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Overview

We're seeking experienced Commercial DX Pipefitters for commercial HVAC projects in the San Antonio area. If you have experience installing, brazing, and soldering copper refrigerant piping and enjoy working on commercial new construction, we'd like to talk with you.

Responsibilities

  • Install, braze, and solder copper refrigerant piping for commercial DX HVAC systems
  • Measure, cut, fit, and assemble copper piping
  • Read and interpret mechanical blueprints and piping layouts
  • Pressure test refrigerant piping systems before startup
  • Follow all OSHA and job site safety requirements
  • Work efficiently with project teams to meet construction schedules

Requirements

  • Minimum of 3 years of commercial HVAC piping experience
  • Proficient in brazing and soldering copper refrigerant piping
  • Ability to read blueprints and work independently
  • Must have reliable transportation and basic hand tools
  • OSHA 10 certification is preferred

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How this job compares in San Antonio, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $27/hr, this posting comes in about 18% below the $33/hr median for pipefitter jobs across Texas, where the middle half runs $31–$40/hr across 13 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 8% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.

The local market in San Antonio, TX

We're tracking 13 other active welding openings in San Antonio, TX right now, from 12 different employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 914 other active welding openings from 518 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in San Antonio, or widen the search to Texas.

The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Houston, TX (21), Zachry Group (20), and Austin Industries (20). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Texas, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Pasadena at $82/hr, Dallas at $35/hr, and San Antonio at $33/hr. San Antonio is among them.

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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. DX Commercial Pipefitter/Copper Pipefitter figures were last recalculated when this page was built.