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Electrician shortage in Alabama: the licensed-supply numbers
What the Alabama register actually shows, by tier and per capita, updated nightly.
As of 2026-08-09, Alabama carries 6,052 licensed electricians
on its state register, or 118.5 per 100,000 residents.
6,052
licensed electricians
118.5
per 100k residents
#29
density rank of 41
Alabama does not issue a separate apprentice license for this trade, so no pipeline ratio is published here. The tier counts below are what the register itself records.
By credential tier
Every electrician license on the Alabama register, normalized to one ladder.
Tier
Licensed
Share
Journeyman
1,719
28%
Contractor / business
4,333
72%
Against comparable states
States nearest Alabama on licensed electricians per capita.
State
Licensed electricians
Per 100k
Alabama
6,052
118.5
Virginia
17,835
204.6
New Jersey
16,696
179.7
Maryland
8,290
134.1
Iowa
3,328
103.8
Mississippi
2,960
100.7
Louisiana
3,847
84.1
Counts, not a capacity opinion. We publish the licensed supply and the pipeline
ratio; whether a market can absorb a given project is a judgement for the reader, not a claim we make.
Frequently asked
Is there an electricians shortage in Alabama?
Reporting on the shortage rarely states how many are actually licensed. Alabama carries 6,052 licensed electricians on its register as of 2026-08-09, or 118.5 per 100,000 residents. Readers can weigh that supply against demand directly.
How many licensed electricians does Alabama have?
6,052 on the state register as of 2026-08-09.
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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