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Research Brief · Research Brief · Q2 2026

Virginia / Northern Virginia

Overview

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 campaigns in a three-county corridor against a single constrained labor pool. A living record, updated each quarter.

Methodology

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

State workforce context — Virginia

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

Workforce exposure
Moderate
Exposure movement
accelerating
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). Virginia / Northern Virginia (Publication No. WIL-RB-2026.2-VIRGINIA-NORTHERN, Version 1.0). Research Brief.

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

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  title       = {Virginia / Northern Virginia},
  author      = {AlphaHire Workforce Intelligence Lab},
  institution = {AlphaHire Workforce Intelligence Lab},
  type        = {Research Brief},
  number      = {WIL-RB-2026.2-VIRGINIA-NORTHERN},
  year        = {2026},
  note        = {Version 1.0; methodology WIL-2026.1},
  url         = {https://library.alpha-hire.com/library/p/virginia-northern-virginia-electrical-commissioning-bas-controls},
}
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