UnionElectricians Local 520 wages 2026 (Texas)
The hourly rates, overtime, shift, vacation and per diem rules of IBEW Local 520 in Texas, read from the two agreements built into the Electrician app. An independent guide: the agreement and your hall have the final word.
Austin and Central Texas (inside)
Inside Agreement between the Central Texas Chapter NECA and IBEW Local 520, June 2 2025 to June 4 2028 (Travis, Williamson, Hays, Bastrop and the other counties of its Sec. 3.08), with its MOUs
$38.50an hour
Journeyman inside wireman, Austin and Central Texas (inside)
From January 5, 2026. Next step $40.50 on January 4, 2027.
| Classification | From January 5, 2026 | From January 4, 2027 |
|---|---|---|
| Journeyman inside wiremanbase rate | $38.50 | $40.50 |
| Foreman110% | $42.35 | $44.55 |
| General foreman (or area foreman)120% | $46.20 | $48.60 |
| General foreman over area foremen130% | $50.05 | $52.65 |
| Apprentice, 6th period (6,500 to 8,000 h)75% | $28.88 | $30.38 |
| Apprentice, 5th period (5,000 to 6,500 h)70% | $26.95 | $28.35 |
| Apprentice, 4th period (3,500 to 5,000 h)65% | $25.03 | $26.33 |
| Apprentice, 3rd period (2,000 to 3,500 h)60% | $23.10 | $24.30 |
| Apprentice, 2nd period (1,000 to 2,000 h)55% | $21.18 | $22.28 |
| Apprentice, 1st period (0 to 1,000 h)55% | $21.18 | $22.28 |
Rates differ by site; this table shows None: the scale rate. The app has the others.
- Overtime
- Sundays and holidays are double time, the most any hour pays. 4×10 (Monday to Thursday, or Tuesday to Friday, on 24 hours' notice) pays the first 10 hours a day at straight time; a Saturday (or Friday on a 4×10) lost-time make-up day for weather is straight time.
- Shift premium
- 10% of the rate on every hour worked on shift.
- Per diem and travel
- The agreement has no per diem or subsistence for work inside the local's area.
Austin data-center and Samsung calls: $43.30, all overtime double time
IBEW Local 520 calls with the 95%-of-hours incentive (Samsung tool hook-up in Taylor, Sky Box and the other 'special projects' posted on the hall's open calls, October 23, 2026): $43.30 straight time and all overtime at double time, on the Inside Agreement's other rules
$43.30 an hour, journeyman, from January 5, 2026.
| Classification | From January 5, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Journeyman inside wireman (incentive rate)base rate | $43.30 |
| Foreman (incentive rate)110% | $47.63 |
- Overtime
- IBEW Local 520's incentive calls as posted on the hall's open-calls report (October 23 2026): Rosendin at Samsung's Taylor fab (tool hook-up, 4 twelves and an 8, 58 hours a week) and the 'special projects' 5×10 calls pay $43.30 an hour straight time and all overtime at double time ($86.60), on condition you work 95% of the scheduled hours; the foreman rate is $47.63 ($95.26 overtime).
- Shift premium
- 10% of the rate on every hour worked on shift.
- 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 inside wireman, Austin and Central Texas (inside)
Example| Day | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hours | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| Earnings | |
|---|---|
| Regular32 h × 38.50 | 1,232.00 |
| Double time 2×8 h × 77.00 | 616.00 |
| Gross pay | 1,848.00 |
| Deductions | |
| Field dues5% of gross wages | −92.40 |
| Social Security6.2% | −114.58 |
| Medicare1.45% | −26.80 |
| Federal income taxestimate (W-4) | −236.75 |
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:
- Austin and Central Texas (inside). Only the journeyman rates are printed in dollars; the others are the percentages applied to them, rounded half up at the cent (the JATC's 2024 standards still say 50% for the first period).
- Austin and Central Texas (inside). The 40-hour rule for someone who missed scheduled hours isn't worked out.
- Austin and Central Texas (inside). Every night is taken as a 2nd shift (for a 3rd shift use Enter my own rate with 15% added), and on overtime hours the 10% isn't multiplied (the agreement pays 1.5 times the shift rate).
- Austin and Central Texas (inside). The hours paid for a paid holiday aren't printed (8 assumed), the eligibility test isn't checked, and the 2027 and 2028 paid holidays aren't added yet: tick them by hand.
- Austin and Central Texas (inside). The bylaws' percentage wasn't read for this app. 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. Not taken by the app (all voluntary): the vacation deduction (6% of gross pay, or what you authorize, after tax, to your Velocity Credit Union vacation account), a 401(k) deferral and COPE (5 cents an hour). The Administrative Fund's 10 cents an hour (Art. XVI) may be an employer payment; it isn't taken.
- Austin data-center and Samsung calls: $43.30, all overtime double time. The calls don't say how long the incentive rate runs or whether it follows the January 4 2027 raise, so the app keeps $43.30: when your rate changes, use Enter my own rate. A medium-voltage terminator call at Sky Box Hutto posted $48.30 straight time with the same double-time overtime: use Enter my own rate for it.
- Austin data-center and Samsung calls: $43.30, all overtime double time. Every night is taken as a 2nd shift.
- Austin data-center and Samsung calls: $43.30, all overtime double time. The bylaws' percentage wasn't read for this app. 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. The 6% vacation deduction, 401(k) and COPE are voluntary and not taken.
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Questions
What does a Local 520 journeyman inside wireman make in 2026?
$38.50 an hour under the Inside Agreement between the Central Texas Chapter NECA and IBEW Local 520, June 2 2025 to June 4 2028 (Travis, Williamson, Hays, Bastrop and the other counties of its Sec. 3.08), with its MOUs, from January 5, 2026. The other agreements on this page: Austin data-center and Samsung calls: $43.30, all overtime double time $43.30.
When is the next Local 520 raise?
The next step in the Austin and Central Texas (inside) schedule is $40.50 an hour on January 4, 2027.
What do Local 520 apprentices make?
Apprentice, 6th period (6,500 to 8,000 h) $28.88 (75%), Apprentice, 5th period (5,000 to 6,500 h) $26.95 (70%), Apprentice, 4th period (3,500 to 5,000 h) $25.03 (65%), Apprentice, 3rd period (2,000 to 3,500 h) $23.10 (60%), Apprentice, 2nd period (1,000 to 2,000 h) $21.18 (55%) and Apprentice, 1st period (0 to 1,000 h) $21.18 (55%) an hour from January 5, 2026.
Does Local 520 pay a per diem?
The agreement has no per diem or subsistence for work inside the local's area.
How is Local 520 overtime paid?
Sundays and holidays are double time, the most any hour pays. 4×10 (Monday to Thursday, or Tuesday to Friday, on 24 hours' notice) pays the first 10 hours a day at straight time; a Saturday (or Friday on a 4×10) lost-time make-up day for weather is straight time.
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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