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Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters pay in Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL and San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters is $76,310 per year in Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL. It is $107,560 per year in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL is 29.1% below San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 47-2152 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 680 wage and salary jobs in Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL and 3,830 in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.