Texas has 386,131 skilled-trades licenses on its
register as of October 6, 2026, 1,265.9 per 100,000 residents.
Which trades they work in
Electrical249,103
Plumbing66,527
HVAC60,313
Electrical Sign4,239
Appliance2,908
Well Drilling1,577
Fire Sprinkler755
Elevator453
Texas markets by county
222 counties with a full licensed-workforce market profile.
- Harris County, 60,090 licensed
- Dallas County, 40,255 licensed
- Bexar County, 24,364 licensed
- Tarrant County, 23,106 licensed
- Hidalgo County, 16,351 licensed
- Travis County, 15,179 licensed
- Williamson County, 11,180 licensed
- Denton County, 10,614 licensed
- Collin County, 9,192 licensed
- Montgomery County, 8,506 licensed
- El Paso County, 7,551 licensed
- Fort Bend County, 6,748 licensed
- Brazoria County, 5,013 licensed
- Cameron County, 4,847 licensed
- Galveston County, 3,958 licensed
- Nueces County, 3,909 licensed
- Ellis County, 3,899 licensed
- Hays County, 3,876 licensed
- Kaufman County, 3,773 licensed
- Bell County, 3,621 licensed
- Lubbock County, 3,606 licensed
- Johnson County, 3,491 licensed
- Jefferson County, 2,957 licensed
- Ector County, 2,946 licensed
- Midland County, 2,808 licensed
- Parker County, 2,710 licensed
- McLennan County, 2,707 licensed
- Comal County, 2,583 licensed
- Rockwall County, 2,554 licensed
- Taylor County, 2,511 licensed
- Bastrop County, 2,461 licensed
- Potter County, 2,318 licensed
- Guadalupe County, 2,195 licensed
- Randall County, 2,195 licensed
- Brazos County, 2,066 licensed
- Grayson County, 2,026 licensed
- Liberty County, 2,018 licensed
- Smith County, 1,928 licensed
- Hunt County, 1,715 licensed
- Webb County, 1,316 licensed
- Caldwell County, 1,200 licensed
- Wichita County, 1,189 licensed
- Gregg County, 1,132 licensed
- Wise County, 1,128 licensed
- Starr County, 1,096 licensed
- Orange County, 1,091 licensed
- San Patricio County, 1,079 licensed
- Tom Green County, 948 licensed
- Burnet County, 935 licensed
- Henderson County, 933 licensed
- Van Zandt County, 883 licensed
- Hood County, 877 licensed
- Victoria County, 865 licensed
- Waller County, 853 licensed
- Wilson County, 812 licensed
- Angelina County, 757 licensed
- Coryell County, 701 licensed
- Kendall County, 679 licensed
- Chambers County, 674 licensed
- Medina County, 661 licensed
- Hardin County, 647 licensed
- Atascosa County, 636 licensed
- Bowie County, 614 licensed
- Navarro County, 603 licensed
- Kerr County, 558 licensed
- Lamar County, 539 licensed
- Lampasas County, 512 licensed
- Walker County, 509 licensed
- Fannin County, 464 licensed
- Nacogdoches County, 460 licensed
- Milam County, 453 licensed
- Hill County, 450 licensed
- Wood County, 446 licensed
- Maverick County, 443 licensed
- Erath County, 439 licensed
- Wharton County, 439 licensed
- Polk County, 429 licensed
- Austin County, 419 licensed
- Cooke County, 415 licensed
- Val Verde County, 412 licensed
- Grimes County, 396 licensed
- Matagorda County, 395 licensed
- Gaines County, 387 licensed
- Andrews County, 384 licensed
- Washington County, 377 licensed
- Bandera County, 370 licensed
- Brown County, 367 licensed
- Cherokee County, 366 licensed
- Gillespie County, 345 licensed
- Harrison County, 338 licensed
- Palo Pinto County, 338 licensed
- Aransas County, 336 licensed
- Titus County, 336 licensed
- Llano County, 334 licensed
- Anderson County, 329 licensed
- Hutchinson County, 329 licensed
- Jim Wells County, 323 licensed
- Howard County, 309 licensed
- Lee County, 305 licensed
- Upshur County, 304 licensed
- Gray County, 299 licensed
- Hopkins County, 297 licensed
- Fayette County, 295 licensed
