Licensed supply, credential mix, wages and demand for well drillers in Torrance County, NM, from the state register (updated nightly) and BLS.
Torrance County, NM carries 3 licensed well drillers and a median wage of $50,000/yr ($24.04/hr).
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This county sits at the 61st percentile nationally for well drillers pay, above the median US county.
Torrance County holds 16% of the metro area's 19 licensed well drillers (#4 of 4 well drillers pool among its 4 counties), at 1.9 per 10,000 residents against 0.2 metro-wide; the largest pool is Bernalillo County with 9.
Counted from ATI's nightly diff of the NM 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.
| Movement | Workers | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| New licenses issued | 0 | People who entered the licensed workforce here. |
| Licenses lapsed | 1 | Expired or not renewed. Retirement, relocation or leaving the trade. |
| Moved up a credential tier | 0 | Apprentice to journeyman, journeyman to master, and so on. |
| Net change | -1 | New licenses minus lapsed. Negative means the licensed base shrank. |
County-wide construction activity, across all trades rather than well drillers specifically. Each figure names its source and the period it covers.
| Measure | Value | What it means for you |
|---|---|---|
| Construction employment | 201 | Everyone working in construction in this county, all trades and office staff. Average pay $1,391 per week. BLS QCEW. |
| Median year homes were built | 1987 | Older 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 | +16 | People who moved in minus people who moved out, from IRS address changes. Arrivals need housing, wiring, plumbing and heat. |
1.9 licensed well drillers per 10,000 residents. A thin pipeline against an ageing licensed base is how a shortage forms years before it shows up in wages.
License register: 2026-10-05; Wages: 2025-05-31; Demand: 2026-10-05; Apprenticeship: 2025-12-31.
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