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Skilled trades in Kentucky
SkilledLadder has guides for 2 trades in Kentucky so far: electrician and plumber. Each one has its own license and its own rules.
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Electrician
You need your own state license, from the Kentucky Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction.
$28.71
median pay an hour
11,030
jobs on payrolls
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Plumber
You need your own state license, from the Kentucky Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction.
$30.84
median pay an hour
6,360
jobs on payrolls
No sprinkler fitter guide for Kentucky yet. The sprinkler fitter guides cover Florida and Washington so far. See the sprinkler fitter guides
Sources
- The licensing boards and agencies listed in each trade's guide: who issues the license
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025: median pay and jobs
- U.S. Department of Labor, national apprenticeship data, extract of August 17, 2026: the registered programs
Pay and jobs: median pay counts every worker in the trade on a payroll in the state, from first-year apprentices to masters, so it isn't what an apprentice earns. Jobs counts filled positions on payrolls. Someone with 2 jobs counts twice, and the self-employed aren't in it.
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