pay rates and union rules
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Local 94 wages: $43.48 an hour on the journeyman scale, effective 8/18/25. That is the most recent Canton, OH sheet we can source; rates move with each contract cycle, so confirm with the hall before quoting.
UA Local 94 has not published a current wage sheet to the public rate sources we track, so the figure above is the reporting-wide pipefitters average, not this hall's own scale. 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 Canton, OH area, and local scale in the Canton market is normally set by the hall's current collective bargaining agreement, confirm it with the business office before quoting.
Gulfstream recruits pipefitters talent for commercial mechanical, electrical, plumbing, piping, sheet metal and building automation contractors in and around Canton. We are a private recruiting firm, we do not dispatch, set, or negotiate Local 94 rates. For current Canton scale, dispatch standing, or apprenticeship intake, contact the hall directly.
UA Local 94 runs its own referral procedure and books are signed at the hall, call 330-478-1864 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 94 represents the skilled plumbing and pipefitting workforce throughout the Canton, Ohio market. The union ensures that members are trained to the highest safety standards, providing a stable pipeline of mechanics for high-pressure steam, medical gas, and complex hydronic systems. By maintaining a centralized dispatch and training center in Canton, the local supports the infrastructure of Northeast Ohio's diverse manufacturing and healthcare sectors.
The market for UA 94 is driven by a mix of long-term industrial maintenance and new commercial development. As a jurisdictional anchor in Stark County, this local provides the specialized manpower required for school renovations, hospital expansions, and industrial upgrades. For mechanical contractors, partnering with Plumbers and Pipefitters Local Union 94 offers access to a pre-vetted labor pool, reducing the overhead associated with individual recruitment. For the tradesperson, the local provides a structured career path backed by collectively bargained protections and a robust fringe benefit package that remains competitive within the broader Ohio building trades landscape.
Effective August 18, 2025, the journeyman hourly rate for UA Local 94 is set at $43.48. This base rate represents the check-end take-home pay before the addition of the fringe benefit package, which typically includes significant employer contributions to health, welfare, and retirement funds. Apprentices in the program start at a lower percentage of this journeyman rate—often beginning around 45% to 50%—and receive scheduled incremental raises as they complete their five-year training cycle and accrue required on-the-job hours. These step-ups are contingent upon successful classroom performance at the JATC and satisfactory reports from their supervising journeymen and signatory employers. Experienced travelers or organized workers should contact the hall to verify their placement within the wage scale based on verifiable years of experience.
The contractor landscape for UA 94 consists of a diverse mix of local family-owned mechanical firms and larger regional primes that operate across Northeast Ohio. Signatory mechanical primes in this region often specialize in large-scale institutional work for local school districts and university systems. Additionally, several a mechanical contractor contractors maintain a permanent presence in the area to support the maintenance needs of the local manufacturing and steel industries. Hiring typically fluctuates based on major project cycles, with service and maintenance agreements providing steady year-round employment for a significant portion of the membership while new construction drives peak manpower demands during the summer months.
Members of UA 94 primarily focus on the installation and maintenance of complex piping systems. This includes high-pressure steam systems for industrial facilities, hydronic heating and cooling for commercial buildings, and specialized process piping for the manufacturing sector throughout Stark County. They also handle medical gas systems for the region's healthcare infrastructure.
The UA Local 94 apprenticeship provides a formal five-year curriculum that combines 8,500 hours of on-the-job training with classroom instruction. Unlike non-union roles, the progression is governed by a collective bargaining agreement, ensuring transparent wage increases, guaranteed benefits, and a path to becoming a federally recognized journeyman plumber or pipefitter.
Yes, experienced tradespeople, often referred to as 'organized' workers, can join Local 94. The process usually involves a skill assessment or 'test-in' to determine their journeyman status. Applicants should provide documentation of their previous years in the trade to the business manager to determine their appropriate placement on the wage scale.
Yes, Local 94 includes provisions for HVAC service technicians. These members focus on the maintenance, diagnostic, and repair aspects of mechanical systems. While construction pipefitters focus on installation, service technicians ensure long-term system efficiency for signatory contractors, often working under slightly different schedule requirements to provide 24/7 coverage for critical facilities.
