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Plumbing price book: starting hours and parts for 12 jobs
The 12 jobs on Workeey's plumbing price book template, each with a starting number of hours, its main parts' retail price range (checked November 6, 2026) and a starting rate from government data. Open the price book builder to price them for your state with your own numbers.
How these numbers are made
The rate starts from government data on what employees are paid and what employers pay on top (BLS), turned into a self-employed rate by our hourly rate calculator's math; parts are retailers' online shelf prices we checked by hand on November 6, 2026, each with its link (a price from Ace Hardware or Menards is one store's online price, not a national one); job hours are starting guesses, so set your own. This is not what others charge.
The starting rate
The BLS median pay for Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (SOC 47-2152) nationally, May 2025: $30.67 an hour, $63,800 a year.
On top of pay, employers of natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations spend about 31.4% more on health and other insurance, retirement and payroll taxes (BLS Employer Costs for Employee Compensation, June 2026): $83,805 a year in all. Paid leave and supplemental pay (overtime, bonuses) are left out.
The hourly rate calculator treats that $83,805 as your profit before tax, sets 25% aside for income and self-employment tax ($62,854 to take home), adds $15,000 of business costs (van, fuel, insurance, tools, phone), and spreads the $98,805 over the 1,404 hours a year you can bill (48 weeks × 45 hours × 65% billable): $70.37 an hour.
So this starts from what the same work costs an employer, not from what an employee takes home.
That is the national starting point. In the price book builder pick your state, and your metro area where BLS publishes one, and the rate starts from that pay instead; or type your own.
The 12 jobs
| Hours | Parts, retail | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clear a sink drain (flat) | 1 | No parts listed | $70.37 |
| Clear a tub or shower drain (flat) | 1 | No parts listed | $70.37 |
| Main sewer line cleaning (flat) | 2 | No parts listed | $140.74 |
| Sewer camera inspection (flat) | 1.5 | No parts listed | $105.56 |
| Toilet repair (flat) | 1 | $4.48–$18.99 | $84.46 |
| Replace a toilet (flat) | 2.5 | $103.88–$277.47 | $404.74 |
| Replace a faucet (flat) | 1.5 | $39.00–$169.00 | $230.36 |
| Replace a shower valve (flat) | 3.5 | $89.99–$180.80 | $408.78 |
| Water heater repair (flat) | 1.5 | $8.89–$19.99 | $122.88 |
| Water heater replacement, 40–50 gal. tank (flat) | 4 | $499.99–$649.00 | $970.88 |
| Sump pump installation (flat) | 3 | $89.99–$389.99 | $499.10 |
| Gas line repair (flat) | 2.5 | No parts listed | $175.93 |
Hours are a typical estimate to start from, set your own. Parts are retailers' online shelf prices checked by hand on November 6, 2026, two or three products each, from cheaper to better (a price from Ace Hardware or Menards is one store's online price, not a national one); a job whose wording has the client supply the part starts its parts at $0. Price = hours × rate + parts × (1 + 20%). Not what others charge.
Rows on the template that are not jobs
The plumbing price book template also has rows that are charges or terms, not jobs, so the builder does not price them: service call, first hour included (a minimum charge, not a job); labor after the first hour (your hourly rate, set above); evenings and weekends (an after-hours charge, not a job).
Sources
- BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (47-2152); data read November 6, 2026
- BLS Employer Costs for Employee Compensation, June 2026, natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations; read November 6, 2026
- IRS standard mileage rate, 2026 (travel in the builder)
- 42 retailer product pages, each listed with its job above and the date it was checked
Keep your prices in Workeey
Keep your prices in Workeey: put your hourly rate and parts markup in its rates once, and every line you type on an estimate with a name and a price is saved and offered on the next one, so your price book builds itself as you quote. Start free.