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Diagnoses and repairs commercial rooftop units, split systems, chillers and the controls wrapped around them, usually alone and usually on someone else's schedule. The work is roughly half diagnosis and half customer handling, because the technician is the only person from the contractor the building ever sees.

$48,000 to $72,000 My Trade Talent band

Sets and connects commercial equipment on new construction and replacement jobs: rooftop units, split systems, VRF branch controllers, ductwork and refrigerant piping. The job is production work against a schedule, with the quality of the brazing and the hangers determining whether the service department inherits a problem.

$52,000 to $80,000 My Trade Talent band

Programs, commissions and troubleshoots building automation systems - the layer that decides what the mechanical equipment actually does. Work runs from pulling and terminating controls wiring through graphics, scheduling, trend logs and sequence-of-operations testing against the engineer's intent.

$75,000 to $110,000 My Trade Talent band

Runs the service department: dispatch, technician utilisation, call-back rate, maintenance agreement renewals and the margin on each. The job is a mix of operations and account management, and it owns the number most mechanical contractors actually live on.

$85,000 to $120,000 My Trade Talent band

Owns commercial mechanical projects from buyout through closeout: submittals, procurement with long-lead equipment, subcontractor coordination, change orders, schedule and the job's gross margin. On design-build work the role also carries the engineering relationship.

$90,000 to $140,000 My Trade Talent band

Runs a crew on site and owns the work in front of them: daily plan, layout, materials, safety and production against the schedule. The foreman is accountable for what gets built today, not for the job as a whole.

$65,000 to $105,000 My Trade Talent band

Owns the site: schedule, subcontractor sequencing, inspections, safety and the coordination between trades. The superintendent runs the job rather than a crew, and the schedule is the deliverable.

$85,000 to $145,000 My Trade Talent band

Owns the project commercially: buyout, subcontracts, submittals, budget, change orders, billing, and the owner and architect relationships. Shares the job with the superintendent, who owns the field.

$95,000 to $160,000 My Trade Talent band

Prices work before it exists: takeoff, subcontractor and vendor solicitation, scope levelling, general conditions, risk and markup. The estimator decides which jobs the company wins and, in practice, which ones it should have lost.

$80,000 to $140,000 My Trade Talent band

Installs and troubleshoots commercial power and lighting under a licence: branch circuits, panels, feeders, conduit, gear and the terminations that connect them. Reads the drawings, lays out the work, and on most jobs directs an apprentice.

$58,000 to $88,000 My Trade Talent band

Holds the licence the contractor pulls permits against, and is accountable for code compliance across the work. Day to day the role mixes technical authority - plan review, inspection liaison, methods decisions - with supervision, and in smaller shops it is also the estimator.

$80,000 to $120,000 My Trade Talent band

Runs the electrical crew on site: layout, material staging, manpower, daily production against the schedule, and coordination with the other trades for space in the ceiling. Owns the work in the field rather than the job commercially.

$85,000 to $130,000 My Trade Talent band

Owns electrical projects commercially: buyout, submittals, gear procurement, manpower forecasting with the field, change orders, billing and margin. The gear lead times make procurement the defining constraint on most commercial jobs.

$95,000 to $155,000 My Trade Talent band

Installs and services commercial plumbing systems under a licence: domestic water, sanitary and vent, storm, gas, and the fixtures and equipment on the ends. Commercial work means larger pipe, more coordination and materials - cast iron, copper, carbon steel, press fittings - that behave differently.

$55,000 to $82,000 My Trade Talent band

Holds the licence the plumbing work is permitted under and carries code responsibility for it. The role combines technical authority - plan review, inspection liaison, methods and materials decisions - with supervision and, in smaller shops, estimating.

$75,000 to $115,000 My Trade Talent band

Runs commercial plumbing projects: buyout, submittals, fixture and equipment procurement, coordination with mechanical and electrical, change orders, billing and margin. Fixture lead times and owner-furnished equipment are the recurring schedule risks.

$85,000 to $135,000 My Trade Talent band

Runs the crew on a commercial roof: tear-off sequencing, deck inspection, insulation and cover board layout, membrane installation, flashings and terminations, and the daily call on whether the weather lets the work go on. Owns safety on a surface where the fall hazard is the job site itself.

$70,000 to $105,000 My Trade Talent band

Owns commercial roofing jobs from award through warranty: submittals and manufacturer approvals, material procurement on long-lead systems, crew and equipment scheduling across several roofs, change orders for deck and substrate conditions, and the closeout paperwork the warranty depends on.

$85,000 to $135,000 My Trade Talent band

Finds and repairs leaks on existing commercial roofs, performs preventive maintenance inspections, and documents roof condition for building owners. Works alone most days, diagnosing from the symptom inside the building back to the cause on the roof.

$55,000 to $82,000 My Trade Talent band

Installs, programs, tests and services fire alarm systems: initiating devices, notification appliances, control panels, and the interfaces to elevators, HVAC smoke control and sprinkler supervision. Most of the work is governed by NFPA 72 and witnessed by an authority having jurisdiction.

$62,000 to $95,000 My Trade Talent band

Installs and services wet, dry, pre-action and deluge sprinkler systems: hanging and joining pipe, setting heads to the design layout, installing risers and backflow assemblies, and hydrostatic testing before the system is accepted. Works to NFPA 13 and to a fabrication drawing that someone else produced.

$65,000 to $100,000 My Trade Talent band

Produces the drawings and hydraulic calculations that the installation is built from and the AHJ approves: head layout and spacing, pipe sizing, remote-area calculations, device placement and riser diagrams. The design decides whether the job is buildable and whether it passes.

$75,000 to $120,000 My Trade Talent band

Runs the equipment that places and compacts asphalt: paver, roller, milling machine, skid steer and distributor, depending on the day and the crew. Reads the mat as it comes out and tells the crew what the mix and the screed are doing before the roller locks the mistake in.

$55,000 to $80,000 My Trade Talent band

Runs the paving crew and the day: grade and base verification, truck and mix scheduling against plant output, joint construction, rolling pattern, traffic control and the handoff to striping. The foreman decides whether the surface placed will meet smoothness and density before anyone tests it.

$70,000 to $105,000 My Trade Talent band

Operates the screed on the back of the paver: sets and holds thickness and crown, manages the augers and the head of material, follows grade references, and produces the surface the rollers only compact. The screed decides the smoothness number.

$58,000 to $82,000 My Trade Talent band

Runs a maintenance or installation crew through a daily route: mowing and detail standards, pruning, bed work, seasonal colour, irrigation checks, and the quality a property manager sees when they walk the site. Handles the equipment, the crew and the client contact on site.

$45,000 to $65,000 My Trade Talent band

Runs multiple crews or a larger installation: layout from plan, grading and drainage, hardscape and plant installation, irrigation coordination, material scheduling, and the punch walk with the general contractor or owner.

$55,000 to $80,000 My Trade Talent band

Owns a book of commercial properties: contract renewals, enhancement sales, walk-throughs with property managers, budget conversations, and the triage when a client is unhappy. Part client relationship, part horticultural judgement, part margin management.

$62,000 to $95,000 My Trade Talent band

Manages commercial landscape installation projects: buyout of plant material and hardscape, submittals, scheduling against the general contractor, change orders for site conditions, and closeout including establishment and warranty periods.

$72,000 to $110,000 My Trade Talent band

Prepares and finishes interior and exterior surfaces on occupied and new commercial buildings: drywall and masonry prep, caulking, priming, spray and roll application, and the cut lines that decide whether the work reads as professional. Works around other trades and, often, around tenants.

$50,000 to $72,000 My Trade Talent band

Applies protective coatings to steel, tanks, piping and structures: surface preparation to a specified profile, blasting, multi-coat systems, mil thickness verification, and work inside containment with respiratory protection. The specification, not the appearance, defines the finish.

$62,000 to $95,000 My Trade Talent band

Runs the painting crew on a commercial job: scheduling against the other trades, manpower loading, material ordering, protection of finished work, quality walks, and the punch list that painting almost always inherits from everyone else.

$65,000 to $95,000 My Trade Talent band

Installs commercial broadloom and carpet tile: subfloor preparation and moisture testing, layout and seam planning, direct glue-down and double-stick, pattern match, and transitions to other surfaces. Most commercial carpet failures start under the carpet.

$52,000 to $72,000 My Trade Talent band

Installs luxury vinyl tile and plank, sheet vinyl, rubber and other resilient hard surfaces: substrate preparation and levelling, moisture mitigation, adhesive selection, layout, welding on sheet goods, and base and transition work.

$55,000 to $85,000 My Trade Talent band

Grinds, densifies and polishes concrete slabs to a specified finish: progressive diamond grit sequence, densifier application and cure, aggregate exposure class, joint filling, and the gloss or clarity level the specification names. The slab that exists sets the ceiling on the result.

$65,000 to $95,000 My Trade Talent band

Manages commercial flooring projects: takeoff and buyout, material lead times and dye lots, moisture testing and mitigation decisions, phasing in occupied buildings, installer scheduling across jobs, and the attic stock and closeout the owner expects.

$78,000 to $115,000 My Trade Talent band

Cleans and maintains commercial facilities on a route or a fixed site: restrooms, floors, trash and recycling, common areas, and periodic work such as stripping and refinishing or carpet extraction. In healthcare, food and industrial settings the work is governed by a written protocol.

$28,640 to $50,270 BLS 10th to 90th percentile

Runs cleaning crews across one or several buildings: staffing and coverage on a shift that is mostly nights, training and protocol compliance, quality inspections, supply and equipment control, and the client relationship with facility management.

$35,520 to $76,430 BLS 10th to 90th percentile

Welds structural and process work to a procedure: reading the WPS, preparing and fitting joints, running the process the job calls for - stick, MIG, flux-core or TIG - in the positions the work is actually in, and producing welds that pass visual and, where required, radiographic or ultrasonic inspection.

