Registered plumber apprentices by county, open recruitment windows where the state publishes them, and how the apprentice tier fits Arkansas's licence ladder. Updated nightly.
Arkansas has 2,381 registered plumber apprentices in active status (fiscal year 2025, DOL RAPIDS), placed in 75 counties, 7.8 per 10,000 residents. That is 75.2 apprentices for every 100 employed plumbers in the state, the rate at which the trade is training its own replacements.
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Registered plumber apprentices by county of the apprentice, largest first. Each county links to its plumbers market page.
| County | Apprentices | Share | Per 10k residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington County | 511 | 21% | 19.5 |
| Benton County | 271 | 11% | 8.7 |
| Saline County | 198 | 8% | 15.3 |
| Pulaski County | 171 | 7% | 4.3 |
| Lonoke County | 109 | 5% | 14.4 |
| Faulkner County | 108 | 5% | 8.3 |
| Sebastian County | 98 | 4% | 7.6 |
| White County | 74 | 3% | 9.4 |
| Garland County | 72 | 3% | 7.2 |
| Craighead County | 60 | 3% | 5.3 |
| Crawford County | 50 | 2% | 8.1 |
| Madison County | 38 | 2% | 21.4 |
| Clark County | 30 | 1% | 14.1 |
| Greene County | 29 | 1% | 6.2 |
| Pope County | 27 | 1% | 4.2 |
| 60 other counties | 535 | 22% |
Source: DOL RAPIDS apprenticeship FY2025, active status, county-coded; as of December 31, 2025.
Arkansas records apprentices on its own plumber licence register as Apprentice Plumber License: 1,804 active apprentice-tier records against 2,936 journeyman records, a ratio of 0.61 apprentice records per journeyman, register read September 16, 2026. The register's apprentice tier and the federal registered-apprenticeship count in the county table are two different systems: a licence-register apprentice is anyone the state has credentialed to work under supervision, a registered apprentice is enrolled in a DOL-registered program.
Counts are license records, not people: a holder with more than one license appears once per license, and a contractor license is a business, not a worker.
Credential types the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH), Protective Health Codes / State Committee of Plumbing Examiners issues for this trade: Apprentice Plumber, Journeyman Plumber, Master Plumber, Restricted Plumber, Lifetime Plumber, Gas Fitter (trainee/supervisor), Water & Sewer Service Line Installer, City Plumbing Inspector, Backflow Tester/Repair. See how to get a plumber license in Arkansas for hours, exams and renewal.
Sources: registered apprentices: DOL RAPIDS apprenticeship FY2025, active status, as of December 31, 2025; employment: BLS QCEW construction x OEWS occupation share (estimate); licence tiers: Arkansas register read September 16, 2026; population: U.S. Census 2023 estimates.
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