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Des Moines Construction Labor Market.

Insurance and financial campus growth, paired with steady healthcare expansion, keep Des Moines’s leadership bench tighter than its size implies.

Des Moines, Iowa Drivers: Insurance/financial campus (Principal, Wells, Nationwide), healthcare, advanced manufacturing, distribution. Updated 2026-05-19 Vintage Q2 2026

Indicators on this dashboard are directional intelligence models — vintage-stamped, confidence-labeled, and held against the same framework across every market AlphaHire tracks. See the methodology →

Market Snapshot

Des Moines labor pressure.

Labor Pressure Score
58/100
Elevated · ▲ 2 pts QoQ
Composite of demand, supply, compensation velocity, contractor growth, and time-to-fill. Directional, calibrated weekly.
Avg. Time-to-Fill (leadership) 56 days ▲ 2 days YoY Internal High confidence
Compensation Acceleration +3.5% YoY ▲ 0.4 pts Estimated Directional confidence
Active Major Projects 5 — 1 QoQ Internal High confidence
Open roles vs. qualified pool
Leadership · ratio 1.5:1
Open leadership reqs 80
Qualified, reachable candidates 52
Hiring velocity
Avg. time-to-fill · 6-period trend (days)
Top hiring contractors
Anonymized cohorts
Corporate campus GCsSteady PM + interiors demand
Healthcare GCsModerate preconstruction demand
Industrial + distribution GCsField supervision demand
Contractor growth & award signals
Headcount · awards · migration
Contractor headcount growth ▲ +3% YoY
Project award activity Moderate
In-migration of talent Limited
Role scarcity heatmap
0–100 hiring difficulty by role
Corporate/Interiors PM
64
Superintendent
60
Healthcare PM
62
Estimator
56
Industrial PM
58
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