23 union locals keep a hall in Texas. On the 23 published wage sheets we hold for them, journeyman base pay runs $29.41 to $42.09 an hour — about $71,260 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 (15 Texas cities).
| Local | Trade | Hall | Journeyman / hr | Total package | Effective |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UA Local 211 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | Houston, TX | $42.09 | $55.05 | 10/01/2025 |
| UA Local 146 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | Fort Worth, TX | $41.28 | $53.44 | 05/01/2025 |
| IBEW Local 20 rates | Electricians | Grand Prairie, TX | $40.65 | $52.13 | 5/25/26 |
| UA Local 68 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | Houston, TX | $39.98 | $51.59 | 10/01/2024 |
| UA Local 100 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | Dallas, TX | $39.76 | $53.80 | 11/01/2024 |
| UA Local 142 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | San Antonio, TX | $38.97 | $50.45 | 07/02/2025 |
| IBEW Local 716 rates | Electricians | Houston, TX | $38.50 | $49.21 | 09/01/2025 |
| IBEW Local 60 rates | Electricians | San Antonio, TX | $37.45 | $49.64 | 05/26/2025 |
| UA Local 286 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | Austin, TX | $37.15 | $54.07 | 09/01/2025 |
| IBEW Local 520 rates | Electricians | Austin, TX | $36.50 | $47.19 | 06/02/2025 |
| SMART Local 68 rates | Sheet Metal Workers | Dallas & Fort Worth, TX | $36.18 | $48.85 | 6/7/24 |
| IBEW Local 527 rates | Electricians | Galveston County, TX | $35.63 | $49.90 | 09/26/2025 |
| IBEW Local 72 rates | Electricians | Waco, TX | $35.00 | $44.50 | 2/28/25 |
| IBEW Local 479 rates | Electricians | Beaumont, TX | $34.76 | $47.65 | 10/26/25 |
| SMART Local 67 rates | Sheet Metal Workers | San Antonio, TX | $34.10 | $50.20 | 07/01/2025 |
| UA Local 529 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | Waco, TX | $32.85 | $43.59 | 8/31/25 |
| IBEW Local 278 rates | Electricians | Corpus Christi, TX | $30.80 | $40.72 | 11/1/24 |
| IBEW Local 301 rates | Electricians | Texarkana, TX | $30.50 | $48.18 | 5/31/26 |
| IBEW Local 681 rates | Electricians | Wichita Falls, TX | $30.44 | $41.15 | 5/18/24 |
| SMART Local 54 rates | Sheet Metal Workers | Houston, TX | $29.70 | $43.55 | 04/01/2020 |
| IBEW Local 583 rates | Electricians | El Paso, TX | $29.50 | $38.51 | 6/29/25 |
| UA Local 404 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | Northwest Texas, TX | $29.50 | $39.10 | 9/5/24 |
| IBEW Local 602 rates | Electricians | Amarillo, TX | $29.41 | $40.89 | 10/21/22 |
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 23 Texas locals with a published sheet, journeyman base pay runs $29.41 to $42.09 an hour, midpoint near $35.63 (about $71,260 a year at 2,000 hours). Fringes are paid on top.
Of the sheets we hold, UA Local 211 (Plumbers & Pipefitters, Houston, TX) shows the highest journeyman base rate at $42.09 an hour, effective 10/01/2025. Rates reset each bargaining cycle, so confirm with the hall before relying on the figure.
We track 23 UA, IBEW and SMART locals with a hall in Texas, 23 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 Texas 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.