Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$39,270

National average

Salary Range

$31,050 – $54,860

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$64,100$39,840$91,720
Visalia, CA$61,360$39,130$61,360
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$60,960$45,760$76,040
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$60,950$43,050$64,480
Washington$58,240$39,100$82,390
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$58,180$45,510$60,500
Hawaii$55,670$34,070$65,690
Modesto, CA$54,600$40,710$64,070
Alaska$54,360$53,790$54,900
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area$53,620$34,070$65,760
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$52,770$40,350$65,730
North Dakota$51,540$38,090$62,980
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area$50,720$34,210$54,500
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$50,640$38,620$65,760
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$50,500$38,040$51,200
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$50,350$39,970$60,460
Stockton-Lodi, CA$50,270$37,790$62,700
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area$50,200$38,350$51,710
California$49,970$38,720$63,970
Urban Honolulu, HI$49,750$33,280$65,690
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area$49,000$38,350$51,810
Massachusetts$48,560$39,410$58,280
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$48,490$36,720$48,640
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$47,490$45,760$47,490
Fresno, CA$47,120$36,420$48,680
Colorado Springs, CO$47,050$33,850$53,610
Michigan$47,010$35,520$51,210
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$46,950$37,700$60,050
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$46,930$36,890$64,980
Missouri$46,800$31,370$51,610
Maine$46,750$38,960$51,710
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$46,590$28,680$54,510
Bangor, ME$46,590$38,580$59,570
Manchester-Nashua, NH$46,310$35,830$52,210
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$45,900$38,720$60,860
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$45,760$38,990$61,550
Tulsa, OK$45,760$35,440$49,870
New Hampshire$45,700$35,360$52,210
Worcester, MA$45,650$40,330$56,020
Colorado$45,490$37,370$53,430
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$45,490$36,750$47,490
Portland-South Portland, ME$45,220$40,580$62,440
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$45,170$36,680$48,480
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$45,010$36,160$63,280
Utah$44,810$27,360$54,500
Cleveland, OH$44,810$35,070$62,740
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$44,690$34,560$52,390
Montana$44,670$35,260$54,340
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$44,630$36,280$59,840
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$44,470$33,610$61,640
District of Columbia$44,300$35,950$47,170
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$43,950$32,120$55,070
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$43,810$28,040$48,550
Omaha, NE-IA$43,680$39,050$43,680
New York$43,540$35,850$59,840
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$43,510$35,230$54,340
Lewiston-Auburn, ME$43,490$38,960$49,980
Midland, TX$43,490$34,210$50,690
Nebraska$43,470$36,910$44,780
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$43,440$39,030$56,870
Kansas City, MO-KS$43,140$31,100$51,810
Knoxville, TN$43,060$33,860$43,470
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$42,890$36,750$51,380
Pennsylvania$42,810$33,610$58,040
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$42,790$35,360$58,040
Oregon$42,740$36,890$63,420
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$42,740$36,550$47,020
Reno, NV$42,710$35,370$56,000
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$42,710$32,770$74,750
Tennessee$42,470$34,420$48,210
Jackson, TN$42,440$36,850$46,140
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$42,320$34,530$51,990
Mobile, AL$42,320$29,990$48,140
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$42,020$31,520$55,580
Syracuse, NY$41,800$35,460$62,700
Arizona$41,790$33,910$63,280
Oklahoma City, OK$41,760$30,440$61,370
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$41,600$32,100$45,920
New Jersey$41,570$35,900$49,820
Topeka, KS$41,450$35,020$48,200
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$41,300$31,540$55,380
Longview, TX$41,160$29,760$50,900
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$41,140$32,910$45,880
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$41,120$35,750$48,140
Illinois$41,050$30,700$61,640
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$40,980$33,270$53,760
Rochester, NY$40,720$31,560$52,120
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$40,600$21,730$49,200
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$40,600$40,600$40,600
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$40,420$32,660$49,150
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$39,970$35,500$44,330
Florence, SC$39,970$28,530$64,110
Spartanburg, SC$39,790$31,740$57,120
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$39,690$31,120$52,530
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$39,570$34,910$49,840
Oklahoma$39,560$26,790$48,800
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$39,560$22,880$56,140
Ohio$39,360$34,660$62,740
Raleigh-Cary, NC$39,330$31,250$48,380
Gainesville, FL$39,310$31,690$47,870
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$39,220$35,200$62,970
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$39,190$35,180$48,770
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$39,130$33,020$45,940
Florida$39,130$33,040$51,990
Birmingham, AL$39,110$31,390$50,420
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$39,070$33,260$45,920
Huntsville, AL$38,860$28,690$62,590
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$38,790$31,850$53,570
Wisconsin$38,770$22,880$54,820
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$38,770$31,060$49,370
Virginia$38,750$31,420$48,290
Columbia, SC$38,620$30,170$51,470
Asheville, NC$38,580$30,880$46,000
Jacksonville, FL$38,580$32,070$48,850
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$38,550$35,360$51,540
Jackson, MS$38,500$26,160$43,520
Alabama$38,480$26,160$50,420
Boise City, ID$38,480$38,470$46,110
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$38,470$29,770$48,190
Idaho$38,470$36,490$46,100
Wyoming$38,470$36,730$50,960
Pittsburgh, PA$38,420$33,610$53,630
Chattanooga, TN-GA$38,340$31,410$46,580
Texas$38,310$29,600$52,170
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$38,310$28,660$54,860
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$38,310$33,190$45,100
Columbus, OH$38,270$35,780$48,790
Decatur, AL$38,250$16,900$47,590
South Carolina$38,140$30,160$49,380
Maryland$38,130$32,490$48,160
Tuscaloosa, AL$38,110$32,100$47,800
