Do plumbers make more in Lynchburg or Washington?

Washington pays more: the median is $57,210 in Lynchburg and $71,860 in Washington, a 20% difference.

Plumber salary in Lynchburg, VA

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Plumbers in the Lynchburg, VA area earn a median of $57,210 a year, or $27.51 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $72,920. Statewide, plumbers earn a median of $60,470; Lynchburg is 5% below it.

Median yearly pay$57,210

Bottom 10% under$39,130Top 10% over$72,920

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $18.81/hr
Jobs in this area: 330
After cost of living: $64,020
Median hourly pay: $27.51/hr
vs U.S. median: −10%
vs Virginia median: −5%
Mean (average) pay: $56,020 a year · $26.94 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 31340, Lynchburg, VA). 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 Lynchburg, VA 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	$18.81	$39,130
25th percentile	$22.19	$46,150
Median (50th)	$27.51	$57,210
75th percentile	$29.14	$60,620
90th percentile	$35.06	$72,920

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

How Lynchburg, VA compares

Lynchburg ranks 6th of 11 Virginia metro areas for plumber pay.
Plumbers are more concentrated in the Lynchburg area than nationally: 3.4 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.1 times the U.S. share.

Other Virginia metro areas

Other trades in Lynchburg, VA

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Questions

Do plumbers make more in Lynchburg or Washington?: Washington pays more: the median is $57,210 in Lynchburg and $71,860 in Washington, a 20% 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 31340 (Lynchburg, VA). 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 (89.4, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures