{"id":5383,"date":"2026-03-13T08:00:41","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T15:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rsi.edu\/?p=5383"},"modified":"2026-03-11T08:50:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T15:50:59","slug":"working-trades-jobs-arizona-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rsi.edu\/blog\/skilled-trades\/working-trades-jobs-arizona-valley\/","title":{"rendered":"Working Trades Jobs Across The Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">The worst part of most jobs isn&#8217;t the work itself, it\u2019s often the monotony: Same parking lot. Same building. Same routine on repeat, five days a week. For a lot of people, that sounds like a slow way to spend the next 40 years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Trades careers in Phoenix can provide a chance to flip that script. If you work in HVAC, welding, or electrical, your office isn&#8217;t one location. It&#8217;s The Valley.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">According to the<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/azmag.gov\/Programs\/Maps-and-Data\/Community-Profiles\/Regional-Overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Maricopa Association of Governments<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">, the region consists of 27 cities and towns across Maricopa County and parts of Pinal County, including:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Phoenix<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Scottsdale<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Tempe<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Mesa<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Chandler<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Gilbert<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Glendale<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Peoria<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Surprise<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Goodyear<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Avondale<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Buckeye<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">And more<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Unlike a retail or office gig where you&#8217;re assigned to one spot, trades work takes you where the projects are. That could mean different cities in the same week, different types of job sites on the same day, and a career that never feels like you&#8217;re running on a loop.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Why Trades Jobs in Phoenix Stay in Demand<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">The Valley&#8217;s growth is a big part of why skilled trades careers here aren&#8217;t going anywhere. According to<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrotrends.net\/global-metrics\/cities\/23099\/phoenix\/population\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">MacroTrends<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">, the Phoenix metro area population reached approximately 4,834,000 in 2025, up 1.19% from the prior year. And the<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/oeo.az.gov\/news\/arizonas-population-projected-grow-more-two-million-2060\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Arizona Office of Economic Opportunity<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> projects the state&#8217;s population will grow by more than 2 million, or 26%, between 2025 and 2060, with metro Phoenix making up nearly three-quarters of the state&#8217;s total population.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">More people mean more homes, more commercial buildings, more infrastructure, and more demand for people who can build, wire, and maintain all of it. Suburbs like Buckeye, Queen Creek, and Goodyear are expanding fast, and every new development needs skilled trades workers on-site.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">That growth isn&#8217;t concentrated in one area either. Construction, service, and maintenance work is spread across the entire metro, which means trades professionals are needed in every direction.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Types of Trades Jobs in Phoenix and Across the Valley<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">When people think about trades jobs in Phoenix, they may picture one kind of job in one kind of setting. The reality is way wider than that, especially when you factor in the geographic reach of the Valley.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>HVAC and Refrigeration Jobs in the Valley<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rsi.edu\/blog\/hvacr\/hvac-training-desert-climates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Arizona&#8217;s extreme heat<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> makes this one pretty straightforward. It&#8217;s regularly over 100 degrees in the summer, and every home, office, restaurant, hospital, and school in the Valley depends on climate control to function.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">That&#8217;s why<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rsi.edu\/is-hvac-a-good-career\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">HVAC\/R stays one of the most in-demand trades<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> in the region, year after year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">The<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/ooh\/installation-maintenance-and-repair\/heating-air-conditioning-and-refrigeration-mechanics-and-installers.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> reports that HVAC mechanics and installers earned a median annual wage of $59,810 in May 2024. The BLS also projects 8% employment growth for this occupation from 2024 to 2034, which it categorizes as &#8220;much faster than average.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">What that looks like in the Valley: one day you might be running a service call at a house in Gilbert. Next, it&#8217;s a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rsi.edu\/blog\/hvacr\/demand-for-commercial-hvac-companies-in-phoenix\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">commercial unit<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> at a restaurant in Tempe. The work moves, and so do you.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Welding Jobs in Phoenix<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Welding jobs in Phoenix stretch across the metro in ways most people don&#8217;t expect. It&#8217;s structural steel on new construction sites, pipe welding for infrastructure projects, and fabrication work in manufacturing shops spread across industrial corridors in south Phoenix, west Mesa, and Chandler.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">According to the<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/ooh\/production\/welders-cutters-solderers-and-brazers.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">BLS<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">, welders earned a median annual wage of $51,000 in May 2024. The Bureau projects about 45,600 openings for welders each year through 2034, many of which are driven by the need to replace workers who retire or move into other occupations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">There&#8217;s also a hands-on, creative side that gets overlooked.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Welding is part precision, part problem-solving, part craftsmanship. You&#8217;re joining metal into structures that hold up buildings, pipelines, and equipment. Welding jobs in Phoenix can take you from a fabrication shop on Monday to a construction site on Thursday, and that variety keeps the work from ever feeling repetitive.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Electrical Careers Across the Valley<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">New neighborhoods popping up across the Valley need to be wired from the ground up. Solar installations are booming in Arizona. Commercial buildings, warehouses, retail spaces, data centers, and EV charging stations all need electrical work. And as technology keeps evolving, so does the demand for people who can wire it all together.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">The<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/ooh\/construction-and-extraction\/electricians.