Jobs / Construction, installation, and repair / 47-2151.00
Pipelayers
Lay pipe for storm or sanitation sewers, drains, and water mains. Perform any combination of the following tasks: grade trenches or culverts, position pipe, or seal joints.
- US jobs
- 33,050
- Median wage
- $49,000 a year
- Job family
- Construction, installation, and repair
Can agents do the work of pipelayers?
We read the evidence for the whole job family, Construction, installation, and repair: Unmeasured (no change in 12 months)
No direct benchmark gives a success rate.
0% of this occupation's work, by O*NET work activities, is measured by a direct benchmark.
- 28%Perform general construction or extraction activitiesNot measured
- 12%Install plumbing or piping equipment or systemsNot measured
- 9%Cut materialsNot measured
- 7%Drill holes in earth or materialsNot measured
- 7%Position tools or equipmentNot measured
- 7%Inspect completed work or finished productsNot measured
- 5%Inspect commercial, industrial, or production systems or equipmentNot measured
- 4%Maintain facilities or equipmentNot measured
Unmeasured territory
No benchmark in this atlas covers this work yet.
Typical tasks
From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.
- Grade or level trench bases, using tamping machines or hand tools.
- Dig trenches to desired or required depths, by hand or using trenching tools.
- Cut pipes to required lengths.
- Install or use instruments such as lasers, grade rods, or transit levels.
- Cover pipes with earth or other materials.
- Connect pipe pieces and seal joints, using welding equipment, cement, or glue.
- Install or repair sanitary or stormwater sewer structures or pipe systems.
- Check slopes for conformance to requirements, using levels or lasers.
- Align and position pipes to prepare them for welding or sealing.
- Lay out pipe routes, following written instructions or blueprints and coordinating layouts with supervisors.
- Tap and drill holes into pipes to introduce auxiliary lines or devices.
- Operate mechanized equipment, such as pickup trucks, rollers, tandem dump trucks, front-end loaders, or backhoes.
Other job titles for this occupation (30)
Pipelayer · Tailman · Cast Iron Drain Pipe Layer · Drain Layer · Drain Tiler · Pipe Assembly Worker · Pipe Caulker · Pipe Connector · Pipe Cutter · Pipe Fitter · Pipe Installer · Pipe Layer · Pipe Liner · Pipe Setter · Pipe Wrapping Machine Operator · Pipelaying Fitter · Pipeman · Piper · Sewer Connector · Sewer Layer · Sewer Pipe Layer · Stormwater Technician (Stormwater Tech) · Tile Conduit Layer · Trench Pipe Layer · Underground Pipe Layer · Underground Utility Locator · Utilities Layer · Utility Layer · Utility Pipe Layer · Water Main Pipe Layer