Do plumbers make more in Lawton or Tulsa?

Tulsa pays more: the median is $51,870 in Lawton and $59,440 in Tulsa, a 13% difference.

Plumber salary in Lawton, OK

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Plumbers in the Lawton, OK area earn a median of $51,870 a year, or $24.94 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $76,580. Across all of Oklahoma, the median is $57,970, so Lawton pays 11% less than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$51,870

Bottom 10% under$36,650Top 10% over$76,580

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $17.62/hr
Jobs in this area: 130
After cost of living: $60,360
Median hourly pay: $24.94/hr
vs U.S. median: −19%
vs Oklahoma median: −11%
Mean (average) pay: $53,690 a year · $25.81 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 30020, Lawton, OK). 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 Lawton, OK 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	$17.62	$36,650
25th percentile	$21.64	$45,010
Median (50th)	$24.94	$51,870
75th percentile	$29.45	$61,260
90th percentile	$36.82	$76,580

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

How Lawton, OK compares

Lawton ranks 4th of 5 Oklahoma metro areas for plumber pay.
Plumbers hold about the same share of jobs in the Lawton area as nationally: 3.0 of every 1,000 jobs.

Other Oklahoma metro areas

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Questions

Do plumbers make more in Lawton or Tulsa?: Tulsa pays more: the median is $51,870 in Lawton and $59,440 in Tulsa, a 13% 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 30020 (Lawton, OK). 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 (85.9, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures