Pay distribution $52,270 10th $62,640 25th $117,900 75th $143,950 90th
Half of Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters in the Boston metro area earn more than $96,760 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $62,640 and $117,900.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $52,270 $62,640 $96,760 $117,900 $143,950 Hourly $25.13 $30.12 $46.52 $56.68 $69.21
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.
How this area compares Boston metro areathis metro area
$96,760 median for Boston metro area; middle half earns $62,640 to $117,900
$93,880 median for Massachusetts; middle half earns $61,860 to $108,430
$63,800 median for United States; middle half earns $50,190 to $85,110
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +3% vs Massachusetts overall and +52% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $29,690 $55,647 $81,603 $107,560 Ponce, PR — $29,690 Mayaguez, PR — $30,120 Aguadilla, PR — $31,660 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $32,300 Valdosta, GA — $46,070 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $46,110 Laredo, TX — $46,350 Hot Springs, AR — $46,820 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $46,850 Jonesboro, AR — $47,030 Gadsden, AL — $47,350 Dalton, GA — $47,370 Columbus, GA-AL — $47,410 Hinesville, GA — $47,520 Albany, GA — $47,700 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $47,800 San Angelo, TX — $48,050 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $48,110 Homosassa Springs, FL — $48,140 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $48,340 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $48,350 Rome, GA — $48,400 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $48,440 Johnson City, TN — $48,480 Texarkana, TX-AR — $48,480 Tallahassee, FL — $48,540 Lubbock, TX — $48,950 Farmington, NM — $48,970 Tyler, TX — $49,060 Dothan, AL — $49,070 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $49,190 Wichita Falls, TX — $49,210 Winston-Salem, NC — $49,240 Jefferson City, MO — $49,560 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $49,580 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $49,670 College Station-Bryan, TX — $49,780 Ocala, FL — $49,910 Hattiesburg, MS — $49,940 Pocatello, ID — $50,020 Beckley, WV — $50,140 Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $50,140 Santa Fe, NM — $50,180 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $50,270 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $50,490 Sebring, FL — $50,650 Twin Falls, ID — $50,700 Sumter, SC — $50,840 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $50,890 Port St. Lucie, FL — $50,990 Gainesville, GA — $51,170 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $51,220 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $51,250 Goldsboro, NC — $51,260 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $51,330 Idaho Falls, ID — $51,420 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $51,570 Gainesville, FL — $51,600 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $51,690 Roanoke, VA — $51,700 Fayetteville, NC — $51,740 Abilene, TX — $51,790 Lawton, OK — $51,870 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $52,000 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $52,020 Columbia, SC — $52,070 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $52,100 Harrisonburg, VA — $52,290 Jackson, TN — $52,620 Spartanburg, SC — $52,640 Jacksonville, NC — $53,230 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $53,340 El Paso, TX — $53,560 Morristown, TN — $53,780 Longview, TX — $54,320 Sherman-Denison, TX — $54,320 Las Cruces, NM — $54,560 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $54,690 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $54,870 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $55,000 Cleveland, TN — $55,130 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $55,130 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $55,240 Lewiston, ID-WA — $55,240 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $55,380 Punta Gorda, FL — $55,490 Monroe, LA — $55,670 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $55,690 Grand Island, NE — $55,850 Rapid City, SD — $55,850 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $55,900 Amarillo, TX — $55,970 Florence, SC — $56,160 Rocky Mount, NC — $56,220 Wilmington, NC — $56,390 Charlottesville, VA — $56,510 Killeen-Temple, TX — $56,620 St. George, UT — $56,730 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $56,850 Enid, OK — $56,860 Burlington, NC — $56,890 Boise City, ID — $56,940 Huntsville, AL — $57,020 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $57,080 Greenville, NC — $57,080 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $57,130 Jackson, MS — $57,160 Lynchburg, VA — $57,210 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $57,360 Alexandria, LA — $57,470 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $57,510 Waco, TX — $57,550 State College, PA — $57,560 Lexington Park, MD — $57,700 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $57,750 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $57,760 Winchester, VA-WV — $57,760 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $57,830 Hammond, LA — $57,910 Lafayette, LA — $57,930 Montgomery, AL — $57,960 Columbia, MO — $58,010 Springfield, OH — $58,060 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $58,150 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $58,180 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $58,380 Dover, DE — $58,410 Warner Robins, GA — $58,500 Flagstaff, AZ — $58,520 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $58,520 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $58,670 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $58,690 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $58,690 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $58,720 Williamsport, PA — $58,730 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $58,750 Morgantown, WV — $58,780 Jacksonville, FL — $58,920 Clarksville, TN-KY — $58,930 Charleston, WV — $58,940 Yuma, AZ — $58,980 Tucson, AZ — $59,070 Oklahoma City, OK — $59,150 Asheville, NC — $59,200 Elizabethtown, KY — $59,250 Lawrence, KS — $59,280 Greeley, CO — $59,350 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $59,360 Corpus Christi, TX — $59,390 Mobile, AL — $59,410 Tulsa, OK — $59,440 Tuscaloosa, AL — $59,530 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $59,630 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $59,680 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $59,700 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $59,720 Mansfield, OH — $59,770 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $59,780 Niles, MI — $59,810 Knoxville, TN — $59,860 Decatur, AL — $59,920 Canton-Massillon, OH — $59,960 Johnstown, PA — $59,970 Birmingham, AL — $60,090 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $60,100 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $60,110 Bangor, ME — $60,140 Chambersburg, PA — $60,200 Merced, CA — $60,230 Victoria, TX — $60,320 Logan, UT-ID — $60,390 Colorado Springs, CO — $60,510 Savannah, GA — $60,530 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $60,540 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $60,590 Manhattan, KS — $60,600 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $60,610 Lincoln, NE — $60,670 Midland, TX — $60,700 Visalia, CA — $60,720 Chico, CA — $60,730 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $60,890 Yakima, WA — $60,900 Wichita, KS — $60,940 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $61,000 Yuba City, CA — $61,120 Lima, OH — $61,160 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $61,160 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $61,250 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $61,300 Redding, CA — $61,300 Iowa City, IA — $61,350 Dubuque, IA — $61,380 Springfield, MO — $61,410 Altoona, PA — $61,430 Grand Junction, CO — $61,430 Cheyenne, WY — $61,470 Richmond, VA — $61,480 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $61,490 Gettysburg, PA — $61,630 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $61,870 Odessa, TX — $61,870 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $61,870 Salisbury, MD — $61,940 Lancaster, PA — $61,950 Casper, WY — $62,050 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $62,140 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $62,160 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $62,200 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $62,220 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $62,300 Reading, PA — $62,370 El Centro, CA — $62,390 Minot, ND — $62,400 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $62,450 Lebanon, PA — $62,660 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $62,780 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $62,810 Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $62,860 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $62,900 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $62,940 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $62,940 Cleveland, OH — $63,020 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $63,040 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $63,090 Traverse City, MI — $63,100 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $63,200 Columbus, OH — $63,260 Modesto, CA — $63,280 Fargo, ND-MN — $63,350 Omaha, NE-IA — $63,400 Akron, OH — $63,450 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $63,750 Ames, IA — $63,820 Albuquerque, NM — $63,900 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $63,900 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $63,920 Midland, MI — $63,930 Carson City, NV — $64,040 Wheeling, WV-OH — $64,060 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $64,100 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $64,220 Bowling Green, KY — $64,260 Owensboro, KY — $64,310 Joplin, MO-KS — $64,370 Fresno, CA — $64,400 Salinas, CA — $64,440 Ithaca, NY — $64,460 Portland-South Portland, ME — $64,500 Elmira, NY — $64,680 Pueblo, CO — $64,700 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $64,700 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $64,730 Muncie, IN — $64,790 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $64,800 Ogden, UT — $64,860 Boulder, CO — $64,890 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $64,940 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $64,990 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $65,160 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $65,180 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $65,210 Napa, CA — $65,420 Sandusky, OH — $65,780 Erie, PA — $66,410 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $66,450 Toledo, OH — $66,920 Syracuse, NY — $67,040 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $67,450 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $67,690 Lake Charles, LA — $67,990 