Do plumbers make more in Manchester or Boston?

Boston pays more: the median is $67,690 in Manchester and $96,760 in Boston, a 30% difference.

Plumber salary in Manchester, NH

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Plumbers in the Manchester–Nashua, NH area earn a median of $67,690 a year, or $32.54 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $91,380. Statewide, plumbers earn a median of $66,810; Manchester is 1% above it.

Median yearly pay$67,690

Bottom 10% under$45,950Top 10% over$91,380

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $22.09/hr
Jobs in this area: 660
After cost of living: $64,070
Median hourly pay: $32.54/hr
vs U.S. median: +6%
vs New Hampshire median: +1%
Mean (average) pay: $67,130 a year · $32.27 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 31700, Manchester-Nashua, NH). 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 Manchester, NH 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	$22.09	$45,950
25th percentile	$24.16	$50,260
Median (50th)	$32.54	$67,690
75th percentile	$36.93	$76,810
90th percentile	$43.93	$91,380

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

How Manchester, NH compares

Plumbers are more concentrated in the Manchester area than nationally: 3.3 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.1 times the U.S. share.

Other New Hampshire metro areas

Boston–Cambridge–Newton$96,760

Other trades in Manchester, NH

Electrician HVAC technician Welder Lineman Diesel mechanic Carpenter Heavy equipment operator Auto mechanic Roofer Ironworker

Questions

Do plumbers make more in Manchester or Boston?: Boston pays more: the median is $67,690 in Manchester and $96,760 in Boston, a 30% 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 31700 (Manchester-Nashua, NH). 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 (105.7, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures