AZ — LAKE HAVASU CITY-KINGMAN, AZ

Plumber apprenticeships in Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ

Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ is a smaller U.S. metro. Here is what working as a plumber looks like locally.

KEY FACTS — LAKE HAVASU CITY-KINGMAN, AZ

Lake Havasu City-Kingman: ~17 of 230 (~7.6%) · market pressure 58/100 — Moderate pressure.

Plumber earning $100K+ annually in Lake Havasu City-Kingman
~17 of 230 (~7.6%) ±5

Confidence: medium. Annual labor earnings (W-2 wages + self-employment), not OEWS hourly-wage extrapolations.

Source: Census ACS 2024 5-year PUMS (state-rate projection onto metro OEWS employment).

OEWS six-figure baseline (plumber)
Insufficient data

Source: BLS OEWS.

Market pressure score (plumber, Lake Havasu City-Kingman)
58/100 — Moderate pressure

Confidence: low. Composite of projected annual openings, projected growth, and current $100K+ earnings rate. Not a direct vacancy count.

Source: Projections Central data; score computed by Prentice.

Bachelor’s+ in the Lake Havasu City-Kingman labor force
24K

Source: Census ACS 2022 5-year.

Competitive ratio ($100K+ earners / bachelor’s+)
7.1 per 10k

A framing, not a forecast. See methodology.

Numerator: ACS PUMS $100K+ annual earners.

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Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ is one of Arizona's labor markets for plumbers. This page collects what adults switching into a career as a plumber inside the Lake Havasu City-Kingman metro need first: how local pay compares to the state, what the available labor-market data says about six-figure work, and which statewide programs and licensing rules apply locally.

Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ plumbers earn a median of $49,060 (BLS OEWS Lake Havasu City-Kingman MSA, May 2024). For Arizona context, statewide pay runs from $18/hr at entry to $29/hr at the state median and $45/hr at the experienced end. Statewide headline: $60K avg salary. The Lake Havasu City-Kingman metro is a smaller U.S. MSA; local wages may run above or below the state median depending on sector mix.

Metro-level six-figure plumber counts for the Lake Havasu City-Kingman metro are not yet published; the estimate is suppressed or pending ingestion. ACS 2024 5-year PUMS estimates ~17 $100K+ annual earners (~7.6% of employed plumbers, ACS PUMS WAGP+SEMP). Projections Central long-term pressure score: 58/100 (Moderate, low confidence). Bachelor's-plus in the metro labor force: 24K (ACS 2022 5-year). For statewide context: Arizona shows ~1.3K of 12K (~10%). Sources: BLS OEWS, Census ACS PUMS, Projections Central, Census ACS.

Statewide plumber programs and employer-sponsored paths are listed on the Arizona programs page; none are flagged as metro-exclusive. Metro program and association references are inherited from sourced state pages unless a metro-exclusive entity is explicitly sourced. Treat them as orientation, not a complete local inventory, and verify current intake details with the statewide source or sponsor before relying. Licensing is set at the state level: Arizona rules apply in the Lake Havasu City-Kingman metro unless a local authority says otherwise. Metro pages use state-level licensing and program context unless a city, county, or sponsor rule is explicitly sourced. Verify current licensing, local add-ons, and sponsor requirements with the official state or local authority before relying. Smaller MSAs like the Lake Havasu City-Kingman metro often source plumber apprentices from a 60-mile radius into the nearest larger urban center; check with the state programs page for the closest active intake.

PLUMBER PAY SNAPSHOT — LAKE HAVASU CITY-KINGMAN, AZ

$49,060 (OEWS MSA-level median)

Source: BLS OEWS MSA cross-industry estimates. Where MSA-level data is suppressed or unpublished we fall back to the state median and label it explicitly.

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