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How many licensed plumbers are in Oklahoma?

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

As of October 6, 2026, Oklahoma has 6,341 licensed plumbers on its state register.

6,341
licensed plumbers
156.4
per 100k residents
#23
of 44 states

What level they hold

Apprentice3,883
Journeyman1,515
Contractor924
Inspector19

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Which number are you looking for?

“How many plumbers” 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 Oklahoma, named.

MeasureCountWhat it counts
Licensed workers on the state register6,341Records 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 active4,933The 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 not24,328Includes lapsed, expired and inactive records. Larger, and not a workforce count.
Industry employment (BLS QCEW)14,380Everyone 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)5,657Not a published figure: county construction employment scaled by this occupation's share of the metro workforce. An estimate, shown as one.
Employer establishments1,580Physical business locations, not people. BLS QCEW where the county is disclosed, otherwise an ATI estimate on the same occupation share.
Registered apprentices321In 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 Oklahoma compares

StateLicensed plumbersPer 100k
Arizona6,616—
Oregon6,584155.5
Oklahoma6,341156.4
Kentucky6,313139.5
Utah5,656165.5

Oklahoma is part of 415,580 licensed plumbers nationally, and ranks #23 of 32 published states by per-capita density.

Common questions

How many licensed plumbers are there in Oklahoma?
As of October 6, 2026, Oklahoma has 6,341 licensed plumbers on its state register.
How many plumbers per capita does Oklahoma have?
Oklahoma has 156.4 licensed plumbers 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

Shortage
Plumber shortage in Oklahoma
Market
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License
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HVAC Technicians
HVAC Technicians in Oklahoma
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