07/25/2026 Daily Report

**IBEW Traveling Wire Snapshot — Saturday, July 25, 2026** **LU-26 Washington, DC** is the top earner today at $62.00/hr with 199 open calls across DC, VA, and MD — data centers, industrial, and fire alarm work dominate. Several Rosendin and JE Richards jobs stack daily OT plus Saturday hours, making weekly gross well above base. **LU-494 Milwaukee, WI** is a standout for volume and pay — the Port Washington Data Center jobs are offering $52.73 + $10/hr bump, running 50-60+ hrs/week. That's real money, and multiple contractors (Gurtz, MJ Electric, Cupertino, Staff Electric) are all hiring there. Bring a valid WI license and ID docs. **LU-237 Niagara Falls, NY** has 130 calls with 117 of them at Lake Mariner Data Center alone — three contractors (Ferguson, O'Connell, BESCO) all running 7/10s with per diem on top of $48.20 scale. Hard to ignore that concentration of work in one place. **LU-583 El Paso, TX** is worth a look if you're JIW-licensed — Summit Line and others are paying $55/hr on 6-10s with double-time OT. NM EE98J license preferred on most calls. **LU-613 Atlanta, GA** leads in raw call volume at 272 open positions, with data center and hospital work running 4-10s plus Saturdays across multiple contractors. Overall, data center construction is carrying the market hard right now — nearly every top local has at least one major campus driving the bulk of their open calls.