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Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters

SOC 47-2152 · 2024-2034

Assemble, install, alter, and repair pipelines or pipe systems that carry water, steam, air, or other liquids or gases. May install heating and cooling equipment and mechanical control systems. Includes sprinkler fitters.

How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.

The job this trains for

Typical pay in California
$74,803per year
Projected openings
48,620
Projected change
+8.6%
Usually needs
High school diploma or equivalent

Bright Outlook — a U.S. Department of Labor designation
Rapid Growth

The Department's own designation, made from its national projections. It is not this project's assessment and it is not California's: every other figure on this page comes from California's projection, which can point the other way and for some occupations does.

Skills this work uses most

O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.

  1. Critical Thinking
  2. Repairing
  3. Judgment and Decision Making
  4. Troubleshooting
  5. Monitoring
  6. Operations Monitoring

Pay by region

RegionTypical pay in CaliforniaProjected openings
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties)$92,8722,370
Vallejo MSA (Solano County)$79,582500
Napa MSA (Napa County)$78,481140
North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties)$78,224270
Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties)$75,6844,500
Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County)$74,1714,820
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties)$73,4662,000
Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County)$73,458960
Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County)$71,388350
San Rafael MD (Marin County)$70,396420
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties)$68,516230
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County)$68,0745,700
Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County)$67,899680
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County)$66,8749,110
Hanford-Corcoran MSA (Kings County)$66,71590
Salinas MSA (Monterey County)$66,478370
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties)$65,912170
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties)$65,6753,360
Visalia MSA (Tulare County)$64,533520
El Centro MSA (Imperial County)$64,389150
Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties)$63,8121,220
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County)$63,812340
Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County)$63,792640
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County)$63,4721,030
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties)$63,4524,760
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County)$62,577640
Redding MSA (Shasta County)$62,494180
Chico MSA (Butte County)$59,622220
Merced MSA (Merced County)$58,253170
Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County)$58,253640

Similar work

O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.

The job this trains forTypical pay in CaliforniaProjected openingsProjected change
Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$48,4072,950+7.7%
Pipelayers$78,2441,0700%
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners$56,7163,350+15.6%
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door$103,0953,850+7%
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$74,61237,750+12.8%
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$58,612151,500+7.3%

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