Carpenters Local 1325 wages 2026 (Alberta)

The hourly rates, overtime, shift, vacation and LOA rules of UBC Local 1325 in Alberta, read from the three agreements built into the Carpenter Cheque app. An independent guide: the agreement and your hall have the final word.

Industrial construction (Schedule A)

CLR-A / Alberta Regional Council of Carpenters (Locals 1325, 2103) Provincial Agreement 2025–2029, Schedule A industrial (Alberta)

$52.28an hour

Journeyperson carpenter or scaffolder, Industrial construction (Schedule A)

From May 3, 2026. Next step $53.28 on May 2, 2027.

Classification	From May 3, 2026	From May 2, 2027
Journeyperson carpenter or scaffolderbase rate	$52.28	$53.28
Foreperson+ $5.50	$57.78	$58.78
General foreperson+ $7.50	$59.78	$60.78
4th year apprentice90% + $0.90	$47.95	$48.85
3rd year apprentice80% + $0.80	$42.63	$43.43
2nd year apprentice70% + $0.70	$37.30	$38.00
1st year apprentice60% + $0.60	$31.97	$32.57
Pre-apprentice= 1st year	$31.97	$32.57

Overtime: 5×8 (7.03, 7.05(a)(i)): 8 h straight, the first 2 h of overtime at time and a half, then double. 4×10 Monday to Thursday (7.06): 10 h straight; overtime starts past 10 h in a day or 40 in the week (7.05(a)(v)), and the first 2 overtime hours of a weekday are still time and a half (7.05(a)(i): "1.5x for the first two hours of overtime worked in a regular weekday"), 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: Alberta-wide rate: $150 a day; Fort McMurray: $200 a day; Edmonton or Calgary (only by agreement for the job): $180 a day; Grande Prairie: $205 a day; Wabasca: $200 a day; 13 more in the app.

Commercial, institutional and civil (Schedule B)

CLR-A / Alberta Regional Council of Carpenters Provincial Agreement 2025–2029, Schedule B non-industrial (Alberta)

$44.79 an hour, journeyperson, from May 3, 2026; $45.58 from May 2, 2027.

Classification	From May 3, 2026	From May 2, 2027
Journeyperson carpenter or scaffolderbase rate	$44.79	$45.58
Foreperson+ $4.75	$49.54	$50.33
General foreperson+ $6.75	$51.54	$52.33
Lead hand+ $1.50	$46.29	$47.08
4th year apprentice90% + $0.90	$41.21	$41.92
3rd year apprentice80% + $0.80	$36.63	$37.27
2nd year apprentice70% + $0.70	$32.05	$32.61
1st year apprentice60%	$26.87	$27.35
Pre-apprentice= 1st year	$26.87	$27.35

Overtime: All weekday overtime is time and a half; Saturday is time and a half for 8 h then double; Sunday time and a half for 4 h then double; the twelve general holidays are double (7.05(f)).
Shift premium: $2.65 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: Travel and subsistence by zone from where you live (11.12): a 75-km free zone; Zone 2 (the next 100 km) gets transportation or a vehicle allowance per km, not subsistence, unless the employer chooses to lodge you; Zone 3 (175 to 275 km) camp, room and board or an agreed subsistence allowance for each day worked; Zone 4 (275 to 375 km) the same "on the 7 day a week basis": pick the Zone 4 region and the calculator pays all 7 days in a week with living-out.

Maintenance (NMA / GPMA)

National Maintenance Agreement for Alberta 2025–2028 and the General Presidents' Maintenance Agreements (Suncor/Syncrude, CNRL and others), Carpenters Local 1325

$52.28 an hour, journeyperson, from May 3, 2026; $53.28 from May 2, 2027.

Classification	From May 3, 2026	From May 2, 2027
Journeyperson carpenter or scaffolderbase rate	$52.28	$53.28
Foreperson+ $5.50	$57.78	$58.78
General foreperson+ $7.50	$59.78	$60.78
4th year apprentice90% + $0.90	$47.95	$48.85
3rd year apprentice80% + $0.80	$42.63	$43.43
2nd year apprentice70% + $0.70	$37.30	$38.00
1st year apprentice60% + $0.60	$31.97	$32.57
Pre-apprentice= 1st year	$31.97	$32.57

Rates differ by site; this table shows Fort McMurray (NMA, subsistence). The app has the others.

