# Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters

> Help plumbers, pipefitters, steamfitters, or pipelayers by performing duties requiring less skill. Duties include using, supplying, or holding materials or tools, and cleaning work area and equipment.

- Edition: Data verified Nov 2026 · CollegesRef 2026–27 edition
- Page: https://www.collegesref.com/careers/helpers-pipelayers-plumbers-pipefitters-and-steamfitters
- SOC code: 47-3015.00
- Career family: Construction and extraction
- Median annual pay: $42,360 (10th percentile $33,590, 90th percentile $57,780)
- Projected growth: As fast as average, +2.4%
- Openings a year: 4,400
- Typical entry education: High school diploma
- Bright outlook: no
- Data years: BLS 2025 wages · 2025–35 projections

## Interest profile (code RCS)

| Interest area | Score (0–100) |
| --- | ---: |
| Realistic (R) | 99 |
| Investigative (I) | 6 |
| Artistic (A) | 0 |
| Social (S) | 14 |
| Enterprising (E) | 4 |
| Conventional (C) | 44 |

## What you'd do

- Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials (importance 82/100)
- Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards (importance 78/100)
- Getting Information (importance 78/100)
- Handling and Moving Objects (importance 76/100)
- Thinking Creatively (importance 75/100)
- Performing General Physical Activities (importance 75/100)
- Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events (importance 73/100)
- Making Decisions and Solving Problems (importance 70/100)
- Controlling Machines and Processes (importance 69/100)
- Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge (importance 66/100)

## Skills

Active Listening, Critical Thinking, Judgment and Decision Making, Monitoring, Coordination, Active Learning, Complex Problem Solving, Repairing, Social Perceptiveness, Speaking

## Knowledge

Building and Construction, Customer and Personal Service, Mechanical, Mathematics, English Language, Administration and Management, Design, Engineering and Technology, Education and Training, Public Safety and Security

## Also called

Conduit Helper, Gas Main Fitter Helper, Hydraulic Plumber Helper, Industrial Gas Fitter Helper, Marine Pipefitter Helper, Marine Steam Fitter Helper, Pipe Coverer Helper, Pipe Fitter Helper, Pipefitter Helper, Plumber Apprentice

## Related careers

- [Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/plumbers-pipefitters-and-steamfitters): $63,800 median pay
- [Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/helpers-installation-maintenance-and-repair-workers): $39,630 median pay
- [Helpers--Electricians](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/helpers-electricians): $42,670 median pay
- [Helpers--Carpenters](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/helpers-carpenters): $43,780 median pay
- [Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/helpers-painters-paperhangers-plasterers-and-stucco-masons): $40,470 median pay
- [Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/helpers-brickmasons-blockmasons-stonemasons-and-tile-and-marble-setters): $47,550 median pay

## Sources

- [O*NET Database](https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html), version 31.0 (CC BY 4.0)
- [BLS Employment Projections](https://www.bls.gov/emp/tables.htm), version 2025-35, data year 2025 (Public domain (U.S. government work))
- [BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics](https://www.bls.gov/oes/tables.htm), version 2025, data year 2025 (Public domain (U.S. government work))
- [NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk](https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cipcode/resources.aspx?y=56), version 2020, data year 2020 (Public domain (U.S. government work))

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