Plumber Jobs in Caribou, Maine
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Plumber work in Caribou, Maine
Plumbers install and repair water supply, drain, waste and vent piping, fixtures, water heaters and the piping that serves them. Caribou is in Aroostook County, with 7,396 residents at the 2020 Census. TradeHire shows postings at county level, so this page lists every plumber opening in Aroostook County, not only those in Caribou itself.
26.2% of the housing units in Caribou were built before 1950 and the median home was built in 1960 (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.
- Cary Medical Center is an independent hospital in Caribou.
- Caribou averages about 118 inches of snow and 9,048 heating degree days a year, with about 38 nights at or below 0°F (1991-2020 NOAA normals).
- About 77.2% of occupied homes in Caribou heat mainly with fuel oil or kerosene (ACS 2020-2024).
- The former Loring Air Force Base, which closed in 1994, is near Limestone and Caribou.
What plumber work pays around Caribou
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.
- The journeyman exam requires at least two years and 4,000 hours as a licensed trainee under a master plumber, or 2,000 hours as a licensed journeyman-in-training under a master plumber gained within four years.
- The master exam requires at least one year and 2,000 hours as a licensed journeyman, or at least four years and 8,000 hours as a licensed trainee under a master plumber; the license fee is $200 and it renews every two years.
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Plumber openings elsewhere in Aroostook County
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Sources: api.censusreporter.org · en.wikipedia.org · ncei.noaa.gov · en.wikipedia.org · bls.gov · maine.gov