Microsoft La Porte
Under constructionNo union agreement found
Microsoft's $1 billion data center campus on 489 acres in the Radius Industrial Park in La Porte, Indiana; the first phase includes six data centers and a substation. Ryan Companies is preparing the site for vertical construction (July 2026).
Key facts
- Capacity
- Not available
- Estimated cost
- $1,000,000,000
- Building size
- 245,000 sq ftFirst data center building (2024 plan)
- Construction start
- Jun 17, 2026Groundbreaking
- Expected completion
- Not available
- Last verified
- Not yet re-verified
Companies and roles
- Owner
- General contractor
- Ryan Companies — listed as “Ryan Central”
Unions
No union agreement was found in the sources reviewed. This does not mean the site is non-union.
Locals with jurisdiction over this site
Local with jurisdiction over this site (not confirmed on the job)
- Electricians
- Plumbers & pipefitters
- Ironworkers
- Sheet metal & HVAC
- Laborers
- Operating engineers (heavy equipment)
- Carpenters
- Boilermakers
- Insulators
- Plasterers & cement masons
- Roofers
- Elevator constructors
- Teamsters (drivers)
Prevailing wages (government minimums)
Minimum hourly pay the U.S. Department of Labor sets for federally funded building work in La Porte County, by trade. It is a floor, not what this project pays: data center jobs often pay above scale, and non-union survey rates can be many years old.
| Trade | Wage /hr | Overtime 1.5× | Double time 2× | Benefits /hr | Total comp /hr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ElectriciansUnion rate · IBEW Local 531 · effective May 31, 2025ELECTRICIAN (LAPORTE AND PORTER COUNTIES)Overtime 1.5× $73.50 · Double time 2× $98.00 · Benefits /hr $32.89 | $49.00 | $73.50 | $98.00 | $32.89 | $81.89 |
| Plumbers & pipefittersUnion rate · Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 210 · effective Jun 1, 2025PLUMBEROvertime 1.5× $74.66 · Double time 2× $99.54 · Benefits /hr $28.56 | $49.77 | $74.66 | $99.54 | $28.56 | $78.33 |
| Plumbers & pipefittersUnion rate · Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 172 · effective Jun 1, 2025PLUMBER, PIPEFITTER, STEAMFITTEROvertime 1.5× $67.40 · Double time 2× $89.86 · Benefits /hr $0.00 | $44.93 | $67.40 | $89.86 | $0.00 | $44.93 |
| IronworkersUnion rate · Iron Workers Local 292 · effective Jun 1, 2025IRONWORKEROvertime 1.5× $59.64 · Double time 2× $79.52 · Benefits /hr $25.00 | $39.76 | $59.64 | $79.52 | $25.00 | $64.76 |
| Sheet metal & HVACUnion rate · Sheet Metal Workers Local 20 · effective Oct 1, 2025SHEET METAL WORKER (LAKE, LAPORTE, AND PORTER COUNTIES)Overtime 1.5× $79.44 · Double time 2× $105.92 · Benefits /hr $31.41 | $52.96 | $79.44 | $105.92 | $31.41 | $84.37 |
| LaborersUnion rate · Laborers Local 81 · effective Jun 1, 2025LABORERS: GROUP 1 BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION LABORERS…Overtime 1.5× $59.84 · Double time 2× $79.78 · Benefits /hr $30.30 | $39.89 | $59.84 | $79.78 | $30.30 | $70.19 |
| Operating engineers (heavy equipment)Union rate · Operating Engineers Local 150 · effective May 1, 2025POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, HEAVY/HIGHWAY GROUP 4 AIR COMPRESSORS, CONVEYOR (ALL), FIREMA…Overtime 1.5× $70.43 · Double time 2× $93.90 · Benefits /hr $43.40 | $46.95 | $70.43 | $93.90 | $43.40 | $90.35 |
| CarpentersUnion rate · Carpenters Local 765 · effective Jun 1, 2025CARPENTER (LAKE, LAPORTE AND PORTER COUNTIES)Overtime 1.5× $68.87 · Double time 2× $91.82 · Benefits /hr $35.90 | $45.91 | $68.87 | $91.82 | $35.90 | $81.81 |
