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Licensed plumbers in Williamson County, TX, Greater Austin Metro Area: Workforce, Wages & Demand

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

Williamson County, TX carries 2,518 licensed plumbers and a median wage of $62,810/yr ($30.20/hr).

2,518
licensed plumbers
$62,810
median annual wage (BLS OEWS, metro area)
68
construction demand index

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How the pay compares

This county sits at the 51st percentile nationally for plumbers pay, above the median US county. Average weekly wages across the county's construction trades fell 2.6% year over year (BLS QCEW).

Licensed workforce by level

Apprentice928
Intermediate240
Journeyman906
Master171
Contractor273

Licensed Plumber contractors near Williamson County

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

NameTier
Dominic A LangleyContractor
Johnny Ray KurtenContractor
Brandon W. SalazarContractor
Arnold Coronel Trevino JrContractor
Eric MelanconContractor
Clinton James BaseyContractor
Kris L NiffeneggerContractor
Alfred Herman OldenkampContractor
Gary Scott AtwoodContractor
Andrew S. MorganContractor
Aaron Casey HibbsMaster
Alan W SnowMaster
Alex P. Urias Jr.Master
Alexander Scott HayesMaster
Alvin Teinert IIIMaster
Andrew T RossMaster

Williamson County within the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro

Williamson County holds 35% of the metro area's 7,234 licensed plumbers (the second-largest plumbers pool among its 5 counties), at 36.1 per 10,000 residents against 29.2 metro-wide; the largest pool is Travis County with 3,024.

Who entered and left in the last 12 months

Counted from ATI's nightly diff of the TX 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 issued91People who entered the licensed workforce here.
Licenses lapsed264Expired or not renewed. Retirement, relocation or leaving the trade.
Moved up a credential tier17Apprentice to journeyman, journeyman to master, and so on.
Net change-173New 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 establishments277Physical business locations in this industry.
Industry employment4,233Everyone on those payrolls, not only licensed trades.
Annual industry payroll$266MTotal wages paid across those establishments (Census CBP, 2023).

How much work is in Williamson 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 permitted4,956Last full year, county-wide. 71 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 employment15,284Everyone working in construction in this county, all trades and office staff. Average pay $1,427 per week. BLS QCEW.
Median year homes were built2006Older 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+8,195People who moved in minus people who moved out, from IRS address changes. Arrivals need housing, wiring, plumbing and heat.

Density and pipeline

35.7 licensed plumbers per 10,000 residents; 142 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 Williamson County, TX?
Williamson County has 2,518 licensed plumbers on the TX register.
What do plumbers earn in Williamson County?
The median annual wage for this occupation in this market is $62,810 ($30.20/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 Austin specifically?
This page covers all of Williamson County, TX, which is part of the Greater Austin metro area (the Census-defined metro this county belongs to), so it includes but is not limited to Austin proper.

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

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