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Plumbers

Career and Education Info

Job Numbers and Growth

Approximately 502,000 people work as plumbers. For this occupation, the unemployment is considered to be high.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

Employees that work part-time represent 3% of the total in 2008. Plumbers who work for themselves represent about 12% of the total.

Training and Education

Long-term on-the-job training is useful when pursuing this career. Among employees, 4% graduated from college with 4 year degrees. 29% of people working as plumbers went to college but did not obtain a degree. 68% of workers completed high school but did not pursue a college education. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which, if any, could help you with this career.

Area Job Conditions

Finding jobs for employees may be easier in Pascagoula (Mississippi), Baton Rouge (Louisiana), and Evansville (Indiana), and the most challenging in Utica (New York), Texarkana (Texas), and Scranton (Pennsylvania).

The pay for these jobs is highest in Chicago (Illinois), San Jose (California), and Champaign (Illinois) and lowest in Albany (Georgia), McAllen (Texas), and Brownsville (Texas).

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Plumbers: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area

The table below shows data for Plumbers, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Plumbers are in the area, compared to other US metro areas. A value of 1.0 means an average number of people in the position for area population. Lower numbers mean fewer of these positions in the metro area. The most popular areas for Plumbers are starred .

StateAreaPositionsTypical PayPopularity in Area
AlabamaAnniston70$37,4500.5
AlabamaAuburn100$33,9500.8
AlabamaBirmingham1,750$37,0801
AlabamaDecatur230$41,9401.4
AlabamaDothan90$42,7800.5
AlabamaFlorence170$51,2601.1
AlabamaGadsden120$32,0801.3
AlabamaHuntsville580$38,3400.9
AlabamaMobile1,250$35,580 2.1
AlabamaMontgomery410$39,1400.7
AlaskaAnchorage710$67,0901.4
AlaskaFairbanks260$60,030 2.8
ArizonaFlagstaff160$37,0001
ArizonaKingman190$41,2601.3
ArizonaPhoenix7,410$41,2101.2
ArizonaPrescott360$39,9101.9
ArizonaTucson1,250$39,9901
ArkansasFayetteville590$37,3300.9
ArkansasFort Smith380$33,3401
ArkansasJonesboro100$36,7600.7
ArkansasLittle Rock1,150$38,8701
CaliforniaBakersfield900$48,7901
CaliforniaChico150$47,1500.7
CaliforniaEl Centro90$47,9200.6
CaliforniaFresno840$48,4700.8
CaliforniaHanford90$55,9501.1
CaliforniaMadera90$35,1000.9
CaliforniaMerced200$39,8901.2
CaliforniaModesto520$53,8401
CaliforniaNapa120$46,5600.6
CaliforniaOakland3,690$66,2801.1
CaliforniaOxnard1,390$45,4501.4
CaliforniaRiverside4,350$42,1401
CaliforniaSacramento3,320$51,3101.1
CaliforniaSalinas190 0.4
CaliforniaSan Diego5,060$52,5701.1
CaliforniaSan Francisco3,170$65,3000.9
CaliforniaSan Jose2,730$73,0500.9
CaliforniaSan Luis Obispo260$51,1900.8
CaliforniaSanta Ana5,040$48,8001
CaliforniaSanta Barbara650$49,8801.2
CaliforniaSanta Cruz480$55,0701.8
CaliforniaSanta Rosa740$67,4701.2
CaliforniaStockton460$48,2600.7
CaliforniaVallejo480$55,7101.2
CaliforniaVisalia440$41,2901
CaliforniaYuba City260$63,290 2.3
