Free 2026 Benchmark Report

What top trades companies actually pay their techs in 2026

Real pay data for 18 trades across all 50 states, from entry level to the top 10%. Plus the numbers nobody publishes: actual bonus payouts from 108 home service companies running performance pay. See where your pay stands in about 60 seconds.

Your trade, your state: hourly and annual pay at every percentile, entry to top 10%
The bonus data nobody else has: median performance payouts per tech, by trade
The career ladder: apprentice to supervisor pay, and what actually gets techs to $100K
Metro deep dives: the 40 biggest markets for HVAC, electrical, and plumbing

BLS May 2025 wage data 1,000+ data points 108 companies’ real payout data

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$29.33/hr

HVAC national median

$45.78/hr

Top 10% of HVAC techs

$750/mo

Median HVAC bonus per tech

Pay is the whole ballgame right now

Techs are quitting over pay, replacements cost six figures, and the companies winning the talent war are the ones who know the market better than their competitors do.

16–21%

Annual technician turnover across HVAC, plumbing, and electrical (ServiceTitan platform data, Jan 2026)

$55K+

Cost to replace one $55K technician, and it can run to double their salary

73%

Of contractors plan to raise technician pay this year

3.8×

More applications when a job posting shows real pay numbers (Indeed, 2025)

Sources: ServiceTitan State of the Trades 2026, ServiceTitan 2025 Residential Trades Report, Indeed 2025, standard HR replacement-cost research.

An interactive report, not a PDF

Filter every number by trade, state, metro, role, and experience level. Built from the newest federal wage release plus payout data from real home service companies.

Base pay percentiles

Hourly and annual pay at the 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentile for 18 trades in all 50 states plus DC, straight from the BLS May 2025 release.

Real bonus payouts

Median performance payouts per tech per cycle from 108 companies running performance pay on ShareWillow: $750 in HVAC, $1,500 in plumbing. Data nobody else publishes.

The path to $100K

Career ladders from apprentice to supervisor, what the top 10% earn in your market, and the pay structures that get techs past six figures.

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Where does the data come from?

Base pay comes from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics release (published April 2026), covering every state and the 40 largest metros. Bonus and performance pay figures come from anonymized, aggregated payout data across 108 home service companies running performance pay on ShareWillow, plus cited industry surveys.

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