2025 Electrician Wage Information
2025 Commercial Industrial Journey-Level Electrician Wage Package
Gross Wages for Commercial Industrial Journey-Level Electrician: $63.50 per hour
Fringe Benefits (Paid by Employer): $31.18
Total Dues: $2.87 per hour
Total Commercial Journey-Level Electrician Wage Package: $91.81 per hour
*Total Wage Package = Gross Wage + Fringe Benefits - Total Dues
Fringe benefits include payments by employer into Harrison Electrical Workers Trust for full-family health insurance plus Flex Benefits Plan. They also include employer payments into the Edison, NEBF, and IBEW District 9 Pension Plans.
2025 Sound & Communication LEA Wage Package
Gross Wages for Sound & Communication LEA: $52.12 per hour
Fringe Benefits (Paid by Employer): $26.01 per hour
Total Dues: $1.30 per hour
Total Wage Package Sound & Communication LEA: $76.83 per hour
*Total Wage Package = Gross Wage + Fringe Benefits - Total Dues
Fringe benefits include payments by employer into Harrison Electrical Workers Trust for full-family health insurance plus Flex Benefits Plan. They also include employer payments into the Edison, NEBF, and IBEW District 9 Pension Plans.
2025 Sound & Communication LEB Wage Package
Gross Wages for Sound and Communication Installer: $42.68 per hour
Fringe Benefits (Paid by Employer): $24.78 per hour
Total Dues: $1.14 per hour
Total Wage Package Sound and Communication Installer: $66.32 per hour
*Total Wage Package = Gross Wage + Fringe Benefits - Total Dues
Fringe benefits include payments by employer into Harrison Electrical Workers Trust for full-family health insurance plus Flex Benefits Plan. They also include employer payments into the Edison, NEBF, and IBEW District 9 Pension Plans.
2025 Residential Master Electrician Wage Package
Gross Wages for Residential Master Electrician: $48.73 per hour
Fringe Benefits (Paid by Employer): $31.43 per hour
Total Dues: $2.26 per hour
Total Wage Package Residential Master Electrician: $77.90 per hour
*Total Wage Package = Gross Wage + Fringe Benefits - Total Dues
Fringe benefits include payments by employer into Harrison Electrical Worker's Trust for full-family health insurance plus Flex Benefits Plan. They also include employer payments into the Edison, NEBF, and IBEW District 9 Pension Plans.
2025 Residential Journey-Level Electrician Wage Package
Gross Wages for Residential Journey Level Electrician: $41.67 per hour
Fringe Benefits (Paid by Employer): $20.14 per hour
Total Dues: $1.95 per hour
Total Wage Package Residential Journey-Level Electrician: $59.86 per hour
*Total Wage Package = Gross Wage + Fringe Benefits - Total Dues
Fringe benefits include payments by employer into Harrison Electrical Worker's Trust for full-family health insurance plus Flex Benefits Plan. They also include employer payments into the Edison, NEBF, and IBEW District 9 Pension Plans.
2025 Material Handler Wage Package
Gross Wages for Material Handler: $36.20 - $19.05 per hour
Fringe Benefits (Paid by Employer): $21.55 - $0.57 per hour
Total Dues: $0.97 - $0.53 per hour
Total Wage Package Material Handler I: $56.78 - $19.09 per hour
*Total Wage Package= Gross Wage + Fringe Benefits - Total Dues
Fringe benefits include payments by employer into Harrison Electrical Workers Trust for full-family health insurance plus Flex Benefits Plan. They also include employer payments into the Edison, NEBF, and IBEW District 9 Pension Plans.
2025 Non-Licensed Installer Wage Package
Gross Wages for Non-Licensed Installer: $46.70 - $27.74 per hour
Fringe Benefits (Paid by Employer): $24.90 - $13.72 per hour
Total Dues: $1.16 - $0.83 per hour
Total Wage Package Non-Licensed Installer: $70.44 - $40.63 per hour
*Total Wage Package = Gross Wage + Fringe Benefits - Total Dues
Fringe benefits include payments by employer into Harrison Electrical Workers Trust for full-family health insurance plus Flex Benefits Plan. They also include employer payments into the Edison, NEBF, and IBEW District 9 Pension Plans.
Contact IBEW Local 48
Contact Membership Development to learn more about IBEW membership.
Aaron Barber Strong
Membership Development
Aaron Barber-Strong has been an IBEW member since 2008, and has most recently been active as the hall’s lead organizer. He was elected Vice President of the Portland Chapter EWMC in 2010; Chapter President in 2013, and has served as the Chapter Treasurer since then.
cell: (503) 688-3079 email: aaron@ibew48.com
MATT SMYTH
Membership Development
Organizer Matt Smyth celebrated 25 years of IBEW membership in August 2024, and has served as an organizer for the past three years. Matt was originally interested in IBEW membership because he recognized it as a true family career path, one that would allow him to not only pay the monthly bills... More
cell: (503) 875-0164 email: matt@ibew48.com
STEVE HUSSEY
Membership Development
Organizer / Membership Development Specialist starting this year. Previously, he served as a jobsite Steward for 4 yrs at Intel with OEG and then served a term on the Eboard. More
cell: (503) 251-9951 email: shussey@ibew48.com
MATTHEW NOSACK
Membership Development
Matthew Nosack became an organizer in 2019 after previously spending nine years as a wireman with Local 48 contractor OEG. Matthew joined IBEW because he knew the union offered excellent opportunities to create security for his family. Years later, it is the brotherhood and... More
cell: (971) 985-4805 email: mnosack@ibew48.com
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