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Pipelayers
Lay pipe for storm or sanitation sewers, drains, and water mains. Perform any combination of the following tasks: grade trenches or culverts, position pipe, or seal joints.
What a pipelayer does
Become a pipelayer
If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good pipelayer
- Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
- Talking to others.
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
Discover what you could earn in Washington
- Typical hourly rate is $45 per hour with a typical salary of $88,500 per year.
- Half of workers earn between $30 and $53 per hour.
- Half of workers earn an annual salary between $16,300 and $84,000 per year.
- 41% of individuals in this occupation have been employed in every quarter of the past year.
Part-time
- The typical hourly rate for part-time workers is $47 per hour with a typical salary of $59,200 per year.
- 52.2% of individuals in this occupation worked part-time during the past year.
Pipelayer job outlook
- There are 1,253 workers in this occupation in Washington.
- There are 120 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.
Multiple Jobs
- 1% of individuals in this occupation worked for more than one employer.
- 23% of individuals in this occupation held a position in another.