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How many licensed HVAC technicians are in Arkansas?

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

As of October 5, 2026, Arkansas has 10,913 licensed HVAC technicians on its state register.

10,913
licensed HVAC technicians
355.7
per 100k residents
#8
of 38 states

What level they hold

Journeyman10,913

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“How many HVAC technicians” 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 Arkansas, named.

MeasureCountWhat it counts
Licensed workers on the state register10,913Records 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)9,114Everyone 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)4,702Not a published figure: county construction employment scaled by this occupation's share of the metro workforce. An estimate, shown as one.
Employer establishments1,007Physical business locations, not people. BLS QCEW where the county is disclosed, otherwise an ATI estimate on the same occupation share.
Registered apprentices70In 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 Arkansas compares

StateLicensed HVAC techniciansPer 100k
Maine11,311810.4
Kentucky11,033243.8
Arkansas10,913355.7
Connecticut10,556—
New Mexico8,961—

Arkansas is part of 298,580 licensed HVAC technicians nationally, and ranks #5 of 19 published states by per-capita density.

Common questions

How many licensed HVAC technicians are there in Arkansas?
As of October 5, 2026, Arkansas has 10,913 licensed HVAC technicians on its state register.
How many HVAC technicians per capita does Arkansas have?
Arkansas has 355.7 licensed HVAC technicians 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.

Related pages

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