Electricians Local 601 wages 2026 (Illinois)

The hourly rates, overtime, shift, vacation and per diem rules of IBEW Local 601 in Illinois, read from the one agreement built into the Electrician app. An independent guide: the agreement and your hall have the final word.

Champaign, Bloomington and Danville (inside; partial)

IBEW Local 601 inside wiremen, as the Illinois Department of Labor's Champaign County prevailing wage schedule prints the union rate (October 19 2026 posting); the inside agreement isn't public

$52.51an hour

Journeyman wireman, Champaign, Bloomington and Danville (inside; partial)

From September 1, 2026. No later step published.

The state prints no step dates: $51.07 first shows on the March 2 2026 posting (the January 15 2026 one still has the old rate), so the app starts it on March 2 2026; $52.51 first shows on the September 21 2026 posting (the August 15 2026 one still has the old rate), so the app starts it on September 1 2026 (estimate).

Classification	From September 1, 2026
Journeyman wiremanbase rate	$52.51
Foreman110%	$57.76

Rates differ by site; this table shows None: the scale rate. The app has the others.

Overtime: Overtime (the state's schedule): every hour past 8 a day Monday to Friday and every Saturday hour are time and a half; Sundays and holidays are double time, on the base wage.
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, Champaign, Bloomington and Danville (inside; 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 × 52.51	2,100.40
Gross pay	2,100.40
Deductions
Field dues5% of gross wages	−105.02
Social Security6.2%	−130.22
Medicare1.45%	−30.46
Federal income taxestimate (W-4)	−292.28
Illinois income taxestimate	−103.97

Take-home$1,438.45

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:

The state prints no step dates. $51.07 first shows on the March 2 2026 posting (the January 15 2026 one still has the old rate), so the app starts it on March 2 2026; $52.51 first shows on the September 21 2026 posting (the August 15 2026 one still has the old rate), so the app starts it on September 1 2026. September 1 2025 is the federal Davis-Bacon date of the $49.63 step, and September 1 2026 a year after it. General foreman and apprentice rates aren't printed: use Enter my own rate, and type your new rate there when the next step comes.
4×10 rules and a weekly threshold aren't printed, so the app counts overtime by the day, on five 8-hour days only. Enter the hours you're paid for.
The local's own list isn't published: the app pays nothing for a holiday you don't work and leaves a Saturday holiday on the Saturday.
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 601'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.

Work out your own paycheck

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Questions

What does a Local 601 journeyman wireman make in 2026?

$52.51 an hour under the IBEW Local 601 inside wiremen, as the Illinois Department of Labor's Champaign County prevailing wage schedule prints the union rate (October 19 2026 posting); the inside agreement isn't public, from September 1, 2026. The state prints no step dates: $51.07 first shows on the March 2 2026 posting (the January 15 2026 one still has the old rate), so the app starts it on March 2 2026; $52.51 first shows on the September 21 2026 posting (the August 15 2026 one still has the old rate), so the app starts it on September 1 2026 (estimate).

When is the next Local 601 raise?

No later step is published in the data for the Champaign, Bloomington and Danville (inside; partial) agreement. Rates usually change once a year; check the schedule before you count on a raise.

Does Local 601 pay a per diem?

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

How is Local 601 overtime paid?

Overtime (the state's schedule): every hour past 8 a day Monday to Friday and every Saturday hour are time and a half; Sundays and holidays are double time, on the base wage.

What is the take-home on a 40-hour week?

About $1,438.45 for a journeyman wireman 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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