18 union locals keep a hall in Indiana. On the 16 published wage sheets we hold for them, journeyman base pay runs $36.37 to $57.53 an hour — about $95,360 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 (10 Indiana cities).
| Local | Trade | Hall | Journeyman / hr | Total package | Effective |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UA Local 440 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | Indianapolis, IN | $57.53 | $77.37 | 7/25/26 |
| IBEW Local 697 rates | Electricians | Gary Hammonds, IN | $55.80 | $88.11 | 6/11/26 |
| IBEW Local 530 rates | Electricians | La Porte, IN | $52.00 | $85.27 | 6/4/26 |
| UA Local 210 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | Hobart, IN | $51.77 | $80.33 | 6/11/26 |
| SMART Local 20 rates | Sheet Metal Workers | Indianapolis, IN | $50.00 | $71.28 | 10/10/24 |
| IBEW Local 153 rates | Electricians | South Bend, IN | $49.30 | $78.34 | 7/26/26 |
| IBEW Local 16 rates | Electricians | Evansville, IN | $49.11 | $80.43 | 5/31/26 |
| UA Local 136 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | Evansville, IN | $48.82 | $69.45 | 4/18/26 |
| UA Local 172 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | South Bend, IN | $47.68 | $70.21 | 6/11/26 |
| UA Local 157 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | Terre Haute, IN | $46.65 | $66.20 | 8/10/25 |
| IBEW Local 481 rates | Electricians | Indianapolis, IN | $45.45 | $72.96 | 6/12/25 |
| IBEW Local 725 rates | Electricians | Terre Haute, IN | $45.00 | $69.60 | 9/7/25 |
| IBEW Local 873 rates | Electricians | Kokomo, IN | $44.20 | $67.38 | 3/3/26 |
| IBEW Local 305 rates | Electricians | Fort Wayne, IN | $42.00 | $63.45 | 11/25/25 |
| IBEW Local 855 rates | Electricians | Muncie, IN | $40.18 | $60.76 | 1/10/26 |
| IBEW Local 668 rates | Electricians | Lafayette, IN | $36.37 | $57.72 | 12/15/22 |
| UA Local 166 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | Fort Wayne, IN | No sheet published | — | — |
| SMART Local 179 rates | Sheet Metal Workers | Indianapolis, IN | 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 16 Indiana locals with a published sheet, journeyman base pay runs $36.37 to $57.53 an hour, midpoint near $47.68 (about $95,360 a year at 2,000 hours). Fringes are paid on top.
Of the sheets we hold, UA Local 440 (Plumbers & Pipefitters, Indianapolis, IN) shows the highest journeyman base rate at $57.53 an hour, effective 7/25/26. Rates reset each bargaining cycle, so confirm with the hall before relying on the figure.
We track 18 UA, IBEW and SMART locals with a hall in Indiana, 16 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 Indiana 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.