52 union locals keep a hall in California. On the 46 published wage sheets we hold for them, journeyman base pay runs $45.66 to $95.75 an hour — about $116,560 a year at the midpoint, before the fringe package. Every figure below shows its source and effective date. City pages below break the same figures down by market (33 California cities).
| Local | Trade | Hall | Journeyman / hr | Total package | Effective |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IBEW Local 6 rates | Electricians | San Francisco, CA | $95.75 | $139.47 | 6/26/26 |
| IBEW Local 332 rates | Electricians | San Jose, CA | $95.53 | $168.47 | 6/26/26 |
| UA Local 38 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | San Francisco, CA | $91.00 | $91.00 | 8/22/25 |
| IBEW Local 617 rates | Electricians | San Mateo, CA | $88.00 | $137.51 | 5/25/26 |
| UA Local 342 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | Oakland, CA | $83.40 | $128.40 | 7/26/26 |
| UA Local 467 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | San Mateo, CA | $79.41 | $118.16 | 5/26/24 |
| UA Local 483 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | San Francisco, CA | $78.94 | $114.69 | 4/19/25 |
| UA Local 393 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | San Jose, CA | $76.86 | $126.38 | 7/18/24 |
| IBEW Local 234 rates | Electricians | Castroville, CA | $70.41 | $103.22 | 3/29/26 |
| IBEW Local 302 rates | Electricians | Martinez, CA | $68.26 | $104.66 | 5/8/26 |
| IBEW Local 477 rates | Electricians | San Bernardino, CA | $67.61 | $97.74 | 12/22/25 |
| UA Local 447 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | Sacramento, CA | $67.37 | $99.68 | 5/25/26 |
| IBEW Local 40 rates | Electricians | Hollywood, CA | $67.00 | $97.50 | 2/14/25 |
| IBEW Local 11 rates | Electricians | Los Angeles, CA | $65.00 | $101.71 | 7/26/26 |
| IBEW Local 551 rates | Electricians | Santa Rosa, CA | $64.00 | $98.17 | 7/26/26 |
| SMART Local 104 rates | Sheet Metal Workers | San Francisco, CA | $62.76 | $112.10 | 9/21/25 |
| IBEW Local 180 rates | Electricians | Napa, CA | $61.56 | $91.51 | 6/8/25 |
| UA Local 159 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | Martinez, CA | $61.02 | $101.66 | 10/21/22 |
| IBEW Local 441 rates | Electricians | Orange, CA | $60.22 | $84.16 | 1/21/25 |
| SMART Local 105 rates | Sheet Metal Workers | Los Angeles, CA | $59.40 | $87.77 | 1/23/25 |
| IBEW Local 569 rates | Electricians | San Diego, CA | $58.95 | $76.93 | 10/20/25 |
| IBEW Local 428 rates | Electricians | Bakersfield, CA | $58.65 | $79.90 | 3/1/26 |
| UA Local 761 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | Burbank, CA | $58.28 | $84.54 | 5/26/26 |
| UA Local 250 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | Los Angeles, CA | $58.28 | $80.99 | 8/18/25 |
| UA Local 582 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | Santa Ana, CA | $58.28 | $84.54 | 9/12/25 |
| UA Local 343 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | Vallejo-Napa, CA | $58.24 | $92.66 | 10/21/22 |
| IBEW Local 440 rates | Electricians | Riverside, CA | $57.26 | $88.98 | 3/29/26 |
| UA Local 364 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | Colton, CA | $57.18 | $83.14 | 7/26/24 |
| UA Local 709 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | Los Angeles, CA | $56.46 | $88.26 | 4/19/25 |
| UA Local 460 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | Bakersfield, CA | $56.08 | $82.19 | 6/13/25 |
| IBEW Local 639 rates | Electricians | San Luis Obispo, CA | $55.50 | $78.45 | 9/21/25 |
| UA Local 230 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | San Diego, CA | $53.78 | $79.89 | 10/6/23 |
| IBEW Local 340 rates | Electricians | Sacramento, CA | $53.70 | $85.12 | 6/11/26 |
| UA Local 78 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | Los Angeles, CA | $53.00 | $53.00 | 10/21/22 |
| UA Local 398 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | Pomona, CA | $53.00 | $78.16 | 10/18/23 |
| UA Local 246 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | Fresno, CA | $52.40 | $93.34 | 6/18/25 |
| IBEW Local 413 rates | Electricians | Santa Barbara, CA | $52.15 | $75.94 | 1/30/25 |
| IBEW Local 952 rates | Electricians | Ventura, CA | $51.34 | $81.77 | 10/4/24 |
| IBEW Local 100 rates | Electricians | Fresno, CA | $51.00 | $80.33 | 3/29/26 |
| IBEW Local 684 rates | Electricians | Modesto, CA | $51.00 | $84.16 | 1/20/26 |
| UA Local 403 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | San Luis Obispo, CA | $50.58 | $75.74 | 10/21/22 |
| UA Local 114 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | Santa Barbara, CA | $50.58 | $75.74 | 10/21/22 |
| UA Local 484 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | Ventura, CA | $50.58 | $75.74 | 10/21/22 |
| UA Local 228 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | Marysville, CA | $50.00 | $86.64 | 6/13/25 |
| UA Local 62 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | Monterey-Santa Cruz, CA | $47.85 | $47.85 | 10/21/22 |
| SMART Local 206 rates | Sheet Metal Workers | San Diego, CA | $45.66 | $73.51 | 10/21/22 |
| UA Local 355 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | Burlingame, CA | No sheet published | — | — |
| SMART Local 170 rates | Sheet Metal Workers | Los Angeles, CA | No sheet published | — | — |
| SMART Local 434 rates | Sheet Metal Workers | Los Angeles, CA | No sheet published | — | — |
| UA Local 345 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | Los Angeles, CA | No sheet published | — | — |
| SMART Local 398 rates | Sheet Metal Workers | San Diego, CA | No sheet published | — | — |
| UA Local 442 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | Stockton, CA | No sheet published | — | — |
Base rates only; fringes are paid on top. Sheet set last cross-checked 2026-09-01.
There is no single statewide rate — each local negotiates its own agreement. Across the 46 California locals with a published sheet, journeyman base pay runs $45.66 to $95.75 an hour, midpoint near $58.28 (about $116,560 a year at 2,000 hours). Fringes are paid on top.
Of the sheets we hold, IBEW Local 6 (Electricians, San Francisco, CA) shows the highest journeyman base rate at $95.75 an hour, effective 6/26/26. Rates reset each bargaining cycle, so confirm with the hall before relying on the figure.
We track 52 UA, IBEW and SMART locals with a hall in California, 46 of which publish a wage sheet we hold. Each one is listed below with its trade, city and its own rate page.
No. The journeyman rate is the base hourly wage. Health and welfare, pension, annuity and training contributions are paid on top — that combined figure is the total package, shown where the sheet publishes it.
Apply to the local's apprenticeship through its training committee, or, if you already hold the ticket, ask the hall about organizing in and sign the out-of-work book. Gulfstream does not process membership — we recruit for contractors, and the union-scale and merit-shop openings we hold in California are linked from this page.
Each figure is read off that local's published wage sheet, with the source and effective date shown next to it. Our sheet set was last cross-checked 2026-09-01. Locals with no published sheet are listed without a rate rather than filled with an average.