How much do plumbers make an hour in Beaumont, TX?

The median hourly wage is $29.92. The middle half earn between $25.13 and $38.96 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do apprentice plumbers make in Beaumont, TX?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $21.94 an hour ($45,640 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $25.13.

How much does a journeyman plumber make in Beaumont, TX?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $62,220 a year ($29.92 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $81,030–$85,380.

Do plumbers make more in Beaumont or Austin?

Austin pays more: the median is $62,220 in Beaumont and $62,810 in Austin, a 1% difference.

How does Beaumont pay compare with the rest of Texas?

The Beaumont median of $62,220 is 4% more than the Texas median of $59,840.

Plumber salary in Beaumont, TX

Updated September 26, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Plumbers in the Beaumont–Port Arthur, TX area earn a median of $62,220 a year, or $29.92 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $85,380 a year. Across all of Texas, the median is $59,840, so Beaumont pays 4% more than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$62,220

Bottom 10% under$45,640Top 10% over$85,380

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $21.94/hr
Jobs in this area: 1,250
After cost of living: $69,100
Median hourly pay: $29.92/hr
vs U.S. median: −2%
vs Texas median: +4%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 13140, Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX). 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.

Apprentice, journeyman and master plumber pay

Stage	Yearly pay	Hourly pay
Apprentice	$45,640–$52,270$21.94–$25.13/hr
Journeyman	$62,220$29.92/hr
Master / top earners	$81,030–$85,380$38.96–$41.05/hr

Estimated from BLS percentiles (10th–25th, median, 75th–90th); BLS does not report pay by license level.

How Beaumont, TX compares

Beaumont ranks 2nd of 25 Texas metro areas for plumber pay.
Plumbers are more concentrated in the Beaumont area than nationally: 7.6 of every 1,000 jobs, 2.5 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $85,380, is 1.9 times the 10th-percentile wage, $45,640: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

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Questions

How much do plumbers make in Beaumont, TX?: Plumbers in the Beaumont–Port Arthur, TX area earn a median of $62,220 a year, or $29.92 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $85,380 a year.
How much do plumbers make an hour in Beaumont, TX?: The median hourly wage is $29.92. The middle half earn between $25.13 and $38.96 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do apprentice plumbers make in Beaumont, TX?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $21.94 an hour ($45,640 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $25.13.
How much does a journeyman plumber make in Beaumont, TX?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $62,220 a year ($29.92 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $81,030–$85,380.
Do plumbers make more in Beaumont or Austin?: Austin pays more: the median is $62,220 in Beaumont and $62,810 in Austin, a 1% difference.
How does Beaumont pay compare with the rest of Texas?: The Beaumont median of $62,220 is 4% more than the Texas median of $59,840.

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 13140 (Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX). 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 (90.0, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 26, 2026. How we calculate these figures