Do plumbers make more in Elmira or New York?

New York pays more: the median is $64,680 in Elmira and $78,610 in New York, a 18% difference.

Plumber salary in Elmira, NY

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Plumbers in the Elmira, NY area earn a median of $64,680 a year, or $31.10 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $119,150. Statewide, plumbers earn a median of $77,490; Elmira is 17% below it.

Median yearly pay$64,680

Bottom 10% under$45,100Top 10% over$119,150

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $21.68/hr
Jobs in this area: 140
After cost of living: $68,520
Median hourly pay: $31.10/hr
vs U.S. median: +1%
vs New York median: −17%
Mean (average) pay: $73,740 a year · $35.45 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 21300, Elmira, NY). 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 Elmira, NY 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	$21.68	$45,100
25th percentile	$24.37	$50,700
Median (50th)	$31.10	$64,680
75th percentile	$45.23	$94,080
90th percentile	$57.29	$119,150

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

How Elmira, NY compares

Elmira ranks 11th of 13 New York metro areas for plumber pay.
Plumbers are more concentrated in the Elmira area than nationally: 4.1 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.4 times the U.S. share.

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Questions

Do plumbers make more in Elmira or New York?: New York pays more: the median is $64,680 in Elmira and $78,610 in New York, a 18% 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 21300 (Elmira, NY). 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 (94.4, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures