IBEW Traveler Snapshot: Monday, October 05, 2026 LU-613 Atlanta, GA is running hot with 500 open positions across 60 active calls. Top calls are heavy data-center work at QTS Fayetteville, with Miller Electrical pulling 78 JW on 4-10s plus an 8-hour Monday and Inglett and Stubbs running 67 JW on the same site with optional Saturdays. Both start at 6:30am at scale ($42.00/hr). Whitehead Electric has 38 JW on cable tray and MC feeders at QTS DC3 running 4-10s plus two 8s Mon-Sat at 6am. The standout call is Jingoli Nuclear Services at Plant Yates in Newnan, offering $57.00/hr plus $178/day per diem for eligible travelers over 150 miles on a 6-10s Mon-Sat schedule. LU-26 Washington, DC leads in pay at $62.00/hr base with 412 open positions across 54 active calls. The biggest call is JE Richards running 116 JW at the MDC Manassas, VA site on a 60-hour, 6-day schedule with M-F overtime built in and 10 hours on Saturday. FIS has 20 JW at various VA data centers with $125/day per diem and planned OT, but an AWS badge is required. Dynalectric is running 19 JW in Culpeper on a 3-8s plus 3-12s split schedule. Background checks, drug tests, and OSHA credentials are standard across most calls here. LU-60 San Antonio, TX has 361 open positions with a shallow book: Book 1 at 56, Book 2 at 2. Big State dominates the board with 99 JIW, 99 CW 4-5, and 89 CW 6-7 all in the San Antonio area at scale ($39.00/hr), with OSHA card, drug test, and a Texas electrical license required across the board. Alterman has 11 JIW on Mon-Fri 5-11s night work in the San Antonio area, plus an additional 10 JIW call with schedule not specified. Southland has 14 CW at the Alamo Visitor Center on 5-10s for 4-6 weeks doing EMT conduit installation. LU-494 Milwaukee, WI has 204 open positions centered on data-center work in Port Washington with an elevated scale of $62.51/hr on the heavy calls. Gurtz Electric and Cupertino Electric each have 30 Inside JW running 58-60 hours per week at that rate, and MJ Electric has 13 Inside JW at 50-58 hours per week at the same $62.51/hr. All Port Washington calls require a Wisconsin electrical license and a physical passport or qualifying government IDs. Book 2 is deep at 57 names, so travelers should be aware of list position before making a move. LU-405 Cedar Rapids, IA has 108 open positions with the strongest package on the board relative to base scale. CST is running 42 JW at the EWD Data Center on 6-10s with a $10.00/hr premium over scale, all OT at double time, foreman and GF add another $2.00/hr, putting top earners well above the $44.73/hr base. Cupertino has 10 JW at QTS on 5-10s with some Saturdays and the same $10.00/hr over plus double-time OT, requiring an Iowa Journeyman A license. NTI has 10 VDV Tech positions at QTS running 68 hours per week with Monday onboarding. Basepoint and Munson Electric round out the board with smaller JW calls also carrying the $10.00/hr premium. Overall, data-center work is driving volume across all five territories, with Cedar Rapids and Milwaukee offering the best total-package math for travelers who can meet licensing and credentialing requirements.