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Plumbers and pipefitters in Maine: what they earn

Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters in Maine earned a median $64,000 a year in May 2025, $30.77 an hour. 2,710 people held the job, 4.2 for every 1,000 jobs in the state. That median is about the same as the national figure of $63,800, and Maine ranks 25 of 51 by pay for this trade.

Median annual
$64,000
$30.77 an hour
Rank by pay
#25
of 51 states and DC
Employed in ME
2,710
4.2 per 1,000 jobs
Location quotient
1.41
1.00 = national concentration

The full wage spread in Maine

PointHourlyAnnualMeaning
10th percentile$23.13$48,120A tenth of the workforce earns less than this.
25th percentile$29.47$61,300A quarter earn less.
Median$30.77$64,000Half earn less, half earn more.
75th percentile$36.41$75,720A quarter earn more.
90th percentile$38.83$80,760A tenth earn more than this.
Mean$32.00$66,570The average. Pulled up by the top earners.

Annual figures are the hourly rate times 2,080 hours, BLS's full-time year. Overtime is inside the survey's earnings but not separated out.

Maine against its neighbors on the pay ladder

#StateMedian annualEmployed
22 Kansas $65,220 4,590
23 Delaware $64,720 1,590
24 Kentucky $64,160 6,360
25 Maine $64,000 2,710
26 Iowa $63,890 5,730
27 Louisiana $63,680 8,360
28 North Dakota $63,560 1,620

The complete ranking is on the Plumbers and pipefitters page.

Against the national figure

MaineUnited States
Median annual$64,000$63,800
Median hourly$30.77$30.67
10th percentile, annual$48,120$44,150
90th percentile, annual$80,760$108,420
Employed2,710465,840

Other trades in Maine

Electricians ($75,380) · HVAC technicians ($63,170) · Welders ($62,220) · Truck drivers (CDL) ($57,050)

See all five ranked by pay in Maine.

Licensing requirements, apprenticeship pay and the time it takes to reach journeyman in Maine are being collected from the state authority and will appear here once sourced and cited. Numbers on this page are the May 2025 BLS estimates; see how the numbers are built.