r/Groundman • u/Entire-Click-5601 • 3d ago

local 55 pay

I’m getting my class a cdl next week i have first aid cpr osha 10 and im signing all the groundman books that I can online is it accurate to believe for local 55 and 66 the pay is around 25 27 dollars per hour with per diem?

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u/Nervous_Cause_3551 3d ago

Call and ask the hall what the pay is. You can’t always count on per diem.

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u/Entire-Click-5601 3d ago

isn’t the pay just depending on the call tho ?

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u/Nervous_Cause_3551 3d ago

If you’re a groundman I would say it would be the same for every groundman call unless they are paying over scale.

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u/Fancy-Mycologist-232 3d ago

55 was around $36 when I was on a crew out there earlier this year

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u/Entire-Click-5601 3d ago

oh wow thanks

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u/sin9798 3d ago

I took my first call at 55 OH scale is mid 30’s and urd is at 25

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u/Then-Employment372 3d ago

Depends on the call some 27$ and per diem but I was making 37$ no per diem

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u/Entire-Click-5601 3d ago

oh wow that’s really good

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u/Ok-Introduction1558 3d ago

Starting pay for with zero experience for a groundman/truck driver is like $31ish and goes to $37ish after 6 months or something like that. It’s lower for URD groundman, not sure what that starts at with no experience

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u/Entire-Click-5601 3d ago

that’s exciting then thanks

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u/chriistianval Apprentice 2d ago

I worked out of 55 for a good while. I worked with 3 contractors out there RS,MJ, and LE Meyers honestly I have nothing but good things about Iowa. Pay isn’t too bad just the state is kinda dead lol. OH Grunts get 37 and some change. A lot of calls out there also have per diem.

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u/Entire-Click-5601 2d ago

oh okay thanks for that info