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Licensed plumbers in Dallas County, TX: Workforce, Wages & Demand

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

Dallas County, TX carries 6,272 licensed plumbers and a median wage of $61,250/yr ($29.45/hr).

6,272
licensed plumbers
$61,250
median annual wage (BLS OEWS, metro area)
68
construction demand index

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How the pay compares

This county sits at the 44th percentile nationally for plumbers pay, below the median US county. Average weekly wages across the county's construction trades rose 5.8% year over year (BLS QCEW).

Licensed workforce by level

Apprentice3,351
Intermediate262
Journeyman1,888
Master230
Contractor541

Construction & project context

Licensed Plumber contractors near Dallas County

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

NameTier
Dustin DenhamContractor
Ryan CondrenContractor
Shawn DeasonContractor
Stephen Dale HarmonContractor
Erick R AlvaradoContractor
Michael A ArnoldContractor
Kevin Wayne SkinnerContractor
Andy G MadridContractor
Austin J SayreContractor
Raymond C Tyree Jr.Contractor
Abel MartinezMaster
Adrian AlvarezMaster
Adrian Thomas EhrichMaster
Alan BecerraMaster
Aldo G VaqueraMaster
Alex O'Ryan GentryMaster

Dallas County within the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro

Dallas County holds 32% of the metro area's 19,695 licensed plumbers (the largest plumbers pool among its 11 counties), at 24.1 per 10,000 residents against 24.3 metro-wide.

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 issued259People who entered the licensed workforce here.
Licenses lapsed695Expired or not renewed. Retirement, relocation or leaving the trade.
Moved up a credential tier37Apprentice to journeyman, journeyman to master, and so on.
Net change-436New 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 establishments746Physical business locations in this industry.
Industry employment16,696Everyone on those payrolls, not only licensed trades.
Annual industry payroll$1,079MTotal wages paid across those establishments (Census CBP, 2023).

How much work is in Dallas 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 permitted12,691Last full year, county-wide. 49 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 employment66,281Everyone working in construction in this county, all trades and office staff. Average pay $1,647 per week. BLS QCEW.
Median year homes were built1983Older 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+9,186People who moved in minus people who moved out, from IRS address changes. Arrivals need housing, wiring, plumbing and heat.

Density and pipeline

23.9 licensed plumbers per 10,000 residents; 104 licensed holders per 100 estimated workers in the trade; 0.5 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 Dallas County, TX?
Dallas County has 6,272 licensed plumbers on the TX register.
What do plumbers earn in Dallas County?
The median annual wage for this occupation in this market is $61,250 ($29.45/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.

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

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