14 union locals keep a hall in New Jersey. On the 13 published wage sheets we hold for them, journeyman base pay runs $41.12 to $67.97 an hour — about $117,300 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 (9 New Jersey cities).
| Local | Trade | Hall | Journeyman / hr | Total package | Effective |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UA Local 696 rates | Fire Sprinkler Fitters | Newark, NJ | $67.97 | $107.32 | 2025-01-01 |
| IBEW Local 102 rates | Electricians | Paterson, NJ | $67.92 | $110.03 | 7/3/26 |
| IBEW Local 164 rates | Electricians | Jersey City, NJ | $62.90 | $102.21 | 2024-06-03 |
| UA Local 9 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | Central New Jersey, NJ | $62.62 | $107.45 | 9/23/26 |
| UA Local 24 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | Lodi, NJ | $62.09 | $107.14 | 05/01/2025 |
| IBEW Local 456 rates | Electricians | New Brunswick, NJ | $61.40 | $100.54 | 06/02/2025 |
| IBEW Local 269 rates | Electricians | Trenton, NJ | $58.65 | $60.41 | 8/8/24 |
| UA Local 274 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | Jersey City, NJ | $57.97 | $98.19 | 2022-05-01 |
| IBEW Local 400 rates | Electricians | Asbury Park, NJ | $57.70 | $103.62 | 6/2/25 |
| UA Local 322 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | Southern New Jersey, NJ | $56.30 | $107.06 | 05/01/2025 |
| IBEW Local 351 rates | Electricians | Folsom, NJ | $55.05 | $103.81 | 9/30/24 |
| UA Local 475 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | Newark, NJ | $46.23 | — | 3/1/26 |
| SMART Local 396 rates | Railroad Mechanical Workers | Elizabeth, NJ | $41.12 | — | 7/1/24 |
| UA Local 855 rates | Gas Utility Workers | Jersey City, NJ | No sheet published | — | — |
Base rates only; fringes are paid on top. Sheet set last cross-checked 2026-10-05.
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There is no single statewide rate — each local negotiates its own agreement. Across the 13 New Jersey locals with a published sheet, journeyman base pay runs $41.12 to $67.97 an hour, midpoint near $58.65 (about $117,300 a year at 2,000 hours). Fringes are paid on top.
Of the sheets we hold, UA Local 696 (Fire Sprinkler Fitters, Newark, NJ) shows the highest journeyman base rate at $67.97 an hour, effective 2025-01-01. Rates reset each bargaining cycle, so confirm with the hall before relying on the figure.
We track 14 UA, IBEW and SMART locals with a hall in New Jersey, 13 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 New Jersey 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 2026-10-05. Locals with no published sheet are listed without a rate rather than filled with an average.