Registered apprenticeship · Plumber
AREA III PLUMBERS JATC
A registered apprenticeship for the Plumber occupation, on file with Oregon BOLI.
The occupations
Yes. Completing a plumbing apprenticeship is the first route Oregon's rule lists for the journeyman plumber license; the exam and fee that follow are on the licensing page.3
The pay steps
You are paid from day one, and your pay rises in published steps. Oregon publishes the journey rate in dollars and each step as a percentage of that rate. The full schedule is below.
The registry publishes the journey rate and the starting percentage. We calculate the starting dollar figure by applying that percentage to the journey rate.
The step schedule
The full wage schedule: each step, the hours it covers, its percentage of the journey rate, and the resulting hourly pay. The registry publishes the step numbers, hours and percentages; we calculate the dollar amounts from the journey rate.
| Step | Through | Percent | An hour |
|---|---|---|---|
| Step 1 | 1,000 hours | 45% | $19.80 |
| Step 2 | 2,000 hours | 50% | $22.00 |
| Step 3 | 3,000 hours | 55% | $24.20 |
| Step 4 | 4,000 hours | 60% | $26.40 |
| Step 5 | 5,000 hours | 65% | $28.60 |
| Step 6 | 6,000 hours | 70% | $30.80 |
| Step 7 | 7,000 hours | 75% | $33.00 |
| Step 8 | 8,000 hours | 80% | $35.20 |
| Journey rate | $44.00/hr2 |
Step numbers follow the registry's numbering.
The hours
- Hours on the job
- 8,000 hours2
Who runs it, where
- Registered with
- Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries, Apprenticeship and Training Divisionprogram 3015, occupation record 0432.0
- Address on registration
- 3071 Dalewood St1EUGENE, OR
JATC stands for joint apprenticeship and training committee, the registry's own abbreviation for a sponsor type.
How to apply
Read the program's own standards
Every Oregon program has its standards on file with the state: the occupation, the term, the wage progression and the program's own current contact, in one document. Open the standards on oregon.gov4.
Ask when the window opens
Programs recruit on their own calendars. Use the contact in the program's standards to ask when applications open. Until a source publishes an application window, we show it as Unknown.
See how it counts toward the state license
Oregon licenses this work separately from the apprenticeship, and the hours you work in this program count toward its experience requirement. The Oregon plumber licensing page lists the fee, the application form and the exam.
Sources
- https://apprenticelookup.boli.oregon.gov/api/ApprenticePrograms/ActiveProgramsread 2026-08-24
- https://apprenticelookup.boli.oregon.gov/api/ApprenticePrograms/3015read 2026-08-24
- https://secure.sos.state.or.us/oard/viewSingleRule.action?ruleVrsnRsn=291654read 2026-08-24
- https://www.oregon.gov/boli/apprenticeship/Standards/3015_0432.0.pdfread 2026-08-24
Oregon BOLI serves this registry as a live lookup and states no schedule for changing it. Every figure above is the registry’s own, read on the day beside it.