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How many licensed electricians are in North Dakota?

How many are licensed in North Dakota, what level they hold, and how that compares per resident.

As of October 6, 2026, North Dakota has 9,373 licensed electricians on its state register, 1,804 of them at master level.

9,373
licensed electricians
1,804
master level
1,195.6
per 100k residents
#23
of 43 states

What level they hold

Apprentice3,488
Journeyman4,081
Master1,804

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“How many electricians” has more than one honest answer, and published figures disagree because they count different things without saying so. Here is each measure ATI holds for North Dakota, named.

MeasureCountWhat it counts
Licensed workers on the state register9,373Records the register does not mark expired, revoked or surrendered, and that it evidences as a license actually held. This is the figure every ATI surface reports as `current`, and the figure this page leads with.
Industry employment (BLS QCEW)3,642Everyone on the payroll of establishments in this industry, including office and sales staff, and counting a person once per job rather than once per license.
Estimated workers in this occupation (ATI model)2,464Not a published figure: county construction employment scaled by this occupation's share of the metro workforce. An estimate, shown as one.
Employer establishments419Physical business locations, not people. BLS QCEW where the county is disclosed, otherwise an ATI estimate on the same occupation share.
Registered apprentices572In a registered program, working toward a license but not yet holding one.

ATI's headline figure is the first row: individual people holding an active license, counted from the state register itself and refreshed nightly. See methodology and sources.

How North Dakota compares

StateLicensed electriciansPer 100k
New Jersey9,988—
Maryland9,847159.3
North Dakota9,3731195.6
Wyoming9,0361547.1
Hawaii8,729608.2

North Dakota is part of 934,760 licensed electricians nationally, and ranks #3 of 27 published states by per-capita density.

Common questions

How many licensed electricians are there in North Dakota?
As of October 6, 2026, North Dakota has 9,373 licensed electricians on its state register, including 1,804 at master level.
How many electricians per capita does North Dakota have?
North Dakota has 1,195.6 licensed electricians per 100,000 residents (Census 2023 population).
Is this the same as employment estimates?
No. This is a count of license records on the state register, not a BLS survey estimate of employment. Licensed capacity and estimated employment are different numbers.
How often is this updated?
The register is re-pulled and re-judged nightly. Every figure carries its as-of date.

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