Steamfitter/Pipefitter
Location
Cambridge, MA
Wage
$50.57/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on October 27, 2026
Location
Cambridge, MA
Wage
$50.57/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on October 27, 2026
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is seeking a Steamfitter/Pipefitter to perform repair and maintenance work on pressure steam systems across the Institute. This role involves installing, repairing, maintaining, and troubleshooting various systems including steam, processed water, chilled water, and compressed air systems.
At roughly $51/hr, this posting sits about 74% above the $29/hr median for welding jobs across Massachusetts — toward the top of a $27–$30/hr middle band drawn from 15 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 100% 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.
This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Cambridge, MA, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Massachusetts as a whole we're tracking 30 other active welding openings from 23 employers. Browse welding jobs across Massachusetts.
The most active employers in Massachusetts at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Boston, MA (6), World Class Machine Shop (2), and Commonwealth Fusion Systems (2). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Steamfitter/Pipefitter figures were last recalculated when this page was built.