11 union locals keep a hall in West Virginia. On the 8 published wage sheets we hold for them, journeyman base pay runs $34.54 to $41.41 an hour — about $74,880 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 (6 West Virginia cities).
| Local | Trade | Hall | Journeyman / hr | Total package | Effective |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IBEW Local 466 rates | Electricians | Charleston, WV | $41.41 | $74.28 | 11/25/24 |
| IBEW Local 317 rates | Electricians | Huntington, WV | $41.15 | $67.28 | 6/26/26 |
| UA Local 521 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | Huntington, WV | $40.00 | $40.00 | 10/21/22 |
| IBEW Local 596 rates | Electricians | Clarksburg, WV | $39.04 | $65.91 | 11/6/24 |
| UA Local 83 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | Wheeling, WV | $37.44 | $74.52 | 1/16/25 |
| IBEW Local 968 rates | Electricians | Parkersburg, WV | $37.41 | $65.94 | 9/5/24 |
| IBEW Local 141 rates | Electricians | Wheeling, WV | $35.20 | $62.66 | 10/21/22 |
| UA Local 625 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | Charleston, WV | $34.54 | $52.13 | 10/21/22 |
| SMART Local 462 rates | Sheet Metal Workers | Huntington, WV | No sheet published | — | — |
| UA Local 152 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | Morgantown, WV | No sheet published | — | — |
| UA Local 565 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | Parkersburg, WV | 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 8 West Virginia locals with a published sheet, journeyman base pay runs $34.54 to $41.41 an hour, midpoint near $37.44 (about $74,880 a year at 2,000 hours). Fringes are paid on top.
Of the sheets we hold, IBEW Local 466 (Electricians, Charleston, WV) shows the highest journeyman base rate at $41.41 an hour, effective 11/25/24. Rates reset each bargaining cycle, so confirm with the hall before relying on the figure.
We track 11 UA, IBEW and SMART locals with a hall in West Virginia, 8 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 West Virginia 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.