35 union locals keep a hall in Ohio. On the 34 published wage sheets we hold for them, journeyman base pay runs $32.30 to $53.29 an hour — about $82,980 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 (22 Ohio cities).
| Local | Trade | Hall | Journeyman / hr | Total package | Effective |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IBEW Local 8 rates | Electricians | Toledo, OH | $53.29 | $77.14 | 8/11/26 |
| UA Local 189 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | Columbus, OH | $53.00 | $77.25 | 8/3/25 |
| UA Local 50 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | Toledo, OH | $53.00 | $83.91 | 9/23/26 |
| UA Local 162 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | Dayton, OH | $50.60 | $75.92 | 6/4/26 |
| UA Local 120 rates | Fire Sprinkler Fitters | Cleveland, OH | $49.17 | $77.72 | 05/01/2025 |
| UA Local 219 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | Akron, OH | $48.92 | $80.07 | 2026-06-01 |
| IBEW Local 246 rates | Electricians | Steubenville, OH | $45.50 | $81.64 | 3/1/26 |
| IBEW Local 129 rates | Electricians | Lorain, OH | $45.20 | $63.51 | 7/31/26 |
| UA Local 55 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | Cleveland, OH | $44.86 | $74.89 | 2025-05-05 |
| IBEW Local 306 rates | Electricians | Akron, OH | $44.25 | $65.43 | 6/13/25 |
| IBEW Local 573 rates | Electricians | Warren, OH | $44.00 | $66.07 | 3/29/26 |
| UA Local 94 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | Canton, OH | $43.48 | — | 8/18/25 |
| UA Local 392 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | Cincinnati, OH | $43.30 | $66.58 | 3/1/26 |
| SMART Local 33 rates | Sheet Metal Workers | Cleveland, OH | $43.06 | $73.17 | 2024-05-01 |
| UA Local 495 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | Cambridge, OH | $42.92 | $77.97 | 6/26/26 |
| UA Local 776 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | Lima, OH | $42.76 | $63.59 | 5/25/26 |
| IBEW Local 1105 rates | Electricians | Newark, OH | $42.25 | $67.24 | 10/17/25 |
| IBEW Local 64 rates | Electricians | Youngstown, OH | $41.49 | — | 1/1/26 |
| IBEW Local 673 rates | Electricians | Painesville, OH | $41.00 | — | 1/1/26 |
| UA Local 168 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | Marietta, OH | $40.92 | $78.12 | 6/1/25 |
| UA Local 396 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | Boardman, OH | $40.55 | $69.80 | 6/1/25 |
| IBEW Local 683 rates | Electricians | Columbus, OH | $40.50 | $66.06 | 05/27/2024 |
| IBEW Local 212 rates | Electricians | Cincinnati, OH | $40.28 | $66.23 | 9/23/26 |
| IBEW Local 540 rates | Electricians | Canton, OH | $39.86 | $67.20 | 8/3/25 |
| IBEW Local 82 rates | Electricians | Dayton, OH | $39.40 | $62.28 | 9/23/26 |
| IBEW Local 32 rates | Electricians | Lima, OH | $39.17 | $61.20 | 8/22/25 |
| UA Local 42 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | Norwalk, OH | $39.12 | $64.80 | 7/10/24 |
| UA Local 577 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | Portsmouth, OH | $38.89 | $67.45 | 2025-06-01 |
| IBEW Local 972 rates | Electricians | Marietta, OH | $37.95 | $67.94 | 6/7/24 |
| SMART Local 24 rates | Sheet Metal Workers | Southern, OH | $37.57 | $61.71 | 3/14/26 |
| IBEW Local 575 rates | Electricians | Portsmouth, OH | $37.00 | $59.26 | 2023-05-29 |
| IBEW Local 648 rates | Electricians | Hamilton, OH | $34.00 | $53.67 | 7/26/24 |
| IBEW Local 38 rates | Electricians | Cleveland, OH | $33.05 | $47.96 | 2025-04-28 |
| IBEW Local 688 rates | Electricians | Mansfield, OH | $32.30 | $54.13 | 05/30/2022 |
| UA Local 711 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | State Of Ohio, OH | 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 34 Ohio locals with a published sheet, journeyman base pay runs $32.30 to $53.29 an hour, midpoint near $41.49 (about $82,980 a year at 2,000 hours). Fringes are paid on top.
Of the sheets we hold, IBEW Local 8 (Electricians, Toledo, OH) shows the highest journeyman base rate at $53.29 an hour, effective 8/11/26. Rates reset each bargaining cycle, so confirm with the hall before relying on the figure.
We track 35 UA, IBEW and SMART locals with a hall in Ohio, 34 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 Ohio 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.