Highest-paying Cities for Pipelayers

The top 100 highest paying cities for pipelayers (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 in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $80,830, Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin is the highest paying city for pipelayers. It is followed by Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington (average annual salary $80,730). 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 in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Pipelayers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$80,830	$65,170	570
2	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$80,730	$55,580	740
3	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$80,360	$49,060	1,470
4	Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$77,430	$57,110	60
5	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$77,020	$46,290	40
6	Green Bay, Wisconsin	$76,930	$60,580	60
7	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$76,910	$48,200	170
8	Madison, Wisconsin	$76,240	$59,070	50
9	West Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$76,080	$45,200	40
10	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$75,830	$63,080	160
11	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$74,840	$54,280	40
12	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$73,870	$37,090	250
13	Tacoma, Washington	$73,100	$53,810	100
14	South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$72,710	$58,850	90
15	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$70,620	$44,910	300
16	Canton-Massillon, Ohio	$70,550	$39,810	40
17	Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania	$70,340	$36,590	120
18	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$69,840	$52,480	480
19	Duluth, Wisconsin	$69,840	$55,940	30
20	Binghamton, New York	$69,830	$29,720	60
21	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$69,580	$35,620	190
22	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$69,140	$41,460	310
23	Anchorage, Alaska	$69,090	$62,170	n/a
24	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$67,700	$42,260	190
25	New Haven, Connecticut	$67,480	$39,330	70
26	Spokane, Washington	$67,290	$49,680	90
27	East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$66,740	$18,430	200
28	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$66,180	$49,550	50
29	Wausau, Wisconsin	$65,870	$29,310	40
30	Nashua, New Hampshire	$65,640	$39,480	30
31	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$65,160	$49,610	40
32	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$65,050	$51,840	50
33	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$64,840	$41,150	170
34	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$64,770	$48,530	60
35	North Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri	$64,580	$36,840	130
36	Gary, Indiana	$64,330	$40,460	70
37	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$64,210	$52,460	60
38	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$63,660	$49,900	n/a
39	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$63,620	$40,590	n/a
40	Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, Washington	$63,440	$41,980	30
41	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$63,170	$52,340	50
42	Huntington-Ashland, West Virginia	$63,040	$26,080	60
43	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington	$62,930	$35,580	30
44	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$62,840	$42,230	50
45	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$62,600	$33,670	410
46	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$62,400	$51,790	240
47	Bellingham, Washington	$62,270	$49,780	40
48	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$61,910	$36,570	180
49	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$61,760	$43,130	680
50	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$61,520	$43,910	280
51	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$61,490	$52,180	30
52	St Louis, Missouri	$61,270	$39,340	80
53	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$60,800	$43,940	60
54	Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri	$60,770	$35,760	50
55	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$60,170	$29,000	60
56	Appleton, Wisconsin	$60,160	$47,310	30
57	Other Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$60,000	$35,360	40
58	St Cloud, Minnesota	$59,950	$39,140	50
59	Rochester, Minnesota	$59,800	$47,020	30
60	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$59,740	$33,660	60
61	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$59,730	$45,830	170
62	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$59,360	$53,610	n/a
63	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$59,310	$39,570	620
64	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$59,260	$29,940	40
65	West Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$59,250	$40,480	70
66	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$59,230	$33,500	420
67	Longview, Washington	$58,970	$36,010	n/a
68	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$58,820	$42,800	110
69	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$58,640	$51,740	60
70	Rochester, New York	$58,570	$40,700	50
71	Worcester, Massachusetts	$58,210	$33,100	40
72	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$58,050	$28,340	190
73	Far Western North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$57,830	$46,650	170
74	Southwestern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$57,590	$36,940	60
75	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$57,340	$38,800	n/a
76	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina	$56,670	$38,110	120
77	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$56,290	$40,740	150
78	Charleston, West Virginia	$56,280	$19,800	50
79	Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$56,170	$36,140	40
80	Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$56,080	$44,550	30
81	Napa, California	$56,040	$32,460	40
82	Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$55,990	$40,370	40
83	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$55,790	$35,680	70
84	Redding, California	$55,220	$30,170	n/a
85	Syracuse, New York	$55,160	$42,920	40
86	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$54,900	$36,430	70
87	Upper Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, South Carolina	$54,300	$28,180	40
88	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$53,920	$36,500	290
89	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$53,770	$48,690	180
90	Dayton, Ohio	$53,700	$34,390	n/a
91	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$53,450	$38,150	200
92	Central New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$53,370	$34,980	30
93	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$53,240	$36,040	430
94	Tucson, Arizona	$53,180	$39,520	80
95	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$53,030	$47,470	30
96	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$52,980	$34,660	100
97	Columbus, Ohio	$52,970	$48,390	120
98	Coeur dAlene, Idaho	$52,040	$35,980	40
99	Far Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$52,010	$42,230	70
100	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa	$51,890	$36,460	40

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for pipelayers.