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Electrician shortage in Pennsylvania: the licensed-supply numbers
What the Pennsylvania register actually shows, by tier and per capita, updated nightly.
As of 2026-08-09, Pennsylvania carries 1,148 licensed electricians
on its state register, or 8.9 per 100,000 residents.
1,148
licensed electricians
8.9
per 100k residents
#41
density rank of 41
Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania register, normalized to one ladder.
Tier
Licensed
Share
Journeyman
13
1%
Contractor / business
1,086
95%
Inspector
49
4%
Against comparable states
States nearest Pennsylvania on licensed electricians per capita.
State
Licensed electricians
Per 100k
Pennsylvania
1,148
8.9
Tennessee
3,089
43.3
Ohio
3,515
29.8
New York
2,722
13.9
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 Pennsylvania?
Reporting on the shortage rarely states how many are actually licensed. Pennsylvania carries 1,148 licensed electricians on its register as of 2026-08-09, or 8.9 per 100,000 residents. Readers can weigh that supply against demand directly.
How many licensed electricians does Pennsylvania have?
1,148 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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