08/02/2026 Daily Report

**IBEW Traveler Snapshot — Sunday, August 3, 2026** **LU-291 Boise, ID** is the top earner today — the Micron ID1 project is paying **$65.33/hr plus $170/day travel pay** if you're eligible, with multiple contractors still pulling from a 168-call board. Idaho license required. **LU-26 DC** ($62.00/hr) and **LU-134 Chicago** ($63.15/hr) round out the premium scale markets, with 174 and 129 open calls respectively — Chicago has some 12-hour, 6-day schedules running right now. **LU-494 Milwaukee** is a strong overtime play — the Port Washington Data Center has four contractors all running 50-60+ hours a week at **$52.73 + $10 over**, and Book 1 is thin at just 22 names. Wisconsin license and drug test required. **LU-405 Cedar Rapids** ($44.73/hr base) is also paying **$10 over scale with 2x OT** on the big data center calls — 128 open positions, OSHA 10 required. **LU-1426 Grand Forks** has 98 calls just at the Polaris Forge Data Center running **6-10s**, with **$100/day per diem, daily attendance incentives, and an extra $100/day for ND license holders** — stacks up fast. **LU-237 Niagara Falls** has 102 calls concentrated at Lake Mariner Data on **7-10s with per diem available** and a Book 1 of only 5. Overall market looks data-center heavy across the board — if you've got your license and can pass a drug test, there's work in every region right now.