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Dallas County, TX skilled trades market

Licensed workforce, wages, demand outlook and known capital projects for Dallas County, Texas, updated nightly from the state register, BLS and ATI's project graph.

39,490
licensed skilled-trades records
9
trades with licensed supply
776
active capital projects on record
2,606,358
residents (Census)

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Licensed workforce by trade

Licence records on the Texas register located in Dallas County that the register does not mark expired or revoked and evidences as licences actually held; median annual wage from BLS OEWS. The last column is the modelled probability this county's wages for the trade tighten materially faster than the national trend over 24 months, not a probability that a shortage occurs. Trades that share an industry code share a forecast.

TradeLicensedMedian wage24-mo wage-tightening prob.Contractor / master firms
electricians27,217$59,01016%1,723
plumbers6,361$61,2507%780
HVAC technicians4,999$59,5607%1,258
sign electricians567$59,01016%137
appliance repair technicians205$49,3507%47
elevator mechanics68$108,15014%55
fire sprinkler fitters66$61,2507%n/a
boiler operators4$75,7507%4
well drillers3$48,03014%n/a
sheet metal workersn/a$56,240n/an/a

Known capital projects

776 active projects on record in Dallas County, $6.9B of committed investment, plus $9.4B in long-range plans not yet funded; 34 carry a construction-labor demand model. Largest by disclosed investment:

Nearby markets

Counties that share a border (Census county adjacency), then the wider labor shed: same metro area or within 60 miles.

Labor shed: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

Counties in the same Census metro area, the realistic commute shed for this market.

Common questions

How many licensed skilled-trades workers are in Dallas County, TX?
Dallas County has 39,490 licensed skilled-trades records on the Texas register, across 9 trades.
Which trades have a full market page for Dallas County?
appliance repair technicians, boiler operators, electricians, sign electricians, elevator mechanics, HVAC technicians, plumbers, well drillers, each with licensed supply, wages, demand outlook and current openings.
Are there major construction projects planned in Dallas County?
ATI tracks 776 active capital projects in Dallas County, listed above by disclosed investment. A project on record is not a guarantee of hiring.

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Texas licensed skilled trades
Market
Texas trades supply by county
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