State Workforce Archive
One living record per state, updated each quarter — the current Workforce Exposure Index tier and trend, the most constrained occupations, and the drivers behind them. Built to be cited.
Updated quarterly; additional states in progress. Directional, banded reads — not forecasts. Every record carries a document ID, methodology version, and disclosed source families.
Source: Workforce Exposure Index — public_reports matviews · Methodology v2 · Directional, banded read — not a forecast. Last updated 2026-10-08.
Texas
Texas skilled-labor workforce exposure: composite WEI 66 (Elevated, rising) at Q2 2026, with electricians and commissioning leads most constrained on the data-center and grid critical path. A living record, updated each quarter.
Virginia / Northern Virginia
Virginia / Northern Virginia workforce exposure: composite WEI 82 (High, rising) at Q2 2026. IBEW Local 26 holds ~97% market share on NOVA data-center electrical work, with AWS, Microsoft, Google, and Meta simultaneously executing major…
Georgia
Georgia infrastructure workforce exposure: composite WEI 71 (Elevated, rising) through Jun 13, 2026, with MV/substation electricians and pipefitters most constrained across the data-center corridor (Douglas–Bartow), Port of Savannah…
North Carolina
Front-loaded data-center construction pipeline signals elevated electrical and mechanical labor demand.
Arizona
Arizona workforce exposure: composite WEI 86 (High, rising) at Q2 2026, with the most constrained submarket being MV/substation electricians serving TSMC, Intel, and hyperscale data centers simultaneously. IBEW Local 640 (Phoenix) has…
Florida
Florida skilled-labor workforce exposure: composite WEI 70 (Elevated, rising) at Q2 2026, with MV electricians and grid/T&D linemen most constrained under FPL/NextEra's $49.6B capital program and an accelerating data-center buildout…
Ohio
Ohio skilled-labor workforce exposure: composite WEI 88 (High, rising) at Q2 2026 — the most constrained electrical construction labor market in the Midwest. Intel Ohio One (peak demand: 2,500 electricians), AEP Ohio's $78B capital plan, a…
Tennessee
Tennessee skilled-labor workforce exposure: composite WEI 77 (High, rising) at Q2 2026, having crossed the High threshold in Q1 2026. TVA's 3,770 MW construction program, the Modular Power Solutions 1,400-electrician IBEW call, xAI…
South Carolina
South Carolina skilled-labor workforce exposure: composite WEI 71 (Elevated, rising) at Q2 2026, with nuclear specialty craft and MV electricians most constrained across a simultaneous demand stack of V.C. Summer restart, Boeing expansion,…