Pipelayers Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Pipelayers positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$48,710

National average

Salary Range

$36,840 – $80,710

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Pipelayers Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
Alaska$93,500$92,590$110,320
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area$92,610$57,050$96,550
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$88,910$65,400$98,860
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$85,180$78,440$99,090
Minnesota$84,880$61,840$98,860
Madison, WI$84,650$81,210$104,000
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$82,660$60,940$106,120
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$82,280$60,040$84,350
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$82,090$50,180$100,000
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$81,990$57,990$108,770
Wisconsin$81,300$60,910$96,640
Bellingham, WA$80,310$57,700$97,210
Columbus, OH$80,290$38,890$90,610
Washington$80,280$60,680$100,580
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$78,880$50,080$99,770
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$78,850$51,410$80,280
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$78,440$47,650$132,360
Green Bay, WI$78,290$52,140$102,580
California$78,090$47,420$113,030
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$77,030$41,600$92,810
New York$76,490$57,010$134,990
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$76,030$48,270$103,750
Pittsburgh, PA$75,520$48,100$94,160
Indiana$75,320$37,440$92,810
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)$75,290$36,440$96,330
Syracuse, NY$74,700$52,800$78,150
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$74,500$74,370$132,200
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$74,470$56,300$94,430
Kennewick-Richland, WA$73,680$54,180$94,650
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$73,610$62,000$83,550
New Jersey$70,780$49,240$103,650
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$69,890$37,210$90,220
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$69,320$57,010$94,460
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area$67,440$56,440$83,220
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$66,190$53,840$76,460
Michigan$64,340$49,790$90,960
Oregon$64,110$51,000$81,250
Evansville, IN$64,000$35,910$86,070
Cleveland, OH$63,970$58,380$86,180
Reno, NV$63,040$50,250$79,070
Nevada$63,040$50,250$79,070
Lancaster, PA$63,030$48,640$63,030
Idaho$62,780$43,040$74,220
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$62,070$50,100$68,340
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$61,980$50,980$90,480
Arizona$61,810$46,580$68,340
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$60,930$48,720$76,690
Massachusetts$60,870$50,960$91,470
Medford, OR$60,860$51,000$75,590
Pennsylvania$60,730$47,850$83,300
Salem, OR$60,670$47,840$96,600
Portland-South Portland, ME$60,440$50,770$96,420
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$60,410$40,820$91,470
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area$60,130$50,520$70,690
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$59,650$36,440$80,930
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$59,630$46,180$128,250
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$59,310$49,240$103,050
Ohio$59,120$35,920$86,180
Maine$59,020$46,370$89,850
Manchester-Nashua, NH$58,700$36,330$75,770
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$58,590$38,260$84,950
Maryland$58,260$47,280$67,580
Fargo, ND-MN$58,080$46,620$71,700
Omaha, NE-IA$58,050$47,110$78,440
Delaware$57,990$43,780$69,340
Kentucky$57,400$50,740$75,250
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$57,390$47,280$60,020
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$57,350$33,690$107,220
Colorado$56,630$45,860$74,500
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$56,530$46,340$71,930
Montana$56,420$46,680$79,930
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$55,870$49,070$61,570
St. George, UT$55,560$47,460$58,770
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$54,430$50,450$61,830
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$54,280$40,180$100,380
Boise City, ID$54,170$43,040$74,130
District of Columbia$54,130$37,740$66,100
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$53,040$35,360$76,640
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area$52,220$44,330$66,530
Iowa$51,800$46,270$63,850
Vermont$51,760$44,810$60,500
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$51,720$42,080$64,120
Greeley, CO$51,220$38,770$58,940
Utah$51,180$47,860$60,190
Oklahoma City, OK$50,800$36,750$85,940
North Dakota$50,780$39,480$70,650
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$50,740$37,270$66,320
Ogden, UT$50,550$48,210$59,680
Oklahoma$50,190$34,570$83,110
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$50,170$47,860$58,260
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$50,170$34,690$65,590
Lincoln, NE$49,990$46,870$77,540
Pueblo, CO$49,710$39,970$63,800
Huntsville, AL$49,650$37,960$57,100
Nebraska$49,600$39,170$75,230
Rapid City, SD$49,450$42,060$58,220
Columbus, GA-AL$49,160$38,470$63,540
Colorado Springs, CO$49,090$45,950$62,350
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$49,090$37,080$60,920
Illinois$49,030$37,100$58,770
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$48,840$35,850$59,630
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$48,840$38,770$78,280
Virginia$48,540$38,980$60,700
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$48,540$48,540$56,800
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$48,160$38,880$60,890
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$48,140$41,330$75,230
New Hampshire$48,120$35,850$75,770
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$48,000$36,550$65,580
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$47,940$33,120$58,970
South Florida nonmetropolitan area$47,900$37,630$60,790
Stockton-Lodi, CA$47,890$38,790$76,270
Raleigh-Cary, NC$47,810$40,330$58,400
Midland, TX$47,630$40,180$49,990
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$47,620$37,890$62,190
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$47,280$33,190$57,980
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$47,240$37,090$52,510
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$47,230$36,860$59,990
