Plumber salary in Great Falls, MT
Updated September 26, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025
Plumbers in the Great Falls, MT area earn a median of $77,100 a year, or $37.07 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $98,150. That's 4% less than the Montana median of $79,960.
- Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
- $23.08/hr
- Jobs in this area
- 240
- After cost of living
- $79,610
- Median hourly pay
- $37.07/hr
- vs U.S. median
- +21%
- vs Montana median
- −4%
Apprentice, journeyman and master plumber pay
| Stage | Yearly pay | Hourly pay |
|---|---|---|
| Apprentice | $48,010–$59,720$23.08–$28.71/hr | |
| Journeyman | $77,100$37.07/hr | |
| Master / top earners | $90,620–$98,150$43.57–$47.19/hr |
Estimated from BLS percentiles (10th–25th, median, 75th–90th); BLS does not report pay by license level.
How Great Falls, MT compares
- Great Falls has the lowest plumber median of the 4 Montana metro areas with published pay.
- Plumbers are more concentrated in the Great Falls area than nationally: 6.5 of every 1,000 jobs, 2.1 times the U.S. share.
- The 90th-percentile wage, $98,150, is 2.0 times the 10th-percentile wage, $48,010: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.
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Questions
- How much do plumbers make in Great Falls, MT?
- Plumbers in the Great Falls, MT area earn a median of $77,100 a year, or $37.07 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $98,150.
- How much do plumbers make an hour in Great Falls, MT?
- The median hourly wage is $37.07. The middle half earn between $28.71 and $43.57 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
- What do apprentice plumbers make in Great Falls, MT?
- BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $23.08 an hour ($48,010 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $28.71.
- How much does a journeyman plumber make in Great Falls, MT?
- BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $77,100 a year ($37.07 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $90,620–$98,150.
- Do plumbers make more in Great Falls or Billings?
- Billings pays more: the median is $77,100 in Great Falls and $81,690 in Billings, a 6% difference.
- How does Great Falls pay compare with the rest of Montana?
- The Great Falls median of $77,100 is 4% less than the Montana median of $79,960.
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 24500 (Great Falls, MT). 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 (96.8, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 26, 2026. How we calculate these figures