04/28/2026 Daily Report

**IBEW Daily Dispatch Snapshot - Tuesday, April 28, 2026** LU-26 Washington, DC tops today with 433 open calls at $59.50/hr — data center work dominates Northern Virginia with multiple contractors offering overtime schedules and per diem up to $125/day. LU-1426 Grand Forks has 191 calls for the Polaris Forge Data Center project, paying up to $43.02/hr with shift differential plus $100-150 daily incentives. LU-354 Salt Lake City shows 189 calls with some contractors paying $10-15 over scale ($43.65 base) for data center projects. LU-474 Memphis has 118 calls with double-time overtime on a massive Google data center project in West Memphis, while LU-1105 Newark offers 113 positions with several contractors paying $2.01-$5.75 over their $40.25 scale. The market remains hot for traveling electricians, especially those willing to work data center projects with extended overtime schedules.