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Plumber Salary in Connecticut (2026)

The average Plumber in Connecticut earns around $72,000/year. After taxes, your estimated take-home is $57,158/year ($4,763/month).

Take-Home Pay Breakdown

CategoryAmount
Annual Take-Home Pay
$57,158
Monthly Take-Home Pay
$4,763
Biweekly Take-Home Pay
$2,198
Hourly Take-Home Pay

based on 2,080 hrs/year

$27/hr
Federal Tax
$7,010
State Tax
$2,325
FICA Taxes
$5,508
Effective Tax Rate

total taxes ÷ gross salary

20.61%
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Plumber Salary Ranges in Connecticut

Entry Level (0–3 yrs)

$52,000

/year

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Mid Level (3–7 yrs)

$72,000

/year

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Senior Level (7+ yrs)

$115,000

/year

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Not all Plumbers earn the same — not even close

Connecticut's plumber market is anchored by Pratt & Whitney East Hartford + Electric Boat Groton + Sikorsky Stratford cleared facility plumbing (the substantial P&W ~16K+ + EB ~17K+ + Sikorsky cleared facility MEP + the substantial post-2024 EB substantial Virginia-class + Columbia-class block buy driving substantial EB MEP expansion), UA Plumbers + Pipefitters CT locals (UA Local 777 New Haven + UA Local 676 Hartford + UA Local 539 Bridgeport + the substantial UA CT post-2024 collective bargaining + the substantial CT commercial + industrial plumbing), Yale-New Haven Health + Hartford HealthCare + Trinity Health Of New England + UConn Health Farmington hospital MEP + medical gas, CT residential + service plumbing (post-2020 NYC-CT migration driving substantial Fairfield County + Hartford County residential growth), plus CT State Contractors Board licensure + the substantial CT apprenticeship.

Sr Foreman / General Foreman (P&W / EB / Sikorsky)

$118,000–$192,000+ OT

Sr foreman at cleared facility · P&W + EB + Sikorsky · TS/SCI premium

Sr Journeyman (UA 777 / 676 / 539)

$92,000–$142,000+ OT

UA Local 777 NH + 676 Hartford + 539 Bridgeport · top-of-scale + benefits

Sr Pipefitter / Welder (Industrial / EB)

$108,000–$172,000+ OT

Pipefitter at EB Groton submarine + Sikorsky + P&W · NCCER + TS/SCI

Sr Service / Commercial Plumber

$82,000–$118,000+ OT

Service + commercial · Yale + UConn + Hartford + Stamford + Fairfield

Sr Mechanical / HVAC-R Plumber (Hospital)

$92,000–$138,000+ OT

HVAC-R + medical gas at YNHH + Hartford HC + Trinity + UConn Health

Sr Federal Plumber (Naval Sub Base / Coast Guard)

$85,000–$132,000+ OT

Naval Sub Base New London + Coast Guard Academy · federal civilian

Self-Employed / Owner (Fairfield County)

$85,000–$285,000+

Owner-operator Fairfield + Hartford + post-2020 NYC-CT migration

Sr Industrial Plumber (P&W / EB Cleared)

$108,000–$172,000+ OT

P&W East Hartford + EB Groton · cleared industrial · TS/SCI premium

Mid-Career Journeyman (3-6 yrs)

$78,000–$108,000+ OT

Mid-career at CT major employers · transitioning to top-of-scale

Apprentice (Year 1-5 UA)

$48,000–$78,000+ OT

UA Local 777 + 676 + 539 apprentice · 50-95% of journeyman scale

Worth knowing: Pratt & Whitney + Electric Boat + Sikorsky cleared facility plumbing + UA Plumbers + Pipefitters CT locals (777 + 676 + 539) + Yale-New Haven + Hartford HealthCare hospital MEP tri-anchor is one of the country's distinctive concentrated US single-state cleared aerospace + submarine + UA-unionized + academic medical center plumbing cluster and a feature most national plumber surveys understate for CT. Pratt & Whitney East Hartford ~16K+ (the substantial P&W cleared facility MEP + F-35 + GTF engine + the substantial post-2024 P&W substantial growth). Electric Boat Groton ~17K+ (the substantial EB cleared facility MEP + Virginia-class + Columbia-class submarine + the substantial post-2024 EB substantial $4B+ block buy driving substantial EB MEP expansion + the substantial UA + UAW + IBEW Local 1857 collective bargaining). Sikorsky Stratford LM cleared rotorcraft. UA Plumbers + Pipefitters CT locals (UA Local 777 New Haven + UA Local 676 Hartford + UA Local 539 Bridgeport + the substantial UA CT post-2024 collective bargaining). Yale-New Haven Health + Hartford HealthCare + Trinity Health Of New England + UConn Health Farmington hospital MEP + medical gas. The 2025 No Tax on Overtime federal deduction applies through 2028. CT NOT a RTW state + CT progressive top 6.99% anchor the CT plumber proposition.

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