Salary Data/Plumber by State/Midwest/Wisconsin/Appleton

Plumber Salary in Appleton

Metro area wage data from the BLS OEWS program (May 2025), with Davis-Bacon journey-level scale from UA Local 400, effective June 2025.

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Market Context

UA Local 400 is the union local for plumbers in Appleton, a combined plumbers and steamfitters local serving eighteen northeast Wisconsin counties from its hall and training center in Kaukauna. Wisconsin has no state prevailing wage law, so prevailing wage requirements apply only to federally funded construction.

→UA Local 400's jurisdiction includes Outagamie County and northeast Wisconsin

Union Scale

UA Local 400 journeyman plumber Journey-Level Rate

Journey-Level Hourly

$53.23

Effective June 2025

Base wage: $53.23/hr

Benefit contribution: $23.40/hr

Total package: $76.63/hr

Journey-Level Annual

$110,718

Based on 2,080 hrs / year

vs. BLS Area Median

+$18,968

Union scale vs. all-worker median

Union scale reflects the UA Local 400 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 400 Training Center
Address	2700 Northridge Drive, Kaukauna, WI 54130
Phone	(920) 462-0400
Website	ua400.org
Minimum Score	Not published

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Area Wage Data

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

Median Annual

$91,750

+$27,950 vs. national

Median Hourly

$44.11

vs. Wisconsin

+$8,886

vs. state average

Total Employed

890

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	$91,750
Annual Mean Wage	$86,560
Hourly Median Wage	$44.11
Hourly Mean Wage	$41.61
Total Employed	890
Area Type	Metropolitan Area

Pre-apprenticeship programs in Wisconsin

Boys and Girls Club of Dane County - High School Program
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Milwaukee

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Union Rates in Wisconsin and Within 300 Miles

Up to six other metros in Wisconsin, 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 400

Oshkosh

$53.23/hr

Journey-level · Davis-Bacon determination

Journey-level · Davis-Bacon determination

Effective June 2025

UA Local 75

Milwaukee