Plumber Jobs in Jackson, Maine
2 Plumber jobs hiring now in Jackson, Maine — verified TradeHire employers plus openings sourced from around the web.
Master Plumber
Waldo County, ME · Plumber · field
Plumber position based in Waldo County, ME. Full-Time role. Master Plumber license required. 5 years of experience preferred. Works independently. Minimal supervision. Rooftop work: never. Local daily driving. Weekend work: sometimes. On-call 3 days/month at $65/day. 35 PTO days/year. Health insurance offered. Vision plan offered. Dental plan offered. 401(k) offered. $350/yr tool allowance. $350/yr boot allowance. Company vehicle provided.
Trainee Plumber
Waldo County, ME · Plumber · field
Trainee Plumber position based in Waldo County, ME. Full-Time role. Trainee Plumber license required. Works on a team. Closely supervised. Rooftop work: occasionally. Local daily driving. Weekend work: no. 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.
Plumber work in Jackson, Maine
Plumbers install and repair water supply, drain, waste and vent piping, fixtures, water heaters and the piping that serves them. Jackson is in Waldo County, whose county seat is Belfast and whose population was 39,607 in 2020. TradeHire shows postings at county level, so this page lists every plumber opening in Waldo County, not only those in Jackson itself.
23.8% of the housing units in Waldo County were built before 1950 and the median home was built in 1982 (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.
- Searsport is Maine's second-largest deep-water port, with a rail-served cargo terminal at Mack Point.
- Front Street Shipyard opened a major boatbuilding and repair yard on Belfast Bay in 2013.
- Waldo County General Hospital (MaineHealth) is in Belfast.
What plumber work pays around Jackson
The 2 verified TradeHire postings on this page offer from $28.00 up to $58.50 an hour, as entered by the employers.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2025 estimates) counts plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters in the 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.