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Electrician shortage in Wisconsin: the licensed-supply numbers
What the Wisconsin register actually shows, by tier and per capita, updated nightly.
As of 2026-08-09, Wisconsin carries 28,025 licensed electricians
on its state register, or 474.1 per 100,000 residents.
28,025
licensed electricians
474.1
per 100k residents
#17
density rank of 41
0.25
apprentice : journeyman
The apprentice-to-journeyman pipeline behind them runs at 0.25 in Wisconsin, against 0.492 nationally, a read on whether the electricians supply is being replenished.
By credential tier
Every electrician license on the Wisconsin register, normalized to one ladder.
Tier
Licensed
Share
Apprentice
3,167
11%
Intermediate
643
2%
Journeyman
12,667
45%
Master
6,968
25%
Contractor / business
3,410
12%
Inspector
1,170
4%
Against comparable states
States nearest Wisconsin on licensed electricians per capita.
State
Licensed electricians
Per 100k
Wisconsin
28,025
474.1
Vermont
3,764
581.3
Montana
6,462
570.4
Delaware
5,163
500.3
Michigan
46,613
464.4
Oklahoma
17,577
433.6
Connecticut
14,883
411.5
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 Wisconsin?
Reporting on the shortage rarely states how many are actually licensed. Wisconsin carries 28,025 licensed electricians on its register as of 2026-08-09, or 474.1 per 100,000 residents. Readers can weigh that supply against demand directly.
How many licensed electricians does Wisconsin have?
28,025 on the state register as of 2026-08-09, including 6,968 at master level.
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.