Overtime: 5×8 (15.300(a)): 8 h straight, 2 h at time and a half, then double. 4×10 Mon–Thu or Tue–Fri (15.300(b)(c)): 10 h straight then double; the off weekday is time and a half for 10 h, 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 (NMA, subsistence): $200 a day; Elsewhere in Alberta (rate less $0.75): $150 a day; Edmonton or Calgary (only by agreement for the job): $180 a day; Grande Prairie: $205 a day; Wabasca: $200 a day; 13 more in the app.

One 40-hour week, worked out

Week of October 25, 2026Journeyperson carpenter or scaffolder, Industrial construction (Schedule A)

Example

Hours worked each day
Day	Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
Hours	0	8	8	8	8	8	0

The cheque those hours make
Earnings
Regular40 h × 52.28	2,091.20
Vacation pay6%	125.47
Stat holiday pay4%	83.65
Gross pay	2,300.32
Deductions
Field dues2.25% of gross	−51.76
CPP5.95%	−132.86
EI1.63%	−37.50
Income taxestimate	−479.30

Take-home$1,598.90

Example only: a journeyperson on 5×8 Mon–Fri, no overtime, no shift premium, no LOA. CPP and EI not yet maxed for the year; income tax on TD1 claim code 1 (the basic personal amount). Your cheque depends on your hours, your site and your deductions.

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 (NMA / GPMA). A 12-h turnaround, where the breaks are inside the 12 h, and a 12-h unscheduled day are both logged as 12 h); on an ordinary overtime day past 10 h where you took the paid meal break, add ½ h to the day. Breaks not given: under each day count the breaks you did not get, up to 3; each pays ½ h at your wage rate on any worked day, the way the CAM stub pays an "NA Meal Break". The agreements word it higher: time and a half for a missed scheduled half-hour break on a 10-h shift (NMA 15.100(i), GPMA 13.100) and 30 minutes at the straight-time total package rate for an overtime meal not provided (15.602; $67.76 for a 2026 journeyperson at Fort McMurray), so a stub paying either of those is not wrong. On a day over 10 h a count also stands for the overtime meal not provided on unscheduled overtime (15.602 B), once that day: $40 plus a paid 15-minute rest break at the applicable rate (double past 10 h). Scheduled overtime (notice before the end of the previous shift, 15.602 A) and a turnaround shift carry no $40: take it off. No $40 on subsistence or camp days either (15.604, 15.700): the calculator drops it on days with living-out ticked.

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Questions

What does a Local 1325 journeyperson make in 2026?

$52.28 an hour under the CLR-A / Alberta Regional Council of Carpenters (Locals 1325, 2103) Provincial Agreement 2025–2029, Schedule A industrial (Alberta), from May 3, 2026. The other agreements on this page: Commercial, institutional and civil (Schedule B) $44.79 and Maintenance (NMA / GPMA) $52.28.

When is the next Local 1325 raise?

The next step in the Industrial construction (Schedule A) schedule is $53.28 an hour on May 2, 2027.

What do Local 1325 apprentices make?

Pre-apprentice $31.97 (= 1st year) an hour from May 3, 2026.

How much is the Local 1325 LOA?

Alberta-wide rate: $150 a day; Fort McMurray: $200 a day; Edmonton or Calgary (only by agreement for the job): $180 a day; Grande Prairie: $205 a day; Wabasca: $200 a day; 13 more in the app.

How is Local 1325 overtime paid?

5×8 (7.03, 7.05(a)(i)): 8 h straight, the first 2 h of overtime at time and a half, then double. 4×10 Monday to Thursday (7.06): 10 h straight; overtime starts past 10 h in a day or 40 in the week (7.05(a)(v)), and the first 2 overtime hours of a weekday are still time and a half (7.05(a)(i): "1.5x for the first two hours of overtime worked in a regular weekday"), then double.

Sources

The agreements and schedules these numbers were read from. Built October 15, 2026 from the Carpenter Cheque app, version 1.0.0.

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