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Plumber salary in Canton, OH

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Plumbers in the Canton–Massillon, OH area earn a median of $59,960 a year, or $28.83 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $90,440. Statewide, plumbers earn a median of $63,330; Canton is 5% below it.

Median yearly pay$59,960
Bottom 10% under$39,100Top 10% over$90,440
Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
$18.80/hr
Jobs in this area
460
After cost of living
$67,060
Median hourly pay
$28.83/hr
vs U.S. median
−6%
vs Ohio median
−5%
Mean (average) pay
$65,310 a year · $31.40 an hour
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 15940, Canton-Massillon, OH). 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 Canton, OH 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.

PercentileHourlyYearly
10th percentile$18.80$39,100
25th percentile$23.04$47,920
Median (50th)$28.83$59,960
75th percentile$39.58$82,330
90th percentile$43.48$90,440

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

How Canton, OH compares

  • Canton ranks 12th of 15 Ohio metro areas for plumber pay.
  • Plumbers hold about the same share of jobs in the Canton area as nationally: 2.8 of every 1,000 jobs.

Other Ohio metro areas

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Questions

Do plumbers make more in Canton or Toledo?
Toledo pays more: the median is $59,960 in Canton and $66,920 in Toledo, a 10% 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 15940 (Canton-Massillon, OH). 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 (89.4, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures