IBEW Traveler Snapshot — Sunday, September 13, 2026 LU-613 Atlanta, GA pays $42.00/hr with 396 open calls. The biggest movers are Miller Electrical, Inglett & Stubbs, and Whitehead Electric, all pulling JWs into QTS data center work in Fayetteville on 4-10s plus Saturday 8s. The Hampton Shop call from Miller adds 29 more spots. Book 1 is deep at 923; Book 2 sits at 35. LU-26 Washington, DC pays $62.00/hr with 390 open calls, almost all data center work across Northern Virginia. JE Richards leads with a 60-hour, 6-day schedule at the Manassas MDC — expect 2 hrs OT daily plus a 10-hr Saturday. Most calls require a background check and 2-day safety training; the Manassas Aarow call adds US citizenship documentation. LU-494 Milwaukee, WI pays $52.51/hr base with 227 open calls. The Port Washington Data Center is the dominant job — three contractors (Gurtz, Cupertino, MJ Electric) are pulling 75+ JWs at $62.51/hr on 58-60 hr weeks; Wisconsin electrical license required. The Oak Creek Power Plant call offers $60.00/hr + $1,050/week subsistence for travelers over 70 miles on 5-10s. LU-481 Indianapolis, IN pays $48.80/hr with 126 open calls. Work is predominantly industrial maintenance at Eli Lilly on the south side — 5-8s Monday through Friday with spotty OT, 6 AM start, drug test and background check required. A NETA Level 2 (Level 3 preferred) test tech position is also open on a long call. LU-405 Cedar Rapids, IA pays $54.73/hr with 2x OT on the top calls with 122 open positions. The market is almost entirely QTS and EWD data center work. CST leads at 32 JWs on 6-10s; Cupertino offers a second-shift option with a 17.3% shift differential on top of the premium rate. OSHA 10 or 30 and an Iowa Journeyman A license are common requirements. LU-354 Salt Lake Lake City, UT pays $46.22/hr with 119 open calls centered on Eagle Mountain data center buildouts (META, QTS, Facebook). Winward Electrical stands out with a $225 daily incentive per 10-hour weekday and $225 for Saturday OT, stacking on top of scale. Most calls include OT and possible Saturdays. LU-575 Portsmouth, OH pays $41.35/hr base with 103 open calls. TSG is the volume leader with 99 JWs headed to the North Campus Amazon job in Jeffersonville on 4-10s plus a possible Saturday 8; OSHA 10 required. Pritchard Electric offers a short but premium call at $44.89/hr in Morton, KY through approximately October 3 — TWIC card required. LU-917 Meridian, MS pays $32.85/hr base with 90 open calls. Rosendin Electric is running 45 JWs at the Compass Data Center on 4-10s plus two 8-hour days at $42.85/hr with a 17.3% night differential and 2x OT if 90% of available hours are worked. Two forms of ID, Social Security card, void check, and a Fit for Duty test are required. LU-60 San Antonio, TX pays $39.00/hr with 85 open calls. Big State dominates with 73 positions spanning JW, JW Foreman, and multiple Construction Wireman levels. All calls require OSHA 10, a TDLR license, and a background check. Book 1 is thin at 73 total; Book 2 has 4. LU-401 Reno, NV pays $52.00/hr