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How many licensed boiler operators are in Maryland?

How many are licensed in Maryland, what level they hold, and how that compares per resident.

As of October 6, 2026, Maryland has 3,422 licensed boiler operators on its state register, 2,051 of them at master level.

3,422
licensed boiler operators
2,051
master level
55.4
per 100k residents
#2
of 20 states

What level they hold

Apprentice137
Intermediate374
Journeyman860
Master2,051

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Which number are you looking for?

“How many boiler operators” has more than one honest answer, and published figures disagree because they count different things without saying so. Here is each measure ATI holds for Maryland, named.

MeasureCountWhat it counts
Licensed workers on the state register3,422Records the register does not mark expired, revoked or surrendered, and that it evidences as a license actually held. This is the figure every ATI surface reports as `current`, and the figure this page leads with.
...of those, explicitly marked active2,681The narrower subset a register flags as active. Smaller, because many states publish no status at all and those records are counted above but not here.
All license records, active or not2,716Includes lapsed, expired and inactive records. Larger, and not a workforce count.
Industry employment (BLS QCEW)30,114Everyone on the payroll of establishments in this industry, including office and sales staff, and counting a person once per job rather than once per license.
Estimated workers in this occupation (ATI model)1Not a published figure: county construction employment scaled by this occupation's share of the metro workforce. An estimate, shown as one.
Employer establishments1,756Physical business locations, not people. BLS QCEW where the county is disclosed, otherwise an ATI estimate on the same occupation share.
Registered apprentices22In a registered program, working toward a license but not yet holding one.

ATI's headline figure is the first row: individual people holding an active license, counted from the state register itself and refreshed nightly. See methodology and sources.

How Maryland compares

StateLicensed boiler operatorsPer 100k
Minnesota29,682517.3
Maryland3,42255.4
District of Columbia3,165466.1
Oregon2,44657.8

Maryland is part of 51,348 licensed boiler operators nationally, and ranks #6 of 14 published states by per-capita density.

Common questions

How many licensed boiler operators are there in Maryland?
As of October 6, 2026, Maryland has 3,422 licensed boiler operators on its state register, including 2,051 at master level.
How many boiler operators per capita does Maryland have?
Maryland has 55.4 licensed boiler operators per 100,000 residents (Census 2023 population).
Is this the same as employment estimates?
No. This is a count of license records on the state register, not a BLS survey estimate of employment. Licensed capacity and estimated employment are different numbers.
How often is this updated?
The register is re-pulled and re-judged nightly. Every figure carries its as-of date.

Related pages

Market
Maryland licensed trades supply
License
How to get a boiler operator license in Maryland
Electricians
Electricians in Maryland
HVAC Technicians
HVAC Technicians in Maryland
Plumbers
Plumbers in Maryland
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