LIVE · Labor Availability Assessment™ · Q2 2026

Everybody is fighting over the same people.

The Labor Availability Assessment™ helps quantify how many qualified workers are available, where competition is increasing, and which markets are becoming harder to staff.

Before you commit to the work, know whether the workforce exists to support it.

Inside the Assessment

We share exactly what type of skilled workers are in the area.

The question isn’t whether work is available. It’s whether the people are. A Labor Availability Assessment™ provides a market-based view of labor supply, competition, and hiring difficulty.

Talent availability

How many qualified people exist — and how many are already taken
18
Realistic Target Candidates
Qualified, reachable, and a plausible fit for the role — within a 25-mile radius
45+
Competing Open Roles
Employers hiring the same profile inside that radius right now
83%
Already Employed
Of qualified talent isn’t applying — it has to be recruited, not sourced

Illustrative figures for a representative leadership role in a single metro. A live assessment counts the actual qualified pool inside your mobilization radius.

Market pressure signals

The forces acting on every offer you’ll make · longer = more pressure
Pool scarcity
Very tight
Counteroffer pressure
Elevated
Competing demand
Intense
Speed-to-offer needed
Fast
Compensation pressure
Rising

Where the qualified talent sits

Share of the in-radius qualified pool, by employer
Regional market leader
22%
National contractor
16%
Your firm
14%
Specialty competitor
12%
Mechanical / EPC
9%
Mid-size builder
7%
Emerging firm
6%
All others
14%

Illustrative. In a live assessment, every bar is a named employer with current headcount and hiring velocity — so you can see exactly who you’re competing against for the same people.

Compensation intelligence

What the market actually pays — and where your offer has to land
PercentileBase salaryTotal cashPosition
25th $145K $156K Below market
Median $170K $188K Market rate
75th $196K $222K Offer zone
90th $224K $262K Premium / scarce
This role
+22%
Regional median
+18%
National median
+14%
General inflation
+9%

Total-cash growth since 2023. Live benchmarks reflect offers actually accepted in-market — not survey medians that lag 90–180 days behind.

Where you stand

How your current package compares on what candidates actually weigh
Base compensation AT MARKET
Total cash & incentives BEHIND
Speed to offer BEHIND
Project portfolio appeal AHEAD
Career trajectory AT MARKET
The Cost Of An Empty Seat

What waiting actually costs.

An open leadership seat isn’t a salary you’re saving — it’s margin you’re exposing. Model what this seat costs while it stays unfilled, and how that cost compounds across the first 90 days.

Your Inputs

The seat & the work it governs.

Auto-set by role — adjust to your offer.
In a tight market this runs 75–120+ days.
Cost of leaving this seat open
$0
$0 for every day it stays unfilled
Margin exposure on governed work $0
Lost leadership capacity $0
Cost compounds the longer the seat stays open
30 days
$0
60 days
$0
90 days
$0
Directional estimate. Margin exposure = (annual volume × days ÷ 365) × 6% margin-at-risk, weighted for complexity, concurrency, and backlog growth. Lost leadership capacity = base × 1.35 loading × (days ÷ 365). The 30/60/90 projection assumes drag compounds as bids weaken, schedules slip, and backlog grows. Excludes recruiting fees, overtime backfill, and rework — which push the true figure higher.

This is the number a Labor Availability Assessment™ is built to protect — by telling you, before you commit, whether the seat can be filled fast enough to matter.

Work With AlphaHire

Find out if your project can be staffed.

Every assessment begins with a structured briefing. Tell us the project, the market, and the timeline — we’ll tell you whether the labor exists to execute it.

Or email directly: briefings@alpha-hire.com

Decisions we help construction executives make

  • Should we expand into Phoenix?
  • Are we entering a compensation escalation cycle?
  • Can we support another major project award?
  • Is our leadership team exposed to retention risk?
  • Where is competitor hiring accelerating?