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Plumbers
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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 .
State Area Positions Typical Pay Popularity in Area Alabama Anniston 70 $37,450 0.5 Alabama Auburn 100 $33,950 0.8 Alabama Birmingham 1,750 $37,080 1 Alabama Decatur 230 $41,940 1.4 Alabama Dothan 90 $42,780 0.5 Alabama Florence 170 $51,260 1.1 Alabama Gadsden 120 $32,080 1.3 Alabama Huntsville 580 $38,340 0.9 Alabama Mobile 1,250 $35,580 2.1Alabama Montgomery 410 $39,140 0.7 Alaska Anchorage 710 $67,090 1.4 Alaska Fairbanks 260 $60,030 2.8Arizona Flagstaff 160 $37,000 1 Arizona Kingman 190 $41,260 1.3 Arizona Phoenix 7,410 $41,210 1.2 Arizona Prescott 360 $39,910 1.9 Arizona Tucson 1,250 $39,990 1 Arkansas Fayetteville 590 $37,330 0.9 Arkansas Fort Smith 380 $33,340 1 Arkansas Jonesboro 100 $36,760 0.7 Arkansas Little Rock 1,150 $38,870 1 California Bakersfield 900 $48,790 1 California Chico 150 $47,150 0.7 California El Centro 90 $47,920 0.6 California Fresno 840 $48,470 0.8 California Hanford 90 $55,950 1.1 California Madera 90 $35,100 0.9 California Merced 200 $39,890 1.2 California Modesto 520 $53,840 1 California Napa 120 $46,560 0.6 California Oakland 3,690 $66,280 1.1 California Oxnard 1,390 $45,450 1.4 California Riverside 4,350 $42,140 1 California Sacramento 3,320 $51,310 1.1 California Salinas 190 0.4 California San Diego 5,060 $52,570 1.1 California San Francisco 3,170 $65,300 0.9 California San Jose 2,730 $73,050 0.9 California San Luis Obispo 260 $51,190 0.8 California Santa Ana 5,040 $48,800 1 California Santa Barbara 650 $49,880 1.2 California Santa Cruz 480 $55,070 1.8 California Santa Rosa 740 $67,470 1.2 California Stockton 460 $48,260 0.7 California Vallejo 480 $55,710 1.2 California Visalia 440 $41,290 1 California Yuba City 260 $63,290 2.3Colorado Colorado Springs 990 $44,540 1.2 Colorado Denver 4,690 $46,740 1.1 Colorado Fort Collins 730 $48,890 1.9 Colorado Grand Junction 460 $41,850 2.7Colorado Greeley 530 $46,350 2.3Colorado Pueblo 130 $44,410 0.8 Connecticut Bridgeport 1,270 $56,890 0.9 Connecticut Danbury 130 $52,920 0.6 Connecticut Hartford 1,630 $58,550 0.8 Connecticut New Haven 1,190 $60,750 1.3 Connecticut Norwich 620 $50,970 1.6 Connecticut Waterbury 160 $49,140 0.8 Delaware Dover 130 $50,290 0.8 Delaware Wilmington 1,240 $53,220 1.1 District of Columbia Washington 8,530 $51,830 1.1 Florida Cape Coral 1,530 $38,950 2.2Florida Deltona 850 $31,840 1.7 Florida Fort Lauderdale 2,170 $42,330 0.9 Florida Fort Walton Beach 200 $36,630 0.9 Florida Gainesville 320 $33,530 0.9 Florida Jacksonville 2,270 $37,460 1.1 Florida Lakeland 290 $38,410 0.5 Florida Miami 2,600 $42,030 0.8 Florida Naples 880 $43,940 2.3Florida Ocala 390 $35,750 1.3 Florida Orlando 3,560 $34,720 1 Florida Palm Bay 550 $40,440 0.9 Florida Panama City 350 $34,090 1.7 Florida Pensacola 550 $34,330 1.2 Florida Port St Lucie 580 $36,600 1.4 Florida Punta Gorda 100 $41,680 0.9 Florida Sarasota 1,160 $38,820 1.3 Florida Sebastian 110 $38,630 0.8 Florida Tallahassee 350 $36,230 0.7 Florida Tampa 2,650 $35,220 0.6 Florida West Palm Beach 1,880 $38,230 1 Georgia Albany 170 $30,060 0.9 Georgia Athens 180 $35,320 0.8 Georgia Atlanta 6,230 $42,730 0.8 Georgia Augusta 840 $32,840 1.3 Georgia Brunswick 130 $33,150 1.1 Georgia Columbus 270 $34,130 0.8 Georgia Dalton 110 $33,440 0.5 Georgia Gainesville 250 $39,080 1.2 Georgia Hinesville 70 $32,720 2.1Georgia Macon 170 $43,940 0.5 Georgia Rome 40 $45,180 0.4 Georgia Savannah 440 $35,880 0.9 Georgia Valdosta 190 $35,680 1.2 Georgia Warner Robins 160 $38,720 1.1 Hawaii Honolulu 1,700 $53,460 1.2 Idaho Boise 640 $42,850 0.7 Idaho Lewiston 110 $45,640 1.8 Idaho Pocatello 40 $36,960 0.5 Illinois Bloomington 210 $43,470 1 Illinois Champaign 300 $70,270 1 Illinois Chicago 12,450 $74,620 1 Illinois Decatur 460 $60,060 3.4Illinois Kankakee 60 $66,840 0.6 Illinois Peoria 670 $64,950 1.2 Illinois Rockford 490 $65,560 1 Illinois Springfield 160 $60,200 0.5 Indiana Anderson 200 $50,030 1.8 Indiana Bloomington 350 $53,840 1.7 Indiana Columbus 70 0.6 Indiana Elkhart 580 $49,650 1.4 Indiana Evansville 1,990 $50,730 3.5Indiana Fort Wayne 1,170 $52,680 1.7 Indiana Gary 1,680 $67,540 1.8 Indiana Indianapolis 3,830 $48,450 1.3 Indiana Lafayette 100 $39,800 0.4 Indiana Michigan City 240 $51,430 1.9 Indiana Muncie 70 $48,200 0.5 Indiana South Bend 410 $53,330 0.9 Indiana Terre Haute 230 1.1 Iowa Cedar Rapids 640 $42,980 1.5 Iowa Davenport 760 $47,480 1.3 Iowa Des Moines 1,100 $46,180 1 Iowa Iowa City 150 $59,460 0.7 Iowa Sioux City 540 $46,470 2.5Iowa Waterloo 270 $41,940 1 Kansas Lawrence 90 $44,300 0.7 Kansas Topeka 350 $53,030 1 Kansas Wichita 900 $44,140 0.9 Kentucky Bowling Green 100 $51,150 0.6 Kentucky Lexington 850 $42,320 1.1 Kentucky Louisville 2,720 $50,640 1.3 Kentucky Owensboro 250 $43,350 1.8 Louisiana Alexandria 170 $44,540 1 Louisiana Baton Rouge 4,410 $47,300 3.6Louisiana Houma 800 $37,090 2.7Louisiana Lafayette 490 $37,530 1.1 Louisiana Lake Charles 660 $44,660 2.5Louisiana Monroe 270 $41,270 1.1 Louisiana New Orleans 2,650 $40,110 1.6 Louisiana Shreveport 530 $44,760 0.9 Maine Bangor 240 $38,950 1.3 Maine Lewiston 140 $36,150 1 Maine Portland 720 $39,390 1.1 Maryland Baltimore 5,280 $48,990 1.2 Maryland Bethesda 2,640 $49,080 1.4 Maryland Cumberland 40 $31,880 0.4 Maryland Hagerstown 320 $35,670 1 Maryland Salisbury 180 $34,520 1.2 Massachusetts Barnstable Town 460 $54,650 1.5 Massachusetts Boston 5,610 $64,290 1 Massachusetts Brockton 310 $38,610 1.1 Massachusetts Framingham 350 $57,230 0.7 Massachusetts Haverhill 400 $47,820 1.7 Massachusetts Lawrence 90 $52,690 0.5 Massachusetts Leominster 90 $52,420 0.6 Massachusetts Lowell 400 $50,760 1 Massachusetts Pittsfield 100 $50,520 1.1 Massachusetts Springfield 910 $53,320 0.9 Massachusetts Taunton 150 $56,490 1.1 Massachusetts Worcester 730 $49,710 0.9 Michigan Ann Arbor 550 $65,450 1 Michigan Bay City 60 $50,250 0.6 Michigan Detroit 1,860 $66,740 0.8 Michigan Flint 540 $54,900 1.2 Michigan Grand Rapids 1,100 $50,050 0.9 Michigan Jackson 120 $56,710 0.8 Michigan Kalamazoo 920 $61,780 2.1Michigan Lansing 600 $55,430 1 Michigan Monroe 210 $60,100 1.9 Michigan Niles 150 $40,580 0.8 Michigan Warren 3,030 $60,120 0.8 Minnesota Duluth 420 $51,060 1 Minnesota Minneapolis 5,140 $66,870 0.8 Minnesota St Cloud 380 $44,630 