Northern Virginia, particularly the Ashburn, Chantilly, and Loudoun County corridor, commands the highest data center construction salaries in the U.S. right now. Senior Project Managers are running $135K, $170K base, while Senior Superintendents land $130K, $165K. Schedulers, a critical and hard-to-fill role, often see $175K, $225K. These premiums exist because data center work pays 25-40% above comparable commercial construction in the region, and the talent market is brutally tight: labor availability sits near 0.3% vacancy. We're placing experienced candidates in these roles regularly across the Loudoun/Fairfax/Prince William corridor. If you're estimating or commissioning, expect similar upward pressure. The shortage is real, over 500K construction workers nationally when you factor retirements, so if you have verifiable data center experience, now is genuinely the time to move.