What the Road Pays: Traveling Trades Demand Report – September 2026

Advertised pay by trade on traveling work, the travel premium over shop rates, where the hiring is heaviest, and the per-diem picture – September 2026, from the RoadWage index of 21,480 open roles.

What the Road Pays: Traveling Trades Demand Report – August 2026

Advertised pay by trade on traveling work, the travel premium over shop rates, where the hiring is heaviest, and the per-diem picture – August 2026, from the RoadWage index of 16,900 open roles.

RoadWage: Live Pay and Per Diem Data for the Traveling Trades

What does traveling trades work actually pay? Advertised wages and per diem, by trade and state, read weekly from live employer postings — that is RoadWage, the pay data engine behind RoadTrades. As of mid-August 2026 it holds 7,144 live pay reads across 16 trades at national grain, 50 states, and 45 employer sources. This […]

What Is RoadTrades? A Look at the Job Board Built for the Traveling Trades

RoadTrades pairs a job board for 28 traveling trades with the tools to run a working life on the road. Here is who it serves, how it compares to a typical job board, and the full feature list.

Verified Work History: The Trades Resume You Don’t Have to Take on Faith

On RoadTrades, a placement confirmed by the recruiter who made it and the tradesperson who worked it becomes a locked, verified row on the resume. Here is why that changes how you read a candidate.

Blinded Resumes, Protected Placements: How RoadTrades Keeps You in the Deal

For staffing agencies, sharing a candidate resume should not mean risking the fee. Blinded client-ready PDFs, white-label exports, gated contact details, and placement-only terms keep the recruiter in the deal.

Traveling Trades Recruiting: 4 Tools to Fill Industrial Jobs Faster

Traveling trades recruiting is full of noise. See how the RoadTrades Black Book, smart matching, AI job posting, and Roll-Off Radar help you fill industrial jobs faster.

Recruit Skilled Trades with Data, Not Guesswork

Skilled trades recruiting has always run on instinct and a thick contact list — especially for traveling work. You post the job, you wait, you sift resumes, and you make an offer you hope lands. When the requisition is six pipefitters for a refinery turnaround that starts Monday, hope isn’t a strategy. Most platforms hand […]

Vertical SaaS Finally Found the Trades: A First Look at RoadTrades.com

A SaaS reviewer’s first look at RoadTrades.com, the niche hiring platform built for recruiters who staff the traveling skilled trades.

Skilled Trades Job Boards Are Fragmented — and Everybody Is Paying for It

Five tabs, two Facebook groups, and a text from an old foreman: a 20-year trades journalist on why the skilled trades job hunt is fragmented, what it costs tradesmen and recruiters alike, and what fixing it would actually take.