The career
Thinking about becoming a backflow tester?
Testing is the rare trade credential with built-in repeat revenue: assemblies are typically tested annually where required, and the customer you test this year is your customer next year.
- Pay
- $63,800
- Source
- parent-trade median (plumbers), per the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2025; testing itself is a repeat-revenue layer on a trade
Explore it honestly
Should you become one? The honest decision guide
A working day in the testing trade
What testing actually pays
The path in, step by step
The 5000 series, verified
Black Friday backflow test kit deals
Your state's rules
The companion books
Backflow Tester Certification: How to Become a Certified Backflow Testerby Parker Hollis
ASSE 5110, training classes, the practical exam, test kits, recertification, and the cross-connection control trade.
The Backflow Testing Business: How to Start a Backflow Testing Companyby Parker Hollis
Route economics, pricing, your first hundred accounts, test kits and calibration, compliance records, and scaling to a crew.
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