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Licensed plumbers in Caldwell County, TX, Greater Austin Metro Area: Workforce, Wages & Demand

Licensed supply, credential mix, wages and demand for plumbers in Caldwell County, TX, from the state register (updated nightly) and BLS.

Caldwell County, TX carries 256 licensed plumbers and a median wage of $62,810/yr ($30.20/hr).

256
licensed plumbers
$62,810
median annual wage (BLS OEWS, metro area)
51
construction demand index

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How the pay compares

This county sits at the 51st percentile nationally for plumbers pay, above the median US county. Average weekly wages across the county's construction trades rose 4.3% year over year (BLS QCEW).

Licensed workforce by level

Apprentice118
Intermediate9
Journeyman88
Master14
Contractor27

Licensed Plumber contractors near Caldwell County

Active, licensed firms and master-tier individuals on the TX register.

NameTier
Troy E Crumley JrContractor
Randy E WilliamsContractor
Pablo O De LeonContractor
Ben S CowanContractor
Anthony Tyler DerrickContractor
Brandon C WylieContractor
Michael David ThigpenContractor
Daniel Troy WindhamContractor
Jesse L. CordellContractor
John R. CristobalContractor
Anthony MartinezMaster
Chester Ray MouserMaster
Christopher Charles RoganMaster
David BernardMaster
Douglas Theron RoselandMaster
Gregory J. ScheiermanMaster

Caldwell County within the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro

Caldwell County holds 4% of the metro area's 7,234 licensed plumbers (#5 of 5 plumbers pool among its 5 counties), at 51.3 per 10,000 residents against 29.2 metro-wide; the largest pool is Travis County with 3,024.

Who entered and left in the last 12 months

Counted from ATI's nightly diff of the TX register itself, over the trailing year. Runs that failed a data-quality gate are excluded, so a scraper outage is never reported as workers leaving.

MovementWorkersWhat it means
New licenses issued11People who entered the licensed workforce here.
Licenses lapsed32Expired or not renewed. Retirement, relocation or leaving the trade.
Moved up a credential tier0Apprentice to journeyman, journeyman to master, and so on.
Net change-21New licenses minus lapsed. Negative means the licensed base shrank.

Who employs plumbers here

Employment from the BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages for the industry this trade sits in; payroll from the Census County Business Patterns. Establishment counts are QCEW where the county is disclosed and an ATI estimate otherwise.

MeasureValueWhat it counts
Employer establishments17Physical business locations in this industry.
Industry employment59Everyone on those payrolls, not only licensed trades.
Annual industry payroll$3MTotal wages paid across those establishments (Census CBP, 2023).

How much work is in Caldwell County

County-wide construction activity, across all trades rather than plumbers specifically. Each figure names its source and the period it covers.

MeasureValueWhat it means for you
New housing units permitted443Last full year, county-wide. 89 per 10,000 residents. Permits lead construction hiring by months, so this is the earliest honest signal of work arriving (Census Building Permits Survey).
Construction employment608Everyone working in construction in this county, all trades and office staff. Average pay $1,206 per week. BLS QCEW.
Median year homes were built1991Older stock means more repair, replacement and retrofit work, which is steadier than new build and does not stop in a downturn (Census ACS).
Net migration+93People who moved in minus people who moved out, from IRS address changes. Arrivals need housing, wiring, plumbing and heat.

Density and pipeline

50.7 licensed plumbers per 10,000 residents; 2.0 apprentices per 10,000 residents. A thin pipeline against an ageing licensed base is how a shortage forms years before it shows up in wages.

Common questions

How many licensed plumbers are in Caldwell County, TX?
Caldwell County has 256 licensed plumbers on the TX register.
What do plumbers earn in Caldwell County?
The median annual wage for this occupation in this market is $62,810 ($30.20/hour), per BLS OEWS.
Is this a job board?
No. This page is ATI's own licensed-workforce and market data for this county and trade. Job listings above, where present, are an additive real-time layer, not the page's core content.
Is this page for Austin specifically?
This page covers all of Caldwell County, TX, which is part of the Greater Austin metro area (the Census-defined metro this county belongs to), so it includes but is not limited to Austin proper.

License register: 2026-10-05; Wages: 2025-05-31; Demand: 2026-10-05; Apprenticeship: 2025-12-31.

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