Nearly 10,000 union-represented Boeing workers including engineers, scientists, designers, analysts, specialists and technicians have voted to ratify the aircraft manufacturer’s contract proposal on Thursday.
The Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace represents 17,000 employees that fall under a professional and technical unit at Boeing’s facilities across Washington and Oregon, as well as some sites in Utah and California, according to the union website. SPEEA is also part of the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers Local 2001.
“We’re pleased with the outcome of the vote,” Ben Nimmergut, Boeing vice president and functional chief engineer for production engineering, said in an emailed statement. “We look forward to working with our team to support our company’s continued recovery and meeting our customer commitments now and into the future.”
Boeing’s final offer includes a 32% wage increase over the four-year contract, with a 10% increase effective Friday, and a 7% increase to the company’s employee incentive plan that goes into effect January 2027.
Additionally, Boeing’s retirement contribution increased from 3% to 4% for over 7,500 SPEEA-represented workers under the age of 40, also starting in January 2027. Boeing will transition its retirement contribution to 5% for employees hired before 2027 and who reach the age of 50.
Medical plan design and pay bands remained unchanged, though workers will receive a new primary care benefit through Boeing’s primary care clinics throughout Washington state.
Workers also got mandatory overtime limit decreased: 96 hours for the professional unit and 112 hours for the technical unit per quarter.
However, employees will only get three additional paid days off as well as three days of bereavement leave annually.Other highlights include a revised management performance process linking to salary increases and increased layoff benefits for employees who have worked at the company for one to three years. Laborers will also get a $150 allowance increase for personal protective equipment.While the majority of the professional and technical units voted to accept the offer, the work is not complete, SPEEA’s negotiation team said in a statement.
“We need to work with Boeing, and as needed, pressure Boeing management through joint committees, forums and conversations within your groups, to rebuild an environment suitable for reestablishing trust with the membership that has eroded over the past decades,” the union said. “Without trust, Boeing and SPEEA will likely find ourselves right back where we were when we started this contract negotiation cycle.”
SPEEA’s current contract with Boeing is set to expire Oct. 6.
Boeing has also revised another union contract at its facilities in the Midwest. Machinists represented by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Local 839 at the Wichita, Kansas, facility voted to pursue coverage under the union’s master contract with Boeing last month.
The Machinists union decided not to proceed with their collective bargaining agreement as the Wichita plant, previously operated by Spirit AeroSystems, became part of Boeing in December 2025. SPEEA’s contracts at the Wichita site expire December 2028 for the engineering unit and December 2030 for the professional and technical unit.
