Highest-paying Cities for Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters

The top 100 highest paying cities for plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters (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 plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $107,170, Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey is the highest paying city for plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters. It is followed by Champaign-Urbana, Illinois (average annual salary $103,400). 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 plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters in a specific city, use the links in the table.

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

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey	$107,170	$50,490	400
2	Champaign-Urbana, Illinois	$103,400	$49,000	340
3	Rockford, Illinois	$101,840	$50,900	430
4	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$100,560	$48,520	11,190
5	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$99,900	$46,550	5,910
6	Kankakee-Bradley, Illinois	$99,730	$45,480	130
7	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$93,380	$43,660	660
8	Anchorage, Alaska	$91,820	$58,530	420
9	Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$90,280	$45,070	350
10	South Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$89,270	$53,460	90
11	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$87,200	$43,950	10,080
12	Carbondale-Marion, Illinois	$87,140	$45,510	140
13	Ithaca, New York	$85,090	$43,710	110
14	Springfield, Illinois	$85,000	$41,790	270
15	East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$83,750	$53,980	300
16	Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin	$83,600	$32,660	940
17	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$82,720	$55,020	250
18	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$82,680	$46,680	4,260
19	Gary, Indiana	$82,500	$37,970	1,610
20	Peoria, Illinois	$82,260	$48,370	460
21	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$82,090	$48,550	6,040
22	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$82,060	$50,940	2,330
23	Fairbanks, Alaska	$81,850	$51,830	140
24	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$81,650	$45,850	11,180
25	Augusta-Richmond County, South Carolina	$81,260	$38,220	1,130
26	Elmira, New York	$80,880	$40,190	120
27	Duluth, Wisconsin	$80,760	$47,200	360
28	Columbus, Indiana	$80,350	$44,350	140
29	Rochester, Minnesota	$79,860	$46,540	450
30	Elkhart-Goshen, Indiana	$79,380	$39,930	660
31	Kalamazoo-Portage, Michigan	$79,330	$38,280	740
32	Decatur, Illinois	$79,150	$48,200	100
33	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$78,970	$46,320	5,880
34	Kokomo, Indiana	$78,960	$47,740	430
35	Southeast Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$78,940	$51,610	50
36	Madison, Wisconsin	$78,880	$42,390	1,130
37	La Crosse, Wisconsin	$78,280	$39,430	220
38	Fort Wayne, Indiana	$78,250	$39,570	1,070
39	Watertown-Fort Drum, New York	$78,220	$44,480	100
40	Appleton, Wisconsin	$78,160	$44,800	690
41	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$77,580	$45,970	25,180
42	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$77,410	$47,600	250
43	Flint, Michigan	$77,390	$37,680	630
44	Worcester, Massachusetts	$77,140	$44,730	970
45	Terre Haute, Indiana	$77,050	$38,640	250
46	New Haven, Connecticut	$77,010	$36,360	820
47	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$76,930	$47,980	5,200
48	Springfield, Massachusetts	$76,660	$41,010	1,020
49	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$76,480	$37,900	430
50	Salem, Oregon	$76,430	$44,790	370
51	West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$76,270	$39,110	300
52	Central Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$76,170	$61,240	190
53	Oshkosh-Neenah, Wisconsin	$75,990	$44,240	250
54	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$75,950	$35,950	1,530
55	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$75,930	$48,110	1,540
56	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$75,780	$44,370	350
57	Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$75,770	$41,400	440
58	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	$75,710	$39,630	640
59	St Louis, Missouri	$75,390	$39,000	4,040
60	Medford, Oregon	$75,070	$44,300	190
61	Napa, California	$74,960	$48,550	130
62	Billings, Montana	$74,950	$38,240	430
63	Southwestern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$74,880	$48,010	550
64	Bloomington, Illinois	$74,840	$43,260	300
65	Pittsfield, Massachusetts	$74,660	$40,290	150
66	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$74,520	$47,110	290
67	Corvallis, Oregon	$74,480	$48,370	50
68	Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$74,470	$46,650	110
69	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$74,460	$39,330	3,690
70	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$74,360	$38,090	5,980
71	Albany, Oregon	$74,230	$47,840	150
72	Toledo, Ohio	$73,940	$41,700	730
73	Evansville, Kentucky	$73,840	$37,380	820
74	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$73,440	$39,570	1,860
75	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$73,050	$52,150	250
76	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$72,800	$38,330	4,370
77	Western Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$72,740	$38,340	240
78	Olympia, Washington	$72,600	$37,760	400
79	Nantucket Island and Marthas Vineyard nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$72,400	$42,950	110
80	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$72,130	$35,920	1,060
81	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$72,070	$38,340	2,530
82	Tacoma, Washington	$71,550	$41,860	820
83	Bellingham, Washington	$71,100	$40,750	430
84	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$70,900	$54,010	210
85	North Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$70,810	$43,960	100
86	Danbury, Connecticut	$70,620	$35,910	290
87	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$70,360	$36,410	13,710
88	Framingham, Massachusetts	$69,410	$37,320	780
89	Sandusky, Ohio	$69,380	$39,760	110
90	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$69,120	$43,260	710
91	Northwest Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$68,930	$38,170	40
92	Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, Michigan	$68,840	$36,240	270
93	Great Falls, Montana	$68,640	$36,840	210
94	Eastern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$68,150	$44,680	120
95	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$68,100	$37,280	600
96	Midland, Michigan	$67,470	$37,380	100
97	Bloomington-Normal, Illinois	$67,240	$44,790	260
98	Bloomington, Indiana	$67,110	$37,140	180
99	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$66,880	$38,820	5,900
100	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa	$66,340	$39,240	690

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