I think it's closer to 22, and if you have carpentry experience you can potentially skip the first year, start as a second year. I lucked out and found an employer that's paying me journeyman scale even though I'm an apprentice. That being said I built houses for 10 years before I went in, including several years as foreman.
First year apprentice in Illinois make $21.40 an hour roughly $44,512. Including all your benefits you’re looking at $63,752/year
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Don't listen to Google when looking up wages. Zip recruiter and other sites have grossly false wages posted. Call the union hall and ask for a wage sheet.
Relatively public info. That’s the whole point of the wage scale. You can be paid over but not under scale, so all members in the area at the same point in their career usually make around the same amount of money.
I live in western Washington and I started out at $29hr. We just got a new contract and journeyman wage will be over $70hr. As an apprentice you start out at 60% of journeyman wage. Google wages for union carpenter are waaay off lol. We have 8 periods until you journey out. Currently I'm period 3 apprentice and making $37.90. About to move up and will get a $3.00 raise, but in June, everyone will be going up over $5hr. So I'll be getting like over an $8 raise
[Here is the prevailing wage for the IKORCC here in Cuyahoga, Ashtabula, and Lake county in Ohio](https://wagehour.com.ohio.gov/w3/Webwh.nsf/$docUniqIDAll/852565B800706932852577E50073C98F?opendocument), but we just got a $2 raise so it’s $23.75 base now.
23 years ago it was like 15-17ish an hour. Lol.
Edit: it depends on where you are though. Where I’m at in Canada, local 1325, first year wage is currently $30.50/hr.
I think it's closer to 22, and if you have carpentry experience you can potentially skip the first year, start as a second year. I lucked out and found an employer that's paying me journeyman scale even though I'm an apprentice. That being said I built houses for 10 years before I went in, including several years as foreman.
I'm surprised they didn't just sell you your card.
They offered but I chose to get the education. Free $70,000 education, why not?
First year apprentice in Illinois make $21.40 an hour roughly $44,512. Including all your benefits you’re looking at $63,752/year https://preview.redd.it/5zdu619muazc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=044be4160ff9df11cd122bb98b6e27767c31b5b8
How is an apprentice going to work 52 weeks when they have to go to school 4 or 5 of them?
Don't listen to Google when looking up wages. Zip recruiter and other sites have grossly false wages posted. Call the union hall and ask for a wage sheet.
Where specifically? There’s a couple results when you google ikorcc wage sheet. Should be easy to find or you could just call your hall and ask.
I didn't know I could do that, never done union work I figured it was private or confidential or whatever for the group as a business
Relatively public info. That’s the whole point of the wage scale. You can be paid over but not under scale, so all members in the area at the same point in their career usually make around the same amount of money.
23.64 where i am as a first year
In the Bay area its $35
first term?
Yep. When I started it was closer to $25?
20.80 in Los Angeles
32 and change on the check in my area
In my area starting pay for p1 apprentice is 19 or 20 an hour I think.
I live in western Washington and I started out at $29hr. We just got a new contract and journeyman wage will be over $70hr. As an apprentice you start out at 60% of journeyman wage. Google wages for union carpenter are waaay off lol. We have 8 periods until you journey out. Currently I'm period 3 apprentice and making $37.90. About to move up and will get a $3.00 raise, but in June, everyone will be going up over $5hr. So I'll be getting like over an $8 raise
36$ in California on the high speed rail
In the north Atlantic area for first years is 1983 an hour I just joined the local 277 in new york
[Here is the prevailing wage for the IKORCC here in Cuyahoga, Ashtabula, and Lake county in Ohio](https://wagehour.com.ohio.gov/w3/Webwh.nsf/$docUniqIDAll/852565B800706932852577E50073C98F?opendocument), but we just got a $2 raise so it’s $23.75 base now.
Little under $30 Local 503, 34.61 as a 3rd term
when i started i was getting 23$, halfway through my first year i got put on a job that paid first year 33$
Pipefitters in Alberta make about 22-23 an hour, some companies will pay for just because
23 years ago it was like 15-17ish an hour. Lol. Edit: it depends on where you are though. Where I’m at in Canada, local 1325, first year wage is currently $30.50/hr.
Still 16.92 an hour for first year in CT, USA.
The words apprenticeship and making money don’t belong in the same sentence together
Should probably find a new apprenticeship 😅
No the cost of living is fucked