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Plumber salary in Orlando, FL

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Plumbers in the Orlando–Kissimmee–Sanford, FL area earn a median of $55,380 a year, or $26.62 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $72,950. Across all of Florida, the median is $52,910, so Orlando pays 5% more than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$55,380
Bottom 10% under$39,900Top 10% over$72,950
Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
$19.19/hr
Jobs in this area
4,040
After cost of living
$54,610
Median hourly pay
$26.62/hr
vs U.S. median
−13%
vs Florida median
+5%
Mean (average) pay
$55,990 a year · $26.92 an hour
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 36740, Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, 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 Orlando, 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$19.19$39,900
25th percentile$22.85$47,520
Median (50th)$26.62$55,380
75th percentile$29.69$61,750
90th percentile$35.07$72,950

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

How Orlando, FL compares

  • Orlando ranks 8th of 22 Florida metro areas for plumber pay.
  • Plumbers hold about the same share of jobs in the Orlando area as nationally: 2.9 of every 1,000 jobs.

Other Florida metro areas

Other trades in Orlando, FL

Questions

Do plumbers make more in Orlando or Jacksonville?
Jacksonville pays more: the median is $55,380 in Orlando and $58,920 in Jacksonville, a 6% 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 36740 (Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, 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 (101.4, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures