State & Regional Guides
Chicago's Trade Career Resurgence: O'Hare's $8.5B Expansion, EV Reshoring, and the Midwest Manufacturing Comeback
O'Hare 21 is the largest airport infrastructure program of the decade, Stellantis, Rivian, and Gotion are pouring billions into Illinois EV manufacturing, and Chicago is on the hook for replacing 412,000 lead service lines. Together they have created a sustained skilled trades demand the region has not seen in a generation.