IBEW Local 481 in Indianapolis has 165 open positions across 39 calls as of October 26, 2026. Inside scale is $48.80/hr, with $11.20/hr health and welfare. The pension line on file is 32.9%, $14.95. The largest inside call is Electric Plus, 29 JW at IU Hospital. Ermco wants 23 JW at the Google data center in Mooresville. Meade wants 10 JW at the Meta data center in Lebanon at a printed $58.90/hr. The October 26 outlook does not print Book 1 or Book 2, and it does not print a per diem. GoHereBro tracks 300 IBEW locals. The cards below are Indianapolis (Local 481), Terre Haute (Local 725), La Porte (Local 531), and Evansville (Local 16).
Check the Local 481 dispatch page, the Indiana IBEW pay scale table, the national pay scale hub, the map, and Hot Spots. City licensing is covered in the Indiana electrician license guide. Fort Wayne is a different hall: Local 305.
What Local 481 is calling on October 26
The first line of the outlook matches the live count: 165 open across 39 calls. The 30-day scrape max is also 165. The three calls that carry the most hands:
Electric Plus wants 29 JW at IU Hospital, 1330 N Senate Avenue, downtown Indianapolis. The schedule is 5-10s Monday through Friday plus an 8-hour Saturday, 6:00 a.m. start, inside work with heat and air. Saturday is double time if you work 90% of the available hours Monday through Saturday. The line does not print a double-time rule for the weekday hours over 40. OSHA 10 is required, and the hall says the card will be provided if you do not have one. Drug test. Long call. Industrial Electric has a separate 7 JW call at the same hospital on the same hours and the same Saturday rule.
Ermco wants 23 JW at the Google data center in Mooresville. The call is for Wednesday, October 28. Schedule is 5-10s plus an 8-hour Saturday. All overtime is double time if you work all available hours that day. OSHA 10 is required to take the call. The work is outside new construction. Background check, drug test, and safety-toe boots. Long call. The line does not print a rate above scale.
Meade wants 10 JW at the Meta data center in Lebanon, also for Wednesday, October 28. Schedule is 5-10s Monday through Friday plus 10 hours on Saturday, 6:00 a.m. start. The call prints $10.00 above scale and states $58.90/hr. Scale on file is $48.80, and $10.00 over that scale is $58.80. The weekly estimate below uses the $58.90 the call prints. All overtime is double time if you work all available hours that day. Onsite mouth swab and an off-site 10-panel drug test. Long call.
Smaller lines on the same board include Ermco at Lilly's southside corporate center (6 JW, 5-8s), Exential at Lilly in Lebanon (3 JW, $5.00 above scale, printed $53.90/hr, outside rigid, double time on overtime if you worked 8 hours first), and Payne at the Kroger in Whitestown (2 JW, 6-10s). The rest of the 39 calls move. Use the live Local 481 page.
Weekly gross pay math
These rows use only rates and hour counts the October 26 outlook prints. Health and welfare is not in the gross. Taxes, dues, and lodging are not deducted. No per diem is printed, so none is added.
| Call | Rate | Hours | Straight time (40 hrs) | Overtime | Estimated weekly gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scale week | $48.80 | 40 | $1,952.00 | $0.00 | $1,952.00 |
| Ermco Google, double time on the 18 overtime hours if you work every available hour | $48.80 | 58 | $1,952.00 | $1,756.80 | $3,708.80 |
| Meade Meta, printed rate, double time on the 20 overtime hours if you work every available hour | $58.90 | 60 | $2,356.00 | $2,356.00 | $4,712.00 |
The Electric Plus Saturday is a separate rule. Eight Saturday hours at double the $48.80 scale is $780.80, and only if you worked 90% of the available hours Monday through Saturday. The outlook does not say what the 10 weekday overtime hours on that call pay, so they are left out of the table.
Compare packages on the Indiana IBEW pay scale table, the national pay scale hub, and how much union electricians make in 2026.
