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Plumber Jobs & Licensed Workforce in Williamson County, TX, Greater Austin Metro Area

Licensed supply, wages, demand, and real current openings for plumbers in Williamson County, TX, updated nightly from the state register, BLS, and live job listings.

Williamson County, TX carries 2,535 licensed plumbers and a median wage of $62,810/yr ($30.20/hr).

2,535
licensed plumbers
$62,810
median annual wage (BLS OEWS, metro area)
71
construction demand index
12
open positions shown of 20 tracked

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How the pay compares

This county sits at the 51th percentile nationally for plumbers pay, above the median US county. Average weekly wages across the county's construction trades fell 2.6% year over year (BLS QCEW).

Current openings in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area

Real, current plumbers openings, 0 in Williamson County itself, 12 elsewhere in the metro area (marked). Jobs by Adzuna.

Plumber Laborer
Tradesmen International, LLC, Austin, Travis County (metro)
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PLUMBING Supervisor Superintendent
Confidential Company, Austin, Travis County (metro)
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Apprentice Plumber
Yellowstone Local, Bee Cave, Travis County (metro)
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Journeyman Plumber
Schwartz Plumbing Company Incorporated, Austin, Travis County (metro)
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Plumber Apprentice
Schwartz Plumbing Company Incorporated, Austin, Travis County (metro)
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Apprentice Plumber
Structured Labor, Austin, Travis County (metro)
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Foreman Plumber
Structured Labor LLC, Austin, Travis County (metro)
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Licensed Commercial Plumber
Plumbing Specialties, Inc., Austin, Travis County (metro)
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Licensed Plumber
Roto-Rooter, Dessau, Travis County (metro)
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Tradesman Plumber
RooterMan of Austin, Austin, Travis County (metro)
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Apprentice Plumber
Yellowstone Local, Austin, Travis County (metro)
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Plumber
Abacus Plumbing, Air Conditioning and Electrical, Balcones, Travis County (metro)
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Licensed workforce by level

Apprentice929
Intermediate244
Journeyman916
Master168
Contractor278

Licensed Plumber contractors near Williamson County

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

NameTier
Aaron Glenn PhillipsContractor
Aaron R TomilsonContractor
Abel EspinozaContractor
Adam CrumpContractor
Adam K YamadaContractor
Alecsander L HansonContractor
Alejandro Benino SosaContractor
Alfred Edward VinloveContractor
Alfred Herman OldenkampContractor
Allen W RedmonContractor
Aaron Casey HibbsMaster
Alan W SnowMaster
Alex P. Urias Jr.Master
Alexander Scott HayesMaster
Alvin Teinert IIIMaster
Andrew T RossMaster

Williamson County within the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro

Williamson County holds 35% of the metro area's 7,277 licensed plumbers (the second-largest plumbers pool among its 5 counties), at 36.4 per 10,000 residents against 29.4 metro-wide; the largest pool is Travis County with 3,023.

Who entered and left in the last 12 months

Counted from ATI's nightly diff of the TX 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 issued56People who entered the licensed workforce here.
Licences lapsed132Expired or not renewed. Retirement, relocation or leaving the trade.
Moved up a credential tier12Apprentice to journeyman, journeyman to master, and so on.
Net change-76New 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 establishments277Physical business locations in this industry.
Industry employment4,233Everyone on those payrolls, not only licensed trades.
Annual industry payroll$266MTotal wages paid across those establishments (Census CBP, 2023).

How much work is in Williamson 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 permitted4,956Last full year, county-wide. 71 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 employment15,284Everyone working in construction in this county, all trades and office staff. Average pay $1,427 per week. BLS QCEW.
Median year homes were built2006Older 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+8,195People who moved in minus people who moved out, from IRS address changes. Arrivals need housing, wiring, plumbing and heat.

Density and pipeline

36.2 licensed plumbers per 10,000 residents; 144 licensed holders per 100 estimated workers in the trade; 3.6 registered apprentices per 100 estimated workers; 0.9 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 Williamson County, TX?
Williamson County has 2,535 licensed plumbers on the TX register.
What do plumbers earn in Williamson County?
The median annual wage for this occupation in this market is $62,810 ($30.20/hour), per BLS OEWS.
Are there open plumbers jobs in Williamson County right now?
Not in Williamson County itself right now, plus 20 elsewhere in the metro area, of which 12 are listed above. Sourced from Adzuna and refreshed nightly.
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 Austin specifically?
This page covers all of Williamson County, TX, which is part of the Greater Austin metro area (the Census-defined metro this county belongs to), so it includes but is not limited to Austin proper.

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

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