IBEW Local 103 Boston Pay 2026

IBEW Local 103 inside wireman journeyman base wage is approximately $54.20/hr under the 2025-2026 NECA Greater Boston agreement. Total compensation including health and welfare, pension, annuity, NEBF, and training fund reaches roughly $82+/hr total package, making Local 103 one of the highest-paying Inside Locals in New England.

IBEW Local 103 covers Eastern Massachusetts including Boston, Cambridge, Quincy, Newton, Brookline, Waltham, Revere, Medford, Somerville, and surrounding cities and towns. Worcester (Local 96), Springfield (Local 7), and the Cape and Islands (Local 223) have separate jurisdictions.

Local 103 inside wireman apprenticeship is a five-year program through the Greater Boston Electrical Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee. Apprentices progress through approximately 10 six-month wage periods, starting around 40% of journeyman rate and reaching approximately 90% in the final period. Full health, pension, annuity, and training contributions throughout.

Local 103 work has historically concentrated on Boston biotech and life sciences buildouts (Kendall Square, Seaport District), Mass General Brigham hospital expansion, MIT and Harvard research facilities, MBTA and Logan Airport modernisation, and the Suffolk Downs redevelopment. Massachusetts public construction projects above certain thresholds are subject to state prevailing wage, which typically matches or aligns with Local 103 rates.

Massachusetts has one of the most robust state prevailing wage laws in the US (MGL Chapter 149, Sections 26-27D). Public construction projects above $10,000 must pay prevailing wages set by the Department of Labor Standards (DLS). For Electrician (BLS 47-2111) in Boston, the published prevailing wage typically aligns closely with the IBEW Local 103 wage and fringe package, effectively making the union scale the floor on state public work.