UnionElectricians Local 1426 wages 2026 (North Dakota)
The hourly rates, overtime, shift, vacation and per diem rules of IBEW Local 1426 in North Dakota and Minnesota, read from the two agreements built into the Electrician app. An independent guide: the agreement and your hall have the final word.
Grand Forks, Fargo and eastern North Dakota (inside; partial)
IBEW Local 1426 inside wireman: the local's 2024 commercial and industrial scales and the 2025 Davis-Bacon rate; the agreement is members-only
$37.41an hour
Journeyman wireman, Grand Forks, Fargo and eastern North Dakota (inside; partial)
From June 1, 2025. No later step published.
The 2025 industrial rate is the 2024 ratio (115%) applied to the 2025 commercial rate.
| Classification | From June 1, 2025 |
|---|---|
| Journeyman wireman (commercial)base rate | $37.41 |
| Journeyman wireman (industrial)about 115% | $43.02 |
Rates differ by site; this table shows None: the scale rate. The app has the others.
- Overtime
- A call can carry its own terms: data-center and plant calls often post pay over scale, a daily incentive or all overtime at double time, and work under the National Maintenance Agreement (from January 1 2027 the National Construction and Maintenance Agreement), the General Presidents' agreement or a project labor agreement has its own hours, overtime and holidays.
- Per diem and travel
- The agreement has no per diem or subsistence for work inside the local's area.
Polaris Forge data center, Harwood ND: $44.80, daily incentive
IBEW Local 1426 calls for the Polaris Forge data center (Harwood, North Dakota): $44.80 an hour as posted in 2026, a daily attendance incentive, a North Dakota license incentive and an untaxed per diem
$44.80 an hour, journeyman inside wireman, from January 1, 2026.
| Classification | From January 1, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Journeyman inside wiremanbase rate | $44.80 |
- Overtime
- A call can carry its own terms: data-center and plant calls often post pay over scale, a daily incentive or all overtime at double time, and work under the National Maintenance Agreement (from January 1 2027 the National Construction and Maintenance Agreement), the General Presidents' agreement or a project labor agreement has its own hours, overtime and holidays.
- Shift premium
- 31.4% of the rate on every hour worked on shift.
- Per diem and travel
- Without a North Dakota license: $100 a day; With a North Dakota license: +$100 a day.
One 40-hour week, worked out
Week of November 8, 2026Journeyman wireman (commercial), Grand Forks, Fargo and eastern North Dakota (inside; partial)
Example| Day | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hours | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| Earnings | |
|---|---|
| Regular40 h × 37.41 | 1,496.40 |
| Gross pay | 1,496.40 |
| Deductions | |
| Field dues5% of gross wages | −74.82 |
| Social Security6.2% | −92.78 |
| Medicare1.45% | −21.70 |
| Federal income taxestimate (W-4) | −159.40 |
| North Dakota income taxestimate | −8.00 |
What's missing
Where the app can't follow a rule to the letter yet, its notes say so, and say how to allow for it when you enter your hours. From this page's agreements:
- Grand Forks, Fargo and eastern North Dakota (inside; partial). The 2025 industrial rate ($43.02) is the 2024 ratio applied to the commercial rate, and the 2026 step isn't published; 2026 calls post $44.80 an hour (which scale isn't said): use Enter my own rate. Apprentice and foreman rates aren't published.
- Grand Forks, Fargo and eastern North Dakota (inside; partial). Local 1426's overtime rules aren't published. The app uses the pattern of the IBEW inside agreements that publish theirs (Newark 1105, Cedar Rapids 405, Austin 520, Amarillo 602): every hour past 8 Monday to Friday and every Saturday hour at time and a half, with no step to double time on a weekday; Sundays and holidays double time. Five 8-hour days only; enter the hours you're paid for, not an unpaid lunch. Data-center and plant calls often pay all overtime at double time: check your call and your stub.
