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Pipefitters And Plumber Schools, Salaries, and Job Data

Pipefitters and Plumbers Job Overview

Pipefitters and plumbers are involved with assembling, installing, maintaining and repairing pipe systems used to transport water, air, liquids and gases. They also install plumbing fixtures such as toilets and bathtubs as well as refrigeration and heating units. Plumbing and pipefitting are regarded as separate trades, however many qualified workers have skills in both fields.

Pipefitters install and repair high pressure and low pressure pipe systems utilized for manufacturing, generating electricity and for heating and cooling buildings. Pipefitters also install the automatic controls that are utilized to regulate these systems.

Pipefitters and Plumbers Schools and Degrees

Most plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters receive training through jointly administered apprenticeships or from community colleges or technical schools. Apprenticeship programs usually provide the most thorough training for these occupations. Most of these apprenticeship programs are managed jointly by union locals and their affiliated companies or by nonunion contractor organizations.

Job Requirements

Most plumbers and pipefitters receive training through apprenticeships. Some individuals acquire skills while on-the-job or from courses they take on their own. Apprenticeship committees typically require applicants to have a high school diploma.

Nature of Work

  • Install and repair plumbing fixtures
  • Install and repair water, waste disposal and gas systems in houses and in commercial and industrial buildings
  • Cut holes in walls, floor and ceilings of a house
  • Hang steel supports from ceiling joists to hold pipe in place

Pipefitters and Plumbers Jobs and Outlook

The Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment has projected an employment growth of 16 percent from 2008 to 2018 for plumbers, pipefitters, steamfitters and pipelayers which is faster than average for all occupations.

The major employers of pipefitters and plumbers are shown below:

  • Plumbing, heating and air conditioning contractors
  • Industrial companies
  • Mechanical contractors
  • Government agencies

In 2008 the median hourly wage for plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters was $21.94.

Job Numbers and Growth

Nationally, there are 502,000 pipefitters and plumbers. The occupation is characterized by a high joblessness level. The unemployment rate for employees was 5% in 2008.

Area Job Conditions

Looking at pipefitters and plumbers per capita, Pascagoula (Mississippi), Baton Rouge (Louisiana), and Evansville (Indiana) rise to the top of the list. Utica (New York), Texarkana (Texas), and Scranton (Pennsylvania) have the fewest per capita.

The highest salaries for workers are in and around Chicago (Illinois), San Jose (California), and Champaign (Illinois). The lowest-paying areas are Albany (Georgia), McAllen (Texas), and Brownsville (Texas).

Training and Education

Successful employees find it useful to have long-term on-the-job training. According to recent surveys, 4% of pipefitters and plumbers had received a degree. Workers with some schooling beyond high school, but not a college degree, total about 29%. A high school degree was all that was needed for 68% of employees. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which if any could help you with this career.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

Pipefitters and plumbers working less than full time, whether by design or chance, were 3% of the total. If you have this occupation and work on your own rather than for another company, you are part of the 12% of workers who do so.


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Pipefitters And Plumbers by Metropolitan Area (city and its surroundings)

In the table below, a Job Density near 0% means the area has an average number of people in this occupation, for its population. A higher or lower Job Density (e.g., +22% or -45%) tells you there are that many more or fewer workers of that type there than in the average US metro area. So, the higher the number, the more common the occupation.

Alabama

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Anniston$37,00070-49%
Auburn$34,000100-23%
Birmingham$37,0001,750+0%
Decatur$42,000230+44%
Dothan$43,00090-50%
Florence$51,000170+14%
Gadsden$32,000120+26%
Huntsville$38,000580-14%
Mobile$36,0001,250+111%
Montgomery$39,000410-26%

Alaska

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Anchorage$67,000710+37%
Fairbanks$60,000260+183%

Arizona

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Flagstaff$37,000160-2%
Kingman$41,000190+26%
Phoenix$41,0007,410+18%
Prescott$40,000360+94%
Tucson$40,0001,250+2%

Arkansas

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Fayetteville$37,000590-8%
Fort Smith$33,000380+2%
Jonesboro$37,000100-31%
Little Rock$39,0001,150+2%