$47,000 to $77,000 My Trade Talent band

Lays brick, block and stone to line and level: layout and coursing, mortar selection and mixing, reinforcement and ties, flashing and weeps in a cavity wall, and the joint finish that will be looked at for the building's life. Works off scaffold for most of it.

$44,820 to $100,010 BLS 10th to 90th percentile

Places, screeds, floats and finishes concrete flatwork: judging the set, bull floating, edging and jointing, power trowelling to the specified finish, and curing. The whole job happens inside a window the weather decides.

$39,190 to $85,480 BLS 10th to 90th percentile

Installs, terminates, programs and services electronic security systems: access control readers, controllers and door hardware interfaces, IP cameras and recorders, intrusion panels, and the network they all sit on. This is an installation and service seat, not a guard post.

$38,800 to $81,150 BLS 10th to 90th percentile

Runs and terminates the cabling infrastructure security systems depend on: pathways and conduit, structured cabling, device rough-in, power and PoE distribution, and terminations that meet both the manufacturer requirements and the electrical code sections that apply to limited-energy work.

$42,640 to $108,510 BLS 10th to 90th percentile

Designs and commissions security systems that have to work together and with the rest of the building: access control to video to intrusion to visitor management, directory and identity integration, server and storage sizing, network architecture, and the cutover plan for a system that cannot be down.

$49,510 to $115,700 BLS 10th to 90th percentile

Insulates mechanical systems: piping, ductwork, equipment and vessels, hot and cold, with fibreglass, mineral wool, cellular glass or elastomeric systems and the jacketing that protects them. On chilled systems the vapour barrier is the whole point, because a break in it condenses inside the insulation.

$42,470 to $100,220 BLS 10th to 90th percentile

Installs thermal and acoustic insulation in building assemblies: batt, blown, rigid board and spray foam in walls, floors, ceilings and attics, with the air sealing and fire-stopping that goes with them. On commercial work, inspection against the energy code is routine.

$37,030 to $78,190 BLS 10th to 90th percentile

Services commercial accounts under a state applicator licence: inspection, identification, treatment with labelled products at labelled rates, exclusion and sanitation recommendations, monitoring devices, and the documentation that an auditor will read. In food and healthcare accounts the record is as inspected as the result.

$34,680 to $61,890 BLS 10th to 90th percentile

Maintains, repairs and modernises passenger and freight elevators and escalators: controller troubleshooting, door operators, hoistway and machine room equipment, safeties and governors, and the adjustments that decide ride quality. Works to ASME A17.1 and inside a licensing regime that varies by state.

$59,270 to $158,890 BLS 10th to 90th percentile

Manages elevator modernisation and new installation projects: equipment procurement on long lead times, submittals and state approvals, coordination with the general contractor on hoistway and machine room readiness, inspection scheduling, and the turnover package the building needs for its permit.

Inspects and witnesses tests on elevators and escalators to ASME A17.1 and A17.2 as a QEI-certified inspector: periodic inspections, category one and five tests, acceptance inspections on new and modernised equipment, and the written report the jurisdiction and the owner act on.

$47,140 to $114,200 BLS 10th to 90th percentile

Installs commercial photovoltaic systems: racking and attachment to the roof or structure, module setting, DC wiring and combiners, inverters, and the labelling and rapid shutdown the code requires. Most of the risk is on a roof, and the roof warranty is somebody else's.

$41,600 to $79,970 BLS 10th to 90th percentile

Performs the licensed electrical work on lighting retrofit and solar projects: service and panel work, conductor sizing and runs, inverter and disconnect installation, interconnection, controls and sensors on lighting jobs, and the commissioning and utility sign-off at the end.

$42,640 to $108,510 BLS 10th to 90th percentile

Operates combination vehicles - tractor-trailer, flatbed, tanker, lowboy - on regional or over-the-road runs: pre-trip and post-trip inspections, load securement, hours of service compliance on an electronic log, and customer delivery conduct. On construction and trades work the load is often equipment or material to a job site.

$40,140 to $79,380 BLS 10th to 90th percentile

Operates straight trucks and single-unit vehicles: service and delivery trucks, dump trucks, boom and crane trucks, vacuum and water trucks. On trades work the driver is usually also operating the equipment on the truck and working with the crew at the site.

$30,800 to $80,310 BLS 10th to 90th percentile

Installs, troubleshoots and services commercial irrigation: mainlines and laterals, valves and manifolds, heads and nozzles, controllers and sensors, and the wiring between them. Most service calls are a wire fault, a valve, or a controller programmed by someone who has left.

$31,150 to $56,730 BLS 10th to 90th percentile

Tests, repairs and certifies backflow prevention assemblies under a state or water authority certification: annual testing with a calibrated gauge, repair and rebuild of RP and double-check assemblies, and the report filed with the purveyor. The filing is the deliverable, and it is a legal one.

$44,150 to $108,420 BLS 10th to 90th percentile