UnionBoilermakers Local 73 wages 2026 (New Brunswick)
The hourly rates, overtime, shift, vacation and LOA rules of Boilermakers Local 73 (Lodge 73) in New Brunswick, read from the six agreements built into the Boilermaker Cheque app. An independent guide: the agreement and your hall have the final word.
Construction (BCA of NB)
BCA/IBB Local 73 Field Construction Agreement 2024–2027 (New Brunswick)
$49.74an hour
Journeyperson, Construction (BCA of NB)
From July 5, 2026. No later step published.
| Classification | From July 5, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Journeypersonbase rate | $49.74 |
| Assistant forepersonJP +$2 | $51.74 |
| ForepersonJP +$6 | $55.74 |
| General forepersonJP +$9 | $58.74 |
| 3rd-year apprentice90% | $44.74 |
| 2nd-year apprentice75% | $37.24 |
| 1st-year apprentice60% | $29.76 |
| Helper75% | $37.24 |
- Overtime
- All overtime is double time (16.01a): past the 8 h day (10 h compressed) Mon–Fri, and every hour on Saturday, Sunday and the twelve recognized holidays (17.02).
- Shift premium
- 20% of the rate on every hour worked on shift.
- Vacation and stat holiday pay
- 9% vacation pay and 3% holiday pay on top of wages, taxed with them.
- LOA, subsistence and travel
- New Brunswick: $150 a day.
Irving Oil / Saint John LNG (GPMA), long-term maintenance
GPMC Project Agreement for Maintenance by Contract (GPMA), Irving Oil Refining Division and Saint John LNG 2025–2028 V2, long-term maintenance (New Brunswick)
$48.49 an hour, journeyperson, from July 5, 2026.
| Classification | From July 5, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Journeypersonbase rate | $48.49 |
| 3rd-year apprentice90% | $43.64 |
| 2nd-year apprentice75% | $36.37 |
| 1st-year apprentice60% | $29.09 |
- Overtime
- Long-term overtime (13.201): on a 5×8, 8 h straight, up to 2 h at time and a half, double after 10 h.
- Shift premium
- $4.25 an hour on every hour worked on shift.
- Vacation and stat holiday pay
- 9% vacation pay and 3% holiday pay on top of wages, taxed with them.
- LOA, subsistence and travel
- No room and board, travel allowance, mileage or travel time (20.100).
Irving Oil / Saint John LNG (GPMA), short-term and turnarounds
GPMC Project Agreement for Maintenance by Contract (GPMA), Irving Oil Refining Division and Saint John LNG 2025–2028 V2, short-term maintenance and major shutdowns (New Brunswick)
$49.74 an hour, journeyperson, from July 5, 2026.
| Classification | From July 5, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Journeypersonbase rate | $49.74 |
| Assistant forepersonJP +$2 | $51.74 |
| ForepersonJP +$6 | $55.74 |
| General forepersonJP +$9 | $58.74 |
| 3rd-year apprentice90% | $44.74 |
| 2nd-year apprentice75% | $37.24 |
| 1st-year apprentice60% | $29.76 |
| Helper75% | $37.24 |
- Overtime
- Short-term overtime is all double (13.202): past 8 h on a 5×8 and past 10 h on a 4×10 (Mon–Thu or Tue–Fri); the fifth weekday (the Friday, or the Monday on Tue–Fri), Saturday, Sunday and holidays double from the first hour.
- Shift premium
- $4.25 an hour on every hour worked on shift.
- Vacation and stat holiday pay
- 9% vacation pay and 3% holiday pay on top of wages, taxed with them.
- LOA, subsistence and travel
- Major shutdown, approved accommodation allowance: $160 a day.
NB Intermittent NMA (Irving, Scoudouc, LNG), long-term
National Maintenance Agreement, New Brunswick Intermittent 2025–2028 V2 (Irving Oil refinery and East Saint John terminal, Consumers Packaging Scoudouc, Saint John LNG), long-term maintenance
$48.49 an hour, journeyperson, from July 5, 2026.
| Classification | From July 5, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Journeypersonbase rate | $48.49 |
- Overtime
- Long-term overtime (16.301): on a 5×8, 8 h straight, up to 2 h at time and a half, double after 10 h.
- Shift premium
- $4.25 an hour on every hour worked on shift.
- Vacation and stat holiday pay
- 9% vacation pay and 3% holiday pay on top of wages, taxed with them.
- LOA, subsistence and travel
- Irving Oil, Scoudouc or Saint John LNG, approved subsistence: $160 a day.
