The annual salary statistics of pipelayers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of pipelayers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $33,500 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $44,780 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $59,230 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $74,310 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $84,620 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for pipelayers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $84,620. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $59,230. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $33,500.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of pipelayers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $59,230 | 6.84% | 18.13% |
| 2021 | $55,180 | -29.32% | - |
| 2020 | $71,360 | 8.06% | - |
| 2019 | $65,610 | 10.81% | - |
| 2018 | $58,520 | 13.70% | - |
| 2017 | $50,500 | 3.98% | - |
| 2016 | $48,490 | -8.17% | - |
| 2015 | $52,450 | 7.55% | - |
| 2012 | $48,490 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $59,230 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is in the middle of salary range for pipelayers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of pipelayers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is 19.8 percent (19.8%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont and 50.3 percent (50.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying Visalia-Porterville.