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

Plumber Salary in Milwaukee

Metro area wage data from the BLS OEWS program (May 2025), with Davis-Bacon journey-level scale from UA Local 75, effective June 2025.

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Market Context

Plumbers Local 75 is the union local for plumbers in Milwaukee; it serves fourteen southeastern Wisconsin counties from its Milwaukee office on West Parkland Avenue. Union apprentices train through the Milwaukee Area Joint Plumbing Apprenticeship Committee. Wisconsin has no state prevailing wage law, so prevailing wage requirements apply only to federally funded construction.

→UA Local 75's jurisdiction includes Milwaukee County and southeastern Wisconsin

Union Scale

UA Local 75 journeyman plumber Journey-Level Rate

Journey-Level Hourly

$60.05

Effective June 2025

Base wage: $60.05/hr

Benefit contribution: $27.90/hr

Total package: $87.95/hr

Journey-Level Annual

$124,904

Based on 2,080 hrs / year

vs. BLS Area Median

+$40,204

Union scale vs. all-worker median

Union scale reflects the UA Local 75 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	Milwaukee Area Joint Plumbing Apprenticeship Committee
Address	11175 W. Parkland Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53224
Phone	(414) 359-1318
Website	plumbers75.com
Minimum Score	Not published

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Area Wage Data

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

Median Annual

$84,700

+$20,900 vs. national

Median Hourly

$40.72

vs. Wisconsin

+$1,836

vs. state average

Total Employed

2,760

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	$84,700
Annual Mean Wage	$89,150
Hourly Median Wage	$40.72
Hourly Mean Wage	$42.86
Total Employed	2,760
Area Type	Metropolitan Area

Pre-apprenticeship programs in Wisconsin

Milwaukee Academy of Science
Milwaukee
Boys and Girls Club of Dane County - High School Program
Fitchburg
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Madison MC3
Madison
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Other Plumber Markets in Wisconsin

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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 75

Madison

$60.57/hr

Journey-level · Davis-Bacon determination

Journey-level · Davis-Bacon determination

Effective June 2025

UA Local 400

Appleton