06/27/2026 Daily Report

**IBEW Traveler Snapshot — Saturday, June 27, 2026** **LU-26 Washington DC** is the top dollar local on the board at $62.00/hr base with 156 open calls — FIS LLC alone needs 30 JW for Sterling VA data centers with $125/day per diem and planned OT. Background checks and US citizenship requirements are common here, so have your paperwork ready. **LU-481 Indianapolis** is loaded with 211 open calls and some serious money — Fluor at Eli Lilly is paying 20% over scale at $58.70/hr, and Meade Electric at the Meta Lebanon site is running 5-12s plus a 10-hour Saturday at $53.80/hr. Industrial Electric's Lilly shifts are also hitting $58.70/hr with rotating schedules. **LU-405 Cedar Rapids** is a sleeper pick — 112 calls, mostly data center work, and the top contractors (CST, Cupertino, TriCity) are all paying $54.48/hr with double-time OT on 6-10s schedules. Iowa license and OSHA 10/30 required for most calls. **LU-354 Salt Lake City** has a standout offer: Cupertino at QTS Eagle Mountain is paying $61.22/hr ($15 over scale), and Wasatch Electric is stacking $225/day incentive on top of scale — serious earning potential if you can get in. 96 open calls total. **LU-369 Louisville** has 109 calls concentrated at Ford LAP with multiple contractors — ECA, Conti, KLA, and others all hiring on 6-10s and 7-10s schedules at scale. Long-duration calls available but note some are flagged as short calls, so read the details. Overall, the market is hot across the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic — data centers are driving the bulk of volume, and double-time OT is becoming the norm rather than the exception.