City of San Jose / Public Works / Plumber
Job-title file
Operate, maintain, and repair equipment or facilities, performing skilled hands-on work.
3 employees hold this title in Public Works. Median total compensation for the role is $173,131, above the department median of $132,393.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA area, the median wage for Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters — about 3,830 people — is $107,560. Public Works pays a median base salary of $122,502 for this role, 14% above that figure — about the 58th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters across every employer in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Public Works’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters — about 465,840 people — is $63,800. Public Works’s median base salary is 92% above that national figure, above the 90th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Public Works is $173,131, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 25 jurisdictions. See Plumber across all of City of San Jose →
Median total compensation for comparable Plumber roles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.
Record list
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Plumber/Public Works
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Jose Huerta holds the role of Plumber at Public Works. In 2025, their total compensation was $189,546.
Plumber/Public Works
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Logan Osborne works as a Plumber for Public Works. Logan earned $173,131 in 2025.
Plumber/Public Works
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Felix Chavez works as a Plumber for Public Works. Felix earned $158,984 in 2025.