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Electrician shortage in New Jersey: the licensed-supply numbers
What the New Jersey register actually shows, by tier and per capita, updated nightly.
As of 2026-08-09, New Jersey carries 16,696 licensed electricians
on its state register, or 179.7 per 100,000 residents.
16,696
licensed electricians
179.7
per 100k residents
#27
density rank of 41
0.05
apprentice : journeyman
The apprentice-to-journeyman pipeline behind them runs at 0.05 in New Jersey, against 0.492 nationally, a read on whether the electricians supply is being replenished.
By credential tier
Every electrician license on the New Jersey register, normalized to one ladder.
Tier
Licensed
Share
Apprentice
172
1%
Journeyman
3,131
19%
Contractor / business
13,393
80%
Against comparable states
States nearest New Jersey on licensed electricians per capita.
State
Licensed electricians
Per 100k
New Jersey
16,696
179.7
Arkansas
8,710
283.9
California
83,027
213.1
Virginia
17,835
204.6
Maryland
8,290
134.1
Alabama
6,052
118.5
Iowa
3,328
103.8
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 New Jersey?
Reporting on the shortage rarely states how many are actually licensed. New Jersey carries 16,696 licensed electricians on its register as of 2026-08-09, or 179.7 per 100,000 residents. Readers can weigh that supply against demand directly.
How many licensed electricians does New Jersey have?
16,696 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.
New licenses, ladder upgrades, classification changes and lapses, by market and credential tier. Read the quarterly free, or license the underlying data.