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What plasterers make
Journeyperson
$69,000
1st-year apprentice
$48,000
Union or specialist
$91,000
Job Bank's national median is $33 an hour, about $69,000 a year full time. Job Bank groups plasterers with drywall finishers under one code, so these figures cover both. Ornamental and heritage plasterers, and union commercial crews, sit at the top.