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Licensed plumbers in Norfolk County, MA, Greater Boston Metro Area: Workforce, Wages & Demand

Licensed supply, credential mix, wages and demand outlook for plumbers in Norfolk County, MA, updated nightly from the state register and BLS.

Norfolk County, MA carries 2,195 licensed plumbers and a median wage of $96,760/yr ($46.52/hr).

2,195
licensed plumbers
$96,760
median annual wage (BLS OEWS, metro area)
50
construction demand index

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How the pay compares

This county sits at the 96th percentile nationally for plumbers pay, above the median US county. Average weekly wages across the county's construction trades fell 10.6% year over year (BLS QCEW).

Licensed workforce by level

Apprentice422
Journeyman1,113
Master599

Licensed Plumber contractors near Norfolk County

Active, licensed firms and master-tier individuals on the MA register.

NameTier
Aaron MackinnonMaster
Aaron RojeeMaster
Adam GregoireMaster
Adam M MillerMaster
Adam MitchellMaster
Adrian McLaughlinMaster

Norfolk County within the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro

Norfolk County holds 17% of the metro area's 12,796 licensed plumbers (#4 of 5 plumbers pool among its 5 counties), at 30.2 per 10,000 residents against 28.7 metro-wide; the largest pool is Middlesex County with 4,505.

Who entered and left in the last 12 months

Counted from ATI's nightly diff of the MA register itself, over the trailing year. Runs that failed a data-quality gate are excluded, so a scraper outage is never reported as workers leaving.

MovementWorkersWhat it means
New licences issued48People who entered the licensed workforce here.
Licences lapsed35Expired or not renewed. Retirement, relocation or leaving the trade.
Moved up a credential tier7Apprentice to journeyman, journeyman to master, and so on.
Net change13New licences minus lapsed. Negative means the licensed base shrank.

Who employs plumbers here

Employment from the BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages for the industry this trade sits in; payroll from the Census County Business Patterns. Establishment counts are QCEW where the county is disclosed and an ATI estimate otherwise.

MeasureValueWhat it counts
Employer establishments348Physical business locations in this industry.
Industry employment4,538Everyone on those payrolls, not only licensed trades.
Annual industry payroll$460MTotal wages paid across those establishments (Census CBP, 2023).

How much work is in Norfolk County

County-wide construction activity, across all trades rather than plumbers specifically. Each figure names its source and the period it covers.

MeasureValueWhat it means for you
New housing units permitted1,194Last full year, county-wide. 16 per 10,000 residents. Permits lead construction hiring by months, so this is the earliest honest signal of work arriving (Census Building Permits Survey).
Construction employment14,603Everyone working in construction in this county, all trades and office staff. Average pay $2,096 per week. BLS QCEW.
Median year homes were built1964Older stock means more repair, replacement and retrofit work, which is steadier than new build and does not stop in a downturn (Census ACS).
Net migration-2,875People who moved in minus people who moved out, from IRS address changes. Arrivals need housing, wiring, plumbing and heat.

Density and pipeline

29.9 licensed plumbers per 10,000 residents; 118 licensed holders per 100 estimated workers in the trade; 0.2 registered apprentices per 100 estimated workers; 0.1 apprentices per 10,000 residents. A thin pipeline against an ageing licensed base is how a shortage forms years before it shows up in wages.

Common questions

How many licensed plumbers are in Norfolk County, MA?
Norfolk County has 2,195 licensed plumbers on the MA register.
What do plumbers earn in Norfolk County?
The median annual wage for this occupation in this market is $96,760 ($46.52/hour), per BLS OEWS.
Is this a job board?
No. This page is ATI's own licensed-workforce and market data for this county and trade. Job listings above, where present, are an additive real-time layer, not the page's core content.
Is this page for Boston specifically?
This page covers all of Norfolk County, MA, which is part of the Greater Boston metro area (the Census-defined metro this county belongs to), so it includes but is not limited to Boston proper.

License register: 2026-09-17; Wages: 2025-05-31; Demand: 2026-09-17; Apprenticeship: 2025-12-31.

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