Licensing and the hall
Indiana does not list an electrician license on the Professional Licensing Agency profession list. Plumbing is on that list. The Indianapolis Department of Business and Neighborhood Services licenses electrical contractors inside the consolidated city and says there is no state license for those contractors. That city license is the contractor's. Lawrence, Beech Grove, Speedway, and Southport are outside it. The Meta call is in Lebanon and the Google call is in Mooresville. Neither line prints a city card. The full city-by-city rules are in the Indiana license guide.
Terre Haute licenses electrical contractors on its own, commercial and residential. A commercial license needs a master electrician exam. A residential license, single-family under 400 amp, accepts a master, journeyman, or residential exam. Local 725 has 48 open at $48.00/hr. Book 1 is 113. Book 2 is 2.
The Local 481 hall on file is 1828 N Meridian Street, Suite 205, Indianapolis, IN 46202. Phone: (317) 923-2596. The hall site is the public page. The October 26 outlook tells members to place a bid through the red Member Login button. It does not print a walk-in Book 2 window. If this is a first hitch, read how to travel IBEW Book 2 before you leave, and confirm the sign-in with the hall. The board did not publish one.
Where the other Indiana work sits
- IU Hospital, downtown Indianapolis: 29 JW for Electric Plus and 7 JW for Industrial Electric, 5-10s plus an 8-hour Saturday.
- Mooresville: 23 JW for Ermco at Google, call dated Wednesday, October 28, scale, double time on overtime if you work the full day.
- Lebanon: 10 JW for Meade at Meta, same Wednesday date, printed $58.90, and 3 JW for Exential at Lilly at a printed $53.90.
- Terre Haute, La Porte, Evansville: Local 725 has 48 open, Local 531 has 27 at $52.00/hr, and Local 16 has 25 at $49.11/hr.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many IBEW Local 481 calls are open right now?
165 open positions across 39 calls, as of October 26, 2026. That matches the first line of the outlook and the highest successful scrape in the last 30 days.
What is the IBEW Local 481 pay scale in 2026?
Inside scale is $48.80/hr. Health and welfare is $11.20/hr. The pension line on file is 32.9%, $14.95. A 40-hour week at scale is $1,952 gross before taxes. The Meade Meta call prints $58.90/hr.
What does the Meta data center call pay?
Meade wants 10 JW in Lebanon for Wednesday, October 28, on 5-10s plus 10 hours Saturday. The call prints $10.00 above scale and states $58.90/hr. Overtime is double time if you work all available hours that day. A 60-hour week at that printed rate is $4,712 gross if the double-time condition is met. No per diem is printed.
What is the Google data center call in Mooresville?
Ermco wants 23 JW for Wednesday, October 28, on 5-10s plus an 8-hour Saturday, at scale. OSHA 10 is required. Overtime is double time if you work all available hours that day. A 58-hour week at $48.80 is $3,708.80 gross if that condition is met.
Does the IU Hospital call pay double time all week?
Electric Plus wants 29 JW on 5-10s plus an 8-hour Saturday at scale. Saturday is double time if you work 90% of the available hours Monday through Saturday. Eight Saturday hours at double scale is $780.80 under that rule. The outlook does not print the weekday overtime rate.
Does Indiana have a statewide journeyman license for this hall?
The state profession list includes plumbing and does not list an electrician license. Indianapolis licenses the electrical contractor inside the consolidated city. The October 26 Local 481 calls do not print a city card on the JW lines. Read the Indiana license guide before you treat an out-of-state card as enough.
How do I sign the books at Local 481?
The October 26 outlook does not print Book 1 or Book 2 counts. It tells members to bid through the red Member Login button on the hall site. The hall on file is 1828 N Meridian Street, Suite 205, Indianapolis, IN 46202, phone (317) 923-2596. Confirm the sign-in with the hall.
Which nearby Indiana local has work if 481 is not the fit?
Local 725 Terre Haute has 48 open at $48.00/hr, with Book 1 at 113 and Book 2 at 2. Local 531 La Porte has 27 at $52.00/hr. Local 16 Evansville has 25 at $49.11/hr.
