Pipefitter Statistics 2026: Job Market, Pay, Demand & Workforce

HVACHires had 317 open pipefitter listings from 188 employers on November 14, 2026.

66 were first posted in the previous 14 days and 202 in the previous 30 days.

At least 2.2% of pipefitter listings were part-time on November 14, 2026.

Listings that name no schedule are counted as full-time, so the real part-time share may be higher.

The benefit pipefitter listings named most often on November 14, 2026 was paid time off, in 43.5% of listings, followed by health insurance (41%).

A listing that does not mention a benefit may still offer it.

To browse the openings themselves, see all pipefitter listings.

The share of pipefitter listings on HVACHires that state pay went from 8.6% in the week of October 5, 2026 to 35.3% in the week of November 9, 2026.

Opening counts are not compared for this period because the number of employers posting on HVACHires changed by more than 15%, which reflects new listing sources rather than hiring.

The median pipefitter wage was $63,800 a year in May 2025, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS, SOC 47-2152, May 2025).

The 25th percentile was $50,190 and the 75th percentile $85,110 a year (BLS OEWS, SOC 47-2152, May 2025).

Employers hiring pipefitters on HVACHires advertise a median of $33.50 an hour across 98 employers on November 14, 2026; this is advertised pay, not earnings.

For BLS pay by percentile, see the pipefitter salary guide.

Texas had the most open pipefitter listings on November 14, 2026, with 53 (16.7% of the national total).

North Carolina followed with 27 (8.5%).

To browse the openings in one state, start with pipefitter openings in Texas.

188 employers had open pipefitter listings on HVACHires on November 14, 2026, and the five largest posted 23.7% of them.

146 employers (77.7%) had exactly one open pipefitter listing.

BLS counted 465,840 wage-and-salary jobs in plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters (SOC 47-2152) in May 2025, a count that excludes the self-employed (BLS OEWS).

330,570 of those jobs, 71%, were at plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in May 2025 (BLS OEWS, NAICS 238220; share calculated).

BLS projects employment of plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters (SOC 47-2152) to grow 6.8% from 2025 to 2035, against 3.5% for all occupations, with about 42,000 openings a year (BLS Employment Projections, 2025–35).

For what drives that projection, and whether the trade is short of workers, see the plumber job outlook.

For how to enter the field, see the pipefitter career guide.

Listing figures are computed from every active, paid pipefitter listing on HVACHires at the time shown, and refreshed every six hours.

Listings on a job board are not a random sample of all pipefitter jobs, so read them as a picture of current hiring, not of total employment.

Advertised pay is the midpoint of the range an employer posts, or its single figure, and hourly and annual postings are never converted into each other.

The headline is the employer median: each employer’s own median, then the median across employers, so a contractor or franchise network posting hundreds of openings counts once.

A pay figure needs at least 30 listings from 10 employers and is withheld when one employer posted more than half of them.

Federal figures come from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS May 2025 and Employment Projections 2025–35) and are quoted as published, with the year in each sentence.

OEWS wages cover wage-and-salary workers only and leave out overtime and the self-employed.

Trends compare weekly snapshots of HVACHires listings at least four weeks apart; opening counts are compared only when the number of employers posting moved less than 15%, and pay only when both weeks have at least 20 listings stating it.