Data Center Development Cost Guide 2025

DATA CENTER DEVELOPMENT COST GUIDE 2025

DATA CENTER LABOR AVAILABILITY

UNITED STATES: DATA CENTER-RELATED OCCUPATIONS

Information Technology

Technicians

Austin

Portland

6.1

4.3

15K

11K

Seattle Austin

Washington DC

6.0

3.7

38K

9K

Seattle

3.1 3.1

5.7

13K

23K

Des Moines

Salt Lake City Minneapolis

5.5

11K

Denver

5.4

3.0 3.0

16K

4K

Reno

Charlotte Columbus Indianapolis Kansas City Minneapolis

5.1

11K

San Francisco

4.9

2.7 2.7

14K

12K

Boston

4.7 4.7

10K 10K

13K

Kansas City

2.6 2.5

6K

Denver

4.5

17K

8K

Dallas

Columbus

4.4

2.4

36K

5K

San Francisco

Phoenix

4.1

2.3 2.3

19K 19K

12K

3.9

Boston

Des Moines

3.4

2.2 2.2

9K

18K

Atlanta Chicago Phoenix Nashville Portland

Dallas

3.3

7K

6K

Charlotte

3.2 3.2 3.1

2.0 2.0 2.0

16K

13K

Washington DC

20K

25K

Los Angeles Indianapolis Wenatchee

4K

30K

2.9

1.7

Salt Lake City

2.7

1.6 1.6

55K

3K

Las Vegas Nashville Atlanta Chicago New York

New York

2.3

29K

4K

Los Angeles Wenatchee

1.5

2.2

14K

1.8 1.8

1.4

9K

Las Vegas

1.2

24K

Reno

Total Resident Workers Resident Workers Per 1,000 Capita

Total Resident Workers Resident Workers Per 1,000 Capita

Source: Cushman & Wakefield Research, Lightcast

Source: Cushman & Wakefield Research, Lightcast

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