08/18/2026 Daily Report

**IBEW Traveler Snapshot — Tuesday, August 18, 2026** **LU-613 Atlanta, GA** is the volume leader today with 322 open calls at $40/hr — data center work is driving it, with Inglett & Stubbs and Whitehead Electric each pulling 41 JW at QTS Fayetteville on 4-10s plus Saturday schedules. **LU-494 Milwaukee, WI** has 185 calls at $52.51/hr base, and the Port Washington Data Center jobs with Cupertino, Gurtz, and MJ Electric are paying **$10 over scale** with 50-60+ hour weeks — Wisconsin license required. **LU-405 Cedar Rapids, IA** stands out for earning potential: CST and TriCity are paying **$54.73/hr with 2x OT** at QTS and EWD data centers, and Cupertino's 2nd shift adds a 17.3% shift differential on top of that. **LU-1426 Grand Forks, ND** has 101 calls and Parsons Electric's Polaris Forge job is stacking nicely — $100/day per diem, attendance incentives up to $150/day on weekends, and an extra $100/day for an ND license. **LU-583 El Paso, TX** has a tale of two jobs: Summit Line in Santa Teresa is at **$65/hr + $1,121/week per diem** (NM license required), while Rosendin in El Paso is offering $40/hr plus a $15 incentive on a 60/60/50-hour rotation. **LU-430 Racine, WI** is worth a look if you're Book 2 — zero Book 1 travelers on the out-of-work list, 76 open calls, and all Microsoft work paying a flat **$62.51/hr**. Overall, data centers are keeping the market hot across nearly every jurisdiction today.