Plumber Jobs in Brownville, Maine
2 Plumber jobs hiring now in Brownville, Maine — verified TradeHire employers plus openings sourced from around the web.
Trainee Plumber
Piscataquis County, ME · Plumber · field
Trainee Plumber position based in Piscataquis County, ME. Full-Time role. Trainee Plumber license required. Works mix of both. Closely supervised. Rooftop work: never. Local daily driving. Weekend work: sometimes. 23 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 Plumber
Piscataquis County, ME · Plumber · field
Journeyman-in-Training Plumber position based in Piscataquis 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.
Plumber work in Brownville, Maine
Plumbers install and repair water supply, drain, waste and vent piping, fixtures, water heaters and the piping that serves them. Brownville is in Piscataquis County, whose county seat is Dover-Foxcroft and whose population was 16,800 in 2020. TradeHire shows postings at county level, so this page lists every plumber opening in Piscataquis County, not only those in Brownville itself.
26.1% of the housing units in Piscataquis County were built before 1950 and the median home was built in 1978 (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.
- Northern Light Mayo Hospital is in Dover-Foxcroft and Northern Light CA Dean Hospital is in Greenville.
- About 20.2% of occupied homes in the county heat mainly with wood, the highest share of any Maine county (ACS 2020-2024).
- Millinocket, just outside the county, averages about 8,351 heating degree days a year (1991-2020 NOAA normals).
What plumber work pays around Brownville
The 2 verified TradeHire postings on this page offer from $27.00 up to $35.50 an hour, as entered by the employers.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2025 estimates) counts plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters in the Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area area at 120 jobs with a median wage of $30.26 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.