IBEW Local 461 in Aurora has 2 open calls on October 30, 2026, at a $64.16 journeyman scale. Mead Electric wants 2 journeymen at the Manuka Data Center on 4-10s, at scale. A separate board note expects 165 more journeymen by the end of 2026 for a Minooka Data Center. That 165 is not an open-call total. Book 1 is 46 and Book 2 is 72. The live board is on the Local 461 page. GoHereBro tracks 300 IBEW locals.
What Aurora is calling for right now
The exact search "ibew local 461" is led by a Reddit wage thread. Local 461 is the live board. This page is the October 30 snapshot, and it will go stale. Open the local page before you drive.
The first line of the hall outlook says 2 open positions across 1 call. That matches the count on the local page. The last 30 days of scrapes saw as many as 14. Publish the 2 that is on the board today.
Mead Electric wants 2 journeymen at the Manuka Data Center. The schedule is 4-10s now, and 5-10s by Thanksgiving. The rate is scale. The work is outside lift and ladder work: cable tray, feeder pulls, and terminations. To bid, leave your name and phone number. Four 10-hour days are 40 hours. At $64.16 that is $2,566.40, and that row is straight time. The 5-10s week is 50 hours, and the line does not print an overtime rate, so those extra 10 hours stay unpriced.
A separate note on the board, scraped October 30, says the hall expects to need 165 more journeymen by the end of 2026 for the Minooka Data Center. That sentence is a forecast. It is not an open call, and it is not added to the 2. The open call prints "Manuka" and the forecast prints "Minooka." Those are the spellings on file. Call the hall before you treat them as one job. The 30-day scrape high is 14, so 165 is not a current headcount.
No public hall website returned a readable page on this check, so it is not linked. The hall on file is 591 Sullivan Road, Aurora, IL 60506, (630) 897-0461. The Illinois pay page and the pay hub keep the scale next to the calls. Hot spots and the map are the rest of the 300 locals. Start from the homepage for the daily board, and use compare when you are stacking this hall against another directory.
The scale on file
The journeyman scale on file is $64.16 an hour, checked from Where2Bro on October 28, 2026. Health and welfare is $17.55 an hour. The pension line on file is 25 percent and a 10.91 percent contribution. At $64.16, 25 percent is $16.04 and 10.91 percent is $7.00. A UnionPayScales row dated July 26, 2026 also lists NEBF at $1.92 and a 401k at $2.55. That row still needs a hall wage sheet, so those two figures are not in the weekly gross.
| Week | Rate | Hours | Straight | OT | Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mead Manuka, 4-10s, at scale | $64.16 | 40 | $2,566.40 | $0.00 | $2,566.40 |
Book 1 on the local page is 46. Book 2 is 72. The Book 2 travel guide is the signup path if you are not already on the book. The wage explainer is the national version of this math.
Illinois license, then the other halls
IDFPR's professional licensing page says the department licenses more than 100 professions. The word electrician does not appear on that page. Chicago is a city license, not a state card. A City of Chicago electrical contractor license is required to install, alter, or maintain wiring regulated by the Chicago Electrical Code. The supervising electrician page says an electrical contractor must be owned by or employ at least one supervising electrician, and the work is done by that licensee or by employees under that person's supervision. The longer city-by-city writeup is the Illinois license guide.
Local 701 in Lisle is the nearby west-suburban hall: 8 open calls at $52.49, Book 1 at 29 and Book 2 at 10. Local 134 in Chicago has 136 open calls at $63.15, with Book 1 at 214. Local 364 in Rockford has 13 open calls at $67.09, Book 1 at 23 and Book 2 at 193.
Frequently asked questions
How many IBEW Local 461 job calls are open?
2 open positions on October 30, 2026. That matches the first line of the hall outlook. A higher count from the last 30 days, and a 165-journeyman forecast, are not the board today.
What is the Local 461 journeyman scale?
$64.16 an hour on file, checked October 28, 2026. Health and welfare is $17.55. Pension is 25 percent, which is $16.04 at this scale, plus a 10.91 percent contribution, which is $7.00.
What does the Mead call pay for a 4-10 week?
Scale. Forty hours at $64.16 is $2,566.40. The line does not add an overtime premium on that week.
What is the 165-journeyman note?
A separate board note expects 165 more journeymen by the end of 2026 for a Minooka Data Center. It is a forecast. It is not added to the 2 open calls. The open call spells the job Manuka.
When does the schedule go to 5-10s?
The Mead line says 4-10s now and 5-10s by Thanksgiving. The overtime rate on that longer week is not printed, so those extra hours are not priced here.
What are the book counts?
Book 1 is 46 and Book 2 is 72 on the local page.
Does Illinois have a statewide journeyman license?
The state licensing page checked for this guide does not mention electrician. Chicago licenses the electrical contractor and requires a supervising electrician. City rules are in the Illinois license guide.
Where is the Aurora hall?
591 Sullivan Road, Aurora, IL 60506. The phone on file is (630) 897-0461. The public hall site did not return a readable page on this check.
