HVAC & Pipefitter Salary in Baltimore
Metro area wage data from the BLS OEWS program (May 2025), with state-adopted journey-level scale for the Baltimore area, effective December 2025.
The federal wage data on this page covers heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers, work that is largely service, maintenance, and residential installation. The union scale shown is journeyman pipefitter, which covers refrigerant, chilled water, and hydronic piping on commercial construction and falls under a different federal occupation code than the wage data above. Duct fabrication and installation is sheet metal work, represented by a separate union called SMART (the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers), and is not reflected in either figure.
How to become an HVAC technician or pipefitter →Figures come from public sources and may not match the current contract; confirm with the local before making decisions.
Davis-Bacon prevailing wage rates apply to federally funded projects in the Baltimore metro, and Maryland has its own prevailing wage law for state projects. The rate shown is Maryland's state prevailing rate, which applies to both plumber and pipefitter classifications.
Baltimore Area Journeyman pipefitter Prevailing Rate
The prevailing rate reflects the journeyman pipefitter classification from the applicable state prevailing wage determination for the Baltimore area. The BLS area median reflects all HVAC and refrigeration mechanics across all employment types and experience levels.
| Training Center | Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 486 Training School |
| Address | 1201 66th St., Rosedale, MD 21237 |
| Phone | (410) 866-5313 |
| Website | getpiping.com |
| Minimum Score | Not published |
Applying to a hvac & pipefitter apprenticeship?
Check with the apprenticeship programs in this area for their current application requirements, including any aptitude test.
What to expect →All HVAC and refrigeration mechanics, union and non-union, all experience levels
All HVAC and refrigeration mechanics, union and non-union, all experience levels. Wage figures only, employer-paid benefits, pension contributions, and health and welfare are not included.
| Annual Median Wage | $63,180 |
| Annual Mean Wage | $70,450 |
| Hourly Median Wage | $30.38 |
| Hourly Mean Wage | $33.87 |
| Total Employed | 3,960 |
| Area Type | Metropolitan Area |
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No other Maryland metro has a published rate yet. These are the nearest metros in other states, within 300 miles, nearest first. Journey-level rates are sourced from Davis-Bacon wage determinations, state prevailing wage determinations, or, where a local publishes one directly, its own collective bargaining agreement.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025 (SOC 49-9021). How we build these figures →