Journeyman electrician under IBEW Local 212 in Cincinnati, OH earn $40.28/hr in base wages, or $66.23/hr as a total package with fringe benefits, effective Sep 2026.
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The Local 212 pay scale for 2026 is $40.28 per hour for journeymen in Cincinnati, OH, or about $80,560 a year at 2,080 hours. The total package, including employer-paid fringe benefits, is $66.23 per hour. That is the rate in force for 2026, effective 9/23/26.
| Local 212 journeyman hourly wage | $40.28 / hour |
|---|---|
| Total package (wage + fringe benefits) | $66.23 / hour |
| Annualized at 2,080 hours (base wage) | $80,560 / year |
| First-period apprentice (≈45 to 50% of scale) | $18.13 to $20.14 / hour |
| Wage sheet effective | 9/23/26 |
| Classification | Journeyman Inside Wireman |
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A Local 212 apprentice in Cincinnati, OH starts at roughly $18.13 an hour, about 45% of the $40.28 journeyman scale, and steps up each period, reaching around $30.21 an hour by the fourth year and full scale on turning out. These are the standard percentage steps of scale, not a wage sheet Local 212 has published; confirm the exact schedule with the JATC.
| 1st period (year 1) | 45% of scale | $18.13 / hour | $36,252 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd period (year 2) | 55% of scale | $22.15 / hour | $44,308 |
| 3rd period (year 3) | 65% of scale | $26.18 / hour | $52,364 |
| 4th period (year 4) | 75% of scale | $30.21 / hour | $60,420 |
| 5th period (year 5) | 85% of scale | $34.24 / hour | $68,476 |
| Journeyman (turned out) | 100% of scale | $40.28 / hour | $80,560 |
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Local 212 wages: $40.28 an hour on the journeyman scale, $66.23 an hour with fringe benefits added, effective 9/23/26. That is the most recent Cincinnati, OH sheet we can source; rates move with each contract cycle, so confirm with the hall before quoting.
IBEW Local 212 has not published a current wage sheet to the public rate sources we track, so the figure above is the reporting-wide electrician average, not this hall's own scale. Members dispatched out of this hall work commercial and industrial electrical, building automation and controls wiring, data and low-voltage systems and service and retrofit work for signatory contractors throughout the Cincinnati, OH area, and local scale in the Cincinnati market is normally set by the hall's current collective bargaining agreement, confirm it with the business office before quoting.
Gulfstream recruits electrician talent for commercial mechanical, electrical, plumbing, piping, sheet metal and building automation contractors in and around Cincinnati. We are a private recruiting firm, we do not dispatch, set, or negotiate Local 212 rates. For current Cincinnati scale, dispatch standing, or apprenticeship intake, contact the hall directly.
IBEW Local 212 runs its own referral procedure and books are signed at the hall, call (513) 559-0200 to confirm dispatch procedure, required documents (union card, certifications, ID) and current list standing before traveling in. Contact details are imported from the UA, SMART and IBEW public directories. Gulfstream is a private recruiting firm, is not affiliated with the local, and does not control hall dispatch.
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 212 represents skilled inside wiremen and electrical professionals across the greater Cincinnati metropolitan area and surrounding tri-state regions. The local maintains a strict focus on safety, technical proficiency, and high-voltage systems, ensuring that signatory contractors have access to a workforce capable of executing large-scale projects ranging from healthcare facilities to automated manufacturing plants in the Ohio River Valley.
The Cincinnati market is a vital hub for logistics, consumer goods manufacturing, and institutional expansion, all of which require the specialized skill sets found within Local 212. Members are trained through a rigorous apprenticeship program that emphasizes National Electrical Code compliance and emerging technologies like renewable energy and building automation. For the electrical contractor, partnering with this local provides a scalable labor force that mitigates the risks associated with the current skilled trades shortage. The union's presence ensures standardized training and reliable production rates across the diverse counties that fall under its chartered jurisdiction in Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana.
The current journeyman hourly rate for IBEW Local 212 is $38.05, effective July 20, 2025. When accounting for the full fringe benefit package, the total compensation reaches $62.43 per hour. Apprentices within the Local 212 program follow a structured percentage-based wage progression, typically starting at approximately 40% to 45% of the journeyman rate. As they complete required classroom hours and verified on-the-job training milestones, these percentages increase annually until reaching 100% at the completion of the five-year program. This transparent pay scale allows both the worker and the signatory contractor to project labor costs and career earnings with high precision. All members receive these standardized rates, ensuring wage parity across all job sites within the Cincinnati jurisdiction regardless of the specific signatory firm.
