Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters Salary in Chicago, IL

Estimates come from the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area, the closest geography BLS publishes.

The median annual pay for Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters in Chicago, IL is $103,380, 62% higher than the national median. BLS reports wages at the metro level, and Chicago sits within the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area, so this is the closest official estimate for the city.

Across the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN area, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters pay runs from $53,960 to $127,200 a year, with about 13K people employed.

Median annual

$103,380

Median hourly

$50

Average annual

$96,430

Employed in metro

13K

Pay distribution

10th$53,960

25th$74,300

Median$103,380

75th$122,540

90th$127,200

Salary calculator

Pay amountPay period

Hours / weekWeeks / year

Hourly: $49.70
Daily: $398
Weekly: $1,988
Bi-weekly: $3,976
Monthly: $8,615
Annual: $103,380

$103,380 a year is around the 50th percentile for Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitterss in Chicago, IL. The median is $103,380.

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
Percentile	Hourly	Annual
10th percentile	$25.90	$53,960
25th percentile	$35.70	$74,300
Median	$49.70	$103,380
75th percentile	$58.90	$122,540
90th percentile	$61.10	$127,200
Average (mean)	$46.40	$96,430
Employment	12,750 people

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Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters in other metro areas

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$107,560
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$103,380
Bellingham, WA$102,750
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$101,630
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$101,010
Kennewick-Richland, WA$97,130
Bloomington, IN$96,980
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$96,760