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Plumber salary in North Port, FL

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Plumbers in the North Port–Bradenton–Sarasota, FL area earn a median of $58,150 a year, or $27.96 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $75,840. That's 10% more than the Florida median of $52,910.

Median yearly pay$58,150
Bottom 10% under$40,100Top 10% over$75,840
Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
$19.28/hr
Jobs in this area
1,390
After cost of living
$56,780
Median hourly pay
$27.96/hr
vs U.S. median
−9%
vs Florida median
+10%
Mean (average) pay
$57,570 a year · $27.68 an hour
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 35840, North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL). 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 North Port, FL 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$19.28$40,100
25th percentile$23.15$48,160
Median (50th)$27.96$58,150
75th percentile$30.15$62,700
90th percentile$36.46$75,840

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

How North Port, FL compares

  • North Port ranks 3rd of 22 Florida metro areas for plumber pay.
  • Plumbers are more concentrated in the North Port area than nationally: 4.1 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.4 times the U.S. share.

Other Florida metro areas

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Questions

Do plumbers make more in North Port or Jacksonville?
Jacksonville pays more: the median is $58,150 in North Port and $58,920 in Jacksonville, 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 35840 (North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL). 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 (102.4, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures