Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters · SOC 47-3015

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitterss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 145 metro areas

Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$65,600	280	0.1
2	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$63,210	90	0.4
3	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$52,000	4,360	0.5
4	Urban Honolulu, HI	$52,000	120	0.3
5	Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	$51,940	100	0.4
6	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$51,350	430	0.2
7	Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$49,660	320	0.1
8	Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	$47,710	Not published	Not published
9	Anchorage, AK	$47,290	50	0.3
10	Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	$47,100	Not published	Not published
11	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	$46,990	380	0.3
12	Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	$46,950	290	0.3
13	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$46,940	Not published	Not published
14	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$46,840	920	0.3
15	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$46,780	640	0.1
16	Jackson, TN	$46,650	50	0.6
17	Syracuse, NY	$46,610	100	0.3
18	Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	$46,540	960	0.7
19	Greensboro-High Point, NC	$46,420	340	0.9
20	Oklahoma City, OK	$46,290	260	0.4
21	Reno, NV	$46,290	80	0.3
22	Cleveland, OH	$46,280	260	0.3
23	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$46,110	210	0.2
24	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$46,010	100	0.3
25	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$45,990	430	0.3

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.