Plumbers, Pipefitters & Steamfitters salary in Spartanburg, SC

Median pay for plumbers, pipefitters & steamfitters in Spartanburg, SC: $51,500/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $37,010 – $73,740 · about 230 employed locally

Below the typical metro median ($59,690) by −$8,190 (-14%).

What it's really worth in Spartanburg

With Spartanburg's cost of living at 90 (US=100), that $51,500 has the buying power of about $56,913 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $61,955 · median home $279,792 · median rent $1,473/mo.

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How Spartanburg ranks for this job

On raw pay, Spartanburg, SC is 136th of the 187 metros we hold plumbers, pipefitters & steamfitters wages for. Once Spartanburg's cost of living is applied, it ranks 120th.

Pay and living costs are roughly in step here, so Spartanburg sits in much the same place whether you look at raw salary or spending power.

What that salary buys in Spartanburg

A median home in Spartanburg, SC costs $279,792 — about 5.4× this salary, against a typical US metro figure of 4.7×. Buying is harder here than in the average metro on this income.

Median rent of $1,473/mo works out at 34% of gross pay — above the conventional 30% affordability ceiling, so renting would stretch this salary.

Where plumbers, pipefitters & steamfitters earn more

Pay on its own is only half the picture, so each row shows what rent costs there relative to Spartanburg.

Metro	Median pay	vs Spartanburg	Rent vs Spartanburg
Chicago, IL	$101,560	+97%	1.5×
Kennewick, WA	$97,150	+89%	1.2×
Minneapolis, MN	$96,200	+87%	1.2×
Duluth, MN	$88,000	+71%	0.9×

Same job elsewhere in SC

Metro	Median pay	vs Spartanburg	Rent vs Spartanburg
Greenville, SC	$53,960	+5%	1×
Charleston, SC	$53,610	+4%	1.4×
Myrtle Beach, SC	$48,910	−5%	1.2×
Columbia, SC	$47,720	−7%	1×

Staying in SC keeps state income tax and licensing the same, which makes these the most directly comparable moves.

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