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.
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 Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Anniston $37,000 70 -49% Auburn $34,000 100 -23% Birmingham $37,000 1,750 +0% Decatur $42,000 230 +44% Dothan $43,000 90 -50% Florence $51,000 170 +14% Gadsden $32,000 120 +26% Huntsville $38,000 580 -14% Mobile $36,000 1,250 +111% Montgomery $39,000 410 -26%
Alaska
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Anchorage $67,000 710 +37% Fairbanks $60,000 260 +183%
Arizona
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Flagstaff $37,000 160 -2% Kingman $41,000 190 +26% Phoenix $41,000 7,410 +18% Prescott $40,000 360 +94% Tucson $40,000 1,250 +2%
Arkansas
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Fayetteville $37,000 590 -8% Fort Smith $33,000 380 +2% Jonesboro $37,000 100 -31% Little Rock $39,000 1,150 +2%
California
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Bakersfield $49,000 900 +3% Chico $47,000 150 -28% El Centro $48,000 90 -40% Fresno $48,000 840 -24% Hanford $56,000 90 +12% Madera $35,000 90 -13% Merced $40,000 200 +18% Modesto $54,000 520 -2% Napa $47,000 120 -38% Oakland $66,000 3,690 +6% Oxnard $45,000 1,390 +41% Riverside $42,000 4,350 +1% Sacramento $51,000 3,320 +11% Salinas 190 -62% San Diego $53,000 5,060 +12% San Francisco $65,000 3,170 -6% San Jose $73,000 2,730 -12% San Luis Obispo $51,000 260 -16% Santa Ana $49,000 5,040 -2% Santa Barbara $50,000 650 +20% Santa Cruz $55,000 480 +78% Santa Rosa $67,000 740 +24% Stockton $48,000 460 -34% Vallejo $56,000 480 +24% Visalia $41,000 440 +3% Yuba City $63,000 260 +134%
Colorado
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Colorado Springs $45,000 990 +20% Denver $47,000 4,690 +11% Fort Collins $49,000 730 +91% Grand Junction $42,000 460 +174% Greeley $46,000 530 +133% Pueblo $44,000 130 -18%
Connecticut
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Bridgeport $57,000 1,270 -13% Danbury $53,000 130 -40% Hartford $59,000 1,630 -16% New Haven $61,000 1,190 +29% Norwich $51,000 620 +58% Waterbury $49,000 160 -22%
Delaware
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Dover $50,000 130 -20% Wilmington $53,000 1,240 +14%
District of Columbia
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Washington $52,000 8,530 +9%
Florida
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Cape Coral $39,000 1,530 +124% Deltona $32,000 850 +71% Fort Lauderdale $42,000 2,170 -12% Fort Walton Beach $37,000 200 -13% Gainesville $34,000 320 -11% Jacksonville $37,000 2,270 +12% Lakeland $38,000 290 -54% Miami $42,000 2,600 -22% Naples $44,000 880 +132% Ocala $36,000 390 +33% Orlando $35,000 3,560 +1% Palm Bay $40,000 550 -14% Panama City $34,000 350 +68% Pensacola $34,000 550 +15% Port St Lucie $37,000 580 +45% Punta Gorda $42,000 100 -12% Sarasota $39,000 1,160 +35% Sebastian $39,000 110 -22% Tallahassee $36,000 350 -33% Tampa $35,000 2,650 -35% West Palm Beach $38,000 1,880 +5%
Georgia
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Albany $30,000 170 -7% Athens $35,000 180 -21% Atlanta $43,000 6,230 -22% Augusta $33,000 840 +26% Brunswick $33,000 130 +7% Columbus $34,000 270 -21% Dalton $33,000 110 -53% Gainesville $39,000 250 +18% Hinesville $33,000 70 +112% Macon $44,000 170 -45% Rome $45,000 40 -61% Savannah $36,000 440 -8% Valdosta $36,000 190 +15% Warner Robins $39,000 160 +10%
Hawaii
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Honolulu $53,000 1,700 +17%
Idaho
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Boise $43,000 640 -28% Lewiston $46,000 110 +78% Pocatello $37,000 40 -52%
Illinois
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Bloomington $43,000 210 -1% Champaign $70,000 300 +3% Chicago $75,000 12,450 -4% Decatur $60,000 460 +237% Kankakee $67,000 60 -44% Peoria $65,000 670 +22% Rockford $66,000 490 +1% Springfield $60,000 160 -50%
Indiana
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Anderson $50,000 200 +76% Bloomington $54,000 350 +69% Columbus 70 -43% Elkhart $50,000 580 +42% Evansville $51,000 1,990 +254% Fort Wayne $53,000 1,170 +69% Gary $68,000 1,680 +83% Indianapolis $48,000 3,830 +27% Lafayette $40,000 100 -57% Michigan City $51,000 240 +94% Muncie $48,000 70 -47% South Bend $53,000 410 -5% Terre Haute 230 +9%