California

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Bakersfield$49,000900+3%
Chico$47,000150-28%
El Centro$48,00090-40%
Fresno$48,000840-24%
Hanford$56,00090+12%
Madera$35,00090-13%
Merced$40,000200+18%
Modesto$54,000520-2%
Napa$47,000120-38%
Oakland$66,0003,690+6%
Oxnard$45,0001,390+41%
Riverside$42,0004,350+1%
Sacramento$51,0003,320+11%
Salinas190-62%
San Diego$53,0005,060+12%
San Francisco$65,0003,170-6%
San Jose$73,0002,730-12%
San Luis Obispo$51,000260-16%
Santa Ana$49,0005,040-2%
Santa Barbara$50,000650+20%
Santa Cruz$55,000480+78%
Santa Rosa$67,000740+24%
Stockton$48,000460-34%
Vallejo$56,000480+24%
Visalia$41,000440+3%
Yuba City$63,000260+134%

Colorado

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Colorado Springs$45,000990+20%
Denver$47,0004,690+11%
Fort Collins$49,000730+91%
Grand Junction$42,000460+174%
Greeley$46,000530+133%
Pueblo$44,000130-18%

Connecticut

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Bridgeport$57,0001,270-13%
Danbury$53,000130-40%
Hartford$59,0001,630-16%
New Haven$61,0001,190+29%
Norwich$51,000620+58%
Waterbury$49,000160-22%

Delaware

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Dover$50,000130-20%
Wilmington$53,0001,240+14%

District of Columbia

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Washington$52,0008,530+9%

Florida

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Cape Coral$39,0001,530+124%
Deltona$32,000850+71%
Fort Lauderdale$42,0002,170-12%
Fort Walton Beach$37,000200-13%
Gainesville$34,000320-11%
Jacksonville$37,0002,270+12%
Lakeland$38,000290-54%
Miami$42,0002,600-22%
Naples$44,000880+132%
Ocala$36,000390+33%
Orlando$35,0003,560+1%
Palm Bay$40,000550-14%
Panama City$34,000350+68%
Pensacola$34,000550+15%
Port St Lucie$37,000580+45%
Punta Gorda$42,000100-12%
Sarasota$39,0001,160+35%
Sebastian$39,000110-22%
Tallahassee$36,000350-33%
Tampa$35,0002,650-35%
West Palm Beach$38,0001,880+5%

Georgia

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Albany$30,000170-7%
Athens$35,000180-21%
Atlanta$43,0006,230-22%
Augusta$33,000840+26%
Brunswick$33,000130+7%
Columbus$34,000270-21%
Dalton$33,000110-53%
Gainesville$39,000250+18%
Hinesville$33,00070+112%
Macon$44,000170-45%
Rome$45,00040-61%
Savannah$36,000440-8%
Valdosta$36,000190+15%
Warner Robins$39,000160+10%

Hawaii

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Honolulu$53,0001,700+17%

Idaho

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Boise$43,000640-28%
Lewiston$46,000110+78%
Pocatello$37,00040-52%

Illinois

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Bloomington$43,000210-1%
Champaign$70,000300+3%
Chicago$75,00012,450-4%
Decatur$60,000460+237%
Kankakee$67,00060-44%
Peoria$65,000670+22%
Rockford$66,000490+1%
Springfield$60,000160-50%

Indiana

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Anderson$50,000200+76%
Bloomington$54,000350+69%
Columbus70-43%
Elkhart$50,000580+42%
Evansville$51,0001,990+254%
Fort Wayne$53,0001,170+69%
Gary$68,0001,680+83%
Indianapolis$48,0003,830+27%
Lafayette$40,000100-57%
Michigan City$51,000240+94%
Muncie$48,00070-47%
South Bend$53,000410-5%
Terre Haute230+9%

Iowa

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Cedar Rapids$43,000640+50%
Davenport$47,000760+28%
Des Moines$46,0001,100+1%
Iowa City$59,000150-31%
Sioux City$46,000540+150%
Waterloo$42,000270+3%

Kansas

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Lawrence$44,00090-31%
Topeka$53,000350+1%
Wichita$44,000900-11%

Kentucky

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Bowling Green$51,000100-41%
Lexington$42,000850+7%
Louisville$51,0002,720+31%
Owensboro$43,000250+78%

