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Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters salary in Boston, MA

The median plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH earns $96,760 a year, 52% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $6,005 a month.

10th percentile
$52,270
25th percentile
$62,640
Median percentile
$96,760
75th percentile
$117,900
90th percentile
$143,950

Based on 9,200 employed. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025. Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience; reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only an approximation.

What you keep

$72,063 take-home a year
Gross pay$96,760
Federal income tax−$12,457
Social Security + Medicare−$7,402
Massachusetts income tax (approx.)−$4,838
Monthly take-home$6,005
Every two weeks$2,772

Does it go far here?

$89,372Median pay in Boston, MA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 108.3 vs 100).
34%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($2,023 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Boston, MA

JobMedian pay
Surgeons, All Other$386,300
Emergency Medicine Physicians$356,230
Natural Sciences Managers$291,000
Family Medicine Physicians$284,010
General Internal Medicine Physicians$243,230
Nurse Anesthetists$239,200
Obstetricians and Gynecologists$235,460
Physicians, All Other$229,870

All plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters salaries · Take-home pay in Massachusetts