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Licensed plumbers in Denton County, TX, Greater Dallas Metro Area: Workforce, Wages & Demand

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

Denton County, TX carries 1,999 licensed plumbers and a median wage of $61,250/yr ($29.45/hr).

1,999
licensed plumbers
$61,250
median annual wage (BLS OEWS, metro area)
72
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 7.9% year over year (BLS QCEW).

Licensed workforce by level

Apprentice943
Intermediate107
Journeyman637
Master99
Contractor213

Licensed Plumber contractors near Denton County

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

NameTier
Keith MitchellContractor
Keaton Tripper LongContractor
Norman R Alambar IIContractor
Jose N RodriguezContractor
Stanislav K StantchevContractor
Chad HebertContractor
Hubert Wylie JohnsonContractor
Michael Robert LeclairContractor
Theron Dallas YoungContractor
Bryan StoweContractor
Aaron Mason McLendonMaster
Aaron R. AlveyMaster
Adam Ryan BroseMaster
Austin ZieglerMaster
Benjamin Mark SimmonsMaster
Brian D JacksonMaster

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

Denton County holds 10% of the metro area's 19,695 licensed plumbers (the third-largest plumbers pool among its 11 counties), at 19.8 per 10,000 residents against 24.3 metro-wide; the largest pool is Dallas County with 6,272.

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 issued82People who entered the licensed workforce here.
Licenses lapsed204Expired or not renewed. Retirement, relocation or leaving the trade.
Moved up a credential tier17Apprentice to journeyman, journeyman to master, and so on.
Net change-122New 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 establishments222Physical business locations in this industry.
Industry employment2,782Everyone on those payrolls, not only licensed trades.
Annual industry payroll$179MTotal wages paid across those establishments (Census CBP, 2023).

How much work is in Denton 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 permitted10,210Last full year, county-wide. 101 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 employment12,196Everyone working in construction in this county, all trades and office staff. Average pay $1,463 per week. BLS QCEW.
Median year homes were built2003Older 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+7,956People who moved in minus people who moved out, from IRS address changes. Arrivals need housing, wiring, plumbing and heat.

Density and pipeline

19.7 licensed plumbers per 10,000 residents; 180 licensed holders per 100 estimated workers in the trade; 0.3 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 Denton County, TX?
Denton County has 1,999 licensed plumbers on the TX register.
What do plumbers earn in Denton 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.
Is this page for Dallas specifically?
This page covers all of Denton County, TX, which is part of the Greater Dallas metro area (the Census-defined metro this county belongs to), so it includes but is not limited to Dallas proper.

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

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