Do plumbers make more in Cleveland or Toledo?

Toledo pays more: the median is $63,020 in Cleveland and $66,920 in Toledo, a 6% difference.

Plumber salary in Cleveland, OH

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Plumbers in the Cleveland, OH area earn a median of $63,020 a year, or $30.30 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $101,220. Statewide, plumbers earn a median of $63,330; Cleveland is right at that level.

Median yearly pay$63,020

Bottom 10% under$46,330Top 10% over$101,220

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $22.27/hr
Jobs in this area: 3,040
After cost of living: $67,100
Median hourly pay: $30.30/hr
vs U.S. median: −1%
vs Ohio median: 0%
Mean (average) pay: $69,670 a year · $33.50 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 17410, Cleveland, 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 Cleveland, 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.

Percentile	Hourly	Yearly
10th percentile	$22.27	$46,330
25th percentile	$24.28	$50,510
Median (50th)	$30.30	$63,020
75th percentile	$39.94	$83,080
90th percentile	$48.67	$101,220

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

How Cleveland, OH compares

Cleveland ranks 8th of 15 Ohio metro areas for plumber pay.
Plumbers hold about the same share of jobs in the Cleveland area as nationally: 2.9 of every 1,000 jobs.

Other Ohio metro areas

Other trades in Cleveland, OH

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Questions

Do plumbers make more in Cleveland or Toledo?: Toledo pays more: the median is $63,020 in Cleveland and $66,920 in Toledo, a 6% 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 17410 (Cleveland, 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 (93.9, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures