Average entry-level Plumber Salary for 2016

[macmurda1]

I did some research over the weekend, pulling data for each state from Salary.com and found the average salary for entry-level plumbers in each state.

I posted what I found on the Breezeworks blog, take a look and tell me what you think: Average Plumbers Salaries in 2016

 

[CT18]

Those are not Union wages but it seems about right. 20 bucks an hour. I guess we should show this to customers that say i should have been a plumber after they receive the bill. The guy doing the work is not the reason for the high hourly rate.

 

[Chris]

Buddy of mine works for a plumbing outfit and they gave him a truck, tools and uniform and call him a plumber. He makes ten bucks an hour.

 

[Chris]

Do you work for breeze works?

 

[frodo]

those are misleading as hell. it says entry level plumbers.

that means a 1st year plumber. not a 0 year apprentice.


it takes 4 years to be a entry level plumber

then, for plumbers their are 3 sets of wages...not 1

1 residential plumber $10-12 an hour,,,very cut throat , wages are low due to an influx of unskilled non english workers

2 commercial plumber $18---30 an hour, depends on experience

3 repair plumber I dont really know, these guys are shady and their eyes dart around like a rats,,,
I think they deserve more than they get, but i think they get to much sometimes

 

[macmurda1]

Those are not Union wages but it seems about right. 20 bucks an hour. I guess we should show this to customers that say i should have been a plumber after they receive the bill. The guy doing the work is not the reason for the high hourly rate.

I heard the same thing from a few people about union wages. Would love to know if there was a tool to see the union average per state.

 

[macmurda1]

Do you work for breeze works?

I just started writing for them this month. Might be joining their marketing team as well.

 

[macmurda1]

those are misleading as hell. it says entry level plumbers.

that means a 1st year plumber. not a 0 year apprentice.


it takes 4 years to be a entry level plumber

then, for plumbers their are 3 sets of wages...not 1

1 residential plumber $10-12 an hour,,,very cut throat , wages are low due to an influx of unskilled non english workers

2 commercial plumber $18---30 an hour, depends on experience

3 repair plumber I dont really know, these guys are shady and their eyes dart around like a rats,,,
I think they deserve more than they get, but i think they get to much sometimes

this is amazing insight. Is there a website I can learn more about the years of expereince and type of plumbers like your examples 1,2,3?

 

[macmurda1]

Buddy of mine works for a plumbing outfit and they gave him a truck, tools and uniform and call him a plumber. He makes ten bucks an hour.

Is this common? What do they bill for his time?

 

[frodo]

this is amazing insight. Is there a website I can learn more about the years of expereince and type of plumbers like your examples 1,2,3?

no,,you have to be in the trade.

for your information..it takes years to be a plumber.

you can spend hours reading a book. a book will not install the product or tell you how to fix it.
only

experience willl.

i have worked with master plumbers who i would not trust to pick their own nose. and i have worked with helpers that were rocket scientests

it is all about experience

 

[frodo]

Is this common? What do they bill for his time?

more than they re paying him thats for damn sure

 

[frodo]

dude..here is the real story..to be a well rounded plumber, you need to apprentice under a well rounded plumber

by well rounded i mean he knows residential, commercial, and repair.

the way i apprenticed, i followed my master to 6 different companies as i was apprenticing

he was not going any where with out me. period.

it aint the books or the company, its the teacher

we made a deal..he would teach me plumbing i would get my license .

when i got my journeyman's, he would get his masters.

i got my journeyman's. and my masters,

then hired him to work for me as a foremen