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Skilled trades in New Jersey

SkilledLadder has guides for 2 trades in New Jersey so far: electrician and plumber. Each one has its own license and its own rules.

  • Electrician

    You need your own state license, from the Board of Examiners of Electrical Contractors.

    $37.14

    median pay an hour

    13,520

    jobs on payrolls

    See the guide See the 644 apprenticeship programs

  • Plumber

    You work under the supervision of a master plumber licensed by the State Board of Examiners of Master Plumbers. The State Board of Examiners of Master Plumbers also registers journeyman plumbers, so ask it whether you need to register.

    $37.61

    median pay an hour

    8,750

    jobs on payrolls

    See the guide See the 547 apprenticeship programs

No sprinkler fitter guide for New Jersey yet. The sprinkler fitter guides cover Florida and Washington so far. See the sprinkler fitter guides

Sources

  1. The licensing boards and agencies listed in each trade's guide: who issues the license
  2. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025: median pay and jobs
  3. 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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