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Plumber Jobs & Licensed Workforce in Jackson County, OR, Greater Medford Metro Area

Licensed supply, wages, demand, and real current openings for plumbers in Jackson County, OR, from the state register (updated nightly), BLS, and live job listings.

Jackson County, OR carries 260 licensed plumbers and a median wage of $78,440/yr ($37.71/hr).

260
licensed plumbers
$78,440
median annual wage (BLS OEWS, metro area)
72
construction demand index
1
open positions shown

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How the pay compares

This county sits at the 83rd percentile nationally for plumbers pay, above the median US county. Average weekly wages across the county's construction trades rose 6.7% year over year (BLS QCEW).

Where plumbers earn more near Jackson County

Counties within 150 miles whose published median for this occupation is higher than Jackson County's. Medians from the same BLS OEWS series shown above, not offers, and pay is only one reason to move.

CountyMedianDifferenceDistance
Josephine County, OR$97,050+$18,61046 mi
Klamath County, OR$97,050+$18,61056 mi
Douglas County, OR$97,050+$18,61065 mi
Curry County, OR$97,050+$18,61078 mi
Coos County, OR$97,050+$18,61090 mi

Current openings in the Medford, OR metro area

Real, current plumbers openings, 0 in Jackson County itself, 1 elsewhere in the metro area (marked). Jobs by Adzuna.

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Summers Plumbing Heating & Cooling - Anderson, Hamilton Park, Delaware County (metro)
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Licensed workforce by level

Journeyman192
Contractor68

Licensed Plumber contractors near Jackson County

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

NameTier
A & I Assets LLCContractor
Advantage Plumbing & Mechanical LLCContractor
All Mechanical Plumbing Solutions IncContractor
All Systems Plumbing LLCContractor
Api Plumbing IncContractor
Art Of Plumbing LLCContractor
Artoff PlumbingContractor
Glen Allen GrossmanContractor
Brandes Plumbing IncContractor
Brooks Classic Construction LLCContractor

Who entered and left in the last 12 months

Counted from ATI's nightly diff of the OR 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 issued27People who entered the licensed workforce here.
Licenses lapsed0Expired or not renewed. Retirement, relocation or leaving the trade.
Moved up a credential tier0Apprentice to journeyman, journeyman to master, and so on.
Net change27New 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 establishments110Physical business locations in this industry.
Industry employment705Everyone on those payrolls, not only licensed trades.
Annual industry payroll$46MTotal wages paid across those establishments (Census CBP, 2023).

How much work is in Jackson 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 permitted944Last full year, county-wide. 43 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 employment3,005Everyone working in construction in this county, all trades and office staff. Average pay $1,305 per week. BLS QCEW.
Median year homes were built1985Older 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+643People who moved in minus people who moved out, from IRS address changes. Arrivals need housing, wiring, plumbing and heat.

Density and pipeline

11.8 licensed plumbers per 10,000 residents; 147 licensed holders per 100 estimated workers in the trade; 0.1 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 Jackson County, OR?
Jackson County has 260 licensed plumbers on the OR register.
What do plumbers earn in Jackson County?
The median annual wage for this occupation in this market is $78,440 ($37.71/hour), per BLS OEWS.
Are there open plumbers jobs in Jackson County right now?
Not in Jackson County itself right now, plus 1 elsewhere in the metro area, of which 1 is listed above. Sourced from Adzuna and refreshed nightly.
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 Medford specifically?
This page covers all of Jackson County, OR, which is part of the Greater Medford metro area (the Census-defined metro this county belongs to), so it includes but is not limited to Medford proper.

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

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