Do plumbers make more in Jackson or Gulfport?

Gulfport pays more: the median is $57,160 in Jackson and $63,040 in Gulfport, a 9% difference.

Plumber salary in Jackson, MS

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Plumbers in the Jackson, MS area earn a median of $57,160 a year, or $27.48 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $75,650 a year. That's 3% more than the Mississippi median of $55,480.

Median yearly pay$57,160

Bottom 10% under$37,550Top 10% over$75,650

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $18.05/hr
Jobs in this area: 550
After cost of living: $64,190
Median hourly pay: $27.48/hr
vs U.S. median: −10%
vs Mississippi median: +3%
Mean (average) pay: $57,220 a year · $27.51 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 27140, Jackson, 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 Jackson, 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.

Percentile	Hourly	Yearly
10th percentile	$18.05	$37,550
25th percentile	$23.08	$48,000
Median (50th)	$27.48	$57,160
75th percentile	$33.33	$69,330
90th percentile	$36.37	$75,650

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

How Jackson, MS compares

Jackson ranks 3rd of 4 Mississippi metro areas for plumber pay.
Plumbers are less concentrated in the Jackson area than nationally: 2.0 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.68 times the U.S. share.

Other Mississippi metro areas

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Questions

Do plumbers make more in Jackson or Gulfport?: Gulfport pays more: the median is $57,160 in Jackson and $63,040 in Gulfport, a 9% 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 27140 (Jackson, 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 (89.0, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures