Greater Western Washington Pipe Trades Apprenticeship Committee
Maintenance Plumber/Steamfitter
Burlington, Washington · Union · SOC 47-2152
Tuition
$0
Registered apprenticeships are paid employment.
Year-one pay
$42.13/hr
First step on the registered wage scale.
Journey rate
$70.22/hr
Paid once you turn out, not during the term.
Term
8,000 hours
Plus 864 hours of classroom instruction.
Four years from now
Our estimate, calculated by TradeFooting from this program's published first-step wage, journey rate and registered term. The registry publishes those three facts. The projection below is ours, and the workings are shown.
Year
Rate
Gross pay
Year 1
$44.32/hr
$88,649
Year 2
$48.71/hr
$97,428
Year 3
$53.10/hr
$106,206
Year 4
$57.49/hr
$114,985
Total earned
$407,268
Tuition paid
$0
Debt
$0
How this is worked out
Assumes 2,000 paid hours a year. No overtime.
Pay rises evenly from the registered first step to the registered journey rate. Real schedules usually rise faster later, so the early years here are, if anything, generous and the four-year total is not overstated.
Gross pay before tax. Tools, dues and exam fees are not deducted.
The first-step and journey rates are published by the registry. The steps between them are not, so they are spread evenly across the term.
What plumbers earn in Washington
$81,030median, per year
Half earn more, half less, across all experience levels. National median $63,800.
