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

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

Sherburne County, MN carries 556 licensed plumbers and a median wage of $101,630/yr ($48.86/hr).

556
licensed plumbers
$101,630
median annual wage (BLS OEWS, metro area)
52
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 6.1% year over year (BLS QCEW).

Licensed workforce by level

Apprentice91
Journeyman257
Master152
Contractor55

Licensed Plumber contractors near Sherburne County

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

NameTier
A C Tompkins Plumbing & Heating IncContractor
Advantage Mechanical LLCContractor
All Purpose Plumbing LLCContractor
Am Plumbing IncContractor
Andry Rasmussen & Sons IncContractor
Apollo Plumbing IncContractor
App Professional Plumbing LLCContractor
Baxter Mechanical IncContractor
Beeline Plumbing LLCContractor
Bobs Plumbing LLCContractor
Aaron A BlairMaster
Aaron B JohnsonMaster
Andrew J SchaffranMaster
Andrew S RogalskiMaster
Andy J LeeMaster
Anthony B MansfieldMaster

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

Sherburne County holds 8% of the metro area's 6,757 licensed plumbers (#5 of 15 plumbers pool among its 15 counties), at 54.4 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 issued15People who entered the licensed workforce here.
Licences lapsed8Expired or not renewed. Retirement, relocation or leaving the trade.
Moved up a credential tier0Apprentice to journeyman, journeyman to master, and so on.
Net change7New 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 establishments60Physical business locations in this industry.
Industry employment346Everyone on those payrolls, not only licensed trades.
Annual industry payroll$33MTotal wages paid across those establishments (Census CBP, 2023).

How much work is in Sherburne 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 permitted319Last full year, county-wide. 31 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 employment1,565Everyone working in construction in this county, all trades and office staff. Average pay $1,267 per week. BLS QCEW.
Median year homes were built1996Older 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-265People who moved in minus people who moved out, from IRS address changes. Arrivals need housing, wiring, plumbing and heat.

Density and pipeline

54.3 licensed plumbers per 10,000 residents; 336 licensed holders per 100 estimated workers in the trade; 7.9 registered apprentices per 100 estimated workers; 1.3 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 Sherburne County, MN?
Sherburne County has 556 licensed plumbers on the MN register.
What do plumbers earn in Sherburne 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 Sherburne 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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