NB Intermittent NMA (Irving, Scoudouc, LNG), short-term
National Maintenance Agreement, New Brunswick Intermittent 2025–2028 V2 (Irving Oil refinery and East Saint John terminal, Consumers Packaging Scoudouc, Saint John LNG), short-term maintenance
$48.49 an hour, journeyperson, from July 5, 2026.
| Classification | From July 5, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Journeypersonbase rate | $48.49 |
- Overtime
- Short-term overtime is all double (16.302): past 8 h on a 5×8 and past 10 h on a 4×10 (Mon–Thu or Tue–Fri); the fifth weekday (the Friday, or the Monday on Tue–Fri), Saturday, Sunday and holidays double from the first hour.
- Shift premium
- $4.25 an hour on every hour worked on shift.
- Vacation and stat holiday pay
- 9% vacation pay and 3% holiday pay on top of wages, taxed with them.
- LOA, subsistence and travel
- Irving Oil, Scoudouc or Saint John LNG, approved subsistence: $160 a day.
NB Power NMA (Point Lepreau and other NB Power plants)
National Maintenance Agreement, New Brunswick Power Corporation 2023–2026 V2 (NB Power generating stations), year to year after December 31 2026
$47.75 an hour, journeyperson, from July 5, 2026.
| Classification | From July 5, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Journeyperson96% | $47.75 |
| Assistant foreperson96% | $49.67 |
| Foreperson96% | $53.51 |
| General foreperson96% | $56.39 |
| 3rd-year apprentice96% | $42.95 |
| 2nd-year apprentice96% | $35.75 |
| 1st-year apprentice96% | $28.57 |
| Helper96% | $35.75 |
- Overtime
- Overtime (16.300): 'time and one-half (1 1/2) for the first four (4) hours of overtime' past the 8 h day Monday to Friday, then double; Saturday (except a shift working into Saturday morning), Sunday and holidays double.
- Shift premium
- 12% of the rate on straight-time hours worked on shift.
- Vacation and stat holiday pay
- 9% vacation pay and 3% holiday pay on top of wages, taxed with them.
- LOA, subsistence and travel
- NB Power plant, approved subsistence: $135 a day.
One 40-hour week, worked out
Week of October 25, 2026Journeyperson, Construction (BCA of NB)
Example| Day | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hours | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| Earnings | |
| Regular40 h × 49.74 | 1,989.60 |
| Vacation pay9% | 179.06 |
| Holiday pay3% | 59.69 |
| Gross pay | 2,228.35 |
| Deductions | |
| Field dues4.25% of gross | −94.70 |
| Helmets to Hardhats40 h | −0.40 |
| CPP5.95% | −128.58 |
| EI1.63% | −36.32 |
| Income taxestimate | −517.11 |
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:
- Irving Oil / Saint John LNG (GPMA), long-term maintenance. The calculator changes the premium a whole week at a time, so the $4.25 starts with the week of July 5 2026 (25¢ an hour short on July 1–4 2026 nights).
- Irving Oil / Saint John LNG (GPMA), short-term and turnarounds. The calculator changes the premium a whole week at a time, so the $4.25 starts with the week of July 5 2026 (25¢ an hour short on July 1–4 2026 nights).
- Irving Oil / Saint John LNG (GPMA), short-term and turnarounds. The application form pays it 'on a pro-rated basis at sixteen dollars ($16.00) an hour up to a maximum of ten (10) hours per day' ($20 an hour up to 8 on an 8-hour day), in full when there's no work or bad weather; the calculator pays $160 for each day you tick, so on a short day leave LOA off and put the pro-rated amount in the week's travel or other tax-free allowance box.
- NB Intermittent NMA (Irving, Scoudouc, LNG), long-term. On scheduled overtime (Saturdays, Sundays and holidays) the meal is due 'when overtime work exceeds eight (8) hours'; the calculator uses 10 h every day. On a 10 h shift with the two paid half-hour breaks (16.100 ii), a break not given is 30 minutes more at time and a half, double on an overtime day (Saturday, Sunday, a holiday or the off weekday): count it under the day too; past 10 h the first one counted is the meal above. You're paid for a break only if you stay at least 2 h past it, unless you said at the start of the shift that you were leaving early (16.100 iii). On a 5×8 the count is the meal rule only.
- NB Intermittent NMA (Irving, Scoudouc, LNG), long-term. The calculator changes the premium a whole week at a time, so the $4.25 starts with the week of July 5 2026 (25¢ an hour short on July 1–4 2026 nights). A shift must be scheduled for at least 3 consecutive days, or the hours outside the regular day are overtime (16.200 e).
- NB Intermittent NMA (Irving, Scoudouc, LNG), long-term. The application form pays it 'on a pro-rated basis at sixteen dollars ($16.00) an hour up to a maximum of ten (10) hours per day' ($20 an hour up to 8 on an 8-hour day), in full when there's no work or bad weather; the calculator pays $160 for each day you tick, so on a short day leave LOA off and put the pro-rated amount in the week's travel or other tax-free allowance box.
