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Today’s Plumbing and HVAC Careers The demand for workers will surprise you. Plumbing and HVAC Careers: The Facts Will Surprise You! High Salaries – Average technician salaries are more than $49,000 plus benefits. High Demand – More than 138,000 mechanics and installers will be needed by 2022. Opportunities for Women – Growth of women in the industry is on the rise. Cutting-Edge Skill Sets – Today’s jobs are highly technical and require a variety of skills such as analyzing and problem solving. Multiple Career Advancement Paths – Career opportunities range from technicians to tech-savvy CAD and BIM operators to management. www.phccweb.org | www.phccfoundation.org Developed in partnership with PHCC Educational Foundation. Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics Across the U.S., there is a steadily increasing need for plumbers and HVAC technicians. 0 100,000 200,000 300,000 400,000 500,000 21% increase Current Industry Workforce (2012) Projected Workforce Needed by 2022 Plumbing Includes plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters HVAC Includes heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers 21% increase The projected shortage of workers in the plumbing-heating-cooling industry is staggering. By 2022, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that the industry will need approximately 138,200 new workers. From a broader perspective, over the next 10 years, 95 million Baby Boomers will retire from their jobs across all industry sectors, but only 40 million young workers will be available to replace them. © Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors—National Association

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Today’s Plumbing and HVAC CareersThe demand for workers will surprise you.

Plumbing and HVAC Careers: The Facts Will Surprise You!

High Salaries – Average technician salaries are more than $49,000 plus benefits.

High Demand – More than 138,000 mechanics and installers will be needed by 2022.

Opportunities for Women – Growth of women in the industry is on the rise.

Cutting-Edge Skill Sets – Today’s jobs are highly technical and require a variety of skills such as analyzing and problem solving.

Multiple Career Advancement Paths – Career opportunities range from technicians to tech-savvy CAD and BIM operators to management.

www.phccweb.org | www.phccfoundation.org

Developed in partnership with PHCC Educational Foundation.

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

Across the U.S., there is a steadily increasing need for plumbers and HVAC technicians.

0

100,000

200,000

300,000

400,000

500,000

21%increase

Current Industry Workforce (2012)

Projected Workforce Needed by 2022

Plumbing Includes plumbers,

pipefitters, and steamfitters

HVAC Includes heating, air conditioning,

and refrigeration mechanicsand installers

21%increase

The projected shortage of workers in the plumbing-heating-cooling industry is staggering.

By 2022, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that the industry will need approximately 138,200 new workers.

From a broader perspective, over the next 10 years, 95 million Baby Boomers will retire from their jobs

across all industry sectors, but only 40 million young workers will be available to replace them.

© Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors—National Association