How much do UK plumbers earn?

[olivia jayden]

How much do salaried, fully qualified plumbers earn each year in the UK? Also, do you need additional training to work as a plumber in Australia and/or the USA?

 

[king of pipes]

You wont get a answer to that question its so varied across the country, and yes you will need additional training to work in Australia or the US they do not recognise the qualifications you gain here as good enough and need to learn their ways of doing things. Kop

 

[hammers4spanner]

Well I'm a plumber so that automatically makes me one of the biggest earners in the country. Plumbers are so wealthy that we dont do holidays we buy the resorts.

Hope that gives an idea of what we earn.

 

[Phil]

If you work for Pimlico £100,000 + a year apparently, but alas that's London where £100,000 buys you a bag of chips and a taxi home.

 

[townfanjon]

How long is a piece of string ?
Location, age , experience, qualifications domestic, commercial I could go on ???

 

[Chuck]

How much do salaried, fully qualified plumbers earn each year in the UK? Also, do you need additional training to work as a plumber in Australia and/or the USA?

In the range £15k - £40k per year according to:

Plumber | Job profiles | National Careers Service

 

[Chalked]

If you work for Pimlico £100,000 + a year apparently, but alas that's London where £100,000 buys you a bag of chips and a taxi home.

Out of that you have to pay congestion charge, fuel for van and a commission back to Charlie

 

[Harvest Fields]

Out of that you have to pay congestion charge, fuel for van and a commission back to Charlie

Isnt Charlie American?

 

[Phil]

Charlie Mullins? Sounds Cockney to me..

Looking at that job list Chuck posted makes interesting reading although not accurate, I mean who here goes on roofs to mess with flashing?

 

[Chuck]

I mean who here goes on roofs to mess with flashing?

Yeah, that one is a blast from the past. Lead-work is the original plumber's skill, of course, but these days you'd be hard-pressed to find a plumber that can do it in the yellow pages. The last one I knew retired about a decade ago. Presumably there are people who still work on historic buildings who have the skills, but I don't come across them.

 

[Phil]

I work for a lot of teachers and I don't know how I feel, the primary school teachers come home at 3:30pm and head straight for the sofa and TV while I graft upstairs till 6pm then off to another job, secondary school teachers tend to do a lot more work.

 

[Rob Foster]

Most good experienced plumbers who are self employed earn...enough to have
A decent house, pay off a mortgage in 20 years, wife who also works, two newish vehicles - new decent car and work van, 3 kids , holidays and takeaways roast dinners on Sunday and work 5.5 days 48 weeks a year
And damaged knees at 58
centralheatking

 

[Harvest Fields]

Most good experienced plumbers who are self employed earn...enough to have
A decent house, pay off a mortgage in 20 years, wife who also works, two newish vehicles - new decent car and work van, 3 kids , holidays and takeaways roast dinners on Sunday and work 5.5 days 48 weeks a year
And damaged knees at 58
centralheatking

By 58. My knees are done now.

 

[Old Account]

By 58. My knees are done now.

Ouch, how old are you harvest? Did you have any operations done?

 

[Harvest Fields]

No mate. Not yet. I’m 36 ish

 

[Old Account]

No mate. Not yet. I’m 36 ish

Thats good. I Dont know anyone who had a operation and said it really helped. 36 matę is bery young , a lot of years to go ahead

 

[king of pipes]

Hard old game it definitely takes its toll on your body its why i gave up commercial would of ended up in a wheel chair . Kop

 

[gmartine]

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[Phil]

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I think you've typed that into the wrong box gmartine, the search engine is at the top. Enjoy!

 

[Rob Foster]

Charlie Mullins? Sounds Cockney to me..

Looking at that job list Chuck posted makes interesting reading although not accurate, I mean who here goes on roofs to mess with flashing?

Pimlico Plumbers

 

[Best]

I work for a lot of teachers and I don't know how I feel, the primary school teachers come home at 3:30pm and head straight for the sofa and TV while I graft upstairs till 6pm then off to another job, secondary school teachers tend to do a lot more work.

Definitely school teaching is one of the most moaned about professions from those that work in it.
Yet, they work few hours, get a fairly large salary, good work pension and very long holidays.
I think their problem is almost all of them have no experience of other work because they have went from university to teaching.
I actually like working for teachers because they are not short of money.

 

[Phil]

Yes I'd hate to be a teacher but damn,13 weeks paid holiday and a good pension.