Louisiana

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Alexandria$45,000170-4%
Baton Rouge$47,0004,410+260%
Houma$37,000800+172%
Lafayette$38,000490+6%
Lake Charles$45,000660+147%
Monroe$41,000270+13%
New Orleans$40,0002,650+55%
Shreveport$45,000530-7%

Maine

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Bangor$39,000240+25%
Lewiston$36,000140-3%
Portland$39,000720+9%

Maryland

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Baltimore$49,0005,280+20%
Bethesda$49,0002,640+38%
Cumberland$32,00040-60%
Hagerstown$36,000320+4%
Salisbury$35,000180+17%

Massachusetts

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Barnstable Town$55,000460+47%
Boston$64,0005,610-4%
Brockton$39,000310+13%
Framingham$57,000350-33%
Haverhill$48,000400+70%
Lawrence$53,00090-47%
Leominster$52,00090-38%
Lowell$51,000400+5%
Pittsfield$51,000100+8%
Springfield$53,000910-8%
Taunton$56,000150+12%
Worcester$50,000730-10%

Michigan

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Ann Arbor$65,000550+3%
Bay City$50,00060-39%
Detroit$67,0001,860-22%
Flint$55,000540+24%
Grand Rapids$50,0001,100-13%
Jackson$57,000120-21%
Kalamazoo$62,000920+113%
Lansing$55,000600-4%
Monroe$60,000210+86%
Niles$41,000150-19%
Warren$60,0003,030-22%

Minnesota

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Duluth$51,000420+4%
Minneapolis$67,0005,140-15%
St Cloud$45,000380+19%

Mississippi

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Gulfport$33,000450+32%
Hattiesburg$31,000300+78%
Jackson$31,0001,090+31%
Pascagoula$49,000700+412%

Missouri

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Columbia$37,000330+31%
Jefferson City$47,000350+69%
Joplin$46,000260+6%
Kansas City$56,0002,830-19%
Springfield$46,000690+9%
St Joseph$49,000210+43%
St Louis$63,0004,690+3%

Montana

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Billings$46,000380+54%
Great Falls$44,000110+14%
Missoula$53,000270+77%

Nebraska

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Lincoln$43,000340-35%
Omaha$54,0002,150+39%

Nevada

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Las Vegas$56,0004,970+59%
Reno$64,000660-2%

New Hampshire

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Manchester$49,000510+56%
Nashua$48,000370-16%
Portsmouth$46,000270+61%
Rochester$44,00080-53%

New Jersey

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Atlantic City$67,000300-37%
Camden$63,0001,800+1%
Edison$65,0001,720-51%
Newark$56,0002,620-23%
Ocean City$55,000220+85%
Trenton$72,000440-37%

New Mexico

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Albuquerque$43,0001,760+36%
Farmington$40,000210+36%
Las Cruces$36,000160-13%
Santa Fe$33,000190+0%

New York

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Albany$55,0001,620+11%
Binghamton$52,000150-55%
Buffalo$48,0001,430-21%
Elmira$51,00070-30%
Glens Falls$50,000150-3%
Ithaca$53,000140+15%
Kingston$50,000220+24%
Nassau$64,0005,350+26%
New York$61,00013,630-21%
Poughkeepsie$53,000660-16%
Rochester$49,0001,380-18%
Syracuse$41,0001,000-2%
Utica$40,000130-68%

North Carolina

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Asheville$38,000500-13%
Burlington$31,000320+83%
Charlotte$37,0002,610-13%
Durham$40,000510-43%
Fayetteville$39,000430+12%
Goldsboro$34,00090-16%
Greensboro$38,000920-26%
Greenville$38,00070-68%
Hickory$35,000210-60%
Raleigh$41,0001,470-14%
Rocky Mount$31,000200+15%
Wilmington$35,000710+54%
Winston Salem$38,000450-36%

North Dakota

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Bismarck$38,000140-16%
Fargo$44,000380+4%
Grand Forks$43,000100-29%

Ohio

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Akron$47,000720-36%
Canton$42,000610+9%
Cincinnati$47,0003,290-6%
Cleveland$56,0002,440-32%
Columbus$46,0002,070-34%
Dayton$48,0001,000-23%
Mansfield$58,000160+5%
Sandusky$59,000100+1%
Springfield$48,000120-12%
Toledo$60,0001,120+8%
Youngstown$48,000810+6%

