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Licensed HVAC technicians in Charles County, MD, Greater Washington Metro Area: Workforce, Wages & Demand

Licensed supply, credential mix, wages and demand for HVAC technicians in Charles County, MD, from the state register (updated nightly) and BLS.

Charles County, MD carries 273 licensed HVAC technicians and a median wage of $71,920/yr ($34.58/hr).

273
licensed HVAC technicians
$71,920
median annual wage (BLS OEWS, metro area)
73
construction demand index

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How the pay compares

This county sits at the 86th percentile nationally for HVAC technicians pay, above the median US county. Average weekly wages across the county's construction trades rose 8.8% year over year (BLS QCEW).

Licensed workforce by level

Apprentice182
Journeyman59
Master32

Licensed HVAC Technician contractors near Charles County

Active, licensed firms and master-tier individuals on the MD register.

NameTier
Abel Antonio Urrutia Del Cid, Sr.Master
Bill PooleMaster
Brian D MedleyMaster
Carlos Wesley QueenMaster
Christopher Allen NolanMaster
Clyde Louis WalbertMaster

Charles County within the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro

Charles County holds 4% of the metro area's 7,779 licensed HVAC technicians (#8 of 21 HVAC technicians pool among its 21 counties), at 15.9 per 10,000 residents against 12.4 metro-wide; the largest pool is District of Columbia with 2,094.

Who entered and left in the last 12 months

Counted from ATI's nightly diff of the MD register itself, over the trailing year. Runs that failed a data-quality gate are excluded, so a scraper outage is never reported as workers leaving.

MovementWorkersWhat it means
New licenses issued13People who entered the licensed workforce here.
Licenses lapsed19Expired or not renewed. Retirement, relocation or leaving the trade.
Moved up a credential tier2Apprentice to journeyman, journeyman to master, and so on.
Net change-6New licenses minus lapsed. Negative means the licensed base shrank.

Who employs HVAC technicians here

Employment from the BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages for the industry this trade sits in; payroll from the Census County Business Patterns. Establishment counts are QCEW where the county is disclosed and an ATI estimate otherwise.

MeasureValueWhat it counts
Employer establishments63Physical business locations in this industry.
Industry employment771Everyone on those payrolls, not only licensed trades.
Annual industry payroll$81MTotal wages paid across those establishments (Census CBP, 2023).

How much work is in Charles County

County-wide construction activity, across all trades rather than HVAC technicians specifically. Each figure names its source and the period it covers.

MeasureValueWhat it means for you
New housing units permitted935Last full year, county-wide. 54 per 10,000 residents. Permits lead construction hiring by months, so this is the earliest honest signal of work arriving (Census Building Permits Survey).
Construction employment2,208Everyone working in construction in this county, all trades and office staff. Average pay $1,420 per week. BLS QCEW.
Median year homes were built1991Older stock means more repair, replacement and retrofit work, which is steadier than new build and does not stop in a downturn (Census ACS).
Net migration-386People who moved in minus people who moved out, from IRS address changes. Arrivals need housing, wiring, plumbing and heat.

Density and pipeline

15.1 licensed HVAC technicians per 10,000 residents; 128 licensed holders per 100 estimated workers in the trade. A thin pipeline against an ageing licensed base is how a shortage forms years before it shows up in wages.

Common questions

How many licensed HVAC technicians are in Charles County, MD?
Charles County has 273 licensed HVAC technicians on the MD register.
What do HVAC technicians earn in Charles County?
The median annual wage for this occupation in this market is $71,920 ($34.58/hour), per BLS OEWS.
Is this a job board?
No. This page is ATI's own licensed-workforce and market data for this county and trade. Job listings above, where present, are an additive real-time layer, not the page's core content.
Is this page for Washington specifically?
This page covers all of Charles County, MD, which is part of the Greater Washington metro area (the Census-defined metro this county belongs to), so it includes but is not limited to Washington proper.

License register: 2026-10-05; Wages: 2025-05-31; Demand: 2026-10-05; Apprenticeship: 2025-12-31.

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