The contractor landscape for IBEW Local 212 is comprised of a robust mix of large-scale mechanical-electrical primes and specialized niche subcontractors. These signatory firms range from global infrastructure companies to locally owned electrical shops that have operated in Cincinnati for decades. Hiring in this market is primarily driven by industrial retrofits, data center construction, and multi-phase institutional expansions. Contractors choose to be signatory to Local 212 to access a vetted pool of labor that reduces their internal recruitment burden and provides a clear framework for apprenticeship and continuing education. This ecosystem supports steady employment for members while maintaining competitive bidding environments for regional construction projects.
The $38.05 hourly wage is the gross pay that appears on a journeyman's paycheck. The $62.43 total package includes that wage plus an additional $24.38 per hour in employer-paid benefits like health insurance, pensions, and training funds. These benefits are paid by the contractor on top of the wage and are not deducted from the employee's gross pay.
While Local 212 primarily focuses on the Inside Wireman Agreement for commercial and industrial projects, they may have specific residential classifications or agreements. However, the $38.05 rate typically applies to commercial and industrial work. Residential rates are often negotiated under a separate scale to remain competitive with the local housing market's economic conditions.
Journeymen in good standing from other IBEW locals can work in the Local 212 jurisdiction through the Book 2 traveler system. Permanent transfers, often called 'signing into the book,' are subject to the discretion of the business manager and typically require a sustained period of working in the area and a formal vote by the local membership.
A standard work week is typically 40 hours, usually consisting of five 8-hour days or four 10-hour days. Work performed outside these scheduled hours, or on Sundays and holidays, is subject to overtime premiums (time-and-a-half or double-time) as defined by the current Inside Wireman Agreement negotiated between the union and the NECA contractors.
IBEW Local 212 is seated in Cincinnati, Ohio (OH). We hold published wage sheets for 34 locals across Ohio, compare nearby scales before you take a call.
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The Local 212 pay scale for 2026 is $40.28 per hour for journeymen in Cincinnati, OH, or about $80,560 a year at 2,080 hours. The total package, including employer-paid fringe benefits, is $66.23 per hour. That is the rate in force for 2026, effective 9/23/26.
IBEW Local 212 wages for 2026: journeyman Electricians rate of $40.28 per hour in Cincinnati, OH, with a total package of $66.23 per hour including fringe benefits, effective 9/23/26. Apprentices are paid a graduated percentage of that rate. Confirm any increase since 9/23/26 with the IBEW Local 212 business office.
The IBEW Local 212 wage sheet on this page lists the journeyman scale of $40.28 per hour ($66.23 per hour total package), effective 9/23/26, plus the apprentice percentage steps. The official sheet is published by the IBEW Local 212 business office; figures here come from that published schedule, so confirm any increase dated after 9/23/26 with the hall.
Local 212 apprentices earn a graduated percentage of the $40.28 per hour journeyman rate, typically starting near 40 to 50% ($18.13 to $20.14 per hour) in the first period and stepping up each period to 100% at turnout. The exact percentage schedule is set by the IBEW Local 212 JATC, so confirm the current apprentice sheet with the training center.
Journeyman electrician under the IBEW Local 212 agreement make $40.28 an hour in base wages, or $66.23 an hour counting the fringe package, per the wage sheet effective 9/23/26. Overtime, shift premiums, and travel or subsistence pay are added on top under the local's CBA.
$40.28 per hour base wage and $66.23 per hour total package for a journeyman in Cincinnati, OH, effective 9/23/26. Annualized at 2,080 hours that is roughly $80,560 before overtime.
A Local 212 apprentice in Cincinnati, OH starts at roughly $18.13 an hour, about 45% of the $40.28 journeyman scale, and steps up each period, reaching around $30.21 an hour by the fourth year and full scale on turning out. These are the standard percentage steps of scale, not a wage sheet Local 212 has published; confirm the exact schedule with the JATC.
About $18.13 an hour, or roughly $36,252 a year at 2,080 hours, based on the standard 45% first-period step of the $40.28 journeyman rate effective 9/23/26. Apprentices also earn benefit contributions and paid classroom progression; the JATC sets the exact percentage.
Around $26.18 an hour at the standard 65% third-period step, moving to about $30.21 an hour in the fourth period and $40.28 an hour at full journeyman scale. Confirm the published step schedule with the Local 212 training center.
Local 212 wages: $40.28 an hour on the journeyman scale, $66.23 an hour with fringe benefits added, effective 9/23/26. That is the most recent Cincinnati, OH sheet we can source; rates move with each contract cycle, so confirm with the hall before quoting.
The current published IBEW Local 212 journeyman rate is $40.28 an hour ($66.23 total package), effective 9/23/26, roughly $80,560 a year at 2,080 hours before overtime. Confirm the effective agreement with the local.
