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Plumber salary in Sandusky, OH

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Plumbers in the Sandusky, OH area earn a median of $65,780 a year, or $31.63 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $96,410. That's 4% more than the Ohio median of $63,330.

Median yearly pay$65,780
Bottom 10% under$47,380Top 10% over$96,410
Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
$22.78/hr
Jobs in this area
110
After cost of living
$73,680
Median hourly pay
$31.63/hr
vs U.S. median
+3%
vs Ohio median
+4%
Mean (average) pay
$69,430 a year · $33.38 an hour
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 41780, Sandusky, 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 Sandusky, 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$22.78$47,380
25th percentile$28.20$58,660
Median (50th)$31.63$65,780
75th percentile$40.69$84,630
90th percentile$46.35$96,410

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

How Sandusky, OH compares

  • Sandusky ranks 2nd of 15 Ohio metro areas for plumber pay.
  • Plumbers are less concentrated in the Sandusky area than nationally: 2.1 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.71 times the U.S. share.

Other Ohio metro areas

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Questions

Do plumbers make more in Sandusky or Toledo?
Toledo pays more: the median is $65,780 in Sandusky and $66,920 in Toledo, a 2% 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 41780 (Sandusky, 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 (89.3, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures