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Plumber shortage in Vermont: the licensed-supply numbers
What the Vermont register actually shows, by tier and per capita, updated nightly.
As of 2026-08-09, Vermont carries 4,154 licensed plumbers
on its state register, or 641.6 per 100,000 residents.
4,154
licensed plumbers
641.6
per 100k residents
#2
density rank of 42
Vermont 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.
By credential tier
Every plumber license on the Vermont register, normalized to one ladder.
Tier
Licensed
Share
Journeyman
3,015
73%
Master
1,139
27%
Against comparable states
States nearest Vermont on licensed plumbers per capita.
State
Licensed plumbers
Per 100k
Vermont
4,154
641.6
Maine
16,869
1208.6
Idaho
11,107
565.3
Iowa
18,092
564.1
New Mexico
8,642
408.7
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 Vermont?
Reporting on the shortage rarely states how many are actually licensed. Vermont carries 4,154 licensed plumbers on its register as of 2026-08-09, or 641.6 per 100,000 residents. Readers can weigh that supply against demand directly.
How many licensed plumbers does Vermont have?
4,154 on the state register as of 2026-08-09, including 1,139 at master level.
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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