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Plumber salary in Hattiesburg, MS

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Plumbers in the Hattiesburg, MS area earn a median of $49,940 a year, or $24.01 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $69,590. That's 10% less than the Mississippi median of $55,480.

Median yearly pay$49,940
Bottom 10% under$38,040Top 10% over$69,590
Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
$18.29/hr
Jobs in this area
80
After cost of living
$56,990
Median hourly pay
$24.01/hr
vs U.S. median
−22%
vs Mississippi median
−10%
Mean (average) pay
$53,300 a year · $25.63 an hour
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 25620, Hattiesburg, MS). 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 Hattiesburg, MS 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$18.29$38,040
25th percentile$22.00$45,760
Median (50th)$24.01$49,940
75th percentile$30.00$62,400
90th percentile$33.46$69,590

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

How Hattiesburg, MS compares

  • Hattiesburg has the lowest plumber median of the 4 Mississippi metro areas with published pay.
  • Plumbers are less concentrated in the Hattiesburg area than nationally: 1.3 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.43 times the U.S. share.

Other Mississippi metro areas

Other trades in Hattiesburg, MS

Questions

Do plumbers make more in Hattiesburg or Gulfport?
Gulfport pays more: the median is $49,940 in Hattiesburg and $63,040 in Gulfport, 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 25620 (Hattiesburg, MS). 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 (87.6, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures