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Plumber shortage in Utah: the licensed-supply numbers

Everyone quotes the shortage. Here is the count Utah actually has, by skill level and per resident, as of August 9, 2026, when its register was last collected.

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As of August 9, 2026, Utah carries 5,656 licensed plumbers on its state register, or 165.5 per 100,000 residents.

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
165.5
per 100k residents
#21
density rank of 32
2.66
apprentice : journeyman

The apprentice-to-journeyman pipeline behind them runs at 2.66 in Utah, against 0.555 nationally, a read on whether the plumbers supply is being replenished.

What level they hold

Every plumber license on the Utah register, normalized to one ladder.

TierLicensedShare
Apprentice2,41443%
Intermediate1563%
Journeyman90616%
Master1,20321%
Contractor / business97717%

How this compares to nearby states

States nearest Utah on licensed plumbers per capita.

StateLicensed plumbersPer 100k
Utah5,656165.5
Wisconsin10,330174.8
Rhode Island1,912174.5
Montana1,900167.7
Alabama8,008156.8
Oklahoma6,341156.4
Oregon6,584155.5
Counts, not a capacity opinion. We publish the licensed supply and the pipeline ratio; whether a market can absorb a given project is a judgment for the reader, not a claim we make.

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Common questions

Is there a plumbers shortage in Utah?
Reporting on the shortage rarely states how many are actually licensed. Utah carries 5,656 licensed plumbers on its register as of August 9, 2026, or 165.5 per 100,000 residents. Readers can weigh that supply against demand directly.
How many licensed plumbers does Utah have?
5,656 on the state register as of August 9, 2026, including 1,203 at master level.
Where does the shortage narrative come from?
Industry analyses project national shortfalls of hundreds of thousands of skilled-trades workers against data-center and electrification demand. Those are demand-side estimates; the figure here is the licensed supply on the register today.

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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.

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