When you invest a very small part of your income into your union, you receive the dividends of higher wages and better benefits. In fact, according to the U.S. Department of Labor, union workers make an average of $13,000 more per year in wages and benefits than their non-union counterparts performing the same job!

How Much Are IBEW Dues?

There are two types of dues, working dues and monthly dues.

The working dues equal 3% of your gross wages, or about .79 cents per hour at the current journeyman pay rate. The working dues are deducted directly from your weekly paycheck and are used to finance the operations of IBEW #271.

Monthly dues are $26.70 and are paid by each member.

To Sum It Up: Working as a non-union electrician may be costing you $13,000 or more a year in wages and benefits.

IBEW dues cost you very little and you receive great wages and benefits in return!

Journeyman
$26.26 per hour on the check

Apprentices

From $13.13 to $22.32 per hour on the check depending on which pay level they have achieved.

Construction Electricians

From $13.13 to $21.01 per hour on the check depending on which pay level they have achieved.

Note: These figures are hourly wages only and do not include the contractor paid benefits IBEW electricians receive in addition to their wages!

Each week, your employer will add a dollar amount equal to 6% of your gross wages to your paycheck to cover your vacation days. That's approximately $1.58 an hour or over $3,000 for a 2000 hour year for a Journeyman.

There are no anniversary dates or waiting periods with this plan.

The electrical construction industry changes about 30% every 5 years. Keeping up with these changes is very difficult unless you have ready access to quality training. As an IBEW #271 electrician, you'll have access to the best training available.

Classes include basics such as the National Electrical Code, conduit bending, transformers and motor control. In addition, new classes covering industry-changing technologies such as power harmonics, programmable controlers, photo voltaics and Lucent Technologies are continually being developed and offered as well.

Most of these classes are 4 to 10 nights in duration, 1 to 2 nights per week, 2 to 3 hours per night.

IBEW electricians pay only a minimum fee to attend these classes. The majority of the cost is covered by our training fund. For every hour we work, our employers contribute 50 cents into this fund so that we can have access to quality, inexpensive training and can remain the most educated and highly skilled electrical workforce around.

These classes count towards the CEU's you need to renew your Electrical License.

Summary Of Wages And Benefits
Effective June 1, 2008

Foreman, Journeyman & Apprentices

Construction Electricians

Try It, You'll Like It!

Most Electricians can check out the IBEW without any financial obligation on their part with our "Try It, You'll Like It" trial period. During this period, you'll receive IBEW wages & benefits, yet you'll pay nothing to the IBEW.  

No admission fees - no dues - nothing!

At the successful completion of this trial period, you'll be offered membership into the IBEW.

The membership admission fees are as follows:

Sound interesting?

Give us a call at 316-267-8255 for more information or to schedule an appointment.