Workforce Intelligence Research Library
The published research library of the Workforce Intelligence Lab — institutional workforce intelligence for construction, infrastructure, energy, and mission-critical labor markets. Methodology-transparent research for universities, fellows, policymakers, and institutional analysts.
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CHIPS-Grid Labor Collision™
CGCI-v1.1 Q3 refresh: quarterly movers, HDS posting demand, apprenticeship reads, directional tightness, and BLS workforce signals. Not proven labor collision.
Directional confidenceView publicationEV Charging Infrastructure Demand
NEVI corridor awards and utility charging programs as distributed electrical labor demand — EVC-v1.0 directional monitor.
Directional confidenceView publicationImmigration × Construction Labor Supply
Visa pipeline and enforcement posture as a regional craft-availability modifier — ILS-v1.0 read against CLS supply depth.
Directional confidenceView publicationManufacturing Construction Spend
Census C30 manufacturing structures spend and CHIPS fab labor-pool collision — MCS-v1.0 directional monitor.
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Quarterly Market Reviews17
Family hub →Recurring regional and national market intelligence — quarterly construction labor conditions.
Texas
Employment scale, wage positioning, contractor concentration, and exposure tier for Texas.
Directional confidenceView publicationCalifornia
Construction labor market overview for the largest U.S. construction employment base.
Directional confidenceView publicationFlorida
Wage positioning, exposure tier, and contractor density across Florida.
Directional confidenceView publicationNew York
Union density, compensation positioning, and exposure tier for New York.
Directional confidenceView publicationOhio
Emerging secondary market absorbing hyperscale and CHIPS Act industrial demand.
Directional confidenceView publicationIllinois
Chicago metro with deep union base and emerging hyperscale demand pressure.
Directional confidenceView publicationIntelligence Papers12
Family hub →Thematic long-form research — sector disruptions, infrastructure workforce, and policy implications.
Which State Grids Can Absorb New Load
~1.73M MW interconnection queue across 50 states — grid readiness as the throttle on construction-labor demand.
Directional confidenceView publicationPower Build-Out as a Labor Leading Indicator
~288.6 GW planned generation across 2,261 projects — multi-year leading indicator for electrical and civil labor.
Directional confidenceView publicationBuilding Permits as a Labor Leading Indicator
~336K residential units in Q1 2026 — Census permit authorizations as a leading indicator of labor demand.
Directional confidenceView publicationInfrastructure Investment → Workforce
~43K classified federal awards · ~$41.6B obligated — reading federal investment as a labor leading indicator.
Directional confidenceView publicationConstruction Hiring Demand Signal
1.35M U.S. job postings classified by segment — where construction hiring demand concentrates nationally.
Directional confidenceView publicationConstruction Role Demand
~130K classified postings by execution role and trade — which seats are hardest to fill across segments.
Directional confidenceView publicationResearch standards
Directional operational reads, not forecasts. Banded tiers, not raw scores. Public library packages exclude proprietary model details and raw-data exports. WIL publications describe operational labor-market conditions in directional terms — “elevated,” “moderate,” “accelerating,” “constrained” — rather than deterministic forecasts. Underlying data is refreshed from primary public sources on a quarterly cadence; methodology revisions are versioned. Operational, directional read — not a forecast. Tiers, not scores. Ranges, not spot figures. Research transparency →