Skip to content
Menu

Home / New Jersey / Pipeline Construction Worker / Bergen County group

New Jersey · Pipeline Construction Worker · 21 counties

Pipeline Construction Worker prevailing wage, Bergen County group, New Jersey (21 counties)

NJDOL sets the same pipeline construction worker rates, row for row, in 21 counties: Atlantic, Bergen, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Essex, Gloucester, Hudson, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Passaic, Salem, Somerset, Sussex, Union and Warren. Every figure on this page applies in each of them.

$100.84an hour, base wage + fringe benefits · Pipeline Journeyman Welder

$60.89 base wage + $39.95 fringe benefits · Statewide rate

On New Jersey public works in each of these 21 counties, a pipeline construction worker working as pipeline journeyman welder must be paid at least $100.84 an hour: a $60.89 base wage plus $39.95 in fringe benefits.

NJDOL county packages of October 19, 2026; this rate, effective June 4, 2026. Rates are those in effect when the contract is awarded, plus every pre-determined increase listed then, from its date (NJDOL FAQ). Checked against nj.gov on October 25, 2026.

NJDOL lists 6 pipeline construction worker rates for each of these counties, from $65.66 to $102.42 an hour. See all of them.

NJDOL's posted rates are informational. The public body obtains the project's official determination, and it goes in the contract.

Base wage and fringe benefits: $60.89 + $39.95

The base wage is the taxable hourly wage. NJDOL prints the fringe benefits as one hourly figure, not itemized; it can go to health, pension, vacation and training plans, or be paid as cash where the state allows.

Base wage (taxable)$60.89
Fringe benefits (one figure, not itemized)$39.95
Total hourly rate, as printed$100.84

When does this rate change?

Every pipeline construction worker rate in the Bergen County group

As NJDOL lists them. The highlighted row is the one this page leads with.

  1. PIPELINE - GAS DISTRIBUTION: Pipeline Journeyman WelderStatewide rate$102.42
  2. PIPELINE - GAS DISTRIBUTION: Pipeline JourneymanStatewide rate$102.42
  3. PIPELINE - MAINLINE TRANSMISSION: Pipeline Journeyman WelderStatewide rate$100.84
  4. PIPELINE - MAINLINE TRANSMISSION: Pipeline JourneymanStatewide rate$100.84
  5. PIPELINE - GAS DISTRIBUTION: Pipeline HelperStatewide rate$68.50
  6. PIPELINE - MAINLINE TRANSMISSION: Pipeline HelperStatewide rate$65.66
Hourly rate of each pipeline construction worker classification in the Bergen County group, highest first, split into wage and fringe benefits.
ClassificationBase wageFringe benefitsTotal rateEffective
PIPELINE - MAINLINE TRANSMISSION: Pipeline Journeyman WelderStatewide rate$60.89 $39.95 $100.84 Jun 4, 2026
PIPELINE - MAINLINE TRANSMISSION: Pipeline JourneymanStatewide rate$60.89 $39.95 $100.84 Jun 4, 2026
PIPELINE - MAINLINE TRANSMISSION: Pipeline HelperStatewide rate$37.59 $28.07 $65.66 Jun 4, 2026
PIPELINE - GAS DISTRIBUTION: Pipeline Journeyman WelderStatewide rate$66.32 $36.10 $102.42 Nov 5, 2025
PIPELINE - GAS DISTRIBUTION: Pipeline JourneymanStatewide rate$66.32 $36.10 $102.42 Nov 5, 2025
PIPELINE - GAS DISTRIBUTION: Pipeline HelperStatewide rate$43.28 $25.22 $68.50 Nov 5, 2025

How the Bergen County group compares

The main pipeline construction worker rate in every county that has one, and how the pay splits here and nearby. All bars use the same scale.

Every county in New Jersey

Wage and fringe benefits, nearby

  1. Bergen County groupbase $60.89$100.84
  2. Passaic Countybase $60.89$100.84
  3. Essex Countybase $60.89$100.84
  4. Hudson Countybase $60.89$100.84

Which county is in which pipeline construction worker group

Every New Jersey county with a pipeline construction worker rate. Counties NJDOL treats alike share one page; the rest have their own.

CountiesMain classificationBase wageTotal rate
Bergen County group, 21 localities: Atlantic, Bergen, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Essex, Gloucester, Hudson, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Passaic, Salem, Somerset, Sussex, Union, WarrenPIPELINE - MAINLINE TRANSMISSION: Pipeline Journeyman Welder$60.89 $100.84 

1 group of counties with identical NJDOL rates, and 0 counties with rates of their own.

New Jersey pipeline construction worker prevailing wage by county, with a map

More from NJDOL on this rate

  • NJDOL's current prevailing wage rates
  • These are journeyman rates. Apprentices registered with the U.S. Office of Apprenticeship get the percentage in the craft's apprentice schedule, with full benefits unless noted.

Every trade's rates, county by county: Atlantic · Bergen · Burlington · Camden · Cape May · Cumberland · Essex · Gloucester · Hudson · Hunterdon · Mercer · Middlesex · Monmouth · Morris · Ocean · Passaic · Salem · Somerset · Sussex · Union · Warren

Are you being paid this rate?

Add your wage to what your employer pays into benefits for you, or pays you in cash each payday, and compare it with the total. Rates for every craft, including future increases, must be posted on site, and certified payroll goes to NJDOL within 10 days of payday (N.J.S.A. 34:11-56.29). NJDOL Public Contracts: (609) 292-2259.

Source

Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL), NJDOL county packages of October 19, 2026. For the row this page leads with:

We read every county package of October 19, 2026, including its statewide pages, and check every number with a second, separate reader. Wage plus benefit equals NJDOL's printed total on every step that prints both. How we check · Download every New Jersey rate as CSV · Report an error