How many construction workers are actually available — by role and market.
The Workforce Intelligence Lab tracks labor availability for the roles that constrain construction delivery — electricians, project managers, superintendents, and estimators — across the 31 markets where demand is highest. Each page reads availability, demand, compensation, and the operators actively competing for the same talent.
Licensed electrical talent — journeymen, foremen, estimators, and superintendents. The most contested role in the US construction market.
The leadership role construction runs on — and the one most contractors are short of heading into backlog growth.
Field leadership with schedule control and trade-stacking experience. Thin in every hyperscale and industrial market.
Chief estimators and preconstruction leaders — the roles that determine bid capacity, and the hardest to replace mid-pursuit.
How the Lab reads labor availability.
The Availability Score™ is a 0–100 index where lower means fewer genuinely available operators — not fewer licensed workers. A score of 9 means almost no one with the right credentials is actually in motion. A score of 45 means normal hiring conditions. The Lab publishes this score for roles and markets where the data supports a directional read.
Get the read for your role and market.
We'll pull the current availability read for the roles and markets your backlog depends on — and walk through what the numbers mean for your hiring timeline.
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