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You already do the work of an IBEW wireman. This page shows you the difference in plain numbers: wages, benefits, tools, and pension. Everything here is confidential. Your employer is not notified that you visited or that you signed.

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Total package vs total package · Locals 1 · 309 · 649 · 124

Enter your hourly wage and your benefits. We add them into your total package and compare it, dollar for dollar, against the IBEW Journeyman Inside Wireman package in Locals 1, 309, 649, and 124. Not sure of your numbers? Tap a Local 57 card to fill them in.

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Your gain at each IBEW local

Total package per hour for each local around you. Enter your numbers above to see your gain.

IBEW Local 1

St. Louis and eastern Missouri

$88.23/hr

$51.79 wage + $36.44 benefits (eff. 2026-05-31)

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Union Hall5850 Elizabeth Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110

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IBEW Local 309

Metro East Illinois (Collinsville)

$83.19/hr

$52.41 wage + $30.78 benefits (eff. 2025-09-01)

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Union Hall2000 Mall St, Collinsville, IL 62234

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IBEW Local 649

Alton and Wood River, Illinois

$84.42/hr

$54.53 wage + $29.89 benefits (eff. 2025-12-29)

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Union Hall3945 Humbert Rd, Alton, IL 62002

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IBEW Local 124

Kansas City metro

$82.19/hr

$54.01 wage + $28.18 benefits (eff. 2025-09-01)

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Union Hall301 E 103 Terrace, Kansas City, MO 64114

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What the IBEW benefit package buys you

The "benefits" number is not a vague figure. Here is how it breaks down, per hour worked, in one local as an example (the other three locals are in the same range):

$11.91retirement (pension, NEBF, income security)
$12.10health and welfare
$10.62vacation and holiday pay
$1.10apprenticeship and training
$0.72other contractual funds

If you currently receive some benefits at Reinhold, your true gap is the difference between what you have and the package above. The calculator compares against the full employer-paid package, which is the standard way union wage sheets are quoted.

Tools and Who You Can Work For

Pay is only part of the picture. Two things that quietly cost non-union electricians, and Carpenters Local 57 members in particular, are tools out of pocket and a short list of places they can actually work.

As an IBEW Wireman

  • ✓ The contractor furnishes power tools and equipment. Under IBEW inside agreements you provide only a defined list of basic hand tools. Cordless drills, hammer drills, benders, meters, and the expensive gear are the employer's to supply and maintain.
  • ✓ Many signatory contractors. The IBEW and NECA cover a large roster of electrical contractors across the St. Louis area and beyond. If one shop slows down, your card and your skills move with you to the next one.
  • ✓ Your benefits travel with you. Pension, health, and training stay attached to you, not to one employer, every time you change jobs.

As a Carpenters Local 57 Electrician

  • ✗ You buy and maintain your own power tools. That cost comes out of your pocket, year after year, and it is rarely counted when the wage looks competitive on paper.
  • ✗ Only a few employer options. The Carpenters' electrical work runs through a short list of signatory contractors. Fewer employers means less leverage, less mobility, and more exposure if your shop runs out of work.
  • ✗ You are an electrician in a carpenters' union. The hall, the training, and the political weight are built around carpentry, not the electrical trade.

Tool and employer specifics vary by current agreement. If your experience differs from what you see here, tell an organizer so we can get the details exactly right for your situation.

The Pension Difference

IBEW members retire on three independent pension layers (a self-directed retirement account, the National Electrical Benefit Fund, and the national IBEW Pension Benefit Fund). A detailed, independent pension analysis prepared by outside consultants is being added to this page.

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Full Pension Analysis Coming Soon

The complete consultant memo will appear here. In the meantime, see the side-by-side breakdown of the IBEW's three pension funds versus the Carpenters' single plan on our pension comparison page.

Sign Your Authorization Card

This is the electronic version of the IBEW authorization card. It complies with NLRB General Counsel guidance (GC 15-08). Your card is held confidentially. Your employer is not notified that you signed.

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Authorization

I authorize the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) and its appropriate affiliated Local Union to represent me as my National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), Section 9(a), bargaining representative in collective bargaining on all present and future jobsites within the jurisdiction of the Union. This Authorization is non-expiring, binding, and valid until such time as I submit a written revocation.

By clicking submit, you accept that your printed name, IP address, and the date and time will be used as your digital signature for the purposes of this form.

Sources and Notes

  • Wage and total-package figures are the current published Journeyman Inside Wireman rates for IBEW Locals 1, 309, 649, and 124, verified 2026-06-02.
  • Total package means base wage plus employer-paid benefit contributions per hour, before union dues and before any employee-side deductions.
  • Your actual pay, benefits, and pension depend on your classification, hours, and the agreement in effect. Figures here are for comparison and are not a promise of any specific wage or benefit.
  • This authorization card complies with NLRB General Counsel Memorandum GC 15-08. Your submission is held confidentially and your employer is not notified.
  • This page is published by the IBEW (Locals 1, 309, 649, and 124) as part of its organizing outreach.