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North Carolina

Overview

North Carolina skilled-labor workforce exposure: composite WEI 75 (Elevated, rising) at Q2 2026, with electricians and commissioning leads most constrained on the data-center and semiconductor critical path. Public-source context indicates 70% of NC licensed electricians are over age 50, creating a structural retirement wave against 101 active data center projects and $103B in Duke Energy capital investment. A living record, updated each quarter.

Methodology

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

State workforce context — North Carolina

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

Workforce exposure
Moderate
Exposure movement
expanding
Wage position
modestly below national medians
Federal-award momentum
Moderate · 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). North Carolina (Publication No. WIL-RB-2026.2-NORTH-CAROLINA, Version 1.0). Research Brief.

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

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