Getting Started with the Pipefitters

Your hourly wages that you'll see on your check.  The percentage is the amount you make compared to a Journeyperson, until you journey out at 100%.

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Fringe Benefits are the other areas your contractor is paying into on your behalf. Areas include: health insurance, retirement funds, schooling and training funds. 

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Your Wage and Fringe Benefits make up what you will hear people refer to as the Total Package.