PM Scarcity Rankings.
The hardest U.S. markets to hire construction Project Managers — ranked by a composite index of workforce availability, compensation velocity, project demand, and counteroffer activity. 0 = no constraint, 100 = functionally unavailable.
Hardest markets to hire a construction PM.
Scarcity scores are directional composites from AlphaHire's Workforce Exposure Index™ — workforce availability, compensation velocity, project demand, and counteroffer activity. Q2 2026.
Markets tightening fastest.
Largest quarter-over-quarter PM scarcity increases — markets where hiring conditions are deteriorating fastest and where pre-positioning has the highest operational urgency.
QoQ movement measures quarter-over-quarter change in composite scarcity score — not absolute hiring activity. Markets with high delta and high score warrant immediate workforce pre-positioning.
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