American Trades Index Apply for the beta

How many licensed plumbers are in Utah?

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

As of August 9, 2026, Utah has 5,656 licensed plumbers on its state register, 1,203 of them at master level.

This register has not been re-collected since August 9, 2026, 58 days ago. Every figure below is real and is stated as of that date, but it is not nightly-fresh the way the rest of this site is: Utah is one of the registers ATI cannot currently sweep on a schedule. Treat these counts as a dated snapshot, and see Sources for which registers are affected and why.

5,656
licensed plumbers
1,203
master level
165.5
per 100k residents
#25
of 44 states

What level they hold

Apprentice2,414
Intermediate156
Journeyman906
Master1,203
Contractor977

What are plumbers worth in your market?

A free report on your market: what the trade pays, how that compares with nearby counties, and where your credential sits against the local licensed workforce. No account needed.

Thanks, we'll be in touch.
Something went wrong. Please try again.

Which number are you looking for?

“How many plumbers” 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 Utah, named.

MeasureCountWhat it counts
Licensed workers on the state register5,656Records 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.
...of those, explicitly marked active4,851The narrower subset a register flags as active. Smaller, because many states publish no status at all and those records are counted above but not here.
All license records, active or not14,138Includes lapsed, expired and inactive records. Larger, and not a workforce count.
Industry employment (BLS QCEW)16,137Everyone 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)7,408Not a published figure: county construction employment scaled by this occupation's share of the metro workforce. An estimate, shown as one.
Employer establishments1,711Physical business locations, not people. BLS QCEW where the county is disclosed, otherwise an ATI estimate on the same occupation share.
Registered apprentices573In 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 Utah compares

StateLicensed plumbersPer 100k
Oklahoma6,341156.4
Kentucky6,313139.5
Utah5,656165.5
Ohio5,615—
West Virginia5,612317.0

Utah is part of 415,580 licensed plumbers nationally, and ranks #21 of 32 published states by per-capita density.

Common questions

How many licensed plumbers are there in Utah?
As of August 9, 2026, Utah has 5,656 licensed plumbers on its state register, including 1,203 at master level.
How many plumbers per capita does Utah have?
Utah has 165.5 licensed plumbers 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

Shortage
Plumber shortage in Utah
Market
Utah licensed trades supply
Ranking
All states by licensed plumbers
License
How to get a plumber license in Utah
Electricians
Electricians in Utah
HVAC Technicians
HVAC Technicians in Utah
Boiler Operators
Boiler Operators in Utah
This snapshot is frozen.

UT's register has not been re-collected in 58 days, so this page will not change tonight and the figure above stands as of August 9, 2026. Every other market ATI tracks refreshes nightly: track one and see which contractors just got licensed, added a trade, or dropped off, and pull the full record on any of them. ATI is in private beta; apply for access.

Get new opportunities in your inbox.

The biggest project moves, contractor signals and market opportunities we find.

You are on the list. The next finding lands in your inbox.

Free. Unsubscribe any time. We never sell your address. See our Privacy Policy.