Plumber salary
What a plumber actually earns, from 353 live job postings blended with the official US OEWS (Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics) wage anchor. Pick a market for its median and range, then read the seniority split, the trend, and the country comparison below. Updated 2026-09-06.
Switch the market above to see plumber pay in the 3 countries our sources cover, each with its own cost of living. The trend, seniority, and state detail below are United States data, where the official record runs deepest.
What the number means
A plumber earns a blended US median near 70,905 dollars, with the typical middle running from 60,061 dollars to 83,511 dollars. The official OEWS median is 62,970 dollars, under the posted figure, because the advertised roles skew senior or well-funded. The official trend has moved up about 14 percent since 2019. The nearest adjacent move on our skill graph is hvac technician, at 27 percent coverage; the instrument maps the rest.
Open plumber roles
Live openings tagged to this occupation, from company career pages and remote boards. Apply at the source.
- Commercial Plumber at DH Griffin WreckingColumbia, SC1d agoApply
Install Plumber at Good, incSouderton, PA1d agoApply- plumber at Pride Plumbing Heating and CoolingGrand Junction, CO1d agoApply
- Plumber - Plumbing Technician at Augusta Plumbing and HeatingSaint Cloud, MN1d agoApply
- Sanitärinstallateur/in EFZ für Service und Reparaturen at fachkraft.ch GmbHKloten, Zürich, Switzerland2d agoApply
- Sanitärinstallateur/in EFZ für Service und Reparaturen at Stellenpartner Frauenfeld AGKloten, Zürich, Switzerland2d agoApply
By country
- United Kingdom$51,082$58,668$72,366
- United States$60,061$70,905$83,511
- Canada$56,583$61,864$65,250
Switzerland · official wage bands
median CHF 6'172/month
Swiss postings do not state pay, so these are not posted salaries: they are the federal wage survey (Lohnstrukturerhebung 2024) for the ISCO group 71 Bau- und Ausbaufachkräfte sowie verwandte Berufe, ausgenommen Elektriker: standardized gross monthly, full-time, 13th salary included pro rata. The band covers the whole occupation group, which is coarser than this occupation alone.
Annual ≈ CHF 74'064 at the median. Source: Bundesamt für Statistik, LSE 2024.
Top-paying US states
OEWS median by state, highest first.
- Oregon$93,110
- Minnesota$83,280
- Massachusetts$83,260
- Washington$79,070
- California$68,390
- Pennsylvania$66,650
Roles that pay more, that these skills already reach
Median pay from each destination’s own postings, with the readiness a plumber profile already covers.
- 74 open facilities manager roles$92,230 median · +$21,325 · 16% readiness
- 600 open automotive technician roles$73,492 median · +$2,587 · 23% readiness
Every measured move out of this role, ranked by readiness: alternative careers for a plumber.
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Related salaries
- HVAC Technician salary$69,431 median
- Maintenance Technician salary$54,777 median
- Welder salary$53,646 median
Quick answers
How much does a plumber make?
The blended US median is about 70,905 dollars, with a typical range from 60,061 dollars to 83,511 dollars, against an official OEWS median of 62,970 dollars.
What can a plumber move into?
The nearest adjacent role on our skill graph is hvac technician, at 27 percent skill coverage. Run the instrument for the full set of reachable moves.
Method: bands are the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles of live US postings with stated pay, shrunk toward the official OEWS anchor by sample size (the “blended” figure). Trend is the OEWS annual median for SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code 47-2152. Live corpus 353 observations, 2026-09-06. Definitions in the glossary.