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $68,130 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $68,290 Pittsburgh, PA — $70,100 York-Hanover, PA — $70,100 Kingston, NY — $70,190 Bismarck, ND — $70,310 Walla Walla, WA — $70,390 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $71,110 Vallejo, CA — $71,560 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $71,860 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $72,230 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $72,510 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $72,800 Utica-Rome, NY — $72,810 Evansville, IN — $73,190 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $73,560 Rochester, NY — $73,580 Battle Creek, MI — $73,900 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $74,190 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $74,200 Baton Rouge, LA — $74,240 Mankato, MN — $74,450 Bay City, MI — $74,490 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $74,680 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $74,860 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $75,040 Topeka, KS — $75,090 Kansas City, MO-KS — $76,150 Barnstable Town, MA — $76,270 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $76,290 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $76,310 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $76,360 Decatur, IL — $76,750 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $76,880 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $76,980 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $76,980 St. Louis, MO-IL — $77,000 Reno, NV — $77,020 Vineland, NJ — $77,060 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $77,070 Great Falls, MT — $77,100 Fort Wayne, IN — $77,110 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $77,190 Fond du Lac, WI — $77,310 Kenosha, WI — $77,340 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $77,460 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $77,540 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $77,610 New Haven, CT — $77,620 Bloomington, IL — $77,700 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $77,880 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $78,190 Ann Arbor, MI — $78,210 Medford, OR — $78,440 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $78,570 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $78,610 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $79,070 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $79,700 Missoula, MT — $79,750 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $79,820 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $80,030 Corvallis, OR — $80,400 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $80,440 Saginaw, MI — $80,440 Flint, MI — $80,510 Salem, OR — $80,610 Monroe, MI — $80,700 Longview-Kelso, WA — $80,710 Urban Honolulu, HI — $81,120 Bozeman, MT — $81,310 Kankakee, IL — $81,620 Billings, MT — $81,690 Glens Falls, NY — $81,820 Jackson, MI — $81,930 Pittsfield, MA — $81,970 Paducah, KY-IL — $82,120 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $82,200 Worcester, MA — $82,260 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $82,610 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $82,960 Cedar Rapids, IA — $83,210 Albany, OR — $84,620 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $84,700 Rochester, MN — $84,880 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $84,910 Duluth, MN-WI — $85,060 Peoria, IL — $85,090 Madison, WI — $85,160 Columbus, IN — $85,930 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $86,320 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $86,370 Wausau, WI — $86,750 Binghamton, NY — $87,990 St. Cloud, MN — $90,230 Terre Haute, IN — $90,250 Green Bay, WI — $90,570 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $90,730 Kokomo, IN — $91,470 Sheboygan, WI — $91,530 Appleton, WI — $91,750 Springfield, MA — $92,080 Bend, OR — $92,330 Eau Claire, WI — $92,720 Anchorage, AK — $93,600 Rockford, IL — $94,230 Springfield, IL — $94,370 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $95,230 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $95,530 Fairbanks-College, AK — $96,670 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $96,760 Bloomington, IN — $96,980 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $97,130 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $101,010 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $101,630 Bellingham, WA — $102,750 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $103,380 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $107,560 Boston metro area 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 Boston metro area has the 8th-highest published median for this occupation among the 388 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 Massachusetts Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
Boston metro areathis page
$96,760 median for Boston metro area; middle half earns $62,640 to $117,900
$92,080 median for Springfield metro area; middle half earns $60,500 to $106,110
$82,260 median for Worcester metro area; middle half earns $58,720 to $106,120
$81,970 median for Pittsfield metro area; middle half earns $58,300 to $104,420
$78,570 median for Amherst Town metro area; middle half earns $57,620 to $93,910
$76,270 median for Barnstable Town metro area; middle half earns $58,750 to $96,540
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
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 .