Highest-paying Cities for Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHelpers

The top 100 highest paying cities for pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfittershelpers (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfittershelpers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $72,020, Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut is the highest paying city for pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfittershelpers . It is followed by Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts (average annual salary $50,960). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfittershelpers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHelpers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$72,020	$35,450	n/a
2	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$50,960	$43,430	30
3	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$50,110	$34,980	830
4	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$49,740	$31,320	50
5	Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas	$49,350	$28,240	200
6	Enid, Oklahoma	$49,220	$27,890	100
7	Southwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$47,220	$30,880	30
8	Ogden-Clearfield, Utah	$46,910	$37,180	90
9	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$46,010	$32,860	240
10	Northwest Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$45,950	$19,260	80
11	Spokane, Washington	$45,830	$32,030	80
12	Anchorage, Alaska	$45,740	$30,870	50
13	Salt Lake City, Utah	$45,650	$26,730	140
14	Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$45,620	$37,440	120
15	New Bedford, Massachusetts	$44,650	$34,020	50
16	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$44,430	$35,080	n/a
17	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$44,360	$38,390	130
18	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$44,030	$36,080	50
19	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$43,820	$35,330	400
20	Tacoma, Washington	$43,390	$28,570	n/a
21	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$43,380	$36,210	40
22	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$43,310	$38,610	290
23	La Crosse, Wisconsin	$43,240	$33,880	30
24	Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii	$43,130	$27,660	30
25	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$42,960	$29,640	30
26	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$42,390	$31,150	1,200
27	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$42,370	$28,580	210
28	Ocala, Florida	$42,350	$22,880	70
29	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$42,280	$33,550	n/a
30	Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California	$42,240	$27,840	n/a
31	Midland, Texas	$42,060	$29,060	110
32	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$41,600	$33,870	1,450
33	Erie, Pennsylvania	$41,530	$30,050	50
34	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$40,900	$27,860	140
35	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$40,670	$30,820	160
36	Rockford, Illinois	$40,580	$23,550	30
37	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$40,380	$32,130	120
38	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$40,240	$32,920	90
39	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$39,810	$30,260	60
40	St Louis, Missouri	$39,250	$25,640	70
41	Nantucket Island and Marthas Vineyard nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$39,230	$31,580	40
42	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$39,170	$34,210	360
43	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$39,160	$35,240	30
44	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$39,060	$30,670	840
45	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$39,020	$32,860	40
46	Salisbury, Maryland	$38,780	$31,340	90
47	Lewiston-Auburn, Maine	$38,740	$38,600	30
48	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$38,720	$33,140	490
49	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$38,610	$27,240	370
50	Victoria, Texas	$38,520	$29,630	50
51	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$38,490	$31,030	380
52	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$38,390	$35,140	270
53	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$38,180	$30,320	410
54	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$38,170	$30,490	910
55	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$38,150	$28,510	2,350
56	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$38,080	$28,820	40
57	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$37,950	$31,300	120
58	Bend, Oregon	$37,860	$30,460	40
59	Kansas City, Missouri	$37,830	$29,680	140
60	Hagerstown-Martinsburg, West Virginia	$37,780	$30,800	30
61	Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$37,690	$30,220	40
62	Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$37,630	$33,310	40
63	Western Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$37,610	$24,570	30
64	Rochester, Minnesota	$37,600	$33,070	n/a
65	Modesto, California	$37,580	$33,720	30
66	Longview, Texas	$37,540	$27,940	120
67	Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$37,440	$26,290	180
68	Sumter, South Carolina	$37,420	$29,520	30
69	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$37,420	$29,070	900
70	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida	$37,400	$28,120	540
71	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$37,400	$29,990	30
72	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$37,390	$31,850	60
73	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$37,380	$29,540	130
74	Other New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$37,250	$23,380	30
75	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$37,150	$33,660	80
76	Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$37,120	$33,020	n/a
77	Corpus Christi, Texas	$37,090	$26,760	170
78	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$37,050	$33,790	190
79	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$37,000	$30,300	70
80	Northeastern Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$36,940	$29,140	30
81	Albuquerque, New Mexico	$36,930	$31,010	260
82	West Central North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$36,840	$28,000	60
83	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$36,750	$28,910	890
84	Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania	$36,720	$27,060	50
85	Provo-Orem, Utah	$36,710	$32,990	140
86	Asheville, North Carolina	$36,710	$29,440	130
87	Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$36,690	$28,820	60
88	St George, Utah	$36,690	$26,950	40
89	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$36,670	$28,660	500
90	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$36,630	$27,800	820
91	Manchester, New Hampshire	$36,620	$29,960	40
92	Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky	$36,620	$30,130	60
93	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina	$36,620	$31,610	110
94	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$36,610	$33,960	190
95	Fresno, California	$36,570	$31,600	70
96	Billings, Montana	$36,570	$21,840	40
97	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$36,550	$28,530	2,090
98	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$36,530	$30,980	3,230
99	North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee	$36,510	$29,730	40
100	Eastern Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee	$36,510	$28,700	40

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