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Average Pipelayers Salary in Ocala, FL

Pipelayers in Ocala, FL earn a median annual salary of $45,250, which is -7.7% compared to the national median. There are 90 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2025 estimates for Ocala, FL (metro area).

$45,250
Ocala, FL median annual wage
$22/hour median
-7.7%
Difference vs national median
National median is $49,000
90
Local employment
0.7 jobs per 1,000 workers
3.40
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally
Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$38,320
25th
$39,850
Median
$45,250
75th
$46,950
90th
$48,880

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Ocala, FL, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
95.2%
Exact metro RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$47,515
Goods: 96.2%
Services: 87.1%
Rents: 86.2%
Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

Metro Median annual wage Compare Employment
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI $93,550 Compare 90
Green Bay, WI $91,520 Compare 40
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI $90,880 Compare 40
Madison, WI $86,870 Compare 50
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $84,830 Compare 610
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $82,020 Compare 320

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Ocala, FL

Occupation Median annual wage LQ
Psychiatrists $396,200 1.94
Physicians, All Other $231,840 1.13
Family Medicine Physicians $224,500 1.45
Dentists, General $203,980 1.08
Nurse Anesthetists $203,850 1.99
Architectural And Engineering Managers $162,520 0.52
Sales Engineers $158,190 0.99
Optometrists $152,880 1.05

Ocala, FL has salary data for 316 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Psychiatrists.

Historical series

Trend for Pipelayers in Ocala, FL

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Pipelayers are projected to change by -4.1% from 2024 to 2034, with 2,400 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.