UnionBoilermakers Local 146 wages 2026 (Alberta)
The hourly rates, overtime, shift, vacation and LOA rules of Boilermakers Local 146 (Lodge 146) in Alberta, read from the two agreements built into the Boilermaker Cheque app. An independent guide: the agreement and your hall have the final word.
Maintenance
BCA/IBB Local 146 Maintenance Agreement 2025–2028 (Alberta)
$58.85an hour
Journeyperson, Maintenance
From May 3, 2026. Next step $60.15 on May 2, 2027.
| Classification | From May 3, 2026 | From May 2, 2027 |
|---|---|---|
| Journeypersonbase rate | $58.85 | $60.15 |
| Assistant foreperson | $62.00 | $63.30 |
| Foreperson | $64.85 | $66.15 |
| General foreperson | $66.85 | $68.15 |
| 3rd-year apprentice90% | $52.97 | $54.14 |
| 2nd-year apprentice75% | $44.14 | $45.11 |
| 1st-year apprentice60% | $35.31 | $36.09 |
| Helper75% | $44.14 | $45.11 |
Rates differ by site; this table shows Fort McMurray. The app has the others.
- Overtime
- 4×10 Mon–Thu (13.01): 10 h straight, then double time.
- Shift premium
- $4.50 an hour on every hour worked on shift.
- Vacation and stat holiday pay
- 6% vacation pay and 4% holiday pay on top of wages, taxed with them.
- LOA, subsistence and travel
- Fort McMurray: $200 a day; Athabasca: $170 a day; Bonnyville: $180 a day; Calgary: $180 a day; Camrose: $185 a day; 28 more in the app.
Construction (ICI)
BCA/IBB Local 146 Construction Agreement 2025–2029 (Alberta)
$58.85 an hour, journeyperson, from May 3, 2026; $60.15 from May 2, 2027.
| Classification | From May 3, 2026 | From May 2, 2027 |
|---|---|---|
| Journeypersonbase rate | $58.85 | $60.15 |
| Assistant foreperson | $62.00 | $63.30 |
| Foreperson | $64.85 | $66.15 |
| General foreperson | $66.85 | $68.15 |
| 3rd-year apprentice90% | $52.97 | $54.14 |
| 2nd-year apprentice75% | $44.14 | $45.11 |
| 1st-year apprentice60% | $35.31 | $36.09 |
| Helper75% | $44.14 | $45.11 |
- Overtime
- 4×10 (16.01, 16.03): 10 h straight, 2 h at time and a half, then double.
- Shift premium
- $4.50 an hour on every hour worked on shift.
- Vacation and stat holiday pay
- 6% vacation pay and 4% holiday pay on top of wages, taxed with them.
- LOA, subsistence and travel
- Fort McMurray: $200 a day; Elsewhere in Alberta: $150 a day.
One 40-hour week, worked out
Week of October 25, 2026Journeyperson, Maintenance
Example| Day | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hours | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| Earnings | |
| Regular40 h × 58.85 | 2,354.00 |
| Vacation pay6% | 141.24 |
| Stat holiday pay4% | 94.16 |
| Gross pay | 2,589.40 |
| Deductions | |
| Field dues3.75% of wages | −88.28 |
| CPP5.95% | −150.06 |
| EI1.63% | −42.21 |
| Income taxestimate | −567.84 |
What's missing
Where the app can't follow a rule to the letter yet, its notes say so, and say how to allow for it when you enter your hours. From this page's agreements:
- Maintenance. For long-term maintenance employees the LOU pays vacation by years of service (6.000): 6% for up to three years, 7% after three, 8% after seven, 9% after ten and 10% after twelve, a break in service of more than 90 days starting the count again. The app pays 6% for everyone (CAM's stubs); past three years add the difference yourself, 1% of wages a step (about $52 a week at 7% on a 7&7 of twelves).
- Maintenance. 1.503 i–iii let the night premium be spread over every hour of the year ($1.84 an hour on a 7&7 instead of $3.50 on night hours only); the app pays it the 1.503 iv way, so a single cheque on an alternating schedule like T can differ while the year's total doesn't; and on a night on-day the app adds the $3.50 to every hour, overtime past the shift included, where 1.503 iv pays it on straight-time hours only ($3.50 an hour high past the 12th hour, and on a day off worked at night).
- Construction (ICI). Past 10 h the app can't tell a missed scheduled break from the missed overtime meal, so the first count pays the 14.05 half hour at time and a half (14.05 owes the rate of the hours around it, double on a 12 h day) and the app adds the 16.03a $40 and ½ h at straight time once; if only the overtime meal was missed the app is ½ h at time and a half high.
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Questions
What does a Local 146 journeyperson make in 2026?
$58.85 an hour under the BCA/IBB Local 146 Maintenance Agreement 2025–2028 (Alberta), from May 3, 2026. The other agreements on this page: Construction (ICI) $58.85.
When is the next Local 146 raise?
The next step in the Maintenance schedule is $60.15 an hour on May 2, 2027.
What do Local 146 apprentices make?
3rd-year apprentice $52.97 (90%), 2nd-year apprentice $44.14 (75%) and 1st-year apprentice $35.31 (60%) an hour from May 3, 2026.
How much is the Local 146 LOA?
Fort McMurray: $200 a day; Athabasca: $170 a day; Bonnyville: $180 a day; Calgary: $180 a day; Camrose: $185 a day; 28 more in the app.
How is Local 146 overtime paid?
4×10 Mon–Thu (13.01): 10 h straight, then double time.
Sources
The agreements and schedules these numbers were read from. Built October 15, 2026 from the Boilermaker Cheque app, version 2.0.2.
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