UA Local 94 is seated in Canton, 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 94 pay scale for 2026 is $43.48 per hour for journeymen in Canton, OH, or about $86,960 a year at 2,080 hours. That is the rate in force for 2026, effective 8/18/25.
UA Local 94 wages for 2026: journeyman Plumbers & Pipefitters rate of $43.48 per hour in Canton, OH, effective 8/18/25. Apprentices are paid a graduated percentage of that rate. Confirm any increase since 8/18/25 with the UA Local 94 business office.
The UA Local 94 wage sheet on this page lists the journeyman scale of $43.48 per hour, effective 8/18/25, plus the apprentice percentage steps. The official sheet is published by the UA Local 94 business office; figures here come from that published schedule, so confirm any increase dated after 8/18/25 with the hall.
Local 94 apprentices earn a graduated percentage of the $43.48 per hour journeyman rate, typically starting near 40 to 50% ($19.57 to $21.74 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 94 JATC, so confirm the current apprentice sheet with the training center.
Journeyman pipefitters under the UA Local 94 agreement make $43.48 an hour in base wages, per the wage sheet effective 8/18/25. Overtime, shift premiums, and travel or subsistence pay are added on top under the local's CBA.
$43.48 per hour base wage for a journeyman in Canton, OH, effective 8/18/25. Annualized at 2,080 hours that is roughly $86,960 before overtime.
A Local 94 apprentice in Canton, OH starts at roughly $19.57 an hour, about 45% of the $43.48 journeyman scale, and steps up each period, reaching around $32.61 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 94 has published; confirm the exact schedule with the JATC.
About $19.57 an hour, or roughly $39,132 a year at 2,080 hours, based on the standard 45% first-period step of the $43.48 journeyman rate effective 8/18/25. Apprentices also earn benefit contributions and paid classroom progression; the JATC sets the exact percentage.
Around $28.26 an hour at the standard 65% third-period step, moving to about $32.61 an hour in the fourth period and $43.48 an hour at full journeyman scale. Confirm the published step schedule with the Local 94 training center.
Local 94 wages: $43.48 an hour on the journeyman scale, effective 8/18/25. That is the most recent Canton, OH sheet we can source; rates move with each contract cycle, so confirm with the hall before quoting.
The current published UA Local 94 journeyman rate is $43.48 an hour, effective 8/18/25, roughly $86,960 a year at 2,080 hours before overtime. Confirm the effective agreement with the local.
Yes, a one-page printable UA Local 94 rate sheet is available at /rate-sheets/ua-local-94-pay-scale.pdf, showing the $43.48 hourly scale and the 8/18/25 effective date, with the source it was read from. It is a free download, no sign-up needed.
The current UA Local 94 journeyman rate is $43.48/hour, effective 8/18/25. At 2,080 hours that works out to roughly $86,960 per year in base wages before overtime. Rates change with each CBA cycle, confirm with the Local 94 business office before relying on the figure.
Apprentices under the UA Local 94 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 $43.48/hour journeyman rate, a first-period apprentice would be in the $19.57 to $21.74/hour range. The exact percentage schedule is set by the local's JATC.
UA Local 94 is headquartered in Canton, OH 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 94 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 94 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 94 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 94 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 8/18/25 schedule; check with the Local 94 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 94 against neighboring jurisdictions and other plumbers & pipefitters markets.
Yes, the openings section on this page lists current plumbers & pipefitters roles near Canton, OH, 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 94 business office.
The UA Local 94 hall is at 3919 13th St Sw Canton, OH 44710, serving Canton, OH and the surrounding jurisdiction. Hall phone: 330-478-1864.
UA Local 94 runs its own referral procedure and books are signed at the hall. Call the hall at 330-478-1864 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 94 can be reached at 330-478-1864. Contact details are imported from the union's public directory listing, confirm hours with the hall.
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 94's current application window and requirements, contact the hall at 330-478-1864.
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 330-478-1864.
We haven't found an official source for UA Local 94's dues or membership rules. To confirm, contact the hall at 330-478-1864.
We haven't found an official source for UA Local 94's member benefits. To confirm, contact the hall at 330-478-1864.
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