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Plumber shortage in Arizona: the licensed-supply numbers
What the Arizona register actually shows, by tier and per capita, updated nightly.
As of 2026-08-09, Arizona carries 3,443 licensed plumbers
on its state register, or 46.3 per 100,000 residents.
3,443
licensed plumbers
46.3
per 100k residents
#33
density rank of 42
Arizona does not issue a separate apprentice license for this trade, so no pipeline ratio is published here. The tier counts below are what the register itself records.
Against comparable states
States nearest Arizona on licensed plumbers per capita.
State
Licensed plumbers
Per 100k
Arizona
3,443
46.3
New Jersey
6,931
74.6
Virginia
5,618
64.5
Nebraska
1,087
54.9
Florida
8,973
39.7
California
14,076
36.1
Washington
2,726
34.9
Counts, not a capacity opinion. We publish the licensed supply and the pipeline
ratio; whether a market can absorb a given project is a judgement for the reader, not a claim we make.
Frequently asked
Is there a plumbers shortage in Arizona?
Reporting on the shortage rarely states how many are actually licensed. Arizona carries 3,443 licensed plumbers on its register as of 2026-08-09, or 46.3 per 100,000 residents. Readers can weigh that supply against demand directly.
How many licensed plumbers does Arizona have?
3,443 on the state register as of 2026-08-09.
Where does the shortage narrative come from?
Industry analyses project national shortfalls of hundreds of thousands of skilled-trades workers against data-center and electrification demand. Those are demand-side estimates; the figure here is the licensed supply on the register today.
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