Salary Data/Plumber by State/Midwest/Indiana/Fort Wayne

Plumber Salary in Fort Wayne

Metro area wage data from the BLS OEWS program (May 2025), with Davis-Bacon journey-level scale from UA Local 166, effective June 2025.

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Market Context

UA Local 166 is the union local for plumbers in Fort Wayne, a combined plumbers and steamfitters local with its hall and training center on West Ludwig Road. Indiana has no state prevailing wage law, so prevailing wage requirements apply only to federally funded construction.

→UA Local 166's jurisdiction includes Allen County and northeast Indiana

Union Scale

UA Local 166 journeyman plumber Journey-Level Rate

Journey-Level Hourly

$45.06

Effective June 2025

Base wage: $45.06/hr

Benefit contribution: $23.16/hr

Total package: $68.22/hr

Journey-Level Annual

$93,725

Based on 2,080 hrs / year

vs. BLS Area Median

+$16,615

Union scale vs. all-worker median

Union scale reflects the UA Local 166 journeyman plumber journey-level rate from the applicable Davis-Bacon wage determination. The BLS area median reflects all plumbers across all employment types and experience levels.

JATC Information

Training Center	Local 166 JATC
Address	2930 W. Ludwig Road, Fort Wayne, IN 46818
Phone	(260) 490-5690
Website	ualocal166.org
Minimum Score	Not published

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Area Wage Data

All plumbers, union and non-union, all experience levels

Median Annual

$77,110

+$13,310 vs. national

Median Hourly

$37.07

vs. Indiana

+$1,893

vs. state average

Total Employed

1,160

In this area

Full Wage Breakdown

All plumbers, union and non-union, all experience levels. Wage figures only, employer-paid benefits, pension contributions, and health and welfare are not included.

Annual Median Wage	$77,110
Annual Mean Wage	$78,260
Hourly Median Wage	$37.07
Hourly Mean Wage	$37.63
Total Employed	1,160
Area Type	Metropolitan Area

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Union Rates in Indiana and Within 300 Miles

Up to six other metros in Indiana, nearest first, then metros in other states within 300 miles. Journey-level rates are sourced from Davis-Bacon wage determinations, state prevailing wage determinations, or, where a local publishes one directly, its own collective bargaining agreement.

UA Local 440

Kokomo

$50.05/hr

Journey-level · Davis-Bacon determination

Journey-level · Davis-Bacon determination

Effective June 2025

UA Local 440

Indianapolis