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MV Electrician Workforce Brief — Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX · Q2 2026

The Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown metro presents a High and rising Workforce Exposure Index score of 80 for medium-voltage electricians in Q2 2026. Public-source context indicates demand concentrated in Samsung Austin Semiconductor's Taylor fab expansion, Applied Materials facility buildout, and ERCOT-driven grid hardening across the Central Texas load zone. IBEW Local 520's 2025 CBA ratified a wage increase publicly described as the largest percentage gain in the local's history, consistent with acute compensation pressure in this market.

Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TXQ2 2026Updated Q2 2026HighWIL-2026.1Workforce Planning

Workforce Intelligence Lab · Sources: BLS OEWS · BLS QCEW

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MV Electrician Workforce Brief — Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX · Q2 2026

The Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown metro presents a High and rising Workforce Exposure Index score of 80 for medium-voltage electricians in Q2 2026. Public-source context indicates demand concentrated in Samsung Austin Semiconductor's Taylor fab expansion, Applied Materials facility buildout, and ERCOT-driven grid hardening across the Central Texas load zone. IBEW Local 520's 2025 CBA ratified a wage increase publicly described as the largest percentage gain in the local's history, consistent with acute compensation pressure in this market.

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MV Electrician Workforce Brief — Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX · Q2 2026

The Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown metro presents a High and rising Workforce Exposure Index score of 80 for medium-voltage electricians in Q2 2026. Public-source context indicates demand concentrated in Samsung Austin Semiconductor's Taylor fab expansion, Applied Materials facility buildout, and ERCOT-driven grid hardening across the Central Texas load zone. IBEW Local 520's 2025 CBA ratified a wage increase publicly described as the largest percentage gain in the local's history, consistent with acute compensation pressure in this market.

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MV Electrician Workforce Brief — Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX · Q2 2026

The Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown metro presents a High and rising Workforce Exposure Index score of 80 for medium-voltage electricians in Q2 2026. Public-source context indicates demand concentrated in Samsung Austin Semiconductor's Taylor fab expansion, Applied Materials facility buildout, and ERCOT-driven grid hardening across the Central Texas load zone. IBEW Local 520's 2025 CBA ratified a wage increase publicly described as the largest percentage gain in the local's history, consistent with acute compensation pressure in this market.

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WIL-2026.1
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BLS OEWS · BLS QCEW
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Quarterly
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High

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Situation Summary

The Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown metro presents a High and rising Workforce Exposure Index score of 80 for medium-voltage electricians in Q2 2026. Public-source context indicates demand concentrated in Samsung Austin Semiconductor's Taylor fab expansion, Applied Materials facility buildout, and ERCOT-driven grid hardening across the Central Texas load zone. IBEW Local 520's 2025 CBA ratified a wage increase publicly described as the largest percentage gain in the local's hist

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Key Findings

1. The Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown metro presents a High and rising Workforce Exposure Index score of 80 for medium-voltage electricians in Q2 2026 2. Public-source context indicates demand concentrated in Samsung Austin Semiconductor's Taylor fab expansion, Applied Materials facility buildout, and ERCOT-driven grid hardening across the Central Texas load zone 3. IBEW Local 520's 2025 CBA ratified a wage increase publicly described as the largest percentage gain in the loc

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Implications

Directional workforce intelligence for institutional planning — banded operational reads without exposing raw-data exports or proprietary model details.