IBEW Traveler Snapshot: Saturday, October 17, 2026 LU-613 Atlanta, GA: 477 open calls, base rate $42.00/hr (1,680/wk at 40 hrs). Top listings include Miller Electrical Contractors on QTS Fayetteville data center hall buildout (4-10s plus 1-8 M-F, 6:30am start, off-site parking at 167 Tyrone Road) and Inglett & Stubbs on QTS Fayette new construction (4-10s plus 1-8 M-F, Saturdays optional, safety-toed boots required, orientation Monday and Wednesday only). Other calls include a Miller shop job at Hampton on 4-10s plus 2-8s M-Sat, and a Whitehead Electric job at QTS Fayetteville on the same M-Sat pattern starting at 6am. LU-26 Washington, DC: 425 open calls, base rate $62.00/hr (2,480/wk at 40 hrs). Work spans data center, electrical, QA/QC, testing, and industrial across Northern Virginia, DC, Maryland, and the Shenandoah Zone. JE Richards at MDC in Manassas runs a 60-hour, 6-day week with 2 OT hours each weekday and 10 hours Saturday, requires pre-hire drug testing, and needs OSHA 10 at orientation. VarcoMac in Ashburn offers OT available, and Dynalectric in Culpeper runs 3-8s then 3-12s. LU-60 San Antonio, TX: 391 open calls, base rate $39.00/hr (1,560/wk at 40 hrs). Listings are mostly Big State and Alterman calls, with locations not specified. Alterman calls run Monday through Friday 5-11s and are night work. Big State listings are regular calls with no special qualifications stated. LU-494 Milwaukee, WI: 223 open calls, base rate $52.51/hr (2,100/wk at 40 hrs) plus a $10/hr base wage increase on the listed jobs. The Port Washington Data Center has Gurtz Electric (57 JW, 60 hrs/week, start 10/20/26 at 7:30 AM) and Cupertino Electric (30 JW, 58-60 hrs/week, start ASAP at 7 AM). Both require a valid Wisconsin electrical license, two forms of physical ID, and a passed drug test before jobsite access. LU-474 Memphis, TN: 184 open calls, base rate $38.25/hr (1,530/wk at 40 hrs). Cache Valley has 60 JW on a Memphis data center day shift, 7-12s, with $15/hr over scale, double time OT, and $178/day per diem for those living 50+ miles away. ArchKey Sachs Electric has 31 JW on a Google data center in West Memphis, AR, 6-10s, with $250/day incentive for a full shift (the full week's incentive is lost after more than 2 absences), and a night shift listing with 17 JW. Overall, all five halls show strong demand, with Washington, DC and Milwaukee paying the highest base rates among these locals and data center work driving most of the open calls.