- Grand Forks, Fargo and eastern North Dakota (inside; partial). The holiday list isn't published, so the app marks the six holidays every IBEW inside agreement read for this app has: New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas, each on its own date (one on a weekend doesn't move), unpaid unless worked and double time when worked. Tick Holiday on any other day your job observes.
- Grand Forks, Fargo and eastern North Dakota (inside; partial). Shift premiums aren't published, so none is added when you tick Night. If your call posts one, use Enter my own rate with it added.
- Grand Forks, Fargo and eastern North Dakota (inside; partial). Local 1426's working dues aren't published. The app takes 5% of gross wages, the highest working-dues share in the IBEW agreements read for this app (Newark Local 1105's 5% working assessment; Louisville's is 4.5% plus 10 cents an hour, Cedar Rapids' 4%, San Antonio's and Amarillo's 3.5%): type yours as the dues % on the Settings tab. Monthly (base) dues are paid to the local, not taken by the app.
- Polaris Forge data center, Harwood ND: $44.80, daily incentive. The app pays $100 a day on weekends too (the call pays $150: add $50 a weekend day under This week's extras), and treats the incentives as taxable pay; it doesn't check attendance.
- Polaris Forge data center, Harwood ND: $44.80, daily incentive. Local 1426's overtime rules aren't published. The app uses the pattern of the IBEW inside agreements that publish theirs (Newark 1105, Cedar Rapids 405, Austin 520, Amarillo 602): every hour past 8 Monday to Friday and every Saturday hour at time and a half, with no step to double time on a weekday; Sundays and holidays double time. Five 8-hour days only; enter the hours you're paid for, not an unpaid lunch. Data-center and plant calls often pay all overtime at double time: check your call and your stub.
- Polaris Forge data center, Harwood ND: $44.80, daily incentive. The holiday list isn't published, so the app marks the six holidays every IBEW inside agreement read for this app has: New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas, each on its own date (one on a weekend doesn't move), unpaid unless worked and double time when worked. Tick Holiday on any other day your job observes.
- Polaris Forge data center, Harwood ND: $44.80, daily incentive. Local 1426's working dues aren't published. The app takes 5% of gross wages, the highest working-dues share in the IBEW agreements read for this app (Newark Local 1105's 5% working assessment; Louisville's is 4.5% plus 10 cents an hour, Cedar Rapids' 4%, San Antonio's and Amarillo's 3.5%): type yours as the dues % on the Settings tab. Monthly (base) dues are paid to the local, not taken by the app.
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Questions
What does a Local 1426 journeyman wireman (commercial) make in 2026?
$37.41 an hour under the IBEW Local 1426 inside wireman: the local's 2024 commercial and industrial scales and the 2025 Davis-Bacon rate; the agreement is members-only, from June 1, 2025. The 2025 industrial rate is the 2024 ratio (115%) applied to the 2025 commercial rate. The other agreements on this page: Polaris Forge data center, Harwood ND: $44.80, daily incentive $44.80.
When is the next Local 1426 raise?
No later step is published in the data for the Grand Forks, Fargo and eastern North Dakota (inside; partial) agreement. Rates usually change once a year; check the schedule before you count on a raise.
Does Local 1426 pay a per diem?
The agreement has no per diem or subsistence for work inside the local's area.
How is Local 1426 overtime paid?
A call can carry its own terms: data-center and plant calls often post pay over scale, a daily incentive or all overtime at double time, and work under the National Maintenance Agreement (from January 1 2027 the National Construction and Maintenance Agreement), the General Presidents' agreement or a project labor agreement has its own hours, overtime and holidays.
What is the take-home on a 40-hour week?
About $1,139.70 for a journeyman wireman (commercial) on 5×8 Mon–Fri, after Social Security, Medicare and income tax, with no overtime, shift premium or per diem. An example from the app: your own paycheck depends on your deductions.
Sources
The agreements and schedules these numbers were read from. Built October 25, 2026 from the Electrician app, version 0.1.0.
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