Salary Data/Plumber by State/Mid-Atlantic/New York/Albany, NY

Plumber Salary in Albany, NY

Metro area wage data from the BLS OEWS program (May 2025), with Davis-Bacon journey-level scale from UA Local 7, effective May 2025.

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Market Context

UA Local 7 is the union local for plumbers in the Capital Region, a combined plumbers and steamfitters local with its apprentice school on Avis Drive in Latham. New York's prevailing wage law applies to public construction.

Union Scale

UA Local 7 journeyman plumber Journey-Level Rate

Journey-Level Hourly

$55.26

Effective May 2025

Base wage: $55.26/hr

Benefit contribution: $29.12/hr

Total package: $84.38/hr

Journey-Level Annual

$114,941

Based on 2,080 hrs / year

vs. BLS Area Median

+$37,481

Union scale vs. all-worker median

Union scale reflects the UA Local 7 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	Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 7 Apprentice School
Address	18 Avis Drive, Latham, NY 12110
Phone	(518) 785-9844
Website	ualocal7.org
Minimum Score	50 or higher required on the Wonderlic Basic Skills test to be interviewed

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Check with UA Local 7 for its current application requirements, including any aptitude test.

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Area Wage Data

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

Median Annual

$77,460

+$13,660 vs. national

Median Hourly

$37.24

vs. New York

+$7,381

vs. state average

Total Employed

1,470

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	$77,460
Annual Mean Wage	$81,330
Hourly Median Wage	$37.24
Hourly Mean Wage	$39.10
Total Employed	1,470
Area Type	Metropolitan Area

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Union Rates in New York and Within 300 Miles

Up to six other metros in New York, 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 81

Syracuse

$35.51/hr

Journey-level · Davis-Bacon determination

Effective May 2019 · More than two years old

UA Local 1

New York

$73.00/hr

Journey-level · Davis-Bacon determination

Effective July 2025

UA Local 13

Rochester, NY