Sample report · Home Services & Skilled Trades
Skilled Trades & Home Services
HVAC, plumbing, and electrical labor data
Skilled-trade hiring grew from 210,000 to 492,000 unique US postings per year between 2022 and 2025, with all three trades converging on a $67,600 median posted wage, up 30%. The workforce pipeline is visible in the postings: about one in ten plumbing and electrical postings is an apprenticeship opening, and requirement extraction shows the driver's license (623K postings) dwarfing every trade license as the effective hiring gate.
Trade postings
1.75M+
HVAC + plumbing + electrical, since 2022
Median posted wage
$67.6K
2026 YTD, +30% vs 2022
Apprenticeship postings
111K+
7.2% of trade postings since 2023
Unique US postings per quarter by trade
Median posted wage by trade
| Year | HVAC | Plumbing | Electrical |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $52,000 | $52,000 | $51,870 |
| 2023 | $60,000 | $57,200 | $60,050 |
| 2024 | $63,440 | $62,400 | $63,440 |
| 2025 | $64,480 | $63,585 | $65,972 |
| 2026 (H1) | $67,600 | $67,600 | $67,600 |
Inside the full report
- Demand by trade, annual and quarterly, through the 2022-2025 doubling
- Wage inflation: +30% in four years with all three trades in lockstep
- The apprenticeship pipeline and extracted license requirements (journeyman cards, CDL, driving records)
- Employer mix: national staffing, PE-backed residential brands, and commercial facilities employers
July 2026 archive snapshot. Figures are unique US postings after two-stage semantic deduplication.
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