Do plumbers make more in Auburn or Florence?

Florence pays more: the median is $51,570 in Auburn and $60,590 in Florence, a 15% difference.

Plumber salary in Auburn, AL

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Plumbers in the Auburn–Opelika, AL area earn a median of $51,570 a year, or $24.79 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $71,480. Statewide, plumbers earn a median of $58,670; Auburn is 12% below it.

Median yearly pay$51,570

Bottom 10% under$36,460Top 10% over$71,480

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $17.53/hr
Jobs in this area: 200
After cost of living: $58,650
Median hourly pay: $24.79/hr
vs U.S. median: −19%
vs Alabama median: −12%
Mean (average) pay: $54,120 a year · $26.02 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 12220, Auburn-Opelika, AL). Excludes self-employed plumbers. Cost of living: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024. *Starting pay is estimated from the 10th percentile; BLS does not report pay by license level.

Pay by percentile

What plumbers in Auburn, AL earn at each point of the pay range, May 2025: 10% earn less than the 10th percentile, half earn less than the median, and 10% earn more than the 90th.

Percentile	Hourly	Yearly
10th percentile	$17.53	$36,460
25th percentile	$21.03	$43,730
Median (50th)	$24.79	$51,570
75th percentile	$29.26	$60,860
90th percentile	$34.36	$71,480

BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS yearly figures are the hourly wage times 2,080 hours.

How Auburn, AL compares

Auburn ranks 10th of 13 Alabama metro areas for plumber pay.
Plumbers are less concentrated in the Auburn area than nationally: 2.7 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.90 times the U.S. share.

Other Alabama metro areas

Other trades in Auburn, AL

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Questions

Do plumbers make more in Auburn or Florence?: Florence pays more: the median is $51,570 in Auburn and $60,590 in Florence, a 15% difference.

About this data

Wages are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey for May 2025, occupation 47-2152 (Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters), area code 12220 (Auburn-Opelika, AL). BLS counts wage and salary workers only, so self-employed plumbers and business owners aren't included. The cost-of-living figure divides the median by the Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parity for 2024 (87.9, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures