Plumber Salary in Louisiana (2026)

Worth knowing: Louisiana's substantial petrochemical + LNG export terminal industrial pipefitting market is one of the country's most distinctive concentrated US industrial plumbing + pipefitting demand clusters and a feature most national plumber compensation surveys understate for LA. The LA petrochemical corridor along the Mississippi River BR→NOLA (~150 facilities + ~3.3M bpd refining capacity = the country's #2 US refining state behind TX + substantial chemicals manufacturing) + the LA LNG export terminal cluster (Cheniere Sabine Pass ~$20B + Cameron LNG ~$10B + Venture Global Calcasieu Pass + Venture Global Plaquemines ~$13B + planned Driftwood Tellurian ~$25B + planned CP2 Venture Global) supports substantial industrial pipefitting + ASME + B31.3 process piping + cryogenic piping + carbon steel + stainless + duplex + alloy 825 + nickel alloy specialty pipefitting + extensive turnaround season work. Senior LA industrial pipefitters at LNG + petrochem clear $78-118K + substantial OT premium during turnaround + outage seasons. UA Local 60 NOLA (Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 60) + UA Local 198 BR + UA Local 247 Lake Charles provide substantial LA union pipefitter + plumber training + Davis-Bacon prevailing wage work + multi-employer pension support. LA Associated Builders & Contractors (ABC) Pelican Chapter + ABC Bayou Chapter operate substantial merit-shop apprenticeship + training in LA's RTW state (LA RTW since 1976). LA Plumbing Board licenses LA plumbers at journeyman + master + master plumber tiers requiring substantial apprenticeship + exam + experience hours. The substantial post-Hurricane Katrina + Ida + Laura + Delta + Zeta hurricane rebuild work supports substantial LA residential + commercial plumbing reconstruction + LA Citizens insurance claims work. LA's flat 3% (post-2024 Act 11) + LA RTW since 1976 + no state estate tax (repealed 2008). The 2025 OBBBA No Tax on Overtime federal deduction applies through 2028.