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Nevada

Overview

Nevada skilled-labor workforce exposure: composite WEI 78 (High, rising) at Q2 2026. IBEW Local 357 journeyman base is confirmed at $60.83/hr as of June 2026 — the highest in this state cohort — consistent with strong union pricing power against concurrent demand from data centers, Tesla Gigafactory expansion, lithium mining infrastructure, and NV Energy’s Greenlink transmission program. NV Energy has received requests for 22 GW of data center power statewide against approximately 6.2 GW of total generating capacity. A living record, updated each quarter.

Methodology

Institutional workforce intelligence methodology with documented confidence tier, source families, and quarterly refresh cadence.

State workforce context — Nevada

A live public-signal read for Nevada from the Lab's standing trackers — banded and directional, refreshed independently of this brief.

Workforce exposure
Moderate
Exposure movement
expanding
Wage position
in line with national medians
Federal-award momentum
Elevated · softening

Source: Workforce Exposure Index and federal-award momentum — public_reports (banded). Directional, banded read — not a forecast. Methodology v2 · last updated 2026-05-26. See Live metrics for the full charts.

Suggested citationAlphaHire Workforce Intelligence Lab. (2026). Nevada (Publication No. WIL-RB-2026.2-NEVADA, Version 1.0). Research Brief.

Version 1.0 · Published 2026-04-01 · Updated Q2 2026 · Permanent ID WIL-RB-2026.2-NEVADA. This record is versioned; the URL is permanent and stable for citation.

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  title       = {Nevada},
  author      = {AlphaHire Workforce Intelligence Lab},
  institution = {AlphaHire Workforce Intelligence Lab},
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  url         = {https://library.alpha-hire.com/library/p/nevada},
}
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