Plumber salary in Kiryas Joel, NY
Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025
Plumbers in the Kiryas Joel–Poughkeepsie–Newburgh, NY area earn a median of $64,990 a year, or $31.25 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $117,880 a year. That's 16% less than the New York median of $77,490.
- Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
- $18.22/hr
- Jobs in this area
- 780
- After cost of living
- $59,390
- Median hourly pay
- $31.25/hr
- vs U.S. median
- +2%
- vs New York median
- −16%
- Mean (average) pay
- $71,830 a year · $34.53 an hour
Pay by percentile
What plumbers in Kiryas Joel, 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 | $18.22 | $37,890 |
| 25th percentile | $23.52 | $48,920 |
| Median (50th) | $31.25 | $64,990 |
| 75th percentile | $39.14 | $81,410 |
| 90th percentile | $56.67 | $117,880 |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS yearly figures are the hourly wage times 2,080 hours.
How Kiryas Joel, NY compares
- Kiryas Joel ranks 10th of 13 New York metro areas for plumber pay.
- Plumbers hold about the same share of jobs in the Kiryas Joel area as nationally: 2.9 of every 1,000 jobs.
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Other trades in Kiryas Joel, NY
Questions
- Do plumbers make more in Kiryas Joel or New York?
- New York pays more: the median is $64,990 in Kiryas Joel and $78,610 in New York, a 17% 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 28880 (Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, 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 (109.4, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures