Plumber salary in Walla Walla, WA
Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025
Plumbers in the Walla Walla, WA area earn a median of $70,390 a year, or $33.84 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $122,990. Statewide, plumbers earn a median of $81,030; Walla Walla is 13% below it.
- Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
- $21.51/hr
- Jobs in this area
- 80
- After cost of living
- $71,450
- Median hourly pay
- $33.84/hr
- vs U.S. median
- +10%
- vs Washington median
- −13%
- Mean (average) pay
- $73,460 a year · $35.32 an hour
Pay by percentile
What plumbers in Walla Walla, WA 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 | $21.51 | $44,730 |
| 25th percentile | $24.49 | $50,940 |
| Median (50th) | $33.84 | $70,390 |
| 75th percentile | $45.10 | $93,810 |
| 90th percentile | $59.13 | $122,990 |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS yearly figures are the hourly wage times 2,080 hours.
How Walla Walla, WA compares
- Walla Walla ranks 11th of 13 Washington metro areas for plumber pay.
- Plumbers hold about the same share of jobs in the Walla Walla area as nationally: 3.2 of every 1,000 jobs.
Other Washington metro areas
Other trades in Walla Walla, WA
Questions
- Do plumbers make more in Walla Walla or Portland?
- Portland pays more: the median is $70,390 in Walla Walla and $101,010 in Portland, a 30% 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 47460 (Walla Walla, WA). 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 (98.5, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures