PLUMBER
MEDIAN PAY (BLS 2024)
Plumbers nationwide earn a median of $31.94/hr per the Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS 2024 survey. 456,180 plumbers employed across the U.S. See the state-by-state breakdown below — the highest-paying states often run 30%+ over the national median.
$31.94/hr median · $66,432 annualized (40 hr/wk × 52 wk)
Employment-weighted estimate from 50-state BLS OEWS data (the official BLS national row isn't in our dataset yet). State medians below are real BLS figures.
STATE-BY-STATE MEDIAN
BLS · sorted highest first| State | Median /hr | Top 10% /hr | Employed | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | $46.25 | $59.28 | 18,730 | VIEW |
| Oregon | $44.77 | $63.18 | 6,080 | VIEW |
| Minnesota | $40.04 | $58.36 | 8,520 | VIEW |
| Massachusetts | $40.03 | $67.55 | 15,670 | VIEW |
| Alaska | $39.95 | $50.87 | 870 | VIEW |
| District of Columbia | $39.40 | $51.57 | 640 | VIEW |
| Washington | $38.02 | $66.96 | 12,210 | VIEW |
| Hawaii | $37.76 | $55.36 | 2,640 | VIEW |
| Wisconsin | $37.75 | $55.03 | 9,120 | VIEW |
| New York | $37.72 | $61.80 | 22,630 | VIEW |
| Montana | $37.47 | $45.17 | 1,810 | VIEW |
| New Jersey | $37.10 | $64.07 | 9,840 | VIEW |
| Michigan | $37.03 | $48.38 | 12,830 | VIEW |
| Connecticut | $35.14 | $47.46 | 4,180 | VIEW |
| California | $32.88 | $60.96 | 45,460 | VIEW |
| Pennsylvania | $32.04 | $52.29 | 13,990 | VIEW |
| Louisiana | $31.12 | $37.31 | 9,040 | VIEW |
| Rhode Island | $31.07 | $51.21 | 1,790 | VIEW |
| Indiana | $31.04 | $47.07 | 11,620 | VIEW |
| Delaware | $30.92 | $41.78 | 1,570 | VIEW |
| Colorado | $30.58 | $47.44 | 9,970 | VIEW |
| Maryland | $30.42 | $50.77 | 11,490 | VIEW |
| Nebraska | $30.23 | $44.88 | 4,240 | VIEW |
| Kansas | $30.20 | $50.15 | 4,090 | VIEW |
| North Dakota | $30.13 | $43.09 | 1,650 | VIEW |
| Ohio | $30.06 | $46.30 | 14,490 | VIEW |
| Kentucky | $29.98 | $44.70 | 5,500 | VIEW |
| Missouri | $29.85 | $51.64 | 7,900 | VIEW |
| New Hampshire | $29.82 | $41.10 | 2,530 | VIEW |
| Arizona | $29.78 | $47.26 | 12,330 | VIEW |
| Maine | $29.76 | $38.65 | 2,480 | VIEW |
| Utah | $29.65 | $39.16 | 6,770 | VIEW |
| Wyoming | $29.56 | $39.05 | 1,140 | VIEW |
| Iowa | $29.44 | $44.56 | 6,350 | VIEW |
| Vermont | $29.11 | $44.23 | 960 | VIEW |
| Nevada | $28.90 | $52.26 | 5,330 | VIEW |
| New Mexico | $28.68 | $40.43 | 2,900 | VIEW |
| Virginia | $28.64 | $36.85 | 13,190 | VIEW |
| Texas | $28.15 | $39.19 | 42,290 | VIEW |
| Mississippi | $27.87 | $37.15 | 3,050 | VIEW |
| Tennessee | $27.76 | $39.22 | 8,810 | VIEW |
| Idaho | $27.59 | $38.24 | 3,710 | VIEW |
| Georgia | $27.06 | $39.94 | 7,530 | VIEW |
| South Carolina | $26.37 | $37.34 | 5,480 | VIEW |
| Oklahoma | $26.36 | $38.40 | 7,110 | VIEW |
| Alabama | $25.89 | $35.81 | 7,880 | VIEW |
| North Carolina | $24.52 | $34.93 | 14,300 | VIEW |
| South Dakota | $24.42 | $36.20 | 1,800 | VIEW |
| Florida | $24.30 | $32.45 | 26,730 | VIEW |
| Arkansas | $23.89 | $33.63 | 3,080 | VIEW |
| West Virginia | $23.86 | $39.12 | 1,860 | VIEW |
TOP-PAYING METROS
DAVIS-BACON PREVAILING WAGES
LOOK UP DIRECTFederal construction work (LNG terminals, military bases, GSA, VA, federal infrastructure) uses Davis-Bacon prevailing wage determinations as a legal wage floor — base + fringe benefits, set per county per construction type. If you're on a federally-funded project paying below the WD, the contractor is out of compliance and you can file a WH-3.
Rates change frequently and are county-specific, so we link direct instead of caching stale numbers. Look up the active Wage Determination for your job at sam.gov/wage-determinations or dol.gov/whd/government-contracts.
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16 other trades. State medians + Davis-Bacon + per diem in one spot.