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WASHINGTON · PLUMBER · REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIPS

Plumbing apprenticeships in Washington: where each ladder starts and what the top rung pays.

7programs on the registry
$15.68 to $36.36pay on day one, per hour
$33.73 to $77.21journey rates, per hour
5 / 2 / 0union / non-union / not stated

Seven active programs sit on Washington's registry (the state's official program list), all drawn to one dollar scale so the heights compare honestly. The bottom of each ladder is pay on day one; the top is the journey rate. Check the address on a program's registration before you go: it's usually an office or a hall, not a job site. These figures are the registry's own. The registry also lists pipefitter, steamfitter and marine pipefitter programs. They're not on this page: their hours reach no state license on the licensing page.

01 THE BOARD

Puget Sound and the Peninsula

4 programs · journey rates $33.73 to $77.21/hr · Renton · Lakewood · Bellevue · Olympia

HOW TO READ THIS BOARD

  • TOP RUNGthe journey rate, what a fully qualified worker is paid
  • BOTTOM RUNGwhat you are paid on day one
  • ONE RUNGfive dollars an hour
  • ONE WALLevery ladder is drawn on the same $0 to $80 scale, so you can compare any two by eye
  • # RANKprograms numbered by journey rate, highest first, straight from the registry's figures
  • THE CHIPthe shop type the registration states: union or non-union. Where it states neither, the chip says not stated.
  • RULED LINES$20 apart, on every card
  • THE FIGURESboth ends of every ladder are the registry's published rates. The dates are in the sources below.

#01RENTONUNION

Seattle Area Plumbers Housing Plumbers Pipefitters HVAC-Service Controls Technician/Refrigeration Mechanics and Marine Pipefitters Apprenticeship Committee

spans all 4 occupations

$77.21journey$36.36day one

#02LAKEWOODNON-UNION

Aries Mechanical Inc. Apprenticeship Committee

Plumber

$56.50journey$28.25day one

#03BELLEVUENON-UNION

Construction Industry Training Council of Washington - Plumber

Plumber

$54.65journey$21.86day one

#04OLYMPIAUNION

Department of Social & Health Services Trades Apprenticeship Program

Plumber

$33.73journey$23.61day one

Northwest Washington

1 program · journey rate $70.22/hr · Burlington

#01BURLINGTONUNION

Greater Western Washington Pipe Trades Apprenticeship Committee

spans both occupations

$70.22journey$21.21day one

Eastern Washington

2 programs · journey rates $51.39 to $65.20/hr · Pasco · Spokane

#01PASCOUNION

Eastern Washington - Northeast Oregon Pipe Trades Apprenticeship Committee

spans both occupations

$65.20journey$15.68day one

#02SPOKANEUNION

Inland Empire Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry Apprenticeship Training Committee

spans both occupations

$51.39journey$23.13day one

Each card opens that program's page, and the page links the program's own listing on L&I ARTS; the listing carries the program's current contact. This site publishes no contacts.

02 THE LICENSE

The hours you work in any of these programs count toward Washington's experience requirements. The licensing page lists the exams, the fees and the forms, with a source for each.

The Washington plumber licensing page →

03 SOURCES

  • data.wa.gov/resource/4mxd-hz2q.json · L&I ARTS, programs · read 2026-08-19
  • data.wa.gov/resource/6zih-i79k.json · L&I ARTS, occupations and wage scales · read 2026-08-19

skilledladder · figures are the registry's own · nothing on this page is advice