PLUMBER & PIPEFITTER
Location
Charleston AFB, SC
Wage
$70,311 – $82,019/yr
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Posted on October 15, 2026
Job Description
Overview
The primary purpose of this position is to perform a full range of journey level plumbing and pipefitting duties, including installing, repairing, and modifying various utility systems and equipment.
Responsibilities
- Independently installs, modifies, repairs, and maintains utility, supply, and disposal systems and equipment.
- Installs, modifies, and repairs high-pressure piping systems and equipment.
- Plans and lays out installation, repair, and modification work from initial layout to final assembly.
- Troubleshoots, inspects, and tests plumbing systems and equipment.
- Utilizes safety practices and procedures, maintaining a safe and clean work environment.
How this job compares in Charleston AFB, SC
Pay in context
At roughly $37/hr, this posting sits about 31% above the $28/hr median for welding jobs across South Carolina — toward the top of a $24–$35/hr middle band drawn from 44 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 84% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.
The local market in Charleston AFB, SC
This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Charleston AFB, SC, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across South Carolina as a whole we're tracking 106 other active welding openings from 79 employers. Browse welding jobs across South Carolina.
The most active employers in South Carolina at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Parker Hannifin (3), Boiler Tube Company of America (BTA) (3), and Classic Collision (3). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.
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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. PLUMBER & PIPEFITTER figures were last recalculated when this page was built.