Plumber salary in St. George, UT
Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025
Plumbers in the St. George, UT area earn a median of $56,730 a year, or $27.27 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $75,840. That's 8% less than the Utah median of $61,900.
- Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
- $18.29/hr
- Jobs in this area
- 370
- After cost of living
- $58,290
- Median hourly pay
- $27.27/hr
- vs U.S. median
- −11%
- vs Utah median
- −8%
- Mean (average) pay
- $57,030 a year · $27.42 an hour
Pay by percentile
What plumbers in St. George, UT 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 | $18.29 | $38,040 |
| 25th percentile | $21.70 | $45,130 |
| Median (50th) | $27.27 | $56,730 |
| 75th percentile | $33.04 | $68,720 |
| 90th percentile | $36.46 | $75,840 |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS yearly figures are the hourly wage times 2,080 hours.
How St. George, UT compares
- St. George has the lowest plumber median of the 5 Utah metro areas with published pay.
- Plumbers are more concentrated in the St. George area than nationally: 4.1 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.4 times the U.S. share.
Other Utah metro areas
Other trades in St. George, UT
Questions
- Do plumbers make more in St. George or Ogden?
- Ogden pays more: the median is $56,730 in St. George and $64,860 in Ogden, 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 41100 (St. George, UT). 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 (97.3, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures