1-1/4 x 3 Black Nipple
$1.46 – $1.47 per ea
Median $1.46
How much does 1-1/4 x 3 black nipple cost?
Contractors are currently paying $1.46 to $1.47 per ea, with a median of $1.46. That range is the middle half of actual invoiced prices over the last 12 months — the cheapest and most expensive outliers are excluded, because one mis-keyed line item shouldn't define what you think a fair price is.
If you're paying above $1.47 per ea, you're in the top quarter of what other contractors pay for the same item — worth a conversation with your supplier.
What drives the price
- Size and material. The single biggest factor, and why we price at this level of detail rather than lumping every nipple together.
- Supplier. The same item can differ meaningfully in price between suppliers in the same market, which is a large part of why this range has width at all.
- Order volume. Counter pickups price differently from a scheduled bulk delivery.
- When you bought. Prices drift. This is a trailing 12-month window, so it reflects the current market rather than a historical average.
Related nipple prices
| Product | Typical range | Median |
|---|---|---|
| NPBL1030 1 x 3 Black Nipple | $1.12 – $1.12 / ea | $1.12 |
| 1X4" BLACK NIPPLE | $1.38 – $1.57 / ea | $1.38 |
| 1-1/2 ×7 GALV STE | $2.62 – $5.52 / ea | $3.15 |
| 1 x Close Black Nipple | $0.96 – $0.96 / ea | $0.96 |
| 3/4 x 3 Black Nipple | $0.80 – $0.91 / ea | $0.80 |
| 2 x 5 Galvanized Nipple | $4.25 – $5.12 / ea | $4.25 |
| NGL1550 1-1/2 x 5" GALVANIZED NIPPLE | $3.16 – $3.16 / ea | $3.16 |
| 2 x 3 Galvanized Nipple | $2.74 – $2.74 / ea | $2.74 |
| 3/4X4" BLACK NIPPLE | $1.00 – $1.13 / ea | $1.00 |
| 1-1/2 x 3 Galvanized Nipple | $2.06 – $2.06 / ea | $2.06 |
| NPBR2030 2" x 3" Brass Nipple | $15.89 – $17.98 / ea | $17.80 |
| 1/2X3" BLACK NIPPLE | $0.68 – $0.73 / ea | $0.68 |
How we know this
These figures come from real invoices processed through CostCrunch, not list prices or survey data. We normalise each line to a price per unit, exclude the top and bottom 1% as outliers, and we publish what we have for the last 12 months and say how thin it is. Where a figure rests on very few purchases, a single supplier or a single company, that is noted alongside it — those are one buyer's experience rather than a market rate — below that, an average says more about one buyer than about the market.
Check your own invoices against these prices — CostCrunch reads every line item and flags anything above market.