17 union locals keep a hall in Wisconsin. On the 16 published wage sheets we hold for them, journeyman base pay runs $41.76 to $64.48 an hour — about $101,000 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 Wisconsin cities).
| Local | Trade | Hall | Journeyman / hr | Total package | Effective |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UA Local 75 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | Milwaukee, WI | $64.48 | $64.48 | 8/14/26 |
| UA Local 601 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | Milwaukee, WI | $60.13 | $88.51 | 6/26/26 |
| UA Local 118 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | Racine, WI | $57.35 | $84.72 | 4/18/26 |
| SMART Local 18 rates | Sheet Metal Workers | Milwaukee, WI | $55.58 | $83.25 | 3/5/25 |
| IBEW Local 494 rates | Electricians | Milwaukee, WI | $52.51 | $80.03 | 5/26/26 |
| UA Local 183 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | Milwaukee, WI | $52.00 | $82.85 | 4/19/25 |
| IBEW Local 127 rates | Electricians | Kenosha, WI | $51.54 | $79.92 | 6/11/26 |
| UA Local 434 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | Central &Amp; Western, WI | $50.94 | $73.72 | 4/18/26 |
| IBEW Local 430 rates | Electricians | Racine, WI | $50.50 | $76.88 | 11/13/25 |
| IBEW Local 159 rates | Electricians | Madison, WI | $50.00 | $76.19 | 6/12/25 |
| UA Local 400 rates | Plumbers & Pipefitters | Appleton, WI | $49.85 | $69.69 | 12/15/23 |
| IBEW Local 890 rates | Electricians | Janesville, WI | $48.70 | $74.26 | 6/11/26 |
| IBEW Local 14 rates | Electricians | Eau Claire / Fall Creek, WI | $46.72 | $72.27 | 6/11/26 |
| IBEW Local 158 rates | Electricians | Green Bay, WI | $43.95 | $67.69 | 6/11/26 |
| IBEW Local 388 rates | Electricians | Stevens Point, WI | $43.31 | $67.69 | 6/4/26 |
| IBEW Local 577 rates | Electricians | Appleton, WI | $41.76 | $64.99 | 7/6/25 |
| SMART Local 565 rates | Sheet Metal Workers | Madison, WI | 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 16 Wisconsin locals with a published sheet, journeyman base pay runs $41.76 to $64.48 an hour, midpoint near $50.50 (about $101,000 a year at 2,000 hours). Fringes are paid on top.
Of the sheets we hold, UA Local 75 (Plumbers & Pipefitters, Milwaukee, WI) shows the highest journeyman base rate at $64.48 an hour, effective 8/14/26. Rates reset each bargaining cycle, so confirm with the hall before relying on the figure.
We track 17 UA, IBEW and SMART locals with a hall in Wisconsin, 16 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 Wisconsin 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.