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">BLS<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> reports that electricians earned a median annual wage of $62,350 in May 2024, with projected employment growth of 9% from 2024 to 2034. The Bureau classifies that rate as &#8220;much faster than average&#8221; compared to all occupations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">In the Valley, that work is spread across every corner of the metro. Residential wiring in Surprise, solar panel installs in Scottsdale, commercial projects in Chandler.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">The work doesn&#8217;t sit in one place, and neither do the people doing it.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Cross-Trade and Maintenance Roles<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Not every trades job is locked into one discipline. Many larger employers across the Valley, including hospitals, resorts, school districts, and data centers, hire maintenance technicians who work across HVAC, electrical, and plumbing systems. These roles give you broad, hands-on experience and can cover multiple facilities spread across different parts of the metro.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Utility companies, municipalities, and large property management firms also hire skilled trades workers in roles that span the entire Valley. If you&#8217;d rather get a wide range of experience than specialize right away, these kinds of positions are worth looking into.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Why Valley-Wide Trades Work Is an Advantage<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">It might sound like a lot of driving. And sure, the Valley is big. But working across the metro comes with real upsides that are easy to miss if you&#8217;ve never experienced it.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>You&#8217;re Not Boxed Into One Area<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">You&#8217;re not limited to one company or one neighborhood. If one part of the Valley slows down, other areas are still growing. That kind of geographic spread gives you more options and more flexibility than a job that ties you to a single location.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>You Build Skills Faster<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Working different types of sites (residential, commercial, industrial) means you pick up a wider skill set faster than someone doing the same thing at the same place every day. The more systems and setups you see, the better you get.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Your Network Grows With You<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Every job site is a chance to meet contractors, business owners, and other tradespeople. Over time, that network becomes one of your biggest assets. It&#8217;s what leads to better gigs, higher pay, or the chance to go out on your own someday.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>You Don&#8217;t Need a Four-Year Degree to Start<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rsi.edu\/programs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Trade training programs<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> can get you into the workforce in months, not years. The Refrigeration School, Inc. (RSI) offers programs in<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rsi.edu\/programs\/refrigeration-technologies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">HVAC\/Refrigeration<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">,<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rsi.edu\/programs\/welding\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> welding<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">, and<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rsi.edu\/programs\/electrical\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">electrical<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> that can be completed in as few as 7 months. For students who want training across multiple disciplines, RSI&#8217;s<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rsi.edu\/programs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Electro-Mechanical Technologies program<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> combines HVAC\/R and electrical skills into a single 9-month course.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">When you compare that to the time and cost of a traditional four-year college path, it&#8217;s a pretty significant difference, especially if you&#8217;re someone who learns better by doing than by sitting in a classroom.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>How RSI Prepares You for a Trades Career in Phoenix<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">The Refrigeration School (RSI) is a trade school in Phoenix that&#8217;s been training skilled trades professionals since 1965. The<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rsi.edu\/campus\/phoenix\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Phoenix campus<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> includes over 26,000 square feet of training facilities, with classrooms, labs, and shop space designed around hands-on learning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">RSI offers programs in three of the trades that are most active across the Valley:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rsi.edu\/programs\/refrigeration-technologies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HVAC\/Refrigeration<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> &#8211; Programs that can be completed in as few as 7 months, covering diagnostics, service, repair, and installation of climate control systems.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rsi.edu\/programs\/welding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Welding<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> &#8211; The Professional Welder program focuses on key welding processes including SMAW (stick), GMAW\/FCAW (MIG\/Fluxcore), and GTAW (TIG), preparing graduates for entry-level positions in structural, pipe, and thin alloy welding.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rsi.edu\/programs\/electrical\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Electrical<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> &#8211; Training that covers wiring, lighting, cabling, electrical distribution, and an introduction to solar power principles.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Training happens on real equipment, the kind you&#8217;ll encounter on job sites across the Valley. RSI also offers<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rsi.edu\/financial-aid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">scholarships and financial aid options<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> to help make training more accessible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">After graduation, RSI&#8217;s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rsi.edu\/about-career-services\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Career Services team<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> works with students to connect them with employers throughout the Valley and beyond. The goal isn&#8217;t just to hand you a certificate. It&#8217;s to help you actually start working.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 900;\">The Valley Is Wide Open<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">A trades career in Phoenix isn&#8217;t a single-location job. It&#8217;s a career that stretches across one of the fastest-growing metros in the country, with work that changes, environments that vary, and demand that keeps growing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">If you&#8217;re thinking about a skilled trades career and want to see what training looks like,<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rsi.edu\/request-more-info\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">request more information from RSI<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> to get started.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The worst part of most jobs isn&#8217;t the work itself, it\u2019s often the monotony: Same parking lot. Same building. 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