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

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

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area

Figures describe the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not San Francisco city limits.

Median annual wage$51,350
Median hourly wage$24.69

Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area earned a median of $51,350 per year ($24.69 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $46,710 at the 10th percentile to $61,480 at the 90th. BLS estimates 430 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters in the San Francisco metro area earn more than $51,350 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $51,350 and $59,040.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$46,710$51,350$51,350$59,040$61,480
Hourly$22.46$24.69$24.69$28.38$29.56

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

  • San Francisco metro areathis metro area
    $51,350
  • Californiastate (CA)
    $47,130
  • United Statesnational
    $42,360

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

The median here is +9% vs California overall and +21% 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 San Francisco metro area has the 6th-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”.

Other metro areas in California

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • San Francisco metro areathis page
    $51,350
  • Santa Maria metro area
    $63,210
  • San Diego metro area
    $46,940
  • Los Angeles metro area
    $46,780
  • Oxnard metro area
    $46,010
  • Fresno metro area
    $44,190
  • Stockton metro area
    $40,300

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

Keep exploring

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

Carpenters$89,200Construction Laborers$72,610First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$120,810Electricians$92,830Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$77,880Painters, Construction and Maintenance$63,600

Highest-paying metro areas for helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitterss · Highest-paying occupations in San Francisco 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.