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Plumber salary in Colorado Springs, CO

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Plumbers in the Colorado Springs, CO area earn a median of $60,510 a year, or $29.09 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $87,730. Statewide, plumbers earn a median of $63,240; Colorado Springs is 4% below it.

Median yearly pay$60,510
Bottom 10% under$46,070Top 10% over$87,730
Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
$22.15/hr
Jobs in this area
1,060
After cost of living
$60,090
Median hourly pay
$29.09/hr
vs U.S. median
−5%
vs Colorado median
−4%
Mean (average) pay
$64,940 a year · $31.22 an hour
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 17820, Colorado Springs, CO). 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 Colorado Springs, CO 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$22.15$46,070
25th percentile$24.09$50,120
Median (50th)$29.09$60,510
75th percentile$37.24$77,460
90th percentile$42.18$87,730

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

How Colorado Springs, CO compares

  • Colorado Springs ranks 6th of 7 Colorado metro areas for plumber pay.
  • Plumbers are more concentrated in the Colorado Springs area than nationally: 3.4 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.1 times the U.S. share.

Other Colorado metro areas

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Questions

Do plumbers make more in Colorado Springs or Boulder?
Boulder pays more: the median is $60,510 in Colorado Springs and $64,890 in Boulder, a 7% 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 17820 (Colorado Springs, CO). 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 (100.7, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures