07/14/2026 Daily Report

**IBEW Traveler Snapshot — Tuesday, July 14, 2026** **LU-1105 Newark, OH** leads the pack with 206 open calls and multiple long calls paying $50–$51/hr with all overtime as double-time — hard to beat for total earnings. **LU-481 Indianapolis, IN** is right behind with 191 calls; the Meade Electric Meta Data Center gig in Lebanon is a standout at $53.80/hr on 5-12s plus a 10-hour Saturday. **LU-494 Milwaukee, WI** has 186 open calls with Port Washington Data Center jobs running $62.73/hr ($10 over scale) at 50-60 hours a week — Wisconsin license required. **LU-26 Washington, DC** tops the scale chart at $62.00/hr base with 172 calls, plus a $125/day per diem on the Sterling VA data center work — Book 1 is nearly empty with just one name. **LU-294 Hibbing, MN** offers 144 calls with Hunt Electric's 103-person Cohasset call paying up to $175/day subsistence on top of scale. **LU-405 Cedar Rapids, IA** is worth a look too — 126 calls at $54.48/hr with double-time OT across multiple data center jobs. Overall, data center work is driving the market coast to coast — travelers with OSHA 10 and a state license are sitting in the best position right now.