Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters Salary

Yes — at the median salary of $67K, rent takes 24.8% of take-home pay. A 2-bedroom at the HUD Fair Market Rent runs $1,097/month. That stays under the 30% guideline most financial planners use.

The 10th-percentile wage — what new plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters typically earn — is $45K/year. Take-home on that works out to about $2,687/month. At HUD’s $1,097/month FMR, rent would take 41% of that take-home — above the 30% guideline, so a 1-bedroom or shared housing is likely necessary starting out.

Pay here is roughly in line with the national average — $67K locally vs. $64K nationally, a 5% difference.

Missouri pays $67K median vs. the U.S. average of $64K — that’s +5%. After adjusting for local cost of living (RPP 88.97), the purchasing-power equivalent is $75K — still ahead of the national median.

The median is $66,790 a year, that works out to about $32 an hour. But the range is wide: entry-level workers start around $44,780, and experienced plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters can clear $117,180. These are BLS numbers, based on employer-reported data, not self-reported surveys.

On that salary, you'd take home roughly $4,415/month after taxes. A 2-bedroom here rents for about $1,097/month, which eats 24.8% of your paycheck. That's under the 30% guideline most financial planners use, so the numbers work.

Missouri has a Regional Price Parity of 88.97 (100 is the national average). That's below average, your money stretches further here than the raw salary number suggests. After cost-of-living adjustment, the median plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters salary is worth about $75,070 in national-average purchasing power.

The table above ranks every state by median pay for this role. Keep in mind that the highest-paying states tend to have the highest costs of living, so the top salary doesn't always mean the most money in your pocket.