South Dakota$47,230$36,860$59,790
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$47,140$39,190$58,260
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$47,020$38,820$64,100
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$47,020$38,690$57,420
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$47,020$37,860$71,330
Naples-Marco Island, FL$47,010$38,880$50,870
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$46,990$38,160$60,770
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$46,990$37,800$60,500
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$46,830$40,710$55,510
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$46,780$38,890$58,000
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$46,740$44,670$57,600
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$46,660$37,210$59,130
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$46,640$37,300$57,710
Richmond, VA$46,630$39,020$60,560
Charlottesville, VA$46,600$39,700$63,710
Tucson, AZ$46,580$38,040$60,230
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$46,520$38,110$58,440
Florida$46,370$36,930$58,730
Kansas$45,860$44,020$46,980
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$45,850$34,780$59,110
Tennessee$45,800$36,050$62,250
Spartanburg, SC$45,790$38,470$62,500
Georgia$45,780$33,710$60,370
Wilmington, NC$45,760$38,010$55,830
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$45,740$36,380$57,660
Port St. Lucie, FL$45,610$37,050$58,370
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$45,590$36,250$55,010
Texas$45,550$35,950$54,410
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$45,430$32,450$57,700
North Carolina$45,350$36,440$57,160
Jacksonville, FL$45,350$37,610$55,930
Fayetteville, NC$45,250$37,990$57,170
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$45,200$37,780$52,280
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$45,120$40,070$63,070
Lynchburg, VA$44,720$36,430$58,340
Ocala, FL$44,650$38,110$49,350
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$44,610$34,840$58,760
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$44,550$35,880$57,040
South Carolina$44,480$36,690$59,630
Savannah, GA$44,380$36,880$50,770
Warner Robins, GA$44,190$30,430$63,100
Chattanooga, TN-GA$44,120$36,050$71,890
Tulsa, OK$44,060$32,690$73,440
Roanoke, VA$44,020$36,100$58,810
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$43,960$32,610$53,940
Mobile, AL$43,870$36,130$65,340
Killeen-Temple, TX$43,840$34,820$46,880
Asheville, NC$43,820$39,650$51,810
Columbia, SC$43,810$37,990$60,670
Greensboro-High Point, NC$43,700$34,910$59,190
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$43,680$36,300$49,080
Knoxville, TN$43,620$32,770$64,930
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$43,550$37,440$58,240
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$43,460$39,130$48,990
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$43,180$35,760$54,330
Odessa, TX$43,100$35,340$48,110
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$43,070$37,030$56,630
Louisiana$43,030$35,100$60,730
Birmingham, AL$42,900$33,630$68,390
Winston-Salem, NC$42,800$37,840$52,280
Longview, TX$42,760$33,710$50,720
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$42,720$34,210$56,180
New Mexico$42,670$37,440$58,240
Albuquerque, NM$42,670$41,050$59,840
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$42,540$34,480$65,630
Rocky Mount, NC$42,080$29,800$49,790
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area$41,990$31,590$62,730
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$41,920$34,610$54,770
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$41,670$36,790$50,230
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$41,630$33,970$52,660
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$41,550$29,880$47,820
Tuscaloosa, AL$41,300$36,090$56,750
Mississippi$41,260$31,860$76,120
Jackson, MS$41,260$31,440$69,960
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$41,100$34,210$46,920
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$41,080$33,070$49,860
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$41,070$30,150$56,630
Corpus Christi, TX$40,890$33,280$54,220
Johnson City, TN$40,800$40,800$47,350
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$40,600$37,490$45,610
Valdosta, GA$40,330$31,970$53,190
Gainesville, GA$39,940$33,880$57,860
Alabama$39,870$32,060$63,210
Wildwood-The Villages, FL$39,490$39,430$49,650
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$39,420$33,140$48,780
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$39,210$30,820$68,550
Jacksonville, NC$39,100$32,200$50,080
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area$38,690$29,640$56,020
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$38,590$31,940$49,360
El Paso, TX$38,340$32,010$44,010
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$38,010$29,270$63,210
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC$37,480$34,380$49,530
College Station-Bryan, TX$37,290$33,540$46,170
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$37,220$30,390$47,020
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$37,180$30,300$42,670
Albany, GA$37,130$33,710$47,480
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area$36,830$27,870$50,450
Arkansas$36,710$31,200$46,070
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$36,710$35,870$46,250
West Virginia$36,080$22,900$58,760
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$35,940$29,270$47,470
Charleston, WV$35,360$26,790$50,020
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$35,250$25,950$59,290
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area$34,330$28,430$49,200
Fort Smith, AR-OK$34,080$30,100$44,710
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$31,050$20,190$37,800
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$26,150$20,790$35,880
Puerto Rico$25,690$20,790$35,610

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Pipelayers make?

The median annual salary for a Pipelayers is $48,710, with a typical range of $36,840 – $80,710 depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the starting salary for a Pipelayers?

Entry-level Pipelayers positions typically start around $36,840 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

Where do Pipelayerss earn the most?

Pipelayerss tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.