Oklahoma

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Lawton$39,000150+43%
Tulsa$38,0001,720+18%

Oregon

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Bend$47,000350+69%
Corvallis$55,00090+5%
Eugene$58,000340-29%
Medford$58,000210-19%
Portland$63,0003,520+1%
Salem$42,000570+19%

Pennsylvania

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Allentown$64,000680-39%
Altoona$49,000100-44%
Erie$44,000230-42%
Harrisburg$49,000770-26%
Lancaster$42,000690-11%
Lebanon$54,000120-10%
Philadelphia$60,0004,790-25%
Pittsburgh$55,0003,780-2%
Reading$56,000380-28%
Scranton$45,000250-70%
State College$40,000190+14%
Williamsport$35,000170+14%
York$41,000560-4%

Rhode Island

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Providence$54,0002,170+14%

South Carolina

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Anderson$33,000240+34%
Charleston$35,000980+2%
Columbia$37,0001,490+28%
Florence$35,000240-7%
Greenville$36,000940-7%
Myrtle Beach$33,000430+15%
Spartanburg$40,000520+34%
Sumter$31,000160+63%

South Dakota

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Rapid City$36,000320+71%
Sioux Falls$39,000460+5%

Tennessee

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Chattanooga$40,000770+1%
Johnson City$30,000220-3%
Kingsport$30,000170-53%
Knoxville$34,000870-22%
Memphis$39,0001,940-7%
Nashville$39,0002,310-10%

Texas

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Abilene$39,00090-51%
Amarillo$38,000240-23%
Austin$47,0002,350-8%
Beaumont$40,0001,060+110%
Brownsville$27,000220-44%
College Station$35,000270+15%
Corpus Christi$39,0001,150+102%
Dallas$45,0005,290-26%
El Paso$33,000640-26%
Fort Worth$43,0002,010-31%
Houston$45,00010,250+17%
Killeen$36,000370-2%
Laredo$35,000230-9%
Longview$46,000200-31%
Lubbock$32,000320-16%
Mcallen$27,000340-52%
Midland$34,000150-24%
Odessa$40,000410+146%
San Angelo$39,000140+21%
San Antonio$40,0002,790-2%
Sherman$36,000100-11%
Texarkana$35,00050-69%
Tyler$38,000110-61%
Wichita Falls$41,0001700%

Utah

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Logan$39,000180+35%
Ogden$44,000960+48%
Provo$50,000900+69%
Salt Lake City$42,0002,580+23%
St George$42,000250+77%

Vermont

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Burlington$43,000460+34%

Virginia

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Blacksburg$36,000200+10%
Charlottesville$41,000320+11%
Danville$36,000260+167%
Harrisonburg$38,000470+196%
Lynchburg$30,000340+9%
Richmond$41,0002,540+26%
Roanoke$36,000430-15%
Virginia Beach$40,0004,960+95%
Winchester$44,000170+11%

Washington

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Bellingham$53,000710+192%
Bremerton$56,000720+183%
Kennewick$58,000670+143%
Mount Vernon$53,000250+94%
Seattle$58,0005,290+9%
Spokane$49,000540-21%
Tacoma$57,0001,250+41%
Wenatchee$40,000190+67%
Yakima$47,000280+15%

West Virginia

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Charleston$51,000790+71%
Huntington$44,000480+35%
Morgantown$38,00090-33%
Weirton$41,00060-50%
Wheeling$33,000160-15%

Wisconsin

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Appleton$57,000850+137%
Eau Claire$59,000160-31%
Fond$61,000360+186%
Green Bay$55,000570+6%
Janesville$62,000210+8%
La Crosse$53,000230+11%
Madison$64,0001,070-3%
Milwaukee$62,0002,220-22%
Oshkosh$63,000240-7%
Racine$64,000140-40%
Sheboygan$56,000150-11%
Wausau$56,000360+78%

Wyoming

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Casper$46,000180+67%
Cheyenne$34,000280+126%

Salary and employment data obtained from the United States Department of Labor. Individual salaries depend on location, education and career background. Thanks to CityTownInfo.com for this pipefitters and plumber schools and jobs info.

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