| If youre thinking that the cost of that trade school, and | | | | equipment industry make approximately 19.85 per hour, |
| its plumbing training, might not be worth the cost of | | | | while those in construction of utility systems earn about |
| attending, think again. | | | | 18.29 per hour. |
| In the United States the median hourly pay for pipe | | | | Local government pays the lowest of these |
| layers was 13.68 - and that was for the last year the | | | | categories - 16.30 per hour. |
| wages were studied - 2004. The wages have gone | | | | Apprentices, those still taking part in on-the-job |
| up some since that time. The lowest ten percent, | | | | plumbing training earn approximately half of the going |
| those just starting out their on-the-job plumbing training, | | | | media wage for experienced plumbers, pipe layers, |
| made only 9.19 per hour on average, while the highest | | | | steam fitters or pipe fitters. As their skills improve their |
| 10 percent earned over 25.07. | | | | wages increase. After a predetermined waiting period, |
| Whats important to keep in mind about these figures, | | | | these plumbing training apprentices receive benefits |
| too, is that these are for all plumbers who, either in the | | | | equal to their experienced co-workers. |
| midst of training, or having completed it, work for other | | | | The ten best known schools in the United States and |
| plumbing or related companies. Plumbers who work for | | | | Canada that offer plumbing training are Everest |
| themselves may earn as much as 130 per hour. Of | | | | Institute in Houston Texas, National Institute of |
| course, these are generally folks who are paying the | | | | Technology in Long Beach Texas, Wyotech in |
| overhead costs of the business, and perhaps people | | | | Fremont, Calif., New England Institute of Technology in |
| who work under them so its not all gravy. | | | | Warwick Rhode Island, Pennco Tech in Bristol Pa., |
| Plumbing employees, once training has been | | | | Vatterott Colleges with two campuses in Missouri, |
| completed, start out with some variation in wages | | | | Vancouver Career College with seven different |
| depending on which industry they work in. If they are | | | | locations in Canadas British Columbia, Eastwick |
| employed in natural gas distribution, for example, they | | | | Colleges in Patterson New Jersey, the online |
| make the highest hourly wage - 23.86. Those | | | | Professional Career Development Institute PCDI and |
| employed in the area of construction of non-residential | | | | Penn Foster Career School which is also entirely |
| buildings earn a median U.S. wage of 21.55 per hour. | | | | distance learning and Web-based. |
| Plumbers working for contractors in the building | | | | |