# Field Trade Market Statistics

> The median published figure in the Field Trade Market Statistics is 63,190 USD across 3 sources' own pages (range 61,010 to 63,800 USD), read 11 November 2026.

Which Field Software · https://whichfieldsoftware.com/datasets/field-trade-market-statistics/ · computed 2026-11-13

**Median published figure:** 63,190 USD (range 61,010 to 63,800 USD; 3 published figures; 3 of 8 sources read publish one).

3 of the 8 named sources read in full publish a figure; 5 publish none, read 11 November 2026.

The median is unchanged since 18 October 2026 (was 63,190 USD across 3).

## Every figure, with its source

One row per source: the figure the source's own page publishes, the page, and the day it was read.

| Source | Figure | Read |
|---|---|---|
| [BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook: plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters](https://www.bls.gov/ooh/construction-and-extraction/plumbers-pipefitters-and-steamfitters.htm) | 63,800 USD | 2026-11-11 |
| [BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook: electricians](https://www.bls.gov/ooh/construction-and-extraction/electricians.htm) | 63,190 USD | 2026-11-11 |
| [BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook: HVACR mechanics and installers](https://www.bls.gov/ooh/installation-maintenance-and-repair/heating-air-conditioning-and-refrigeration-mechanics-and-installers.htm) | 61,010 USD | 2026-11-11 |

## The sentence each figure was read from (3)

- [BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook: plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters](https://www.bls.gov/ooh/construction-and-extraction/plumbers-pipefitters-and-steamfitters.htm), read 2026-11-11: "2025 Median Pay $63,800 per year"
- [BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook: electricians](https://www.bls.gov/ooh/construction-and-extraction/electricians.htm), read 2026-11-11: "2025 Median Pay $63,190 per year"
- [BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook: HVACR mechanics and installers](https://www.bls.gov/ooh/installation-maintenance-and-repair/heating-air-conditioning-and-refrigeration-mechanics-and-installers.htm), read 2026-11-11: "2025 Median Pay $61,010 per year"

## Read in full, publishes no figure

- [BLS OEWS 49-9021 HVACR mechanics and installers](https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes499021.htm), read 2026-10-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [BLS OEWS national occupational employment and wage estimates](https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm), read 2026-11-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [US Census Statistics of U.S. Businesses](https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/susb.html), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [US Census County Business Patterns](https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp.html), read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [ONS UK Business: activity, size and location](https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/business/activitysizeandlocation/bulletins/ukbusinessactivitysizeandlocation/latest), read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused

## Methodology

Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2). 3 of the 8 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 5 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 0 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere. The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source in USD (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences), so N counts sources, never sentences; 65 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded. The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): the employment, establishment count and median wage per trade from the national statistician, kept as a series, and then the join this site exists to make: software cost per technician per month as a PERCENTAGE of that trade's median technician wage, per trade and per market. That ratio is the only honest way to say whether a $250/technician tool is expensive, and no vendor or analyst publishes it.

## Sources

- [BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook: HVACR mechanics and installers](https://www.bls.gov/ooh/installation-maintenance-and-repair/heating-air-conditioning-and-refrigeration-mechanics-and-installers.htm) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook: plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters](https://www.bls.gov/ooh/construction-and-extraction/plumbers-pipefitters-and-steamfitters.htm) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook: electricians](https://www.bls.gov/ooh/construction-and-extraction/electricians.htm) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [BLS OEWS 49-9021 HVACR mechanics and installers](https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes499021.htm) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [BLS OEWS national occupational employment and wage estimates](https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [US Census Statistics of U.S. Businesses](https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/susb.html) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [US Census County Business Patterns](https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp.html) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [ONS UK Business: activity, size and location](https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/business/activitysizeandlocation/bulletins/ukbusinessactivitysizeandlocation/latest) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)

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- The median published figure in the Field Trade Market Statistics is 63,190 USD across 3 sources' own pages (range 61,010 to 63,800 USD), read 11 November 2026.
- 3 of the 8 named sources read in full publish a figure; 5 publish none, read 11 November 2026.
- The median is unchanged since 18 October 2026 (was 63,190 USD across 3).

Cite as: "whichfieldsoftware.com Field Trade Market Statistics", updated 2026-11-13, https://whichfieldsoftware.com/datasets/field-trade-market-statistics/.

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