Do plumbers make more in Kingston or New York?

New York pays more: the median is $70,190 in Kingston and $78,610 in New York, a 11% difference.

Plumber salary in Kingston, NY

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Plumbers in the Kingston, NY area earn a median of $70,190 a year, or $33.75 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $130,810. Statewide, plumbers earn a median of $77,490; Kingston is 9% below it.

Median yearly pay$70,190

Bottom 10% under$43,880Top 10% over$130,810

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $21.10/hr
Jobs in this area: 180
After cost of living: $69,700
Median hourly pay: $33.75/hr
vs U.S. median: +10%
vs New York median: −9%
Mean (average) pay: $79,840 a year · $38.39 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 28740, Kingston, 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 Kingston, 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	$21.10	$43,880
25th percentile	$25.55	$53,140
Median (50th)	$33.75	$70,190
75th percentile	$52.82	$109,860
90th percentile	$62.89	$130,810

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

How Kingston, NY compares

Kingston ranks 8th of 13 New York metro areas for plumber pay.
Plumbers hold about the same share of jobs in the Kingston area as nationally: 3.1 of every 1,000 jobs.

Other New York metro areas

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Questions

Do plumbers make more in Kingston or New York?: New York pays more: the median is $70,190 in Kingston and $78,610 in New York, a 11% 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 28740 (Kingston, 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 (100.7, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures