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The Work.

Real-time IBEW Inside wireman job calls by local. Book counts, JW scale, full contractor listings — pulled straight from each local's public dispatch page. Free here. Always will be.

419

open calls right now

19

locals with active work

56

locals tracked

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Major projects — live dispatch counts updated 112d ago

LU-124 Kansas City, MO

Multiple concurrent industrial projects in the KC metro: Google's North Kansas City data center, Panasonic EV battery plant (De Soto), Meta data center. Public announcements 2023-2025.

LU-26 Lanham, MD

Northern Virginia data center alley — largest concentration of hyperscale data centers in the US (Loudoun + Prince William counties). Housing costs are among the highest in the country relative to local wages.

LU-43 Syracuse, NY

Micron $100B semiconductor fab in Clay, NY — 2026-2041 construction window announced October 2022. OSHA 30 + NFPA 70E commonly required by contractors on site.

Static market context from industry press; live counts and per-diem from each local's own dispatch page.How we built this →

Highest call volume right now

Grand Forks, ND

calls · $43.02/hr

Salt Lake City, UT

calls · $46.22/hr

calls · $40.65/hr

Chattanooga, TN

Cedar Rapids, IA

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Grand Forks, ND

Salt Lake City, UT

Chattanooga, TN

Cedar Rapids, IA

Indianapolis, IN

San Bernardino, CA

Bloomington, IL

Los Angeles, CA

Springfield, IL

LU-1579-callouts

Los Angeles, CA

Minneapolis, MN

Little Rock, AR

Bakersfield, CA

Albuquerque, NM

Harrisonburg, VA

Montoursville, PA

North Charleston, SC

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