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Plumber Salary in Mississippi (2026)

The average Plumber in Mississippi earns around $72,000/year. After taxes, your estimated take-home is $56,694/year ($4,725/month).

Take-Home Pay Breakdown

CategoryAmount
Annual Take-Home Pay
$56,694
Monthly Take-Home Pay
$4,725
Biweekly Take-Home Pay
$2,181
Hourly Take-Home Pay

based on 2,080 hrs/year

$27/hr
Federal Tax
$7,010
State Tax
$2,788
FICA Taxes
$5,508
Effective Tax Rate

total taxes ÷ gross salary

21.26%
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Plumber Salary Ranges in Mississippi

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

Mississippi's plumber market is anchored by the substantial MS Pascagoula petrochemical + shipbuilding industrial pipefitting + plumbing demand (Chevron Pascagoula Refinery 330K bpd + Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula + Hancock County salt dome SPR + Mississippi Phosphates), UA Local 619 Pascagoula (Plumbers & Pipefitters) + UA Local 569 Jackson + UA Local 198 Mobile-Pascagoula joint operations, MS Associated Builders & Contractors (ABC) Mississippi Chapter merit-shop pipeline + MS ABC Mississippi Gulf Coast training, MS State Board of Plumbing Examiners licensing + substantial post-Hurricane Katrina + Camille + Frederic plumbing reconstruction + MS Coast residential + commercial rebuild work + MS Mississippi Power + Entergy MS plant + utility plumbing.

Senior Industrial Pipefitter (Chevron / Ingalls)

$72,000–$108,000+ OT

Industrial pipefitter at Chevron Pascagoula Refinery + Ingalls Shipbuilding · OBBBA OT applies

Senior Master Plumber (Commercial)

$68,000–$98,000+ OT

Master plumber at MS commercial construction · MS State Board of Plumbing master license

Senior Master Plumber (Residential / Service)

$58,000–$88,000+ OT

Master plumber at MS residential service + retrofit · post-Katrina + Camille insurance rebuild

Senior Mechanical Foreman / Superintendent

$78,000–$125,000+ TC

Mech foreman at MS construction · Brasfield & Gorrie + Yates Construction + multi-trade leadership

Senior UA Local Journeyman

$62,000–$88,000+ OT + benefits

UA Local 619 Pascagoula + UA Local 569 Jackson · scale + Davis-Bacon prevailing wage

Senior Plumbing Inspector / MS Plumbing Board

$52,000–$78,000+

MS State Board of Plumbing Examiners inspector + parish + city building inspector · MS state

Senior Plumbing Contractor / Owner

$85,000–$195,000+

MS plumbing contractor owner · Jackson + Gulfport + Tupelo + Hattiesburg · book of business

Senior Apprenticeship Instructor

$52,000–$78,000+

UA Local + ABC MS apprenticeship instructor · MS Office of Apprenticeship

Mid-Level Plumber (3-5 yrs)

$45,000–$68,000+ OT

Journeyman MS plumber · MS State Board of Plumbing journeyman license · transitioning to senior

Apprentice Plumber (0-3 yrs)

$28,000–$45,000+

MS plumbing apprentice · UA Local + ABC MS + MS community college · entry band

Worth knowing: Mississippi's substantial Pascagoula petrochemical + shipbuilding industrial pipefitting market is one of the country's most distinctive concentrated US Gulf Coast industrial pipefitting demand clusters in MS and a feature most national plumber compensation surveys understate for MS. Chevron Pascagoula Refinery (~330K bpd, the country's 9th US refinery by capacity + the largest US East Coast refinery + substantial process unit pipefitting demand) + Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula (~11K, the largest MS private employer + the largest US Navy shipbuilder + substantial shipbuilding marine pipefitting demand across propulsion + auxiliary + fluid systems) supports substantial concentrated MS industrial pipefitting + ASME + B31.3 process piping + carbon steel + stainless + duplex + alloy 825 + nickel alloy specialty pipefitting + extensive turnaround season work + shipbuilding marine pipefitting work at $72-108K + OT premium. UA Local 619 Pascagoula (Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 619 covering Mississippi Gulf Coast including Pascagoula + Gulfport + Biloxi + Mobile-Pascagoula joint operations with UA Local 198) + UA Local 569 Jackson provide substantial MS union pipefitter + plumber training + Davis-Bacon prevailing wage work + multi-employer pension support. MS Associated Builders & Contractors (ABC) Mississippi Chapter + ABC Mississippi Gulf Coast operate substantial merit-shop apprenticeship + training in MS's RTW state (MS RTW since 1954 + among the country's earliest US RTW states). MS State Board of Plumbing Examiners licenses MS plumbers at journeyman + master tiers requiring substantial apprenticeship + exam + experience hours. The substantial post-Hurricane Katrina + Camille + Frederic hurricane rebuild work supports substantial MS Coast residential + commercial plumbing reconstruction + MS Mississippi Insurance Department claims work. MS flat 4.0% by 2026 + MS personal exemption $6,000 single + no state estate tax + MS RTW since 1954 + MS retirement income FULL EXEMPTION. The 2025 No Tax on Overtime federal deduction applies through 2028.

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