ColoradoColorado Springs990$44,5401.2
ColoradoDenver4,690$46,7401.1
ColoradoFort Collins730$48,8901.9
ColoradoGrand Junction460$41,850 2.7
ColoradoGreeley530$46,350 2.3
ColoradoPueblo130$44,4100.8
ConnecticutBridgeport1,270$56,8900.9
ConnecticutDanbury130$52,9200.6
ConnecticutHartford1,630$58,5500.8
ConnecticutNew Haven1,190$60,7501.3
ConnecticutNorwich620$50,9701.6
ConnecticutWaterbury160$49,1400.8
DelawareDover130$50,2900.8
DelawareWilmington1,240$53,2201.1
District of ColumbiaWashington8,530$51,8301.1
FloridaCape Coral1,530$38,950 2.2
FloridaDeltona850$31,8401.7
FloridaFort Lauderdale2,170$42,3300.9
FloridaFort Walton Beach200$36,6300.9
FloridaGainesville320$33,5300.9
FloridaJacksonville2,270$37,4601.1
FloridaLakeland290$38,4100.5
FloridaMiami2,600$42,0300.8
FloridaNaples880$43,940 2.3
FloridaOcala390$35,7501.3
FloridaOrlando3,560$34,7201
FloridaPalm Bay550$40,4400.9
FloridaPanama City350$34,0901.7
FloridaPensacola550$34,3301.2
FloridaPort St Lucie580$36,6001.4
FloridaPunta Gorda100$41,6800.9
FloridaSarasota1,160$38,8201.3
FloridaSebastian110$38,6300.8
FloridaTallahassee350$36,2300.7
FloridaTampa2,650$35,2200.6
FloridaWest Palm Beach1,880$38,2301
GeorgiaAlbany170$30,0600.9
GeorgiaAthens180$35,3200.8
GeorgiaAtlanta6,230$42,7300.8
GeorgiaAugusta840$32,8401.3
GeorgiaBrunswick130$33,1501.1
GeorgiaColumbus270$34,1300.8
GeorgiaDalton110$33,4400.5
GeorgiaGainesville250$39,0801.2
GeorgiaHinesville70$32,720 2.1
GeorgiaMacon170$43,9400.5
GeorgiaRome40$45,1800.4
GeorgiaSavannah440$35,8800.9
GeorgiaValdosta190$35,6801.2
GeorgiaWarner Robins160$38,7201.1
HawaiiHonolulu1,700$53,4601.2
IdahoBoise640$42,8500.7
IdahoLewiston110$45,6401.8
IdahoPocatello40$36,9600.5
IllinoisBloomington210$43,4701
IllinoisChampaign300$70,2701
IllinoisChicago12,450$74,6201
IllinoisDecatur460$60,060 3.4
IllinoisKankakee60$66,8400.6
IllinoisPeoria670$64,9501.2
IllinoisRockford490$65,5601
IllinoisSpringfield160$60,2000.5
IndianaAnderson200$50,0301.8
IndianaBloomington350$53,8401.7
IndianaColumbus70 0.6
IndianaElkhart580$49,6501.4
IndianaEvansville1,990$50,730 3.5
IndianaFort Wayne1,170$52,6801.7
IndianaGary1,680$67,5401.8
IndianaIndianapolis3,830$48,4501.3
IndianaLafayette100$39,8000.4
IndianaMichigan City240$51,4301.9
IndianaMuncie70$48,2000.5
IndianaSouth Bend410$53,3300.9
IndianaTerre Haute230 1.1
IowaCedar Rapids640$42,9801.5
IowaDavenport760$47,4801.3
IowaDes Moines1,100$46,1801
IowaIowa City150$59,4600.7
IowaSioux City540$46,470 2.5
IowaWaterloo270$41,9401
KansasLawrence90$44,3000.7
KansasTopeka350$53,0301
KansasWichita900$44,1400.9
KentuckyBowling Green100$51,1500.6
KentuckyLexington850$42,3201.1
KentuckyLouisville2,720$50,6401.3
KentuckyOwensboro250$43,3501.8
LouisianaAlexandria170$44,5401
LouisianaBaton Rouge4,410$47,300 3.6
LouisianaHouma800$37,090 2.7
LouisianaLafayette490$37,5301.1
LouisianaLake Charles660$44,660 2.5
LouisianaMonroe270$41,2701.1
LouisianaNew Orleans2,650$40,1101.6
LouisianaShreveport530$44,7600.9
MaineBangor240$38,9501.3
MaineLewiston140$36,1501
MainePortland720$39,3901.1
MarylandBaltimore5,280$48,9901.2
MarylandBethesda2,640$49,0801.4
MarylandCumberland40$31,8800.4
MarylandHagerstown320$35,6701
MarylandSalisbury180$34,5201.2
MassachusettsBarnstable Town460$54,6501.5
MassachusettsBoston5,610$64,2901
