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Skilled trades in Washington
SkilledLadder has guides for 3 trades in Washington so far: electrician, plumber and sprinkler fitter. Each one has its own license and its own rules.
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Electrician
You need your own state license, from the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries.
$45.78
median pay an hour
19,380
jobs on payrolls
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Plumber
You need your own state license, from the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries.
$38.96
median pay an hour
12,470
jobs on payrolls
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Sprinkler fitter
You need your own state certificate, from the Washington State Patrol, State Fire Marshal's Office.
$38.96
median pay for plumbers, an hour
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
- Washington State Department of Labor & Industries, apprenticeship registry: 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.
Sprinkler fitters: the pay shown is the federal figure for plumbers, the one the sprinkler fitter guide uses, so there's no jobs count for sprinkler fitters.
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