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Plumber Salary in Indianapolis

Metro area wage data from the BLS OEWS program (May 2025), with Davis-Bacon journey-level scale from UA Local 440, effective June 2025.

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Market Context

UA Local 440 is the union local for plumbers in Indianapolis, a combined plumbers, steamfitters, and HVACR local with its hall and training center on Brookville Crossing Way. Indiana has no state prevailing wage law, so prevailing wage requirements apply only to federally funded construction.

→UA Local 440's jurisdiction includes Marion County and Central Indiana

Union Scale

UA Local 440 journeyman plumber Journey-Level Rate

Journey-Level Hourly

$50.05

Effective June 2025

Base wage: $50.05/hr

Benefit contribution: $20.39/hr

Total package: $70.44/hr

Journey-Level Annual

$104,104

Based on 2,080 hrs / year

vs. BLS Area Median

+$27,124

Union scale vs. all-worker median

Union scale reflects the UA Local 440 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	UA Local 440 Training Center
Address	1521 Brookville Crossing Way, Indianapolis, IN 46239
Phone	(317) 856-3771
Website	ualocal440.org
Minimum Score	Not published

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Area Wage Data

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

Median Annual

$76,980

+$13,180 vs. national

Median Hourly

$37.01

vs. Indiana

+$1,763

vs. state average

Total Employed

4,010

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	$76,980
Annual Mean Wage	$76,260
Hourly Median Wage	$37.01
Hourly Mean Wage	$36.66
Total Employed	4,010
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 172

South Bend