Iowa
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Cedar Rapids $43,000 640 +50% Davenport $47,000 760 +28% Des Moines $46,000 1,100 +1% Iowa City $59,000 150 -31% Sioux City $46,000 540 +150% Waterloo $42,000 270 +3%
Kansas
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Lawrence $44,000 90 -31% Topeka $53,000 350 +1% Wichita $44,000 900 -11%
Kentucky
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Bowling Green $51,000 100 -41% Lexington $42,000 850 +7% Louisville $51,000 2,720 +31% Owensboro $43,000 250 +78%
Louisiana
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Alexandria $45,000 170 -4% Baton Rouge $47,000 4,410 +260% Houma $37,000 800 +172% Lafayette $38,000 490 +6% Lake Charles $45,000 660 +147% Monroe $41,000 270 +13% New Orleans $40,000 2,650 +55% Shreveport $45,000 530 -7%
Maine
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Bangor $39,000 240 +25% Lewiston $36,000 140 -3% Portland $39,000 720 +9%
Maryland
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Baltimore $49,000 5,280 +20% Bethesda $49,000 2,640 +38% Cumberland $32,000 40 -60% Hagerstown $36,000 320 +4% Salisbury $35,000 180 +17%
Massachusetts
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Barnstable Town $55,000 460 +47% Boston $64,000 5,610 -4% Brockton $39,000 310 +13% Framingham $57,000 350 -33% Haverhill $48,000 400 +70% Lawrence $53,000 90 -47% Leominster $52,000 90 -38% Lowell $51,000 400 +5% Pittsfield $51,000 100 +8% Springfield $53,000 910 -8% Taunton $56,000 150 +12% Worcester $50,000 730 -10%
Michigan
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Ann Arbor $65,000 550 +3% Bay City $50,000 60 -39% Detroit $67,000 1,860 -22% Flint $55,000 540 +24% Grand Rapids $50,000 1,100 -13% Jackson $57,000 120 -21% Kalamazoo $62,000 920 +113% Lansing $55,000 600 -4% Monroe $60,000 210 +86% Niles $41,000 150 -19% Warren $60,000 3,030 -22%
Minnesota
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Duluth $51,000 420 +4% Minneapolis $67,000 5,140 -15% St Cloud $45,000 380 +19%
Mississippi
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Gulfport $33,000 450 +32% Hattiesburg $31,000 300 +78% Jackson $31,000 1,090 +31% Pascagoula $49,000 700 +412%
Missouri
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Columbia $37,000 330 +31% Jefferson City $47,000 350 +69% Joplin $46,000 260 +6% Kansas City $56,000 2,830 -19% Springfield $46,000 690 +9% St Joseph $49,000 210 +43% St Louis $63,000 4,690 +3%
Montana
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Billings $46,000 380 +54% Great Falls $44,000 110 +14% Missoula $53,000 270 +77%
Nebraska
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Lincoln $43,000 340 -35% Omaha $54,000 2,150 +39%
Nevada
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Las Vegas $56,000 4,970 +59% Reno $64,000 660 -2%
New Hampshire
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Manchester $49,000 510 +56% Nashua $48,000 370 -16% Portsmouth $46,000 270 +61% Rochester $44,000 80 -53%
New Jersey
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Atlantic City $67,000 300 -37% Camden $63,000 1,800 +1% Edison $65,000 1,720 -51% Newark $56,000 2,620 -23% Ocean City $55,000 220 +85% Trenton $72,000 440 -37%
New Mexico
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Albuquerque $43,000 1,760 +36% Farmington $40,000 210 +36% Las Cruces $36,000 160 -13% Santa Fe $33,000 190 +0%
New York
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Albany $55,000 1,620 +11% Binghamton $52,000 150 -55% Buffalo $48,000 1,430 -21% Elmira $51,000 70 -30% Glens Falls $50,000 150 -3% Ithaca $53,000 140 +15% Kingston $50,000 220 +24% Nassau $64,000 5,350 +26% New York $61,000 13,630 -21% Poughkeepsie $53,000 660 -16% Rochester $49,000 1,380 -18% Syracuse $41,000 1,000 -2% Utica $40,000 130 -68%
North Carolina
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Asheville $38,000 500 -13% Burlington $31,000 320 +83% Charlotte $37,000 2,610 -13% Durham $40,000 510 -43% Fayetteville $39,000 430 +12% Goldsboro $34,000 90 -16% Greensboro $38,000 920 -26% Greenville $38,000 70 -68% Hickory $35,000 210 -60% Raleigh $41,000 1,470 -14% Rocky Mount $31,000 200 +15% Wilmington $35,000 710 +54% Winston Salem $38,000 450 -36%
North Dakota