Mississippi$37,960$26,160$43,520
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$37,930$34,400$57,700
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$37,900$33,790$47,840
Richmond, VA$37,890$32,850$45,610
Charlottesville, VA$37,860$32,490$45,660
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$37,750$33,390$46,880
Santa Fe, NM$37,750$32,100$44,130
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$37,740$25,640$42,760
North Carolina$37,680$28,580$48,010
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$37,670$32,890$50,790
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$37,660$15,760$40,410
Greensboro-High Point, NC$37,540$30,140$48,700
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$37,470$26,090$53,250
Connecticut$37,470$32,640$57,700
Greenville, NC$37,470$28,680$48,230
Georgia$37,450$30,200$49,370
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$37,440$35,830$41,920
Kentucky$37,440$29,980$47,840
Savannah, GA$37,350$30,950$48,370
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$37,340$32,060$46,380
Iowa$37,320$31,480$45,910
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$37,320$34,680$37,320
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$37,310$31,550$45,670
North Florida nonmetropolitan area$37,300$28,570$42,040
Albuquerque, NM$37,260$31,600$43,910
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$37,230$29,190$50,230
Arkansas$37,220$32,270$45,940
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$37,120$33,750$53,200
New Mexico$37,080$30,510$46,380
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$37,060$32,830$47,040
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$37,030$36,320$40,900
Baton Rouge, LA$37,010$30,580$50,650
Winston-Salem, NC$36,970$29,200$42,020
Kansas$36,950$20,800$48,200
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$36,950$35,790$45,140
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$36,930$30,860$38,870
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area$36,830$30,750$49,090
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area$36,820$29,580$49,090
Killeen-Temple, TX$36,810$28,490$47,210
Delaware$36,800$31,520$42,640
Winchester, VA-WV$36,750$28,400$42,470
Corpus Christi, TX$36,690$29,050$47,820
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$36,670$28,640$41,600
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$36,660$29,540$46,930
Roanoke, VA$36,650$30,360$42,260
Lexington-Fayette, KY$36,600$33,970$46,730
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$36,600$27,360$42,550
Sherman-Denison, TX$36,540$22,270$45,010
Wichita, KS$36,520$20,690$38,500
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$36,490$15,760$42,880
Port St. Lucie, FL$36,470$35,020$48,710
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$36,420$26,140$58,690
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$36,400$30,160$49,380
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$36,370$32,490$45,040
Burlington, NC$36,330$21,630$46,060
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$36,310$23,350$46,760
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$36,300$32,170$42,380
South Dakota$36,280$30,940$42,380
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$36,270$31,250$45,510
Indiana$36,220$32,140$48,060
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$36,210$32,650$59,380
Wilmington, NC$36,210$29,300$44,010
Louisiana$36,110$26,090$49,870
Sumter, SC$36,060$28,850$45,650
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$36,020$31,790$60,090
Fayetteville, NC$35,930$28,430$45,440
Alexandria, LA$35,920$25,640$49,950
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$35,850$32,060$45,760
Tucson, AZ$35,850$33,610$58,830
Tyler, TX$35,800$29,510$45,790
Tallahassee, FL$35,760$32,610$51,020
Hammond, LA$35,730$23,600$44,460
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$35,710$30,400$42,670
Gainesville, GA$35,690$27,780$48,600
Maryland nonmetropolitan area$35,640$31,950$44,800
Nevada$35,520$34,210$54,480
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$35,470$27,800$47,730
Lynchburg, VA$35,380$29,800$42,640
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$35,350$31,200$42,980
Jonesboro, AR$35,280$33,690$42,070
Goldsboro, NC$35,140$27,870$44,810
Lafayette, LA$35,000$23,510$45,860
Monroe, LA$34,700$22,800$43,660
Lake Charles, LA$34,600$30,870$45,350
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$34,340$34,210$49,010
Amarillo, TX$34,320$24,840$45,010
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$34,320$28,720$39,260
Victoria, TX$34,210$21,770$47,200
Las Cruces, NM$34,200$29,080$37,900
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$34,190$31,020$45,550
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$34,190$27,980$47,610
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$34,040$31,200$53,490
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC$33,910$21,720$42,890
College Station-Bryan, TX$33,670$29,550$46,010
Macon-Bibb County, GA$33,510$30,440$46,120
Lubbock, TX$33,500$22,410$43,440
West Virginia$33,280$26,890$43,680
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$33,130$28,860$46,740
Cedar Rapids, IA$33,010$31,310$38,830
Athens-Clarke County, GA$32,980$30,430$44,460
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$32,980$22,440$44,120
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$32,910$20,800$42,940
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$32,840$27,040$42,510
Columbus, GA-AL$32,130$27,970$46,630
El Paso, TX$31,620$28,030$44,880
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$31,130$23,710$42,210
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$30,860$20,800$38,390
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$30,720$27,040$36,140
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$30,610$28,830$43,470
Wichita Falls, TX$29,180$28,870$37,680
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$29,030$25,810$43,450
Guam$28,080$21,890$35,500
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$26,790$22,440$43,400
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$21,890$19,760$28,790
Puerto Rico$21,890$19,760$28,610

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters make?▾

The median annual salary for a Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters is $39,270, with a typical range of $31,050 – $54,860 depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the starting salary for a Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters?▾

Entry-level Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters positions typically start around $31,050 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

Where do Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitterss earn the most?▾

Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitterss tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.