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Allegheny County

Allegheny County Health Department, Plumbing Program

In short

Allegheny County Health Department, Plumbing Program issues 3 permits we publish for Allegheny County, last verified 2026-09-30. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.

What this agency issues

Permits required, with issuing agency, fee, renewal term and the date each record was last verified against its source
Plumbing Fixture and Ancillary Feesonly if it applies to youAllegheny County Health Department, Plumbing Program$22 per fixture, per permitper permit2026-09-30
Plumbing Permit (Plan Review by Fixture Count)only if it applies to youAllegheny County Health Department, Plumbing Program$80–$985 plan review by fixture count — Level 1 (0-5 fixtures) $80; Level 2 (6-50) $117; Level 3 (51-100) $218; Level 4 (101-200) $425; Level 5 (201+) $985per permit2026-09-30
Plumber License (Master, Journeyman, Apprentice)Allegheny County Health Department, Plumbing Program$22–$375 Master license $375/year, Journeyman license $125/year, Apprentice card $22 (one-time); Master exam fee $265, Journeyman exam fee $133annual for Master and Journeyman licenses; the Apprentice card and exam fees are one-time2026-09-30

Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.

About each permit

Plumbing Fixture and Ancillary Fees

On top of the plan-review fee listed separately for this jurisdiction, ACHD's Plumbing Fee Schedule (effective January 1, 2023, still current) charges $22 per fixture on every plumbing permit. Related flat fees on the same schedule include a $27 fixture-replacement card, a $48 site-work fee for private storm, sanitary or water line work of 2 inches or more up to 125 feet (plus $45 per additional 125 feet), a $75 module fee, and a $75 re-inspection fee. Late payment adds $144 within 72 hours of the due date or $280 after that, and inspections scheduled outside normal hours cost $360 for evenings and Saturdays or $705 for Sundays.

Plumbing Permit (Plan Review by Fixture Count)

Any of the ten industries this site tracks doing new construction or a remodel involving fixture work in Allegheny County needs a plumbing permit from ACHD's Plumbing Program, priced here by fixture-count level per the Plumbing Fee Schedule that took effect January 1, 2023 and, on a re-check of the county's own live PDF, is still the current schedule in force. This applies county-wide including inside the City of Pittsburgh — ACHD's own Plumbing Program page names Pittsburgh's Department of Permits, Licenses, and Inspections only as a source of complaint referrals into ACHD's process, confirming Pittsburgh runs no plumbing program of its own and goes through ACHD like every other municipality. A legacy provision may allow some other municipality that already ran its own plumbing administration before Article XV to continue doing so, but no current source names any such municipality, so none is excluded from this record's scope.

Plumber License (Master, Journeyman, Apprentice)

Anyone practicing the plumbing trade in Allegheny County — relevant to the contractor industry — is individually licensed by ACHD's Plumbing Program under the same fee schedule that has been in effect since January 1, 2023: a Master license is $375 per year, a Journeyman license is $125 per year, and an Apprentice card is a one-time $22. Sitting the licensing exam is a separate one-time cost: $265 for the Master exam and $133 for the Journeyman exam. This individual trade license is separate from, and required in addition to, the plumbing permits a contractor's employer applies for on any given job.

Contact

Jurisdiction
Allegheny County
Phone
412-578-8036

Contact details are taken from the agency’s own site or its published fee schedule. Where we have not verified a phone number we leave it blank rather than guess.

Sources

Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.

  1. ACHD Health Department Regulations index (current articles, including Article XV, Plumbing and Building Drainage)Allegheny County Health Department · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-30
  2. ACHD Plumbing Fee Schedule (effective January 1, 2023, reconfirmed current)Allegheny County Health Department · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-30
  3. ACHD Plumbing Program main pageAllegheny County Health Department · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-30

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