09/01/2026 Daily Report

IBEW Traveler Snapshot — Tuesday, September 01, 2026 LU-26 Washington, DC is the top earner in today's snapshot at $62.00/hr. JE Richards is the biggest mover with 115 total JW needed across three data center calls in Manassas, Sterling, and Fredericksburg — the Manassas and Sterling jobs run 60 hrs/week with daily OT and a 10-hour Saturday. All JE Richards calls require drug test, background check, and OSHA 10. VarcoMac needs 19 JW for conduit work at the Federal Reserve in DC, and C3M Power Systems has 10 spots on WMATA with day and night shifts available. Book status not posted. LU-1426 Grand Forks, ND pays $58.50/hr for lineman work and offers some of the best all-in packages in today's data. Parsons Electric needs 32 JW at the Polaris Forge Data Center on 6-10s at $44.80/hr + $100/day incentive + $100/day per diem. Warrior Energy has 2 traveling JW spots covering MN/ND at foreman scale + $165/day per diem paid 7 days when 5+ days are worked. Apex Lineman work runs 6-12s at full $58.50/hr + up to $150/day incentive + $100/day per diem — Class A CDL required. ND license needed on most calls. LU-494 Milwaukee, WI has 181 open calls with the Port Washington Data Center dominating demand. Cupertino, Gurtz, and MJ Electric together need 58 JW there at $62.51/hr — well above the $52.51/hr scale — running 50-60 hrs/week. Wisconsin electrical license and passed drug test required on all three calls. Book 1 is thin at 15, Book 2 at 19, so travelers should call early. LU-405 Cedar Rapids, IA is a strong data center market with all overtime at double time across the top calls. CST needs 49 JW at the EWD Data Center on 6-10s at $54.73/hr with 2x OT. Cupertino and TriCity each need 10 JW at QTS at the same $54.73/hr 2x OT rate. Iowa Class A Journeyman license and OSHA 10/30 required on most calls. Miller Electric's VDV spots pay scale + $2 over also with double-time OT. LU-613 Atlanta, GA has 327 open calls — the largest raw number today — but pays $40.00/hr at scale. The biggest work is concentrated at QTS Fayetteville and related data center builds, with Whitehead Electric needing 41 JW and Inglett & Stubbs needing 37 JW. Most calls run 4-10s plus 2-8s Monday–Saturday. Book 1 sits at 923, so travelers should expect to come in off Book 2 (35 out). LU-354 Salt Lake City, UT has 91 open calls with several starting today, September 1. Skyline and Cache Valley Electric each need 10-15 JW at Facebook/Meta Eagle Mountain. Wasatch and Winward have 4 JW each at QTS Eagle Mountain with a $225 incentive per 10-hr day on top of scale — worth noting for travelers doing the math. Cache Valley's Nucor Shutdown runs 12-hr shifts Sunday through Saturday with orientation September 8 or 10. LU-1105 Newark, OH has 98 open calls centered on Ohio data center work with 2x OT on the top calls. Cupertino needs 8 JW at NAB and McGraw needs 12 JW split between day and night shifts at Kokosing NAB — all paying $46.68/hr with double-time OT. Night shift runs 7-12s from 4pm to 4am. Superior Group has 28 JW spread across CMH121 and Conesville on