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.
Pennsylvania · 2025
Median annual (PA)
$68,080
Median hourly (PA)
$32.73
Typical range (PA)
$46,770 to $134,110
Pennsylvania source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS 2025.
National
Median annual
$63,800
Median hourly
$30.67
Typical range
$44,150 to $108,420
National source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS 2025. Figures are gross pay and vary by location, employer, and experience.
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By state, at a glance
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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 Bathroom Remodeling Company
Specialize exclusively in bathroom renovations (tile, showers, tubs, vanities, lighting, fixtures) and out-execute generalist contractors with faster quotes, standardized workflows, and a portfolio buyers instantly understand. Bathrooms are one of the two rooms homeowners most want redone, and the focused specialist closes them faster.
Turn Repair How-To Videos into Local Service Jobs
Grow a local repair or trades business by publishing the fix-it videos homeowners search in a panic, so the DIYers get a free answer and everyone who watches thirty seconds and gives up calls the pro they just watched.
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.
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.