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North Carolina

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.

North CarolinaQ2 2026Updated Q2 2026ModerateWIL-2026.1Workforce Planning

Workforce Intelligence Lab · Sources: BLS OEWS · BLS QCEW

At a glance

Workforce ExposureModerateComposite operational read
Demand MomentumExpandingDirectional trend
Compensation Positionmodestly below national mediansVs. national median
Hiring ReadWorkable with contingenciesRole focus
ConfidenceModerateWIL-2026.1

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North Carolina

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.

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Complete structured analysis with charts, rankings, and methodology confidence.

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North Carolina

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.

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North Carolina

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.

QuarterlyCadence
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Methodology Summary

Source families, framework version, and confidence framing — not proprietary formulas or scoring weights.

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

Version
WIL-2026.1
Source families
BLS OEWS · BLS QCEW
Update cadence
Quarterly
Confidence
Moderate

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Executive Presentation

Slide-style summary for board and leadership review.

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Situation Summary

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.

Slide 2

Key Findings

1. 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 2. 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 3. A living record, updated each quarter

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Implications

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