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Pipelayers · SOC 47-2151

Pipelayers Salary in the Charleston Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Charleston-North Charleston, SC metro area

Figures describe the Charleston-North Charleston, SC metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Charleston city limits.

Median annual wage$48,250
Median hourly wage$23.20

Pipelayers in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC metro area earned a median of $48,250 per year ($23.20 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $39,480 at the 10th percentile to $58,920 at the 90th. BLS estimates 170 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Pipelayers in the Charleston metro area earn more than $48,250 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $43,070 and $54,870.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$39,480$43,070$48,250$54,870$58,920
Hourly$18.98$20.71$23.20$26.38$28.33

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

  • Charleston metro areathis metro area
    $48,250
  • South Carolinastate (SC)
    $45,180
  • United Statesnational
    $49,000

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

The median here is +7% vs South Carolina overall and −2% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$25,620$48,263$70,907$93,550San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $25,620Albany, GA — $36,820Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $37,020Manchester-Nashua, NH — $37,280McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $37,290Florence, SC — $37,650Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $38,010El Paso, TX — $38,370Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $40,220Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $40,570Longview, TX — $40,880Corpus Christi, TX — $41,590Johnson City, TN — $41,800College Station-Bryan, TX — $41,820Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $41,920Odessa, TX — $41,990Jackson, MS — $42,210Valdosta, GA — $42,880Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $42,950Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $42,990Rocky Mount, NC — $43,230Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $43,260Gainesville, GA — $43,470Tulsa, OK — $43,620Warner Robins, GA — $43,990Jacksonville, NC — $44,000Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $44,170Columbia, SC — $44,190San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $44,200Chattanooga, TN-GA — $44,210Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $44,560Lynchburg, VA — $44,580Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $44,920Albuquerque, NM — $45,110Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $45,150Lincoln, NE — $45,250Ocala, FL — $45,250Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $45,430Midland, TX — $45,440Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $45,690Savannah, GA — $45,700Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $45,950Burlington, NC — $46,070Wilmington, NC — $46,130Fayetteville, NC — $46,410Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $46,530Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $46,630Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $46,650Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $46,680Asheville, NC — $46,840Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $46,860Charlottesville, VA — $46,970Spartanburg, SC — $47,000Port St. Lucie, FL — $47,130Winston-Salem, NC — $47,150North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $47,330Greensboro-High Point, NC — $47,550Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $47,560Huntsville, AL — $47,610Jacksonville, FL — $47,690Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $47,700Fargo, ND-MN — $47,740Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $47,790Tucson, AZ — $47,810Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $47,820Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $47,950Birmingham, AL — $47,980Goldsboro, NC — $48,190Naples-Marco Island, FL — $48,220Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $48,250Raleigh-Cary, NC — $48,390Wichita, KS — $48,390Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $48,440Richmond, VA — $48,700Colorado Springs, CO — $48,910Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $48,980Oklahoma City, OK — $49,350Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $49,400Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $50,020Ogden, UT — $50,200Rapid City, SD — $50,650Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $50,810Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $52,190Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $52,550Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $53,880Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $54,520Omaha, NE-IA — $54,570Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $54,690Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $55,320Springfield, MA — $55,760Greeley, CO — $56,570York-Hanover, PA — $58,400Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $58,560Lexington Park, MD — $59,340Boise City, ID — $59,530Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $59,810Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $61,160Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $61,220Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $61,570Portland-South Portland, ME — $62,020Medford, OR — $62,370Coeur d'Alene, ID — $62,580Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $63,010Salem, OR — $63,220Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $63,410Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $63,570San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $64,770Reno, NV — $65,290Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $70,230Syracuse, NY — $70,370Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $70,910Columbus, OH — $71,560Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $72,070Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $73,920Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $73,960Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $74,180Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $76,190Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $76,390Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $76,450Toledo, OH — $76,870Kennewick-Richland, WA — $77,220Cleveland, OH — $79,840Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $80,260New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $80,370Youngstown-Warren, OH — $81,250Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $82,020Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $84,830Madison, WI — $86,870South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $90,880Green Bay, WI — $91,520Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $93,550

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 Charleston metro area has the 62nd-highest published median for this occupation among the 131 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 South Carolina

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for pipelayers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Charleston metro areathis page
    $48,250
  • Spartanburg metro area
    $47,000
  • Columbia metro area
    $44,190
  • Hilton Head Island metro area
    $44,170
  • Myrtle Beach metro area
    $42,950
  • Florence metro area
    $37,650

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:

Construction Laborers$43,630First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$77,470Electricians$59,010Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$50,640Carpenters$50,380Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$57,360

Highest-paying metro areas for pipelayerss · Highest-paying occupations in Charleston 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.