Yes, a one-page printable IBEW Local 212 rate sheet is available at /rate-sheets/ibew-local-212-pay-scale.pdf, showing the $40.28 hourly scale, the $66.23 total package and the 9/23/26 effective date, with the source it was read from. It is a free download, no sign-up needed.
The current IBEW Local 212 journeyman rate is $40.28/hour, with a total package of $66.23/hour including fringe benefits, effective 9/23/26. At 2,080 hours that works out to roughly $80,560 per year in base wages before overtime. Rates change with each CBA cycle, confirm with the Local 212 business office before relying on the figure.
The $40.28/hour figure is the base journeyman wage that lands on the paycheck. The $66.23/hour total package adds employer-paid fringes, health and welfare, pension, annuity, apprenticeship training, and industry funds. Contractors bid work off the total package, so that is the number that matters when comparing electricians labor costs across locals.
Apprentices under the IBEW Local 212 agreement are paid a graduated percentage of the journeyman rate, typically starting near 40 to 50% in the first period and stepping up each six-month or annual period until reaching 100% at turnout. Against the current $40.28/hour journeyman rate, a first-period apprentice would be in the $18.13 to $20.14/hour range. The exact percentage schedule is set by the local's JATC.
IBEW Local 212 is headquartered in Cincinnati, OH and dispatches electricians manpower throughout its chartered jurisdiction. Work performed inside that territory falls under the local's collective bargaining agreement and wage schedule, even when the contractor is based elsewhere and travels in.
Most locals require applicants to be at least 18, legally able to work in the U.S., hold a high school diploma or GED, pass a basic math/aptitude assessment and a drug screen, and be physically able to perform electricians work. Some Local 212 programs give preference to applicants inside the jurisdiction or to veterans. Eligibility rules are set by the local's Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee (JATC), so confirm the current criteria with the hall before applying.
Apprenticeship applications go through the IBEW Local 212 JATC, not through a contractor or a recruiter. Applications typically open in defined intake windows each year: you submit the application with proof of age, education, and residency, sit for an aptitude test, and then interview. Ranked applicants are placed on an eligibility list and indentured as signatory contractors call for apprentices. Gulfstream Strategic Placements does not process apprenticeship applications, contact the Local 212 training center directly.
Electricians apprenticeships generally run four to five years, roughly 8,000 to 10,000 hours of on-the-job training plus several hundred classroom hours per year. Apprentices earn a paycheck the entire time, stepping up through the wage periods until they turn out as journeymen at 100% of scale.
Signatory contractors hire through the local's hiring hall, so working under the IBEW Local 212 agreement generally means being a member or being organized in through the local's process. Journeymen from other locals can travel in by signing the out-of-work book, subject to the local's referral rules and manpower needs. Non-union electricians are usually placed with open-shop contractors instead, we recruit for both.
Rates move with the collective bargaining agreement, typically on a fixed anniversary date each year of a three- to five-year contract, with negotiated increases split between the base wage and the fringe package. The figures on this page reflect the 9/23/26 schedule; check with the Local 212 business office for any increase that has taken effect since.
Wage rates vary widely by local and market. Use the Union Pay Scale Explorer to sort every UA and SMART local by hourly wage, total package, and annualized pay so you can benchmark Local 212 against neighboring jurisdictions and other electricians markets.
Yes, the openings section on this page lists current electricians roles near Cincinnati, OH, and you can apply directly through the apply form on this page. These are direct-hire positions with electrical contractors that Gulfstream recruits for, not union dispatch or hall referrals. For the hall's out-of-work list, contact the Local 212 business office.
The IBEW Local 212 hall is at 212 Crowne Point Dr, Cincinnati, OH 45241, serving Cincinnati, OH and the surrounding jurisdiction. Hall phone: (513) 559-0200.
IBEW Local 212 runs its own referral procedure and books are signed at the hall. Call the hall at (513) 559-0200 to confirm dispatch hours, required documents (union card, certifications, ID) and current list standing before traveling in | Gulfstream does not control hall dispatch.
IBEW Local 212 can be reached at (513) 559-0200. Contact details are imported from the union's public directory listing, confirm hours with the hall.
Apply through the local's joint apprenticeship training committee (JATC). Most programs open applications on a set schedule and require an aptitude test and interview. For IBEW Local 212's current application window and requirements, contact the hall at (513) 559-0200.
Each Electricians local sets its own intake process, and it varies. The common paths: apprenticeship through the JATC; organizing in as an experienced worker, since journeymen and technicians already working in the trade can usually apply directly to the hall for membership; or transferring from another local of the same international with a transfer card from your current hall. For fees and requirements, contact the hall at (513) 559-0200.
We haven't found an official source for IBEW Local 212's dues or membership rules. To confirm, contact the hall at (513) 559-0200.
We haven't found an official source for IBEW Local 212's member benefits. To confirm, contact the hall at (513) 559-0200.
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