MassachusettsBrockton310$38,6101.1
MassachusettsFramingham350$57,2300.7
MassachusettsHaverhill400$47,8201.7
MassachusettsLawrence90$52,6900.5
MassachusettsLeominster90$52,4200.6
MassachusettsLowell400$50,7601
MassachusettsPittsfield100$50,5201.1
MassachusettsSpringfield910$53,3200.9
MassachusettsTaunton150$56,4901.1
MassachusettsWorcester730$49,7100.9
MichiganAnn Arbor550$65,4501
MichiganBay City60$50,2500.6
MichiganDetroit1,860$66,7400.8
MichiganFlint540$54,9001.2
MichiganGrand Rapids1,100$50,0500.9
MichiganJackson120$56,7100.8
MichiganKalamazoo920$61,780 2.1
MichiganLansing600$55,4301
MichiganMonroe210$60,1001.9
MichiganNiles150$40,5800.8
MichiganWarren3,030$60,1200.8
MinnesotaDuluth420$51,0601
MinnesotaMinneapolis5,140$66,8700.8
MinnesotaSt Cloud380$44,6301.2
MississippiGulfport450$33,2801.3
MississippiHattiesburg300$30,8501.8
MississippiJackson1,090$30,9001.3
MississippiPascagoula700$49,400 5.1
MissouriColumbia330$36,9501.3
MissouriJefferson City350$46,7401.7
MissouriJoplin260$46,1101.1
MissouriKansas City2,830$55,5200.8
MissouriSpringfield690$46,1401.1
MissouriSt Joseph210$49,4701.4
MissouriSt Louis4,690$62,6501
MontanaBillings380$45,9601.5
MontanaGreat Falls110$44,1901.1
MontanaMissoula270$52,9601.8
NebraskaLincoln340$42,6100.6
NebraskaOmaha2,150$54,2801.4
NevadaLas Vegas4,970$55,8001.6
NevadaReno660$63,9001
New HampshireManchester510$49,3501.6
New HampshireNashua370$47,8100.8
New HampshirePortsmouth270$45,9301.6
New HampshireRochester80$43,8700.5
New JerseyAtlantic City300$66,5400.6
New JerseyCamden1,800$63,4501
New JerseyEdison1,720$64,7900.5
New JerseyNewark2,620$55,9300.8
New JerseyOcean City220$55,3201.9
New JerseyTrenton440$71,9000.6
New MexicoAlbuquerque1,760$42,8501.4
New MexicoFarmington210$40,1501.4
New MexicoLas Cruces160$36,1500.9
New MexicoSanta Fe190$32,9301
New YorkAlbany1,620$54,6901.1
New YorkBinghamton150$51,9800.5
New YorkBuffalo1,430$48,3600.8
New YorkElmira70$51,3500.7
New YorkGlens Falls150$50,0001
New YorkIthaca140$53,3901.1
New YorkKingston220$49,8501.2
New YorkNassau5,350$63,5501.3
New YorkNew York13,630$60,5900.8
New YorkPoughkeepsie660$52,5000.8
New YorkRochester1,380$48,8400.8
New YorkSyracuse1,000$40,9201
New YorkUtica130$39,7500.3
North CarolinaAsheville500$38,4900.9
North CarolinaBurlington320$30,9201.8
North CarolinaCharlotte2,610$36,7000.9
North CarolinaDurham510$39,5300.6
North CarolinaFayetteville430$39,1101.1
North CarolinaGoldsboro90$33,6100.8
North CarolinaGreensboro920$38,0400.7
North CarolinaGreenville70$37,8400.3
North CarolinaHickory210$34,6300.4
North CarolinaRaleigh1,470$40,5500.9
North CarolinaRocky Mount200$30,8201.2
North CarolinaWilmington710$34,7801.5
North CarolinaWinston Salem450$38,3100.6
North DakotaBismarck140$37,7600.8
North DakotaFargo380$43,5501
North DakotaGrand Forks100$43,3400.7
OhioAkron720$46,9000.6
OhioCanton610$42,3601.1
OhioCincinnati3,290$46,6000.9
OhioCleveland2,440$55,9500.7
OhioColumbus2,070$46,1400.7
OhioDayton1,000$48,1100.8
OhioMansfield160$57,7701
OhioSandusky100$58,8701
OhioSpringfield120$47,8400.9
OhioToledo1,120$60,1201.1
OhioYoungstown810$47,6601.1
OklahomaLawton150$39,4101.4
OklahomaTulsa1,720$37,6001.2
OregonBend350$47,0301.7
OregonCorvallis90$55,1201
OregonEugene340$57,7400.7
