Plumber Jobs in Shapleigh, Maine
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Plumber work in Shapleigh, Maine
Plumbers install and repair water supply, drain, waste and vent piping, fixtures, water heaters and the piping that serves them. Shapleigh is in York County, whose county seat is Alfred and whose population was 211,972 in 2020. TradeHire shows postings at county level, so this page lists every plumber opening in York County, not only those in Shapleigh itself.
24.3% of the housing units in York County were built before 1950 and the median home was built in 1980 (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.
- Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery does overhaul, refueling and modernization work for the Navy and had more than 6,500 federal employees as of November 2021.
- MaineHealth runs Maine Medical Center campuses in Biddeford and Sanford, and York Hospital is an independent hospital in York.
- The University of New England, home to Maine's only medical school, is in Biddeford.
What plumber work pays around Shapleigh
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2025 estimates) counts plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters in the Portland-South Portland area at 1,740 jobs with a median wage of $31.01 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 York County
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Sources: api.censusreporter.org · en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · bls.gov · maine.gov