Plumber Jobs in Appleton, Maine
2 Plumber jobs hiring now in Appleton, Maine — verified TradeHire employers plus openings sourced from around the web.
Journeyman Plumber
Knox County, ME · Plumber · field
Journeyman Plumber position based in Knox County, ME. Full-Time role. Journeyman Plumber license required. Works on a team. Closely supervised. Rooftop work: never. Local daily driving. Weekend work: no. 20 PTO days/year. Health insurance offered. Vision plan offered. Dental plan offered. 401(k) offered. $150/yr tool allowance. $150/yr boot allowance. Company vehicle provided.
Journeyman-in-Training Plumber
Knox County, ME · Plumber · field
Plumber position based in Knox County, ME. Full-Time role. Journeyman-in-Training Plumber license required. Works on a team. Closely supervised. Rooftop work: never. Local daily driving. Weekend work: no. 25 PTO days/year. Health insurance offered. Vision plan offered. Dental plan offered. 401(k) offered. $150/yr tool allowance. $150/yr boot allowance. Company vehicle provided.
Plumber work in Appleton, Maine
Plumbers install and repair water supply, drain, waste and vent piping, fixtures, water heaters and the piping that serves them. Appleton is in Knox County, whose county seat is Rockland and whose population was 40,607 in 2020. TradeHire shows postings at county level, so this page lists every plumber opening in Knox County, not only those in Appleton itself.
35.8% of the housing units in Knox County were built before 1950 and the median home was built in 1974 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates). Older buildings mean galvanized and cast-iron piping reaching the end of its life, and Maine winters make frozen-pipe repairs and well-and-septic work a regular part of the job outside the sewered towns.
- Pen Bay Medical Center (MaineHealth) is in Rockport, next to Rockland.
- The Maine State Ferry Service runs three ferry routes out of the Rockland Ferry Terminal.
- About 32.9% of the county's housing units were built before 1940, the highest share of any Maine county (ACS 2020-2024).
What plumber work pays around Appleton
The 2 verified TradeHire postings on this page offer from $35.00 up to $39.00 an hour, as entered by the employers.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2025 estimates) counts plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters in the Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area area at 390 jobs with a median wage of $30.09 an hour; statewide 2,710 jobs, a $30.77 median, and a range of $23.13 (10th percentile) to $38.83 (90th percentile). Check your own number with the trade wage calculator.
Licenses employers ask for
- The Plumbers' Examining Board licenses Master, Journeyman, Trainee and Journeyman-in-Training plumbers; a trainee license requires only a completed application.
- Journeyman-in-Training requires a one-year (2-semester) plumbing course at a board-approved community college or a two-year career and technical education plumbing course, and a score of 70% or higher on the journeyman exam.