19 union locals keep a hall in Tennessee. On the 14 published wage sheets we hold for them, journeyman base pay runs $25.60 to $43.84 an hour — about $72,000 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 Tennessee cities).
| Local | Trade | Hall | Journeyman / hr | Total package | Effective |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UA Local 572 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | Nashville, TN | $43.84 | $60.53 | 6/2/24 |
| UA Local 614 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | Memphis, TN | $41.46 | $50.46 | 5/8/26 |
| UA Local 17 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | Memphis, TN | $38.82 | $51.62 | 7/26/26 |
| IBEW Local 175 rates | Electricians | Chattanooga, TN | $37.92 | $53.49 | 7/25/26 |
| IBEW Local 429 rates | Electricians | Nashville, TN | $36.82 | $51.82 | 6/26/26 |
| IBEW Local 474 rates | Electricians | Memphis, TN | $36.75 | $52.00 | 5/25/26 |
| UA Local 43 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | Chattanooga, TN | $36.15 | $43.25 | 3/14/26 |
| UA Local 102 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | Knoxville, TN | $36.00 | $51.60 | 2/18/26 |
| UA Local 538 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | Johnson City, TN | $33.00 | $44.59 | 10/21/22 |
| IBEW Local 270 rates | Electricians | Oak Ridge, TN | $33.00 | $52.76 | 8/3/25 |
| SMART Local 4 rates | Sheet Metal Workers | Memphis, TN | $32.66 | $46.92 | 10/21/22 |
| IBEW Local 760 rates | Electricians | Knoxville, TN | $32.45 | $46.92 | 9/21/25 |
| IBEW Local 934 rates | Electricians | Kingsport, TN | $30.04 | $45.12 | 8/10/25 |
| IBEW Local 1925 rates | Electricians | Martin, TN | $25.60 | $39.97 | 10/21/22 |
| UA Local 854 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | Henderson, TN | No sheet published | — | — |
| SMART Local 555 rates | Sheet Metal Workers | Knoxville, TN | No sheet published | — | — |
| SMART Local 177 rates | Sheet Metal Workers | Nashville, TN | No sheet published | — | — |
| UA Local 702 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | Nashville, TN | No sheet published | — | — |
| UA Local 718 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | Oak Ridge, TN | 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 14 Tennessee locals with a published sheet, journeyman base pay runs $25.60 to $43.84 an hour, midpoint near $36.00 (about $72,000 a year at 2,000 hours). Fringes are paid on top.
Of the sheets we hold, UA Local 572 (Plumbers & Pipefitters, Nashville, TN) shows the highest journeyman base rate at $43.84 an hour, effective 6/2/24. Rates reset each bargaining cycle, so confirm with the hall before relying on the figure.
We track 19 UA, IBEW and SMART locals with a hall in Tennessee, 14 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 Tennessee 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.