Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters · SOC 47-2152
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters Salary in the New Jersey
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025New Jersey
Figures describe the state of New Jersey as a whole.
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters in the New Jersey earned a median of $78,240 per year ($37.61 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $48,720 at the 10th percentile to $136,710 at the 90th. BLS estimates 8,750 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters in the New Jersey earn more than $78,240 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $61,810 and $106,830.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $48,720 | $61,810 | $78,240 | $106,830 | $136,710 |
| Hourly | $23.42 | $29.72 | $37.61 | $51.36 | $65.73 |
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
- New Jersey$78,240 median for New Jersey; middle half earns $61,810 to $106,830
- United Statesnational$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 +23% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Metro areas in New Jersey
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.
- New Jerseythis page$78,240 median for New Jersey; middle half earns $61,810 to $106,830
- $77,060 median for Vineland metro area; middle half earns $59,980 to $115,480
- $76,360 median for Trenton metro area; middle half earns $60,170 to $106,360
- $64,220 median for Atlantic City metro area; middle half earns $56,320 to $78,170
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:
Highest-paying metro areas for plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitterss · Highest-paying occupations in New Jersey
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.