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

Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters Salary in the Chicago Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area

Figures describe the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Chicago city limits.

Median annual wage$39,710
Median hourly wage$19.09

Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area earned a median of $39,710 per year ($19.09 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $38,290 at the 10th percentile to $46,430 at the 90th.

Pay distribution

Half of Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters in the Chicago metro area earn more than $39,710 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $38,300 and $46,430.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$38,290$38,300$39,710$46,430$46,430
Hourly$18.41$18.42$19.09$22.32$22.32

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Chicago metro areathis metro area
    $39,710
  • Illinoisstate (IL)
    $38,300
  • United Statesnational
    $42,360

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is +4% vs Illinois overall and −6% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$26,040$39,227$52,413$65,600San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $26,040Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $32,000Gainesville, FL — $34,380Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $34,500Monroe, LA — $35,010El Paso, TX — $35,080Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $35,190Cedar Rapids, IA — $35,320Roanoke, VA — $35,360Warner Robins, GA — $35,470Amarillo, TX — $35,610Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $35,630Tucson, AZ — $35,920McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $36,070Tallahassee, FL — $36,100Rapid City, SD — $36,110Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $36,140Albany, GA — $36,220Macon-Bibb County, GA — $36,240Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $36,280Lynchburg, VA — $36,380San Angelo, TX — $36,430Sumter, SC — $36,450Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $36,550Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $36,680Alexandria, LA — $36,720Tyler, TX — $36,730Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $36,760Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $36,780Lake Charles, LA — $36,800Jacksonville, FL — $36,810Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $36,920Athens-Clarke County, GA — $36,930Abilene, TX — $37,160Birmingham, AL — $37,440Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $37,520North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $37,610Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $37,730College Station-Bryan, TX — $37,770Savannah, GA — $37,870Canton-Massillon, OH — $37,940Charlottesville, VA — $37,950Longview, TX — $37,960Appleton, WI — $37,990Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $37,990Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $37,990Omaha, NE-IA — $37,990Richmond, VA — $37,990Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $38,030Wichita, KS — $38,040Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $38,170Victoria, TX — $38,170Fayetteville, NC — $38,220Lubbock, TX — $38,300Baton Rouge, LA — $38,310Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $38,310Jackson, MS — $38,400Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $38,480Rochester, NY — $38,500Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $38,710Winchester, VA-WV — $38,710Winston-Salem, NC — $38,710Columbia, SC — $38,830Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $38,930Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $39,020Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $39,080Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $39,130Pittsburgh, PA — $39,190Burlington, NC — $39,250San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $39,380Killeen-Temple, TX — $39,510Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $39,520Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $39,650Tuscaloosa, AL — $39,660New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $39,700Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $39,710Waco, TX — $39,710Tulsa, OK — $40,080Boise City, ID — $40,120Stockton-Lodi, CA — $40,300Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $40,440Naples-Marco Island, FL — $40,570Rocky Mount, NC — $40,570Wilmington, NC — $40,670Columbus, OH — $41,030Corpus Christi, TX — $41,270Odessa, TX — $41,280Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $41,510Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $41,600Florence, SC — $42,120Albuquerque, NM — $42,210Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $42,630Lexington-Fayette, KY — $43,000Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $43,010Asheville, NC — $43,040Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $43,350Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $43,680Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $43,680Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $43,790Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $44,010Fresno, CA — $44,190Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $44,320Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $44,360Mobile, AL — $44,500Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $44,510Knoxville, TN — $44,550Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $44,580Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $44,750Topeka, KS — $44,880Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $44,960Raleigh-Cary, NC — $45,020Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $45,030Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $45,030Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $45,200Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $45,340Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $45,500Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $45,660Madison, WI — $45,760Akron, OH — $45,870Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $45,930Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $45,990Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $46,010Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $46,110Cleveland, OH — $46,280Oklahoma City, OK — $46,290Reno, NV — $46,290Greensboro-High Point, NC — $46,420Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $46,540Syracuse, NY — $46,610Jackson, TN — $46,650Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $46,780Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $46,840San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $46,940Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $46,950Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $46,990Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $47,100Anchorage, AK — $47,290Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $47,710Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $49,660San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $51,350Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $51,940New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $52,000Urban Honolulu, HI — $52,000Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $63,210Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $65,600

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Chicago metro area has the 69th-highest published median for this occupation among the 145 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Construction Laborers$60,890Electricians$102,350Carpenters$80,440First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$111,260Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$103,380Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$103,100

Highest-paying metro areas for helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitterss · Highest-paying occupations in Chicago Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

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.