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Licensed plumbers in Clark County, WA, Greater Portland Metro Area: Workforce, Wages & Demand

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

Clark County, WA carries 188 licensed plumbers and a median wage of $101,010/yr ($48.56/hr).

188
licensed plumbers
$101,010
median annual wage (BLS OEWS, metro area)
79
construction demand index

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How the pay compares

This county sits at the 99th percentile nationally for plumbers pay, above the median US county. Average weekly wages across the county's construction trades rose 2.5% year over year (BLS QCEW).

Licensed workforce by level

Journeyman123
Contractor65

Licensed Plumber contractors near Clark County

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

NameTier
A-Grade PlumbingContractor
Adams PlumbingContractor
All County Plumbing LLCContractor
B R PlumbingContractor
Carter Plumbing IncContractor
Christensen Plumbing LLCContractor
Clark County Plmbing/drain LLCContractor
Cowlitz Pride Plumbing LLCContractor
D&m Plumbing LLCContractor
Drain Hound LLCContractor

Clark County within the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metro

Clark County holds 7% of the metro area's 2,570 licensed plumbers (#4 of 7 plumbers pool among its 7 counties), at 3.6 per 10,000 residents against 10.2 metro-wide; the largest pool is Clackamas County with 913.

Who entered and left in the last 12 months

Counted from ATI's nightly diff of the WA 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 issued3People who entered the licensed workforce here.
Licenses lapsed11Expired or not renewed. Retirement, relocation or leaving the trade.
Moved up a credential tier0Apprentice to journeyman, journeyman to master, and so on.
Net change-8New 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 establishments220Physical business locations in this industry.
Industry employment2,711Everyone on those payrolls, not only licensed trades.
Annual industry payroll$203MTotal wages paid across those establishments (Census CBP, 2023).

How much work is in Clark 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 permitted3,250Last full year, county-wide. 62 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 employment10,699Everyone working in construction in this county, all trades and office staff. Average pay $1,403 per week. BLS QCEW.
Median year homes were built1993Older 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+2,654People who moved in minus people who moved out, from IRS address changes. Arrivals need housing, wiring, plumbing and heat.

Density and pipeline

2.9 licensed plumbers per 10,000 residents; 16 licensed holders per 100 estimated workers in the trade; 0.0 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 Clark County, WA?
Clark County has 188 licensed plumbers on the WA register.
What do plumbers earn in Clark County?
The median annual wage for this occupation in this market is $101,010 ($48.56/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 Portland specifically?
This page covers all of Clark County, WA, which is part of the Greater Portland metro area (the Census-defined metro this county belongs to), so it includes but is not limited to Portland proper.

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

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