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August 23, 2022

7K construction workers needed for Intel factories

  • The company will rely on lessons learned in building previous semiconductor sites to ensure enough construction workers.
    • By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS
    Associated Press

    JOHNSTOWN, Ohio — Ohio's largest-ever economic development project comes with a big employment challenge: how to find 7,000 construction workers in an already booming building environment when there's also a national shortage of people working in the trades.

    At hand is the $20 billion semiconductor manufacturing operation near the state's capital, announced by Intel earlier this year. When the two factories, known as fabs, open in 2025, the facility will employ 3,000 people with an average salary of around $135,000.


     
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