Plumber salary in Bismarck, ND
Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025
Plumbers in the Bismarck, ND area earn a median of $70,310 a year, or $33.81 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $94,940. Across all of North Dakota, the median is $63,560, so Bismarck pays 11% more than the state as a whole.
- Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
- $22.52/hr
- Jobs in this area
- 220
- After cost of living
- $77,240
- Median hourly pay
- $33.81/hr
- vs U.S. median
- +10%
- vs North Dakota median
- +11%
- Mean (average) pay
- $70,030 a year · $33.67 an hour
Pay by percentile
What plumbers in Bismarck, ND 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 | $22.52 | $46,830 |
| 25th percentile | $24.18 | $50,300 |
| Median (50th) | $33.81 | $70,310 |
| 75th percentile | $38.82 | $80,750 |
| 90th percentile | $45.65 | $94,940 |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS yearly figures are the hourly wage times 2,080 hours.
How Bismarck, ND compares
- Bismarck has the highest plumber median of the 4 North Dakota metro areas with published pay.
- Plumbers hold about the same share of jobs in the Bismarck area as nationally: 3.2 of every 1,000 jobs.
Other North Dakota metro areas
Other trades in Bismarck, ND
Questions
- Do plumbers make more in Bismarck or Fargo?
- Bismarck pays more: the median is $70,310 in Bismarck and $63,350 in Fargo, 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 13900 (Bismarck, ND). 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 (91.0, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures