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Licensed plumbers in Ramsey County, MN, Greater Minneapolis Metro Area: Workforce, Wages & Demand

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

Ramsey County, MN carries 545 licensed plumbers and a median wage of $101,630/yr ($48.86/hr).

545
licensed plumbers
$101,630
median annual wage (BLS OEWS, metro area)
37
construction demand index

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How the pay compares

This county sits at the 99th percentile nationally for plumbers pay, above the median US county. Average weekly wages across the county's construction trades rose 4.4% year over year (BLS QCEW).

Licensed workforce by level

Apprentice97
Journeyman274
Master103
Contractor69

Licensed Plumber contractors near Ramsey County

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

NameTier
Affordable Comfort Mechanical LLCContractor
Aqualine Mechanical IncorporatedContractor
Aquarius Water Conditioning IncContractor
Armor Mechanical LLCContractor
Belair Builders IncContractor
Bf Holding LLCContractor
Burkhardt Christopher JContractor
Capras Utilities IncContractor
Carl Bolander & Sons LLCContractor
Castro Plumbing And Construction LLCContractor
Alexander D SpeerMaster
Allen H SteinerMaster
Anastasia PeperaMaster
Arlen G MadsenMaster
Austin MoeMaster
Brian M MontagMaster

Ramsey County within the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro

Ramsey County holds 8% of the metro area's 6,757 licensed plumbers (#6 of 15 plumbers pool among its 15 counties), at 10.2 per 10,000 residents against 18.2 metro-wide; the largest pool is Hennepin County with 1,198.

Who entered and left in the last 12 months

Counted from ATI's nightly diff of the MN 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 issued19People who entered the licensed workforce here.
Licences lapsed1Expired or not renewed. Retirement, relocation or leaving the trade.
Moved up a credential tier1Apprentice to journeyman, journeyman to master, and so on.
Net change18New 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 establishments94Physical business locations in this industry.
Industry employment2,771Everyone on those payrolls, not only licensed trades.
Annual industry payroll$195MTotal wages paid across those establishments (Census CBP, 2023).

How much work is in Ramsey 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 permitted708Last full year, county-wide. 13 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 employment8,110Everyone working in construction in this county, all trades and office staff. Average pay $2,083 per week. BLS QCEW.
Median year homes were built1965Older 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+368People who moved in minus people who moved out, from IRS address changes. Arrivals need housing, wiring, plumbing and heat.

Density and pipeline

10.1 licensed plumbers per 10,000 residents; 64 licensed holders per 100 estimated workers in the trade; 6.2 registered apprentices per 100 estimated workers; 1.0 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 Ramsey County, MN?
Ramsey County has 545 licensed plumbers on the MN register.
What do plumbers earn in Ramsey County?
The median annual wage for this occupation in this market is $101,630 ($48.86/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 Minneapolis specifically?
This page covers all of Ramsey County, MN, which is part of the Greater Minneapolis metro area (the Census-defined metro this county belongs to), so it includes but is not limited to Minneapolis proper.

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

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