- NB Intermittent NMA (Irving, Scoudouc, LNG), short-term. On scheduled overtime (Saturdays, Sundays and holidays) the meal is due 'when overtime work exceeds eight (8) hours'; the calculator uses 10 h every day. On a 10 h shift with the two paid half-hour breaks (16.100 ii), a break not given is 30 minutes more at time and a half, double on an overtime day (Saturday, Sunday, a holiday or the off weekday): count it under the day too; past 10 h the first one counted is the meal above. You're paid for a break only if you stay at least 2 h past it, unless you said at the start of the shift that you were leaving early (16.100 iii). On a 5×8 the count is the meal rule only.
- NB Intermittent NMA (Irving, Scoudouc, LNG), short-term. The calculator changes the premium a whole week at a time, so the $4.25 starts with the week of July 5 2026 (25¢ an hour short on July 1–4 2026 nights). A shift must be scheduled for at least 3 consecutive days, or the hours outside the regular day are overtime (16.200 e).
- NB Intermittent NMA (Irving, Scoudouc, LNG), short-term. The application form pays it 'on a pro-rated basis at sixteen dollars ($16.00) an hour up to a maximum of ten (10) hours per day' ($20 an hour up to 8 on an 8-hour day), in full when there's no work or bad weather; the calculator pays $160 for each day you tick, so on a short day leave LOA off and put the pro-rated amount in the week's travel or other tax-free allowance box.
- NB Power NMA (Point Lepreau and other NB Power plants). Point Lepreau's afternoon shift runs Sunday to Thursday with the Sunday 'paid at the straight time rate' (a Monday holiday is then observed on that Sunday); the calculator pays Sunday hours double with no premium, about $336 too much for an 8 h journeyperson Sunday.
- NB Power NMA (Point Lepreau and other NB Power plants). On scheduled overtime (Saturdays, Sundays and holidays) the meal is due 'when overtime work exceeds eight (8) hours'; the calculator uses 10 h every day. On a 10 h shift with the two paid half-hour breaks (16.100 ii), a break not given is 30 minutes more at time and a half, double on an overtime day: count it under the day too; past 10 h the first one counted is the meal above. Where the station uses two 15-minute breaks around the lunch instead, a missed one is 15 minutes and the calculator pays 30. You're paid for a break only if you stay at least 2 h past it (16.100 iii). On a 5×8 the count is the meal rule only.
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Questions
What does a Local 73 journeyperson make in 2026?
$49.74 an hour under the BCA/IBB Local 73 Field Construction Agreement 2024–2027 (New Brunswick), from July 5, 2026. The other agreements on this page: Irving Oil / Saint John LNG (GPMA), long-term maintenance $48.49, Irving Oil / Saint John LNG (GPMA), short-term and turnarounds $49.74, NB Intermittent NMA (Irving, Scoudouc, LNG), long-term $48.49, NB Intermittent NMA (Irving, Scoudouc, LNG), short-term $48.49 and NB Power NMA (Point Lepreau and other NB Power plants) $47.75.
When is the next Local 73 raise?
No later step is published in the data for the Construction (BCA of NB) agreement. Rates usually change once a year; check the schedule before you count on a raise.
What do Local 73 apprentices make?
3rd-year apprentice $44.74 (90%), 2nd-year apprentice $37.24 (75%) and 1st-year apprentice $29.76 (60%) an hour from July 5, 2026.
How much is the Local 73 LOA?
New Brunswick: $150 a day.
How is Local 73 overtime paid?
All overtime is double time (16.01a): past the 8 h day (10 h compressed) Mon–Fri, and every hour on Saturday, Sunday and the twelve recognized holidays (17.02).
Sources
The agreements and schedules these numbers were read from. Built October 15, 2026 from the Boilermaker Cheque app, version 2.0.2.
- NB agreement 2024–2027
- NB wage schedule rev. Mar 2026
- GPMA Irving Oil / Saint John LNG 2025–2028 V2 (12.102 p.16, 13.100–13.505 pp.19–23, 14.202 p.24, 17.100–17.400 pp.30–31, 20.100 p.34, Items of Understanding p.42, wage schedule pp.53–54)
- GPMA application for subsistence (NB), July 1 2026
- NMA New Brunswick Intermittent 2025–2028 V2 (9.100 p.9, 10.100 p.10, 12.100–12.300 pp.11–12, 14.100 p.12, 16.100–16.601 pp.13–17, Items of Understanding p.32)
- NMA application for subsistence (Irving Oil), July 1 2026
- NMA New Brunswick Power Corporation 2023–2026 V2 (9.100 p.8, 10.100 p.9, 12.100–12.200 p.10, 14.100–14.300 p.14, 16.100–16.700 pp.14–17, Appendix D)
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