OregonMedford210$58,2500.8
OregonPortland3,520$62,8101
OregonSalem570$42,4401.2
PennsylvaniaAllentown680$64,0100.6
PennsylvaniaAltoona100$49,2700.6
PennsylvaniaErie230$43,7500.6
PennsylvaniaHarrisburg770$48,6800.7
PennsylvaniaLancaster690$41,6300.9
PennsylvaniaLebanon120$54,0300.9
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia4,790$60,2400.8
PennsylvaniaPittsburgh3,780$54,9601
PennsylvaniaReading380$55,9000.7
PennsylvaniaScranton250$45,1700.3
PennsylvaniaState College190$40,1201.1
PennsylvaniaWilliamsport170$35,1601.1
PennsylvaniaYork560$41,1701
Rhode IslandProvidence2,170$54,1701.1
South CarolinaAnderson240$33,0801.3
South CarolinaCharleston980$34,8901
South CarolinaColumbia1,490$36,7601.3
South CarolinaFlorence240$34,9100.9
South CarolinaGreenville940$36,4500.9
South CarolinaMyrtle Beach430$32,6001.2
South CarolinaSpartanburg520$39,8701.3
South CarolinaSumter160$31,3901.6
South DakotaRapid City320$36,2701.7
South DakotaSioux Falls460$38,5001
TennesseeChattanooga770$40,0601
TennesseeJohnson City220$29,7901
TennesseeKingsport170$30,3400.5
TennesseeKnoxville870$34,4000.8
TennesseeMemphis1,940$39,1200.9
TennesseeNashville2,310$39,0400.9
TexasAbilene90$38,8600.5
TexasAmarillo240$38,2600.8
TexasAustin2,350$46,6300.9
TexasBeaumont1,060$39,580 2.1
TexasBrownsville220$26,7600.6
TexasCollege Station270$34,7901.1
TexasCorpus Christi1,150$39,240 2
TexasDallas5,290$45,2100.7
TexasEl Paso640$32,6800.7
TexasFort Worth2,010$42,5000.7
TexasHouston10,250$44,8901.2
TexasKilleen370$35,7901
TexasLaredo230$35,0300.9
TexasLongview200$46,4700.7
TexasLubbock320$32,2800.8
TexasMcallen340$26,7300.5
TexasMidland150$33,5200.8
TexasOdessa410$40,040 2.5
TexasSan Angelo140$39,2101.2
TexasSan Antonio2,790$40,2101
TexasSherman100$36,2300.9
TexasTexarkana50$34,6300.3
TexasTyler110$37,6000.4
TexasWichita Falls170$40,8901
UtahLogan180$38,6701.4
UtahOgden960$44,0401.5
UtahProvo900$50,3401.7
UtahSalt Lake City2,580$42,3201.2
UtahSt George250$41,9201.8
VermontBurlington460$42,5301.3
VirginiaBlacksburg200$36,2601.1
VirginiaCharlottesville320$40,6501.1
VirginiaDanville260$36,470 2.7
VirginiaHarrisonburg470$38,280 3
VirginiaLynchburg340$29,7401.1
VirginiaRichmond2,540$41,0601.3
VirginiaRoanoke430$36,0300.8
VirginiaVirginia Beach4,960$40,1602
VirginiaWinchester170$43,9401.1
WashingtonBellingham710$52,560 2.9
WashingtonBremerton720$56,160 2.8
WashingtonKennewick670$57,900 2.4
WashingtonMount Vernon250$53,2001.9
WashingtonSeattle5,290$57,6401.1
WashingtonSpokane540$49,4300.8
WashingtonTacoma1,250$57,4901.4
WashingtonWenatchee190$40,2401.7
WashingtonYakima280$47,3601.1
West VirginiaCharleston790$51,2901.7
West VirginiaHuntington480$44,1901.3
West VirginiaMorgantown90$37,5500.7
West VirginiaWeirton60$41,0000.5
West VirginiaWheeling160$33,2100.8
WisconsinAppleton850$56,590 2.4
WisconsinEau Claire160$58,5200.7
WisconsinFond360$61,490 2.9
WisconsinGreen Bay570$55,4901.1
WisconsinJanesville210$62,2901.1
WisconsinLa Crosse230$52,5001.1
WisconsinMadison1,070$64,2301
WisconsinMilwaukee2,220$62,4700.8
WisconsinOshkosh240$63,3600.9
WisconsinRacine140$63,5900.6
WisconsinSheboygan150$55,6300.9
WisconsinWausau360$55,9001.8
WyomingCasper180$46,1101.7
WyomingCheyenne280$34,060 2.3
 

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