Plumber apprenticeships in Florida
To become a plumber in Florida, you can start in a registered apprenticeship (a paid job with training). You can compare 19 plumbing programs registered with the Florida Department of Education (FDOE) by what they pay.
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Pay on day one
$15.90 an hour
About $640 a week at 40 hours. Programs range from $7.00 to $25.28 an hour.
Pay at completion
$28.37 an hour
About $1,130 a week at 40 hours: your hourly pay by the time you complete the program. Programs range from $13.50 to $42.13 an hour.
The middle of the 19 programs: half pay more and half pay less. Each program counts once, whatever its size.
Note: At 8 of these programs, the listed pay on day one is lower than Florida's minimum wage. Your employer must pay you at least the minimum wage.
How to get in
Pick 2 or 3 programs near you
Use the list below. Each program's page says what it pays and how long it takes.
See the programsAsk each one when it takes applications
Each program takes applications on its own schedule. Each program's page links to where the state lists how to reach it.
Find a program near you
All 19 programs with published pay, grouped by area, with the highest pay at completion first.
19 programs
- Pay at completionBest pay when you complete, first
- Pay on day oneBest pay when you start, first
- Name, A to Z
All programs
19 programs
Pay at completion $13.50 to $42.13 an hour. West Palm Beach, Tampa, Jacksonville, Miami Lakes, Orlando, Daytona Beach, Margate and more.
- Palm Beach County Plumbing, Air Conditioning And Pipefitting JATCWest Palm BeachPlumber, the highest paid of 2 occupationsPay at completion $42.13 an hour$25.28 on day one
- Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 123 Apprenticeship Training TrustTampaPipe Fitter (Construction), 1 of 2 occupationsPay at completion $36.35 an hour$21.81 on day one
- Jacksonville Plumbers & Pipefitters JATTJacksonvillePipe Fitter (Construction), the highest paid of 2 occupationsPay at completion $35.09 an hour$19.30 on day one
- Northeast Florida Builders Association GNJJacksonvillePlumberPay at completion $32.14 an hour$16.07 on day one
- Miami-dade Plumbers Joint Apprentice & Educational CommitteeMiami LakesPlumberPay at completion $31.93 an hour$17.88 on day one
- Orlando Plumbers & Pipefitters JACOrlandoPipe Fitter (Construction), 1 of 2 occupationsPay at completion $30.70 an hour$16.89 on day one
- Daytona Beach Plumbers & Pipefitters JACDaytona BeachPipe Fitter (Construction), the highest paid of 2 occupationsPay at completion $30.15 an hour$16.58 on day one
- School Board Of Broward County Physical Plant OperationsMargatePlumberPay at completion $28.88 an hour$24.07 on day one
- Florida Gulf Coast Chapter ABC, Inc., GNJTampaPlumber, the highest paid of 2 occupationsPay at completion $28.87 an hour$15.88 on day one
- Associated Builders & Contractors Central Fla Chpt - Plumbing Industry Professional Education, GNJOrlandoPlumberPay at completion $28.37 an hour$14.18 on day one
- Tri-county Apprenticeship Academy GNJFt. MyersPlumber, the highest paid of 2 occupationsPay at completion $27.00 an hour$13.50 on day one
- Builders Association of North Central Florida Apprenticeship Program GNJGainesvillePlumberPay at completion $26.73 an hour$14.70 on day one
- Tharp Plumbing Systems Apprenticeship Program INJOrlandoPlumberPay at completion $26.50 an hour$15.90 on day one
- Acra-local 725 JATCMiamiPipe Fitter (Construction)Pay at completion $26.06 an hour$16.50 on day one
- Florida Training Services ApprenticeshipPalm Beach GardensPlumberPay at completion $22.99 an hour$13.31 on day one
- United Service Training Corp GNJOakland ParkPlumberPay at completion $22.95 an hour$13.50 on day one
- Locklin Technical College Apprenticeship Program, GNJMiltonPlumberPay at completion $19.94 an hour$13.75 on day one
- Manasota PHCC Plumbing Apprenticeship Program, Inc.SarasotaPlumberPay at completion $18.00 an hour$9.00 on day one
- City of St. Petersburg IJWSaint PetersburgPipe Fitter (Construction)Pay at completion $13.50 an hour$7.00 on day one
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Your hours count toward a license
Florida doesn't issue a state license to individual plumbers. A city or county can issue you a journeyman license, and completing a registered apprenticeship meets one of the requirements for it.
Sources
- FloridaCommerce, the Florida minimum wage rate in force
- Florida Department of Education, apprenticeship sponsor roster, programs and occupations
- Florida Department of Education, annual apprenticeship report, Appendix G wage progression
- Florida Constitution article X section 24, the state minimum wage
Pay: Each program pays you from day one. FDOE reports your pay on day one and your pay at completion (your hourly pay by the time you complete the program) as yearly figures. The hourly rates are the yearly figures divided by 2,080 hours.
FDOE lists 46 programs under its occupation code for plumbers, and its annual report doesn't give pay for 24 of them. To find out what one of those programs pays, ask the program.
FDOE files fire sprinkler fitter programs under its occupation code for plumbers. The ones with published pay are listed with the Florida sprinkler fitter apprenticeships.
Every bar uses the same scale. The city is the one on the program's registration, and it's often an office or a union hall.
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