Research Archive
A complete record of published intelligence briefs, analytical framework explainers, market analyses, and institutional documentation from the Workforce Intelligence Lab.
Intelligence Reports15
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.
Read reportWhere AI Data-Center Construction Is Concentrating
49 verified projects · ~6.8 GW · ~$31.3B — a front-loaded leading indicator of electrical and mechanical labor demand.
Read reportWhich State Grids Can Absorb New Load
~1.73M MW interconnection queue across 50 states — grid readiness as the throttle on construction-labor demand.
Read reportPower 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.
Read reportBuilding Permits as a Labor Leading Indicator
~336K residential units in Q1 2026 — Census permit authorizations as a leading indicator of labor demand.
Read reportInfrastructure Investment → Workforce
~43K classified federal awards · ~$41.6B obligated — reading federal investment as a labor leading indicator.
Read reportConstruction Hiring Demand Signal
1.35M U.S. job postings classified by segment — where construction hiring demand concentrates nationally.
Read reportConstruction Role Demand
~130K classified postings by execution role and trade — which seats are hardest to fill across segments.
Read reportContractor Workforce-Pressure Concentration
Banded composite pressure across ~4,200 federal-award-linked contractors — award-driven demand clusters.
Read reportConstruction Supply–Demand Balance
Hiring demand vs. licensed contractor supply — where markets are relatively tight or slack.
Read reportConstruction Labor Supply
1.8M contractor-license records across ten states — a supply-side census of the licensed contractor base.
Read reportConstruction Talent Flow
How construction talent moves between industries — a comparatively closed labor market.
Read reportAI Infrastructure Expansion and the Workforce Pressure Cascade
Concurrent AI compute, data-center, and grid build-out — structural workforce dynamics standard analytics undertrack.
Read reportAI Infrastructure and the Construction Workforce Disruption
Hyperscale data-center construction concentrating pressure in electrical, mechanical, and project-leadership pools.
Read reportInfrastructure Watch — July 2026
Monthly WIL signal digest — federal award movers, hiring velocity shifts, WEI tier changes, and the signal of the month for construction workforce planning.
Read reportStanding Briefs4
National Workforce Exposure Brief
Composite operational exposure across U.S. construction labor markets — state tiering across four exposure bands.
Read reportMarket Heatmap
Geographic state grid colored by operational exposure tier — portfolio-level exposure mapping at a glance.
Read reportCompensation Intelligence Snapshot
National medians and regional spread for core construction execution roles — anchored to BLS OEWS.
Read reportFederal Construction Award Momentum
State-level federal construction contract-award momentum from USAspending — a leading demand signal.
Read reportMarket Briefs17
Texas — Construction Workforce Intelligence
Employment scale, wage positioning, contractor concentration, and exposure tier for Texas.
Read reportCalifornia — Construction Workforce Intelligence
Construction labor market overview for the largest U.S. construction employment base.
Read reportFlorida — Construction Workforce Intelligence
Wage positioning, exposure tier, and contractor density across Florida.
Read reportNew York — Construction Workforce Intelligence
Union density, compensation positioning, and exposure tier for New York.
Read reportOhio — Construction Workforce Intelligence
Emerging secondary market absorbing hyperscale and CHIPS Act industrial demand.
Read reportIllinois — Construction Workforce Intelligence
Chicago metro with deep union base and emerging hyperscale demand pressure.
Read reportNorth Carolina — Construction Workforce Intelligence
Carolinas corridor with accelerating hyperscale demand.
Read reportArizona — Construction Workforce Intelligence
Phoenix market with concurrent semiconductor and hyperscale data-center pressure.
Read reportMichigan — Construction Workforce Intelligence
Exposure tier, wage positioning, and contractor density for Michigan.
Read reportGeorgia — Construction Workforce Intelligence
Atlanta-centered market absorbing Southeast hyperscale overflow demand.
Read reportWisconsin — Construction Workforce Intelligence
Midwest industrial and commercial construction exposure.
Read reportSouth Carolina — Construction Workforce Intelligence
Emerging Carolinas corridor demand and industrial expansion.
Read reportVirginia — Construction Workforce Intelligence
Most acute hyperscale data-center labor market in the U.S. — Northern Virginia.
Read reportMassachusetts — Construction Workforce Intelligence
High-cost, union-dense market with concentrated Boston metro demand.
Read reportWashington — Construction Workforce Intelligence
Seattle-centered market with material wage premium, hyperscale pipeline pressure, and Pacific Northwest grid build-out.
Read reportColorado — Construction Workforce Intelligence
Denver corridor absorbing data-center overflow, federal award momentum, and mountain-state commercial expansion.
Read reportNevada — Construction Workforce Intelligence
Reno–Las Vegas corridor with accelerating hyperscale and industrial demand on a mid-market employment base.
Read reportAnalytical Frameworks5
Analytical Frameworks
WEI™, PERM™, CVF™, and WPI™ — the four frameworks that underpin the Lab's workforce intelligence layer.
Read reportWorkforce Exposure Index™
Five-component composite index measuring operational workforce constraint across U.S. construction markets.
Read reportProject Execution Risk Matrix™
Project- and role-specific workforce risk across four dimensions — role criticality, market depth, and velocity.
Read reportCompensation Volatility Framework™
Compensation movement, regional spread, and directional trend for core construction execution roles.
Read reportWorkforce Pressure Index™
Company-level composite measuring workforce execution pressure from footprint, backlog, hiring velocity, and trade mix — methodology v1.0; scores pending.
Read reportResearch & Methodology17
Research Lab
Research mandate, data standards, framework governance, and publication cadence for the Lab.
Read reportMethodology
Source attribution, confidence framing, composite-index approach, and limits of operational intelligence.
Read reportWho Uses This Intelligence
How labor economists, university programs, government agencies, and policy researchers apply Lab data.
Read reportResearch Archive
Complete record of published intelligence briefs, framework explainers, and institutional documentation.
Read reportAbout the Workforce Intelligence Lab
Mission, research standards, and the institutional role of the Workforce Intelligence Lab.
Read reportResearch Collections
Thematic collections — labor availability, workforce capacity, infrastructure, and execution risk.
Read reportDataset Registry
Research data catalog — job postings, federal awards, compensation, licensing, and market composites.
Read reportMethodology Registry
Analytical frameworks with maturity, validation status, and version history.
Read reportWorking Papers
Research notes, technical notes, and white papers underpinning WIL intelligence products.
Read reportContributors
Research fellows, analysts, and methodology advisors behind WIL publications.
Read reportSignal Monitors
Live monitoring programs — data center pipeline, grid constraints, hiring competition, and labor supply.
Read reportResearch Transparency
Publication standards, confidence framing, and limits of operational workforce intelligence.
Read reportIndustry Watch
Curated industry signal digest — lighter than Tier 1 intelligence reports.
Read reportIntelligence for Government
Workforce intelligence path for agencies, workforce boards, and policy researchers.
Read reportIntelligence for Research
Methodology-transparent reads for university programs and labor economists.
Read reportIntelligence for Executives
Decision-support briefs for COOs, capital allocators, and portfolio operators.
Read reportIntelligence for Workforce Leaders
Labor market reads for workforce planning, talent acquisition, and retention leaders.
Read reportArchive notes
Standing briefs update on the underlying data cadence. Intelligence reports and framework explainers are versioned; revisions are noted within each document. See Methodology for source attribution and confidence handling.