The labor market cannot be read from license counts alone. This board separates the regulatory workforce baseline from confirmed worker mobility and qualified hiring demand. It updates weekly after Echelon completes its contractor-data publication cycle.
Weekly snapshot for 2026-09-02: Echelon tracks 1,217,637 active license and credential units across 20 approved states. These are regulatory records, not a count of unique workers or people available for another job.
Licensed workforce baseline
| Trade grouping | Active credential units |
|---|---|
| Electrical | 296,254 |
| Plumbing | 120,961 |
| HVAC and mechanical | 116,311 |
Largest covered state populations
| State | Active units | Source as of |
|---|---|---|
| CA | 232,347 | 2026-08-29 |
| MN | 137,482 | 2026-08-30 |
| FL | 132,771 | 2026-08-29 |
| VA | 90,630 | 2026-08-29T00:05:01 |
| WI | 78,120 | 2026-08-30T00:47:41 |
| WA | 75,686 | 2026-08-31 |
| CO | 63,468 | 2026-08-29T23:34:07 |
| AZ | 58,562 | 2026-08-29 |
| TX | 54,349 | 2026-08-29 |
| OR | 45,511 | 2026-08-29 |
Current mobility and hiring signals
No public Mobility Signal count is shown yet. Echelon will not publish small cohorts that could imply individual availability or create a misleading market signal. No public Recruiter-Ready count is shown yet. Echelon publishes this figure only after its separate minimum public cohort is met.
Echelon currently has 0 submitted or active Hiring Mandates. A mandate is not presented as market demand until its buyer, compensation, location, timing, and accepted-lead criteria are qualified.
Use the board
- Licensed tradespeople can submit a Worker Mobility Profile.
- Recruiters and contractors can submit a Hiring Mandate.
- Read the complete state data, methodology, and coverage limitations.
Counting rules
A license record is not necessarily a person, employee, job seeker, or available worker. One person or business can hold more than one credential. State systems differ in scope and counting unit. Echelon publishes Mobility Signal figures only as aggregates and only after the minimum public cohort is met.