TradeSalary

Plumber salary in Coeur d'Alene, ID

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Plumbers in the Coeur d'Alene, ID area earn a median of $50,270 a year, or $24.17 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $78,030. That's 4% less than the Idaho median of $52,380.

Median yearly pay$50,270
Bottom 10% under$39,680Top 10% over$78,030
Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
$19.08/hr
Jobs in this area
260
After cost of living
$51,140
Median hourly pay
$24.17/hr
vs U.S. median
−21%
vs Idaho median
−4%
Mean (average) pay
$57,530 a year · $27.66 an hour
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 17660, Coeur d'Alene, ID). 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 Coeur d'Alene, ID 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$19.08$39,680
25th percentile$23.56$49,000
Median (50th)$24.17$50,270
75th percentile$30.65$63,750
90th percentile$37.51$78,030

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

How Coeur d'Alene, ID compares

  • Coeur d'Alene ranks 6th of 7 Idaho metro areas for plumber pay.
  • Plumbers are more concentrated in the Coeur d'Alene area than nationally: 3.6 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.2 times the U.S. share.

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Questions

Do plumbers make more in Coeur d'Alene or Logan?
Logan pays more: the median is $50,270 in Coeur d'Alene and $60,390 in Logan, a 17% 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 17660 (Coeur d'Alene, ID). 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 (98.3, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures