Salaries / Plumber
Skilled Trades · SOC 47-2152
Plumber salary
Plumbers install and repair pipes and fixtures that carry water, gas, and waste in homes and businesses.
Median annual
$61,000
Median hourly
$29.40
Typical range
$40,000 to $101,000
Source: National estimate (to be replaced by live BLS data). Figures are gross pay and vary by location, employer, and experience.
The pay range, visually.
Low end (about the 10th percentile), median, and high end (about the 90th percentile).
By state
State figures are estimates derived from the national median and a state wage index, shown to give a rough sense of local differences.
Your skills are a business
Ideas we have for people in skilled trades.
The same experience that earns a paycheck as a plumber can start a business. Here are real ideas from our marketplace that fit this field.
Start a Skilled Trades Business
Run a licensed HVAC, plumbing, or electrical company where demand is constant, tickets are high, and good operators are scarce.
Start a Skilled Trades Staffing Agency
Place electricians, plumbers, and HVAC techs with contractors who are desperate for them, earning placement fees or hourly markups.
Start a Home Services Contractor Directory
Build a vetted local directory of plumbers, electricians, roofers, and handymen, charging contractors for membership and homeowner leads.
Start a Disaster Rebuild and Property Restoration Business
Help property owners recover from water, fire, and storm damage by cleaning up, drying out, and coordinating repairs, work driven by insurance claims and genuine urgency.
You could hire plumbers, not just be one.
We have a staffing calculator to price the work and a full course on how to start a staffing agency, so you can turn a field you already know into a business that puts other people to work.