| BoilermakersUnion rate · Boilermakers Local 374 · effective May 1, 2025BOILERMAKEROvertime 1.5× $64.86 · Double time 2× $86.48 · Benefits /hr $38.17 | $43.24 | $64.86 | $86.48 | $38.17 | $81.41 |
| InsulatorsUnion rate · Heat and Frost Insulators Local 75 · effective Jun 1, 2025ASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR (REMAINING COUNTIES)Overtime 1.5× $61.80 · Double time 2× $82.40 · Benefits /hr $30.93 | $41.20 | $61.80 | $82.40 | $30.93 | $72.13 |
| PaintersUnion rate · Painters Local 91 · effective Jun 1, 2025PAINTER: BRUSH & ROLLER, DRYWALL TAPING & FINISHING, VINYL/PAPER HANGINGOvertime 1.5× $48.75 · Double time 2× $65.00 · Benefits /hr $19.86 | $32.50 | $48.75 | $65.00 | $19.86 | $52.36 |
| Plasterers & cement masonsUnion rate · Plasterers and Cement Masons Local 438 · effective Jun 1, 2018CEMENT MASON: BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONOvertime 1.5× $54.02 · Double time 2× $72.02 · Benefits /hr $25.40 | $36.01 | $54.02 | $72.02 | $25.40 | $61.41 |
| RoofersUnion rate · Roofers Local 23 · effective Jun 1, 2024ROOFER: COMPOSITION (LA PORTE AND ST. JOSEPH COUNTIES)Overtime 1.5× $51.83 · Double time 2× $69.10 · Benefits /hr $21.04 | $34.55 | $51.83 | $69.10 | $21.04 | $55.59 |
| Elevator constructorsUnion rate · Elevator Constructors Local 44 · effective Jan 1, 2025ELEVATOR MECHANIC (LA PORTE AND ST. JOSEPH COUNTIES) AOvertime 1.5× $93.41 · Double time 2× $124.54 · Benefits /hr $38.44 | $62.27 | $93.41 | $124.54 | $38.44 | $100.71 |
| Teamsters (drivers)Union rate · Teamsters Local 135 · effective Apr 1, 2025TRUCK DRIVER, HEAVY AND HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION: GROUP 2 SINGLE AXLE FUEL AND WATER TRUCKS…Overtime 1.5× $52.11 · Double time 2× $69.48 · Benefits /hr $20.51 | $34.74 | $52.11 | $69.48 | $20.51 | $55.25 |
- Wage:
- the hourly pay in the worker's paycheck, before taxes, at straight time.
- Overtime and double time:
- the wage × 1.5 and × 2. Federal contracts require time and a half after 40 hours a week; when double time applies (for example Sundays, holidays or after 10–12 hours) is set by each union contract.
- Benefits:
- paid by the employer on top of the wage into the worker's health insurance, pension and annuity, and apprenticeship training funds (sometimes vacation and holiday pay). Not in the paycheck.
- Total comp:
- wage + benefits for one straight-time hour.
Journeyman rates only; shift premiums and per diem are not included. Source: Davis-Bacon general wage determinations on SAM.gov.
Apprentices: rates above are for journeymen. Apprentices are usually paid a percentage of the journeyman rate, typically starting around 40–60% and rising about 10 percentage points every 6 months to a year until they reach the full rate. Exact steps vary by trade and local.
- U.S. Department of Labor wage determination IN20260001 (SAM.gov) (opens in a new tab)sam.gov · Government filing
Sources
Every fact on this page comes from these public sources:
- Microsoft (opens in a new tab)local.microsoft.com · Company
- Indiana Economic Development Corporation (opens in a new tab)iedc.in.gov · Government filing
- IBEW inside jurisdiction map (IN) (opens in a new tab)ibew.org · Other
- U.S. Department of Labor wage determination IN20260001 (SAM.gov) (opens in a new tab)sam.gov · Government filing
- 95.3 MNC (opens in a new tab)953mnc.com · News
- Northwest Indiana Business (opens in a new tab)nwindianabusiness.com · News
- DatacenterDynamics (opens in a new tab)datacenterdynamics.com · News
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