IBEW Traveler Snapshot: Wednesday, November 04, 2026 LU-60 San Antonio, TX: Scale is $39.00/hr ($1,560/wk at 40 hrs) with 456 open positions across 18 active calls. The largest calls are Big State, with 81 CW, 77 JW, 50 CW, and 46 JW/CW night shift openings. Several calls require a drug test, OSHA 10, and a Texas State Electrical License. The night shift runs Monday through Friday, 6pm to 4:30am, with all hours paid at overtime rate. LU-613 Atlanta, GA: Scale is $42.00/hr ($1,680/wk at 40 hrs) with 449 open positions across 53 active calls. Top openings include Inglett & Stubbs (75 JW, QTS Fayette, 4-10s plus 1-8, Mon-Fri, 6:30am start) and Miller Electrical Contractors TN (74 JW, QTS Fayetteville, 4-10s plus 1-8, Mon-Fri, 6:30am start, off-site parking). Safety-toed boots are required at the Fayette site, and orientation there is held Monday and Wednesday only. LU-26 Washington, DC: Scale is $62.00/hr ($2,480/wk at 40 hrs) with 387 open positions, mostly data-center and electrical work across Northern Virginia, DC, Maryland, and Shenandoah Valley. JE Richards has 63 openings at MDC in Manassas, VA, on a 60-hour, 6-day schedule with 2 hours of OT each weekday and 10 hours on Saturday. Pre-hire drug testing, a background check after hiring, and OSHA 10 are required. LU-481 Indianapolis, IN: Scale rate is $48.80/hr ($1,952/wk at 40 hrs) with 199 open positions across 35 active calls. Industrial Electric needs 7 JW for the Eli Lilly LP1 project in Lebanon, IN, on 7-10s rotating Sundays with a 13-days-on, 1-day-off schedule, paying $5.00/hr above scale. Coppersmith Electric needs 1 JW for apartment work in Shelbyville, on 4-10s Monday through Thursday, with a drug test required. LU-494 Milwaukee, WI: Scale is $52.51/hr ($2,100/wk at 40 hrs) with 177 open positions, mainly inside JW work on the Port Washington Data Center projects. Gurtz Electric has 37 inside JW openings at 60 hrs/week, and Cupertino Electric has 30 at 58-60 hrs/week, both with scale plus a $10/hr base wage increase. A valid Wisconsin electrical license and a drug test are required. Overall, data-center work continues to drive demand across these halls, with overtime and premium pay common on many calls.