Plumber salary in Sheboygan, WI
Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025
Plumbers in the Sheboygan, WI area earn a median of $91,530 a year, or $44.01 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $109,950. Statewide, plumbers earn a median of $81,210; Sheboygan is 13% above it.
- Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
- $23.54/hr
- Jobs in this area
- 150
- After cost of living
- $97,360
- Median hourly pay
- $44.01/hr
- vs U.S. median
- +43%
- vs Wisconsin median
- +13%
- Mean (average) pay
- $83,390 a year · $40.09 an hour
Pay by percentile
What plumbers in Sheboygan, WI 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 | $23.54 | $48,960 |
| 25th percentile | $29.77 | $61,910 |
| Median (50th) | $44.01 | $91,530 |
| 75th percentile | $50.42 | $104,880 |
| 90th percentile | $52.86 | $109,950 |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS yearly figures are the hourly wage times 2,080 hours.
How Sheboygan, WI compares
- Sheboygan ranks 4th of 15 Wisconsin metro areas for plumber pay.
- Plumbers are less concentrated in the Sheboygan area than nationally: 2.4 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.80 times the U.S. share.
Other Wisconsin metro areas
Other trades in Sheboygan, WI
Questions
- Do plumbers make more in Sheboygan or Minneapolis?
- Minneapolis pays more: the median is $91,530 in Sheboygan and $101,630 in Minneapolis, a 10% 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 43100 (Sheboygan, WI). 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 (94.0, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures