IBEW Traveler Snapshot — Monday, September 14, 2026 LU-26 Washington, DC is the top earner on the board at $62.00/hr, with JE Richards running a 60-hour, 6-day schedule out of Manassas, VA — 2 hours daily OT plus a 10-hour Saturday — across 59 JW slots at a data center. Background check, 2-day safety training, and OSHA 10 required. Several other JE Richards and Aarow Electric data center calls in Sterling, Fredericksburg, and Springfield round out 390 open positions. LU-494 Milwaukee, WI offers strong hours and premium pay at $62.51/hr for the Port Washington Data Center calls from Gurtz, Cupertino, and MJ Electric, running 58–60 hrs/week. Wisconsin electrical license required for those. Westphal Electric at Oak Creek Power Plant pays $60.00/hr + $1,050/week subsistence for travelers over 70 miles, on 5-10s. Book 1 and Book 2 are both at 35. LU-405 Cedar Rapids, IA is one of the best value plays on the board — base scale is $44.73/hr but every major data center call here pays $10 over scale ($54.73/hr) with 2x OT. CST needs 32 JW on 6-10s at EWD Data Center; Cupertino has a second-shift QTS call paying the same rate plus a 17.3% shift differential. Iowa Journeyman A license required on several calls. OSHA 10 or 30 needed across the board. LU-401 Reno, NV has 78 openings led by the Thacker Pass lithium mine project in Winnemucca. Bechtel's top call pays $56/hr + $120/day per diem + $4/hr bonus on 6-10s; Newtron offers $52/hr + $100/day per diem + $3/hr completion bonus on the same schedule. Redwood Electric's Edgecore data center call in Sparks tops out at $62/hr on 5-10s. Book 2 has 61 names vs. Book 1's 15. LU-354 Salt Lake City, UT has 119 openings anchored by META and QTS data center work in Eagle Mountain. Winward Electrical is sweetening the deal with scale + $225 incentive per qualifying 10-hour weekday and Saturday OT shift, running 8 straight + 2 OT daily. Skyline has a premium call at $61.22/hr for 8 JW at QTS. Most calls require a shop orientation before reporting. LU-613 Atlanta, GA has 396 open positions — the largest raw count on today's board — almost entirely data center conduit, cable tray, and MC feeder work at QTS and DataBank sites in Fayetteville and Fulton Industrial. Schedules run 4-10s with optional or mandatory Saturdays at scale ($42.00/hr). Book 1 sits at 923 names, Book 2 at 35. LU-917 Meridian, MS has 90 positions with Rosendin Electric at Compass Data Center, with start dates in late September. Pay is $42.85/hr straight and night shift adds a 17.3% shift differential; 2x OT on all overtime if 90% availability is met. Fit for Duty test, 2 forms of ID, SSC, and void check required. LU-575 Portsmouth, OH is dominated by TSG's 99 JW call at the North Campus Amazon project in Jeffersonville on 4-10s plus spotty Saturdays at $41.35/hr. Pritchard Electric has 3 spots at Nexpera in Morton, KY paying $44.89/hr on 7-10s through around October 3 — TWIC card required. Book 1 at 30, Book 2 at 44. **LU-481 Indianapolis,