1.2 Mississippi Gulfport 450 $33,280 1.3 Mississippi Hattiesburg 300 $30,850 1.8 Mississippi Jackson 1,090 $30,900 1.3 Mississippi Pascagoula 700 $49,400 5.1Missouri Columbia 330 $36,950 1.3 Missouri Jefferson City 350 $46,740 1.7 Missouri Joplin 260 $46,110 1.1 Missouri Kansas City 2,830 $55,520 0.8 Missouri Springfield 690 $46,140 1.1 Missouri St Joseph 210 $49,470 1.4 Missouri St Louis 4,690 $62,650 1 Montana Billings 380 $45,960 1.5 Montana Great Falls 110 $44,190 1.1 Montana Missoula 270 $52,960 1.8 Nebraska Lincoln 340 $42,610 0.6 Nebraska Omaha 2,150 $54,280 1.4 Nevada Las Vegas 4,970 $55,800 1.6 Nevada Reno 660 $63,900 1 New Hampshire Manchester 510 $49,350 1.6 New Hampshire Nashua 370 $47,810 0.8 New Hampshire Portsmouth 270 $45,930 1.6 New Hampshire Rochester 80 $43,870 0.5 New Jersey Atlantic City 300 $66,540 0.6 New Jersey Camden 1,800 $63,450 1 New Jersey Edison 1,720 $64,790 0.5 New Jersey Newark 2,620 $55,930 0.8 New Jersey Ocean City 220 $55,320 1.9 New Jersey Trenton 440 $71,900 0.6 New Mexico Albuquerque 1,760 $42,850 1.4 New Mexico Farmington 210 $40,150 1.4 New Mexico Las Cruces 160 $36,150 0.9 New Mexico Santa Fe 190 $32,930 1 New York Albany 1,620 $54,690 1.1 New York Binghamton 150 $51,980 0.5 New York Buffalo 1,430 $48,360 0.8 New York Elmira 70 $51,350 0.7 New York Glens Falls 150 $50,000 1 New York Ithaca 140 $53,390 1.1 New York Kingston 220 $49,850 1.2 New York Nassau 5,350 $63,550 1.3 New York New York 13,630 $60,590 0.8 New York Poughkeepsie 660 $52,500 0.8 New York Rochester 1,380 $48,840 0.8 New York Syracuse 1,000 $40,920 1 New York Utica 130 $39,750 0.3 North Carolina Asheville 500 $38,490 0.9 North Carolina Burlington 320 $30,920 1.8 North Carolina Charlotte 2,610 $36,700 0.9 North Carolina Durham 510 $39,530 0.6 North Carolina Fayetteville 430 $39,110 1.1 North Carolina Goldsboro 90 $33,610 0.8 North Carolina Greensboro 920 $38,040 0.7 North Carolina Greenville 70 $37,840 0.3 North Carolina Hickory 210 $34,630 0.4 North Carolina Raleigh 1,470 $40,550 0.9 North Carolina Rocky Mount 200 $30,820 1.2 North Carolina Wilmington 710 $34,780 1.5 North Carolina Winston Salem 450 $38,310 0.6 North Dakota Bismarck 140 $37,760 0.8 North Dakota Fargo 380 $43,550 1 North Dakota Grand Forks 100 $43,340 0.7 Ohio Akron 720 $46,900 0.6 Ohio Canton 610 $42,360 1.1 Ohio Cincinnati 3,290 $46,600 0.9 Ohio Cleveland 2,440 $55,950 0.7 Ohio Columbus 2,070 $46,140 0.7 Ohio Dayton 1,000 $48,110 0.8 Ohio Mansfield 160 $57,770 1 Ohio Sandusky 100 $58,870 1 Ohio Springfield 120 $47,840 0.9 Ohio Toledo 1,120 $60,120 1.1 Ohio Youngstown 810 $47,660 1.1 Oklahoma Lawton 150 $39,410 1.4 Oklahoma Tulsa 1,720 $37,600 1.2 Oregon Bend 350 $47,030 1.7 Oregon Corvallis 90 $55,120 1 Oregon Eugene 340 $57,740 0.7 Oregon Medford 210 $58,250 0.8 Oregon Portland 3,520 $62,810 1 Oregon Salem 570 $42,440 1.2 Pennsylvania Allentown 680 $64,010 0.6 Pennsylvania Altoona 100 $49,270 0.6 Pennsylvania Erie 230 $43,750 0.6 Pennsylvania Harrisburg 770 $48,680 0.7 Pennsylvania Lancaster 690 $41,630 0.9 Pennsylvania Lebanon 120 $54,030 0.9 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 4,790 $60,240 0.8 Pennsylvania Pittsburgh 3,780 $54,960 1 