IBEW Local 98 Philadelphia Pay 2026

The IBEW Local 98 inside wireman journeyman scale is $70.97/hr base plus $46.13/hr in fringe benefits, for a total package of $117.10/hr. This is the classification ELEC0098 rate in the federal Davis-Bacon wage determination for Philadelphia building construction (PA20260003), which adopts the Local 98 / NECA Penn-Del-Jersey negotiated scale, effective 05/05/2025.

IBEW Local 98 covers Philadelphia (City and County), Delaware County, Bucks County, Chester County, and Montgomery County in Pennsylvania. Outside this jurisdiction, IBEW Local 380 (Norristown) covers parts of Montgomery County, Local 654 covers Chester County, and Local 269 covers Trenton NJ and surrounding area.

Local 98 inside wireman apprenticeship is a five-year program through the Joint Apprenticeship Committee at the John J Dougherty Training Center. Apprentices progress through approximately 10 six-month periods, starting at around 40% of journeyman rate and reaching approximately 90% by Period 10. Full health, pension, annuity, and training contributions throughout.

Yes. Pennsylvania has a Prevailing Wage Act (Act 442 of 1961) that requires payment of prevailing wages on public works projects above $25,000. The Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry publishes prevailing wage determinations by county and trade. For Electrician in Philadelphia, the published rate is set at or above the IBEW Local 98 wage and fringe package (the City of Philadelphia's own building-construction determination effective 22 July 2026 lists an electrician rate of $81.99/hr base plus $54.00/hr fringe), effectively making the union scale the floor on Commonwealth and municipal public construction.

Local 98 work commonly includes: Philadelphia Navy Yard redevelopment, University of Pennsylvania and Drexel research facility expansion, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) campus growth, Comcast Center and Comcast Technology Center maintenance, PHL airport modernisation, SEPTA infrastructure projects, and the continuing buildout of the Schuylkill Yards mixed-use district.