Plumber Salary (United States)

United States plumbers typically earn around 55,000 to 70,000 dollars per year, with licensed service plumbers and contractors above 100,000.

Overview

The trade is learned through a four to five year paid apprenticeship, and the licensing ladder runs apprentice to journeyman to master. Service work, especially emergency and after-hours calls, pays far better than new construction, and self-employed plumbers with a van and a customer list often out-earn office professionals. The work is physical, and demand is famously recession-resistant since water misbehaves regardless of the economy. Union members in big-city markets earn the highest wages. These indicative figures come from federal statistics and vary by state licensing rules.