What Our Rankings Mean

💵 "Est weekly gross"

When you see a dollar amount like $4,200/wk, that's our best estimate of what a journeyman could gross in a week on a strong call at that local.

It's not someone's actual paycheck and it's not a guarantee. It's a ballpark based on what's posted on the board right now — rate, schedule, overtime, and per diem where listed.

📋 Where the data comes from

Same places you'd check yourself:

• Dispatch boards and job call pages at each local
• Open call counts — how many spots are out
• Journeyman scale — the base wage for that area

We scrape and organize this automatically, then refresh rankings on a regular schedule so the numbers stay current.

🔥 "Hottest Local" & the heat score

#1 Hottest isn't just "who pays the most." Every pay tier is scored using 65% estimated weekly gross and 35% jobs earning that amount. Lower-paying calls at the same local cannot inflate one premium call.

The position side uses a logarithmic scale so crew depth matters without letting one unusually large board overpower every other local. The strongest pay-and-depth tier represents each local. Higher heat = hotter opportunity right now.

#1 Hottest and #1 Gross Pay (💰) can be different locals — one reflects the best overall blend, the other is purely the highest estimated weekly gross.

🗺️ Hot Spots

The Hot Spots page is separate from Hottest Locals. Two ways to sort:

• By Calls — who's hiring the most right now
• By Hourly — highest journeyman scale rates

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