Pennsylvania Reading 380 $55,900 0.7 Pennsylvania Scranton 250 $45,170 0.3 Pennsylvania State College 190 $40,120 1.1 Pennsylvania Williamsport 170 $35,160 1.1 Pennsylvania York 560 $41,170 1 Rhode Island Providence 2,170 $54,170 1.1 South Carolina Anderson 240 $33,080 1.3 South Carolina Charleston 980 $34,890 1 South Carolina Columbia 1,490 $36,760 1.3 South Carolina Florence 240 $34,910 0.9 South Carolina Greenville 940 $36,450 0.9 South Carolina Myrtle Beach 430 $32,600 1.2 South Carolina Spartanburg 520 $39,870 1.3 South Carolina Sumter 160 $31,390 1.6 South Dakota Rapid City 320 $36,270 1.7 South Dakota Sioux Falls 460 $38,500 1 Tennessee Chattanooga 770 $40,060 1 Tennessee Johnson City 220 $29,790 1 Tennessee Kingsport 170 $30,340 0.5 Tennessee Knoxville 870 $34,400 0.8 Tennessee Memphis 1,940 $39,120 0.9 Tennessee Nashville 2,310 $39,040 0.9 Texas Abilene 90 $38,860 0.5 Texas Amarillo 240 $38,260 0.8 Texas Austin 2,350 $46,630 0.9 Texas Beaumont 1,060 $39,580 2.1Texas Brownsville 220 $26,760 0.6 Texas College Station 270 $34,790 1.1 Texas Corpus Christi 1,150 $39,240 2Texas Dallas 5,290 $45,210 0.7 Texas El Paso 640 $32,680 0.7 Texas Fort Worth 2,010 $42,500 0.7 Texas Houston 10,250 $44,890 1.2 Texas Killeen 370 $35,790 1 Texas Laredo 230 $35,030 0.9 Texas Longview 200 $46,470 0.7 Texas Lubbock 320 $32,280 0.8 Texas Mcallen 340 $26,730 0.5 Texas Midland 150 $33,520 0.8 Texas Odessa 410 $40,040 2.5Texas San Angelo 140 $39,210 1.2 Texas San Antonio 2,790 $40,210 1 Texas Sherman 100 $36,230 0.9 Texas Texarkana 50 $34,630 0.3 Texas Tyler 110 $37,600 0.4 Texas Wichita Falls 170 $40,890 1 Utah Logan 180 $38,670 1.4 Utah Ogden 960 $44,040 1.5 Utah Provo 900 $50,340 1.7 Utah Salt Lake City 2,580 $42,320 1.2 Utah St George 250 $41,920 1.8 Vermont Burlington 460 $42,530 1.3 Virginia Blacksburg 200 $36,260 1.1 Virginia Charlottesville 320 $40,650 1.1 Virginia Danville 260 $36,470 2.7Virginia Harrisonburg 470 $38,280 3Virginia Lynchburg 340 $29,740 1.1 Virginia Richmond 2,540 $41,060 1.3 Virginia Roanoke 430 $36,030 0.8 Virginia Virginia Beach 4,960 $40,160 2 Virginia Winchester 170 $43,940 1.1 Washington Bellingham 710 $52,560 2.9Washington Bremerton 720 $56,160 2.8Washington Kennewick 670 $57,900 2.4Washington Mount Vernon 250 $53,200 1.9 Washington Seattle 5,290 $57,640 1.1 Washington Spokane 540 $49,430 0.8 Washington Tacoma 1,250 $57,490 1.4 Washington Wenatchee 190 $40,240 1.7 Washington Yakima 280 $47,360 1.1 West Virginia Charleston 790 $51,290 1.7 West Virginia Huntington 480 $44,190 1.3 West Virginia Morgantown 90 $37,550 0.7 West Virginia Weirton 60 $41,000 0.5 West Virginia Wheeling 160 $33,210 0.8 Wisconsin Appleton 850 $56,590 2.4Wisconsin Eau Claire 160 $58,520 0.7 Wisconsin Fond 360 $61,490 2.9Wisconsin Green Bay 570 $55,490 1.1 Wisconsin Janesville 210 $62,290 1.1 Wisconsin La Crosse 230 $52,500 1.1 Wisconsin Madison 1,070 $64,230 1 Wisconsin Milwaukee 2,220 $62,470 0.8 Wisconsin Oshkosh 240 $63,360 0.9 Wisconsin Racine 140 $63,590 0.6 Wisconsin Sheboygan 150 $55,630 0.9 Wisconsin Wausau 360 $55,900 1.8 Wyoming Casper 180 $46,110 1.7 Wyoming Cheyenne 280 $34,060 2.3
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