Do plumbers make more in Decatur or Florence?

Florence pays more: the median is $59,920 in Decatur and $60,590 in Florence, a 1% difference.

Plumber salary in Decatur, AL

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Plumbers in the Decatur, AL area earn a median of $59,920 a year, or $28.81 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $110,660 a year. That's 2% more than the Alabama median of $58,670.

Median yearly pay$59,920

Bottom 10% under$40,580Top 10% over$110,660

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $19.51/hr
Jobs in this area: 210
After cost of living: $68,710
Median hourly pay: $28.81/hr
vs U.S. median: −6%
vs Alabama median: +2%
Mean (average) pay: $66,250 a year · $31.85 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 19460, Decatur, 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 Decatur, 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	$19.51	$40,580
25th percentile	$23.04	$47,930
Median (50th)	$28.81	$59,920
75th percentile	$35.82	$74,510
90th percentile	$53.20	$110,660

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

How Decatur, AL compares

Decatur ranks 3rd of 13 Alabama metro areas for plumber pay.
Plumbers are more concentrated in the Decatur area than nationally: 3.5 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.2 times the U.S. share.

Other Alabama metro areas

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Questions

Do plumbers make more in Decatur or Florence?: Florence pays more: the median is $59,920 in Decatur and $60,590 in Florence, a 1% 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 19460 (Decatur, 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 (87.2, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures