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Plumber salary in Napa, CA

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Plumbers in the Napa, CA area earn a median of $65,420 a year, or $31.45 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $117,390. That's 10% less than the California median of $72,830.

Median yearly pay$65,420
Bottom 10% under$48,070Top 10% over$117,390
Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
$23.11/hr
Jobs in this area
150
After cost of living
$58,120
Median hourly pay
$31.45/hr
vs U.S. median
+3%
vs California median
−10%
Mean (average) pay
$76,020 a year · $36.55 an hour
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 34900, Napa, CA). 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 Napa, CA 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.

PercentileHourlyYearly
10th percentile$23.11$48,070
25th percentile$29.02$60,360
Median (50th)$31.45$65,420
75th percentile$39.60$82,360
90th percentile$56.44$117,390

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

How Napa, CA compares

  • Napa ranks 8th of 25 California metro areas for plumber pay.
  • Plumbers are less concentrated in the Napa area than nationally: 1.9 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.64 times the U.S. share.

Other California metro areas

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Questions

Do plumbers make more in Napa or San Jose?
San Jose pays more: the median is $65,420 in Napa and $107,560 in San Jose, a 39% 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 34900 (Napa, CA). 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 (112.6, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures