What are plumbers worth in your market?

A free report on your market: what the trade pays, how that compares with nearby counties, and where your credential sits against the local licensed workforce. No account needed.

Licensed workforce by trade

Licence records on the North Carolina register located in Johnston County that the register does not mark expired or revoked and evidences as licences actually held; median annual wage from BLS OEWS. The last column is the modelled probability this county's wages for the trade tighten materially faster than the national trend over 24 months, not a probability that a shortage occurs. Trades that share an industry code share a forecast.

Trade	Licensed	Median wage	24-mo wage-tightening prob.	Contractor / master firms
plumbers	108	$60,540	22%	54
HVAC technicians	80	$58,900	22%	38
electricians	78	$56,800	23%	5
fire sprinkler fitters	8	$60,540	22%	2
sign electricians	n/a	$56,800	n/a	n/a
boiler operators	n/a	$49,720	n/a	n/a
sheet metal workers	n/a	$50,570	n/a	n/a
elevator mechanics	n/a	$107,700	n/a	n/a
appliance repair technicians	n/a	$47,880	n/a	n/a

Known capital projects

25 active projects on record in Johnston County, $4.2B of committed investment; 14 carry a construction-labor demand model. Largest by disclosed investment:

Novo Nordisk (insulin manufacturing facility), pharma / biotech plant, $1.8B, est. completion 2019
Novo Nordisk Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc. III, pharma / biotech plant, $1.1B, est. completion 2018
Grifols Therapeutics LLC II, pharma / biotech plant, $316M, est. completion 2022
R-3410 NC 36 / SR 3908 (Veterans Parkway): NC 50 to US 70 (Clayton Boulevard). Widen to multi-lanes., highway infrastructure, $229M, est. completion 2034
U-6216 SR 1010 (Cleveland Road): North of SR 2231 (Southfort Drive) to SR 1555 (Barber Mill Road). Widen to multi-lanes., highway infrastructure, $144M, est. completion 2038

Nearby markets

Counties that share a border (Census county adjacency), then the wider labor shed: same metro area or within 60 miles.

Wayne County, NC, 23 mi, shares a border, 87 licensed
Wake County, NC, 25 mi, shares a border, 941 licensed
Wilson County, NC, 28 mi, shares a border, 80 licensed
Harnett County, NC, 30 mi, shares a border, 211 licensed
Sampson County, NC, 36 mi, shares a border, 125 licensed
Nash County, NC, 38 mi, shares a border, 153 licensed
Franklin County, NC, 40 mi, shares a border, 123 licensed
Greene County, NC, 39 mi, labor shed, 32 licensed

Labor shed: Raleigh-Cary, NC

Counties in the same Census metro area, the realistic commute shed for this market.

Common questions

How many licensed skilled-trades workers are in Johnston County, NC?: Johnston County has 274 licensed skilled-trades records on the North Carolina register, across 4 trades.
Which trades have a full market page for Johnston County?: electricians, fire sprinkler fitters, HVAC technicians, plumbers, each with licensed supply, wages, demand outlook and current openings.
Are there major construction projects planned in Johnston County?: ATI tracks 25 active capital projects in Johnston County, listed above by disclosed investment. A project on record is not a guarantee of hiring.

This number changes tonight.

This page is a free snapshot of Johnston County, NC. Track the same market every night and see which contractors just got licensed, added a trade, or dropped off, and pull the full record, with contact details, on any of them. Ask it anything, track what matters, and get the weekly intelligence email. Free trial, cancel anytime.

Start free trial Get the Index

Johnston County, NC skilled trades market