Wage Information
Wage Rates
All rates are effective January 1, 2024 thru December 31, 2024, unless otherwise noted.
Independent Building Agreement
Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Lawrence, Mercer, Washington, Westmoreland, Armstrong, Clarion, Fayette, Greene, Indiana and Jefferson Counties
CLASSIFICATION - WAGE RATES
CLASS I (Common Laborer) - $26.82
CLASS II (Skilled Laborer) - $26.97
CLASS III (Masonry Laborer) - $29.97
FOREMAN: $1.00 above highest rate in crew
GENERAL FOREMAN: $1.50 above highest Foreman's rate
LABORERS' DISTRICT COUNCIL OF WESTERN PA WELFARE FUND: $11.01/hr worked
LABORERS' DISTRICT COUNCIL OF WESTERN PA PENSION FUND: $7.88/hr worked
WESTERN PA LABORERS' TRAINING and EDUCATION FUND: $ .25/hr worked
LIUNA NATIONAL FUNDS: $ .07/hr worked
INDUSTRY ADVANCEMENT FUND: $ .25/hr worked
TOTAL: $19.46/hr worked
*LABORERS' DISTRICT COUNCIL of W. PA DUES DEDUCTION: 6% of gross wages
*Deducted from employee' wages
Medical Hours
The monthly periods are February 1st to July 31st, and August 1st to January 31st.
425 working hours per six month period, or 1100 hours combined are needed.
Job Classes
Master Builders' Association of Western Pennsylvania Job Classifications
CLASS I - COMMON LABORER
Building Laborer
Brick Removal for alterations
Carryable Pumps
West brick buggy or similar
Walk-behind Forklift or Similar(non self-propelled)
Stripper and Mover of Forms
Footers
Forms not to be reused on the job
Forms that are a matter of record
Tool Room Man
All Material Conveyors(regardless of power used, incl. starting & stopping)
Pouring of Mortar or Aggregate into blocks or voids
CLASS II - SKILLED LABORER
Air track helper
Jackhammer man - Concrete buster
West brick buggy or similar(self-propelled)
Blaster
Power wheelbarrows and buggies
Vibrator operator
Walk behind forklift or similar(self-propelled)
Burner
Wagon drill helper
Drill runner
Blasterer's helper
Drill runner's helper(incl. drill mounted on truck, track, or similar)
All operators of compacting equipment
Pipe layer
Clay spade and/or similar
Gunnite nozzleman
Concrete saw operator
Hod carrier
Scaffold builder
Air track operator
Grout machine feeder and pump operator
Bell and bottom man on furnaces and stacks
Gunnite machine operator or similar
Lancer helper
Gunnite machine potman or similar
Mortar mixer
Mortar mixer machine(regardless of power used, including starting and stopping)
Wagon drill operator
Laser cleaner
Lancer
ASBESTOS REMOVAL OR ABATEMENT LABORER
TOXIC OR HAZARDOUS WASTE HANDLING LABORER
CLASS III - MASONARY LABORER