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Bismarck $38,000 140 -16% Fargo $44,000 380 +4% Grand Forks $43,000 100 -29%
Ohio
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Akron $47,000 720 -36% Canton $42,000 610 +9% Cincinnati $47,000 3,290 -6% Cleveland $56,000 2,440 -32% Columbus $46,000 2,070 -34% Dayton $48,000 1,000 -23% Mansfield $58,000 160 +5% Sandusky $59,000 100 +1% Springfield $48,000 120 -12% Toledo $60,000 1,120 +8% Youngstown $48,000 810 +6%
Oklahoma
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Lawton $39,000 150 +43% Tulsa $38,000 1,720 +18%
Oregon
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Bend $47,000 350 +69% Corvallis $55,000 90 +5% Eugene $58,000 340 -29% Medford $58,000 210 -19% Portland $63,000 3,520 +1% Salem $42,000 570 +19%
Pennsylvania
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Allentown $64,000 680 -39% Altoona $49,000 100 -44% Erie $44,000 230 -42% Harrisburg $49,000 770 -26% Lancaster $42,000 690 -11% Lebanon $54,000 120 -10% Philadelphia $60,000 4,790 -25% Pittsburgh $55,000 3,780 -2% Reading $56,000 380 -28% Scranton $45,000 250 -70% State College $40,000 190 +14% Williamsport $35,000 170 +14% York $41,000 560 -4%
Rhode Island
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Providence $54,000 2,170 +14%
South Carolina
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Anderson $33,000 240 +34% Charleston $35,000 980 +2% Columbia $37,000 1,490 +28% Florence $35,000 240 -7% Greenville $36,000 940 -7% Myrtle Beach $33,000 430 +15% Spartanburg $40,000 520 +34% Sumter $31,000 160 +63%
South Dakota
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Rapid City $36,000 320 +71% Sioux Falls $39,000 460 +5%
Tennessee
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Chattanooga $40,000 770 +1% Johnson City $30,000 220 -3% Kingsport $30,000 170 -53% Knoxville $34,000 870 -22% Memphis $39,000 1,940 -7% Nashville $39,000 2,310 -10%
Texas
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Abilene $39,000 90 -51% Amarillo $38,000 240 -23% Austin $47,000 2,350 -8% Beaumont $40,000 1,060 +110% Brownsville $27,000 220 -44% College Station $35,000 270 +15% Corpus Christi $39,000 1,150 +102% Dallas $45,000 5,290 -26% El Paso $33,000 640 -26% Fort Worth $43,000 2,010 -31% Houston $45,000 10,250 +17% Killeen $36,000 370 -2% Laredo $35,000 230 -9% Longview $46,000 200 -31% Lubbock $32,000 320 -16% Mcallen $27,000 340 -52% Midland $34,000 150 -24% Odessa $40,000 410 +146% San Angelo $39,000 140 +21% San Antonio $40,000 2,790 -2% Sherman $36,000 100 -11% Texarkana $35,000 50 -69% Tyler $38,000 110 -61% Wichita Falls $41,000 170 0%
Utah
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Logan $39,000 180 +35% Ogden $44,000 960 +48% Provo $50,000 900 +69% Salt Lake City $42,000 2,580 +23% St George $42,000 250 +77%
Vermont
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Burlington $43,000 460 +34%
Virginia
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Blacksburg $36,000 200 +10% Charlottesville $41,000 320 +11% Danville $36,000 260 +167% Harrisonburg $38,000 470 +196% Lynchburg $30,000 340 +9% Richmond $41,000 2,540 +26% Roanoke $36,000 430 -15% Virginia Beach $40,000 4,960 +95% Winchester $44,000 170 +11%
Washington
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Bellingham $53,000 710 +192% Bremerton $56,000 720 +183% Kennewick $58,000 670 +143% Mount Vernon $53,000 250 +94% Seattle $58,000 5,290 +9% Spokane $49,000 540 -21% Tacoma $57,000 1,250 +41% Wenatchee $40,000 190 +67% Yakima $47,000 280 +15%
West Virginia
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Charleston $51,000 790 +71% Huntington $44,000 480 +35% Morgantown $38,000 90 -33% Weirton $41,000 60 -50% Wheeling $33,000 160 -15%
Wisconsin
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Appleton $57,000 850 +137% Eau Claire $59,000 160 -31% Fond $61,000 360 +186% Green Bay $55,000 570 +6% Janesville $62,000 210 +8% La Crosse $53,000 230 +11% Madison $64,000 1,070 -3% Milwaukee $62,000 2,220 -22% Oshkosh $63,000 240 -7% Racine $64,000 140 -40% Sheboygan $56,000 150 -11% Wausau $56,000 360 +78%
Wyoming
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Casper $46,000 180 +67% Cheyenne $34,000 280 +126%
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