Electricians Local 20 wages 2026 (Texas)

The hourly rates, overtime, shift, vacation and per diem rules of IBEW Local 20 in Texas, read from the one agreement built into the Electrician app. An independent guide: the agreement and your hall have the final word.

Dallas-Fort Worth (Davis-Bacon rate; partial)

IBEW Local 20 (Dallas-Fort Worth): the federal Davis-Bacon electrician rate for its counties (ELEC0020, June 1 2025) and an estimated 2026 rate; the North Texas Chapter NECA inside agreement isn't public

$40.65an hour

Journeyman wireman, Dallas-Fort Worth (Davis-Bacon rate; partial)

From June 1, 2026. No later step published.

The 2026 journeyman rate ($40.65) is from a secondary source (an employer-recruiting blog citing the local's wage sheet), not a primary document.

Classification	From June 1, 2026
Journeyman wiremanbase rate	$40.65
Apprentice, 6th period (6,400 to 8,000 h)80%	$32.52
Apprentice, 5th period (4,800 to 6,400 h)70%	$28.46
Apprentice, 4th period (3,200 to 4,800 h)60%	$24.39
Apprentice, 3rd period (1,600 to 3,200 h)55%	$22.36
Apprentice, 2nd period (800 to 1,600 h)52.5%	$21.34
Apprentice, 1st period (0 to 800 h)50%	$20.33

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.

One 40-hour week, worked out

Week of November 8, 2026Journeyman wireman, Dallas-Fort Worth (Davis-Bacon rate; partial)

Example

Hours worked each day
Day	Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
Hours	0	8	8	8	8	8	0

The paycheck those hours make
Earnings
Regular40 h × 40.65	1,626.00
Gross pay	1,626.00
Deductions
Field dues5% of gross wages	−81.30
Social Security6.2%	−100.81
Medicare1.45%	−23.58
Federal income taxestimate (W-4)	−187.91

Take-home$1,232.40

Example only: a journeyman wireman on 5×8 Mon–Fri, None: the scale rate, no overtime, no shift premium, no per diem. Single, standard withholding; Social Security and Medicare not yet maxed for the year. Your paycheck depends on your hours, your site and your deductions.

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:

$40.65 from June 1 2026 is an estimate from a secondary source (an employer's recruiting page quoting the local's wage sheet; the same page's $20.33 starting apprentice rate is 50% of it); neither the amount nor the date is in a primary document. Apprentices 50, 52.5, 55, 60, 70 and 80% by period (the North Texas Electrical JATC's 2026 standards), applied to the journeyman rate. Foreman and general foreman rates aren't published: use Enter my own rate.
Local 20'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.
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.
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.
Local 20'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. No vacation fund is published.

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Questions

What does a Local 20 journeyman wireman make in 2026?

$40.65 an hour under the IBEW Local 20 (Dallas-Fort Worth): the federal Davis-Bacon electrician rate for its counties (ELEC0020, June 1 2025) and an estimated 2026 rate; the North Texas Chapter NECA inside agreement isn't public, from June 1, 2026. The 2026 journeyman rate ($40.65) is from a secondary source (an employer-recruiting blog citing the local's wage sheet), not a primary document.

When is the next Local 20 raise?

No later step is published in the data for the Dallas-Fort Worth (Davis-Bacon rate; partial) agreement. Rates usually change once a year; check the schedule before you count on a raise.

What do Local 20 apprentices make?

Apprentice, 6th period (6,400 to 8,000 h) $32.52 (80%), Apprentice, 5th period (4,800 to 6,400 h) $28.46 (70%), Apprentice, 4th period (3,200 to 4,800 h) $24.39 (60%), Apprentice, 3rd period (1,600 to 3,200 h) $22.36 (55%), Apprentice, 2nd period (800 to 1,600 h) $21.34 (52.5%) and Apprentice, 1st period (0 to 800 h) $20.33 (50%) an hour from June 1, 2026.

Does Local 20 pay a per diem?

The agreement has no per diem or subsistence for work inside the local's area.

How is Local 20 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.

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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