UnionIronworkers Local 720 wages 2026 (Alberta)
The hourly rates, overtime, shift, vacation and LOA rules of Ironworkers Local 720 in Alberta, read from the six agreements built into the Ironworker Cheque app. An independent guide: the agreement and your hall have the final word.
Structural, industrial
CLR-A / Ironworkers Locals 720 and 725 Structural Agreement 2025–2029, industrial (15.01)
$53.80an hour
Journeyperson, Structural, industrial
From May 3, 2026. Next step $54.86 on May 2, 2027.
| Classification | From May 3, 2026 | From May 2, 2027 |
|---|---|---|
| Journeypersonbase rate | $53.80 | $54.86 |
| Foreperson+ $5.50 | $59.30 | $60.36 |
| 3rd level apprentice90% | $48.42 | $49.37 |
| 2nd level apprentice75% | $40.35 | $41.15 |
| 1st level apprentice65% | $34.97 | $35.66 |
- Overtime
- 5×8 (13.01, 13.03): 8 h straight, the first 2 h of overtime at time and a half, then double. 4×10 (13.08): 10 h straight, then double; the scheduled day off worked is time and a half for 10 h, then double. 10-and-4: the off Friday and Monday at time and a half, the middle weekend 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; 14 more in the app.
Structural, commercial and institutional
CLR-A / Ironworkers Locals 720 and 725 Structural Agreement 2025–2029, commercial and institutional (15.02)
$45.36 an hour, journeyperson, from May 3, 2026; $46.22 from May 2, 2027.
| Classification | From May 3, 2026 | From May 2, 2027 |
|---|---|---|
| Journeypersonbase rate | $45.36 | $46.22 |
| Foreperson+ $4.75 | $50.11 | $50.97 |
| 3rd level apprentice90% | $40.82 | $41.60 |
| 2nd level apprentice75% | $34.02 | $34.67 |
| 1st level apprentice65% | $29.48 | $30.04 |
- Overtime
- 5×8 (13.01, 13.03): 8 h straight, the first 2 h of overtime at time and a half, then double. 4×10 (13.08): 10 h straight, then double; the scheduled day off worked is time and a half for 10 h, then double. 10-and-4: the off Friday and Monday at time and a half, the middle weekend 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; 14 more in the app.
Reinforcing (rebar), industrial
CLR-A / Ironworkers Locals 720 and 725 Reinforcing Agreement 2025–2029, industrial (16.01)
$49.28 an hour, journeyperson, from May 3, 2026; $50.19 from May 2, 2027.
| Classification | From May 3, 2026 | From May 2, 2027 |
|---|---|---|
| Journeypersonbase rate | $49.28 | $50.19 |
| Foreperson110% | $54.21 | $55.21 |
| Leadhand (rebar)105% | $51.74 | $52.70 |
| 4th level apprentice90% | $44.35 | $45.17 |
| 3rd level apprentice80% | $39.42 | $40.15 |
| 2nd level apprentice70% | $34.50 | $35.13 |
| 1st level apprentice60% | $29.57 | $30.11 |
- Overtime
- 5×8 (13.01, 13.03): 8 h straight, the first 2 h of overtime at time and a half, then double. 4×10 (13.08): 10 h straight, then double; the scheduled day off worked is time and a half for 10 h, then double. 10-and-4: the off Friday and Monday at time and a half, the middle weekend 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.
Reinforcing (rebar), commercial
CLR-A / Ironworkers Locals 720 and 725 Reinforcing Agreement 2025–2029, commercial (16.02)
$44.25 an hour, journeyperson, from May 3, 2026; $45.07 from May 2, 2027.
| Classification | From May 3, 2026 | From May 2, 2027 |
|---|---|---|
| Journeypersonbase rate | $44.25 | $45.07 |
| Foreperson110% | $48.68 | $49.58 |
| Leadhand (rebar)105% | $46.46 | $47.32 |
| 4th level apprentice90% | $39.83 | $40.56 |
| 3rd level apprentice80% | $35.40 | $36.06 |
| 2nd level apprentice70% | $30.98 | $31.55 |
| 1st level apprentice60% | $26.55 | $27.04 |
- Overtime
- 5×8 week (14.06(a)): all weekday overtime is time and a half until an 8-hour break; the first 8 h on a Saturday are time and a half, then double; Sunday and the twelve general holidays are double. 4×10 week (14.08(a), Appendix C "Commercial + Industrial (4-10s)"): 10 h straight, then double: "Double time (2x) rates will apply on hours worked after the regularly scheduled workday of the compressed work week averaging agreement and for work on Saturday and Sunday"; the scheduled day off worked 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
- 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.
Structural maintenance (NMA / GPMA)
National Maintenance Agreement for Alberta 2025–2028 and the General Presidents' Maintenance Agreements, Ironworkers (Structural) Locals 720 and 725
$53.80 an hour, journeyperson, from May 3, 2026; $54.86 from May 2, 2027.
| Classification | From May 3, 2026 | From May 2, 2027 |
|---|---|---|
| Journeypersonbase rate | $53.80 | $54.86 |
| Foreperson+ $5.50 | $59.30 | $60.36 |
| 3rd level apprentice90% | $48.42 | $49.37 |
| 2nd level apprentice75% | $40.35 | $41.15 |
| 1st level apprentice65% | $34.97 | $35.66 |
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; 14 more in the app.
