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What pipefitters make
Median
$63,800
Apprentice
$44,150
Top tenth
$108,420
The national median is $63,800 a year, and the bottom tenth start near $44,150. The federal survey counts plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters as one group, and the apprentices in that group pull the low end down. Industrial pipefitting in a union local sits near the top.