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Licensed plumbers in San Benito County, CA, Greater San Jose Metro Area: Workforce, Wages & Demand

Licensed supply, credential mix, wages and demand for plumbers in San Benito County, CA, from the state register (updated nightly) and BLS.

San Benito County, CA carries 52 licensed plumbers and a median wage of $107,560/yr ($51.71/hr).

52
licensed plumbers
$107,560
median annual wage (BLS OEWS, metro area)
74
construction demand index

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How the pay compares

This county sits at the 100th percentile nationally for plumbers pay, above the median US county. Average weekly wages across the county's construction trades fell 3.9% year over year (BLS QCEW).

Licensed workforce by level

Journeyman11
Contractor41

Licensed Plumber contractors near San Benito County

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

NameTier
All Kind Plumbing ServicesContractor
Alpha Tech Plumbing IncContractor
American Plumbing Solutions & WaterworksContractor
American Prestige Plumbing CorpContractor
Avila Plumbing And Heating ServicesContractor
D A E Plumbing IncContractor
D & K Marquez Enterprises IncContractor
David A Mc KibbinContractor
Dmc Plumbing And Piping Systems IncContractor
Down The Line Plumbing IncContractor

San Benito County within the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro

San Benito County holds 6% of the metro area's 820 licensed plumbers (the second-largest plumbers pool among its 2 counties), at 7.6 per 10,000 residents against 4.2 metro-wide; the largest pool is Santa Clara County with 768.

Who entered and left in the last 12 months

Counted from ATI's nightly diff of the CA 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 issued0People who entered the licensed workforce here.
Licenses lapsed4Expired or not renewed. Retirement, relocation or leaving the trade.
Moved up a credential tier0Apprentice to journeyman, journeyman to master, and so on.
Net change-4New 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 establishments46Physical business locations in this industry.
Industry employment179Everyone on those payrolls, not only licensed trades.
Annual industry payroll$14MTotal wages paid across those establishments (Census CBP, 2023).

How much work is in San Benito 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 permitted247Last full year, county-wide. 36 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 employment1,075Everyone working in construction in this county, all trades and office staff. Average pay $1,361 per week. BLS QCEW.
Median year homes were built1989Older 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-443People who moved in minus people who moved out, from IRS address changes. Arrivals need housing, wiring, plumbing and heat.

Density and pipeline

7.6 licensed plumbers per 10,000 residents; 42 licensed holders per 100 estimated workers in the trade; 0.9 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 San Benito County, CA?
San Benito County has 52 licensed plumbers on the CA register.
What do plumbers earn in San Benito County?
The median annual wage for this occupation in this market is $107,560 ($51.71/hour), per BLS OEWS.
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 San Jose specifically?
This page covers all of San Benito County, CA, which is part of the Greater San Jose metro area (the Census-defined metro this county belongs to), so it includes but is not limited to San Jose proper.

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

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