TradeSalary

Plumber salary in Albany, GA

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Plumbers in the Albany, GA area earn a median of $47,700 a year, or $22.93 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $76,960. That's 17% less than the Georgia median of $57,200.

Median yearly pay$47,700
Bottom 10% under$34,560Top 10% over$76,960
Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
$16.61/hr
Jobs in this area
140
After cost of living
$54,410
Median hourly pay
$22.93/hr
vs U.S. median
−25%
vs Georgia median
−17%
Mean (average) pay
$53,850 a year · $25.89 an hour
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 10500, Albany, GA). 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 Albany, GA 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$16.61$34,560
25th percentile$18.84$39,180
Median (50th)$22.93$47,700
75th percentile$28.86$60,030
90th percentile$37.00$76,960

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

How Albany, GA compares

  • Albany ranks 11th of 15 Georgia metro areas for plumber pay.
  • Plumbers are less concentrated in the Albany area than nationally: 2.4 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.79 times the U.S. share.

Other Georgia metro areas

Other trades in Albany, GA

Questions

Do plumbers make more in Albany or Savannah?
Savannah pays more: the median is $47,700 in Albany and $60,530 in Savannah, a 21% 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 10500 (Albany, GA). 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 (87.7, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures