Will County, IL skilled trades market

Licensed workforce by trade

Licence records on the Illinois register located in Will County that the register does not mark expired or revoked and evidences as licences actually held; median annual wage from BLS OEWS. Illinois publishes a county-level address for only 16% of its licence records, so this is a count of the records that place here, not of everyone licensed to work here. The real number is higher. Counts from states that publish addresses for most of their register are not comparable with this one. The last column is the modelled probability this county's wages for the trade tighten materially faster than the national trend over 24 months, not a probability that a shortage occurs. Trades that share an industry code share a forecast.

Known capital projects

1,430 active projects on record in Will County, $937M of committed investment; 17 carry a construction-labor demand model. Largest by disclosed investment:

• Interchange (New) -- I 57 at Eagle Lake Rd, highway infrastructure, $150M
• Brandon Road Interbasin Project, Increment 1-A Construction, water infrastructure, $114M, est. completion 2029 (demand not yet modeled)
• Bridge Replacement -- I 80 At Ill 53 (Chicago St) Intchg, bridge infrastructure, $88M
• FY2024 Water Main Replacement and Rehabilitation -- Joliet, water infrastructure, $76M (demand not yet modeled)
• FY2025 Water Main Replacement and Rehabilitation -- Joliet, water infrastructure, $60M (demand not yet modeled)

Nearby markets

Counties that share a border (Census county adjacency), then the wider labor shed: same metro area or within 60 miles.

• Kankakee County, IL, 22 mi, shares a border, 25 licensed
• Grundy County, IL, 24 mi, shares a border, 10 licensed
• Kendall County, IL, 25 mi, shares a border, 49 licensed
• DuPage County, IL, 28 mi, shares a border, 256 licensed
• Lake County, IN, 31 mi, shares a border, 563 licensed
• Cook County, IL, 35 mi, shares a border, 928 licensed
• Kane County, IL, 41 mi, labor shed, 146 licensed
• Newton County, IN, 45 mi, labor shed, 21 licensed

Labor shed: Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN

Counties in the same Census metro area, the realistic commute shed for this market.

• Cook County, IL
• DuPage County, IL
• Lake County, IL
• Kane County, IL
• Lake County, IN
• McHenry County, IL
• Porter County, IN
• Kendall County, IL
• DeKalb County, IL
• Grundy County, IL
• Jasper County, IN
• Newton County, IN

Common questions

How many licensed skilled-trades workers are in Will County, IL?

Will County has 175 licensed skilled-trades records on the Illinois register, across 1 trades. Illinois publishes a county-level address for only 16% of its licence records, so this is a count of the records that place here, not of everyone licensed to work here. The real number is higher. Counts from states that publish addresses for most of their register are not comparable with this one.

Which trades have a full market page for Will County?

plumbers, each with licensed supply, wages, demand outlook and current openings.

Are there major construction projects planned in Will County?

ATI tracks 1,430 active capital projects in Will County, listed above by disclosed investment. A project on record is not a guarantee of hiring.

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