IBEW Traveler Snapshot: Tuesday, September 15, 2026 LU-26 Washington, DC is the top earner on the board at $62.00/hr. JE Richards is running the most bodies, with 51 JW needed at MDC Manassas on a 60-hour/week schedule, plus 25 more at Fredericksburg and 19 at Sterling with possible Saturday OT. Background check and 2-day safety training required on all JE Richards calls. Aarow Electric has additional openings requiring drug test, US citizenship proof, and background check. LU-494 Milwaukee, WI is paying $62.51/hr at the Port Washington Data Center, where Gurtz, Cupertino, and MJ Electric are collectively pulling 75 JW on 58 to 60-hour weeks. Wisconsin electrical license and completed drug test required before site access. Westphal Electric at Oak Creek Power Plant is offering $60.00/hr plus $1,050/week subsistence for workers over 70 miles out, with a 5% quarterly bonus on 5-10s. LU-405 Cedar Rapids, IA is a strong data center market at $54.73/hr for JW across multiple QTS and EWD calls. CST needs 27 JW on 6-10s with 2x OT. Cupertino has a night shift call at QTS paying $54.73/hr plus 17.3% shift differential with 2x OT. OSHA 10/30 and Iowa Journeyman A license required for most calls. LU-401 Reno, NV has the standout call at Thacker Pass in Winnemucca, where Bechtel needs 28 JW on 6-10s at scale plus $4.00/hr over and $120/day per diem. OSHA 10, background check, and drug test required. Sparks-area data center work continues at Bighorn and Edgecore, with EC Electric paying scale plus $10.00/hr over for BMS/EPMS-experienced workers. LU-917 Meridian, MS has 90 JW positions at Rosendin Electric's Compass Data Center job on 4-10s plus 2-8s. Day shift pays $42.85/hr, with night shift adding a 17.3% differential and 2x OT for workers meeting 90% availability. Multiple late-September start dates. Two forms of ID, SSC, void check, and Fit for Duty test required. LU-354 Salt Lake City, UT has Cache Valley Electric running 25 JW at Proctor and Gamble in Corrine on 6-10s, possibly 6-12s, with possible night work. Winward Electrical at QTS Eagle Mountain offers scale plus a $225 daily incentive on qualifying days with Saturday OT. 125 open calls across 23 active calls total. LU-613 Atlanta, GA has 431 open positions centered on the QTS Fayetteville data center complex. Miller, Inglett and Stubbs, and Whitehead Electric are all running large JW calls on 4-10s plus Saturday work. Safety-toed boots required across most calls. Off-site parking in use at the Miller QTS call. LU-481 Indianapolis, IN is lighter with 127 open calls. Industrial Electric needs JW at Eli Lilly maintenance on 5-8s with spotty OT. Total Electrical Systems Testing needs a NETA Level 2 test technician for various project locations. Drug test and background check required on all active calls. LU-175 Chattanooga, TN has broad work across nuclear outage, data center, and underground sectors. Day and Zimmermann is running TVA nuclear outage work at Watts Bar and Sequoyah requiring OSHA 10 and TVA clearance. Michels Underground needs 8 groundmen on 7-day 10-hour weeks plus $140/day per diem at a Bridgeport, AL data center. NABCO has 26 positions across DNN4, UTC, and Chickamauga. **LU-575