TradeSalary

Plumber salary in Punta Gorda, FL

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Plumbers in the Punta Gorda, FL area earn a median of $55,490 a year, or $26.68 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $73,950. That's 5% more than the Florida median of $52,910.

Median yearly pay$55,490
Bottom 10% under$38,830Top 10% over$73,950
Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
$18.67/hr
Jobs in this area
260
After cost of living
$55,200
Median hourly pay
$26.68/hr
vs U.S. median
−13%
vs Florida median
+5%
Mean (average) pay
$56,210 a year · $27.03 an hour
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 39460, Punta Gorda, 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 Punta Gorda, 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$18.67$38,830
25th percentile$22.78$47,370
Median (50th)$26.68$55,490
75th percentile$30.23$62,880
90th percentile$35.55$73,950

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

How Punta Gorda, FL compares

  • Punta Gorda ranks 7th of 22 Florida metro areas for plumber pay.
  • Plumbers are more concentrated in the Punta Gorda area than nationally: 4.5 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.5 times the U.S. share.

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Questions

Do plumbers make more in Punta Gorda or Jacksonville?
Jacksonville pays more: the median is $55,490 in Punta Gorda 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 39460 (Punta Gorda, 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 (100.5, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures