IBEW Daily Job Call Report — Oct 15, 2026
IBEW Traveler Snapshot: Thursday, October 15, 2026
LU-613 Atlanta, GA has 478 open calls across 56 active calls, paying $42.00/hr ($1,680/wk @40hrs). Notable openings include 8 journeymen at QTS Fayetteville on 4-10s and 2-8s Mon-Sat at scale, starting 6am, and 10 journeymen at DC Blox West in Lithia Springs on the same schedule, plus 10 journeymen at the Equinix Data Center in Hampton on 4-10s and 1-8 Mon-Fri at scale, starting 6:30am. One 1-electric, LLC call pays $42.00/hr for a service truck role, with an interview, a 10-year background check, and direct deposit required. The Hampton and Lithia Springs data center work is new building construction.
LU-26 Washington, DC has 409 open calls paying $62.00/hr ($2,480/wk @40hrs) for data center and electrical construction work across Northern Virginia, Washington DC, and the Shenandoah area. The largest call is 100 positions at JE Richards' MDC site in Manassas, VA, on M-F 5-8s plus 2 OT each day and a 10-hour Saturday, a 60-hour, 6-day week at scale. Requirements include a pre-hire drug test, a background check after hiring, 2 days of safety training before site work, and an OSHA 10 card at orientation. VarcoMac has 20 positions at a Washington, DC data center with OT available at scale, and Dynalectric has 15 positions at a Culpeper, VA data center on 3-8s and 3-12s at scale.
LU-60 San Antonio, TX has 400 open calls across 18 active calls, paying $39.00/hr ($1,560/wk @40hrs). Big State has 93 journeymen, 91 and 77 calls for cable work, with locations and schedules not specified, and the posted calls note OSHA 10, a TDLR license, a drug test, and a background check. Alterman has 40 journeymen and 39 cable workers on Monday-Friday 5-11s at scale for night work, with a 10-cable-worker call also listed. Location details for most calls were not stated in the dispatch.
LU-474 Memphis, TN has 228 open calls across 11 active calls, paying $38.25/hr ($1,530/wk @40hrs). Cache Valley Electric has the largest call with 128 journeymen at a Memphis jurisdiction data center on 7-12s at scale plus $15.00/hr over, with OT=DT, and a background check, drug screen, and OSHA 10 required before starting. ArchKey Sachs Electric has 31 journeymen at a Google data center in West Memphis, AR, on 6-10s starting at 6am at scale with OT=DT and a $250/day incentive for a complete shift, though more than 2 absences forfeits the whole week's incentive. Hire-in is Monday, Tuesday, or Thursday, and an Arkansas license is required.
LU-494 Milwaukee, WI has 225 open calls across 49 active calls, paying $52.51/hr ($2,100/wk @40hrs). Gurtz Electric has 59 journeymen at the Port Washington Data Center on 60 hours per week at scale plus $10 over, starting 7:30am on 10/20/26 for orientation, with a Wisconsin electrical license and a drug test required. Cupertino Electric has 30 journeymen at the same site on 58-60 hours per week with more hours available, at scale plus $10 over, starting ASAP at 7am. Wil-Surge Electric has 12 journeymen on a long call in the Milwaukee area starting ASAP at 7am at scale, and MJ Electric has 10 journeymen at Port Washington.
Overall, demand across these five halls is strong, with data center and new construction work driving most of the openings.
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