- Rusk County, 294 licensed
- Jasper County, 287 licensed
- Hockley County, 285 licensed
- Hale County, 282 licensed
- Montague County, 273 licensed
- Kleberg County, 271 licensed
- Burleson County, 264 licensed
- Uvalde County, 261 licensed
- Rains County, 253 licensed
- Calhoun County, 250 licensed
- San Jacinto County, 249 licensed
- Lavaca County, 235 licensed
- Bosque County, 228 licensed
- Callahan County, 223 licensed
- Colorado County, 205 licensed
- Cass County, 198 licensed
- Scurry County, 195 licensed
- Jones County, 194 licensed
- Eastland County, 189 licensed
- Panola County, 189 licensed
- Blanco County, 180 licensed
- Leon County, 178 licensed
- Reeves County, 173 licensed
- Gonzales County, 172 licensed
- Limestone County, 172 licensed
- Tyler County, 166 licensed
- Robertson County, 162 licensed
- Freestone County, 159 licensed
- Moore County, 159 licensed
- Young County, 158 licensed
- Stephens County, 154 licensed
- Shelby County, 149 licensed
- Bee County, 146 licensed
- Childress County, 143 licensed
- Dawson County, 141 licensed
- Deaf Smith County, 135 licensed
- Houston County, 135 licensed
- Terry County, 133 licensed
- Madison County, 131 licensed
- Ward County, 129 licensed
- Jackson County, 126 licensed
- Winkler County, 125 licensed
- Camp County, 122 licensed
- Nolan County, 116 licensed
- Archer County, 113 licensed
- Red River County, 110 licensed
- Yoakum County, 109 licensed
- Comanche County, 108 licensed
- Falls County, 107 licensed
- Pecos County, 107 licensed
- Morris County, 106 licensed
- Somervell County, 102 licensed
- Brewster County, 98 licensed
- Trinity County, 98 licensed
- Willacy County, 98 licensed
- Frio County, 95 licensed
- Franklin County, 94 licensed
- Lamb County, 94 licensed
- Hamilton County, 93 licensed
- Karnes County, 92 licensed
- Martin County, 91 licensed
- Wilbarger County, 87 licensed
- Jack County, 85 licensed
- Mitchell County, 83 licensed
- Zapata County, 79 licensed
- Dallam County, 70 licensed
- Sabine County, 70 licensed
- Ochiltree County, 69 licensed
- Runnels County, 69 licensed
- Goliad County, 68 licensed
- Swisher County, 68 licensed
- Coleman County, 66 licensed
- Crosby County, 62 licensed
- Duval County, 61 licensed
- Clay County, 60 licensed
- Presidio County, 60 licensed
- Brooks County, 59 licensed
- Delta County, 59 licensed
- Haskell County, 58 licensed
- Mason County, 58 licensed
- McCulloch County, 56 licensed
- Zavala County, 56 licensed
- Floyd County, 55 licensed
- Live Oak County, 55 licensed
- Lynn County, 55 licensed
- Carson County, 53 licensed
- DeWitt County, 50 licensed
- Parmer County, 50 licensed
- Marion County, 49 licensed
- Newton County, 49 licensed
- Refugio County, 49 licensed
- Armstrong County, 48 licensed
- Bailey County, 48 licensed
- San Augustine County, 44 licensed
- Crane County, 42 licensed
- Dimmit County, 42 licensed
- Baylor County, 41 licensed
- San Saba County, 39 licensed
- Hansford County, 37 licensed
- Kimble County, 37 licensed
- Mills County, 37 licensed
- Castro County, 36 licensed
- Donley County, 35 licensed
- Coke County, 33 licensed
- Wheeler County, 31 licensed
- Collingsworth County, 30 licensed
- Hardeman County, 29 licensed
- Knox County, 26 licensed
- Garza County, 24 licensed
- La Salle County, 22 licensed
- Cochran County, 21 licensed
- Oldham County, 21 licensed
- Hall County, 20 licensed
- Stonewall County, 20 licensed
- Reagan County, 18 licensed
- Jim Hogg County, 15 licensed
- Dickens County, 13 licensed
- Hudspeth County, 13 licensed
- Upton County, 13 licensed
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