Rebar maintenance (NMA / GPMA)
National Maintenance Agreement for Alberta 2025–2028 and the General Presidents' Maintenance Agreements, Ironworkers (Rebar) Locals 720 and 725
$49.28 an hour, journeyperson, from May 3, 2026; $50.19 from May 2, 2027.
| Classification | From May 3, 2026 | From May 2, 2027 |
|---|---|---|
| Journeypersonbase rate | $49.28 | $50.19 |
| Foreperson110% | $54.21 | $55.21 |
| Leadhand (rebar)105% | $51.74 | $52.70 |
| 4th level apprentice90% | $44.35 | $45.17 |
| 3rd level apprentice80% | $39.42 | $40.15 |
| 2nd level apprentice70% | $34.50 | $35.13 |
| 1st level apprentice60% | $29.57 | $30.11 |
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; 14 more in the app.
One 40-hour week, worked out
Week of October 25, 2026Journeyperson, Structural, industrial
Example| Day | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hours | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| Earnings | |
| Regular40 h × 53.80 | 2,152.00 |
| Vacation pay6% | 129.12 |
| Stat holiday pay4% | 86.08 |
| Gross pay | 2,367.20 |
| Deductions | |
| CPP5.95% | −136.84 |
| EI1.63% | −38.59 |
| Income taxestimate | −520.43 |
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:
- Structural, industrial. The calculator pays time and a half even where the hours around the break were overtime (double on a 4×10 past 10 h), and on a day over 11 h the first count also stands for the meal not given ($45, no half hour) because it cannot tell the two apart. The option does not apply to schedules regularly longer than 10 h.
- Structural, commercial and institutional. 1.5× even inside overtime; on a day over 11 h the first count also stands for the meal not given ($45, no half hour).
- Reinforcing (rebar), industrial. Time and a half even where the hours around the break were overtime (double on a 4×10 past 10 h), and on a day over 11 h the first count also stands for the meal not provided ($50, no half hour) because the calculator cannot tell the two apart. The option does not apply to schedules regularly longer than 10 h.
- Reinforcing (rebar), commercial. 1.5× even inside overtime; on a day over 11 h the first count also stands for the meal not provided ($50, no half hour).
- Structural maintenance (NMA / GPMA). On a 10½- to 12-hour day where the overtime was scheduled and a meal break was taken, add the half hour yourself (an unscheduled extension of up to one hour on a 4×10 owes no meal, 15.600).
- Structural maintenance (NMA / GPMA). The calculator adds the $40 on every such day except one with living-out ticked; on scheduled overtime or at a GPMA camp site, take it off. Nothing of this applies inside a rotation shift (below).
- Structural maintenance (NMA / GPMA). Long-term GPMA employees move to 7–10% after 3+ years of service by the GPMA ladder, which the calculator does not step; read the stub.
- Rebar maintenance (NMA / GPMA). On a 10½- to 12-hour day where the overtime was scheduled and a meal break was taken, add the half hour yourself (an unscheduled extension of up to one hour on a 4×10 owes no meal, 15.600).
- Rebar maintenance (NMA / GPMA). The calculator adds the $40 on every such day except one with living-out ticked; on scheduled overtime or at a GPMA camp site, take it off. Nothing of this applies inside a rotation shift (below).
- Rebar maintenance (NMA / GPMA). Long-term GPMA employees move to 7–10% after 3+ years of service by the GPMA ladder, which the calculator does not step; read the stub.
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Questions
What does a Local 720 journeyperson make in 2026?
$53.80 an hour under the CLR-A / Ironworkers Locals 720 and 725 Structural Agreement 2025–2029, industrial (15.01), from May 3, 2026. The other agreements on this page: Structural, commercial and institutional $45.36, Reinforcing (rebar), industrial $49.28, Reinforcing (rebar), commercial $44.25, Structural maintenance (NMA / GPMA) $53.80 and Rebar maintenance (NMA / GPMA) $49.28.
When is the next Local 720 raise?
The next step in the Structural, industrial schedule is $54.86 an hour on May 2, 2027.
How much is the Local 720 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; 14 more in the app.
How is Local 720 overtime paid?
5×8 (13.01, 13.03): 8 h straight, the first 2 h of overtime at time and a half, then double. 4×10 (13.08): 10 h straight, then double; the scheduled day off worked is time and a half for 10 h, then double. 10-and-4: the off Friday and Monday at time and a half, the middle weekend double.
What is the take-home on a 40-hour week?
About $1,671.34 for a journeyperson on 5×8 Mon–Fri, after CPP, EI and income tax, with no overtime, shift premium or LOA. An example from the app: your own cheque depends on your deductions.
Sources
The agreements and schedules these numbers were read from. Built October 15, 2026 from the Ironworker Cheque app, version 1.0.0.
- Ironworkers Structural agreement 2025–2029 (CLR-A)
- CLR-A 2026 travel allowances
- CLR-A subsistence rates
- Ironworkers Reinforcing agreement 2025–2029 (CLR-A)
- NMA Alberta 2025–2028 v4
- NMA Alberta wage schedule rev. May 3 2026 (Ironworkers pp.7–8)
- GPMA Suncor / Syncrude 2025–2028 v4
- GPMA Alberta wage schedule rev. May 3 2026
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