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HVAC Technicians
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Job Numbers and Growth
HVAC technicians in the US number about 292,000. Compared to other occupations, unemployment is considered low.
Part-Time Work and Self-Employment
About 4% of employees work fewer than 40 hours per week. About 13% of HVAC technicians are self-employed.
Training and Education
Expect to need to get long-term on-the-job training if you pursue this occupation. 3% of employees have a bachelor's degree. 39 of people working as HVAC technicians have had some college education, but stopped short of a degree. About 58% of those working as workers have a high-school diploma, but no further education. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which, if any, could help you with this career.
Area Job Conditions
Jobs per capita for employees are most common in Panama City (Florida), Wichita Falls (Texas), and Lakeland (Florida), and least common in Valdosta (Georgia), San Jose (California), and San Francisco (California).
Jobs for HVAC technicians pay the most in Yuba City (California), San Jose (California), and Oakland (California), and the least in McAllen (Texas), Flagstaff (Arizona), and Laredo (Texas).
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HVAC Technicians: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area
The table below shows data for HVAC Technicians, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for HVAC Technicians are in the area, compared to other US metro areas. A value of 1.0 means an average number of people in the position for area population. Lower numbers mean fewer of these positions in the metro area. The most popular areas for HVAC Technicians are starred .
State Area Positions Typical Pay Popularity in Area Alabama Anniston 190 $27,500 2.3Alabama Auburn 90 $31,160 1.2 Alabama Birmingham 1,210 $38,320 1.2 Alabama Dothan 250 $28,040 2.4Alabama Huntsville 330 $37,630 0.8 Alabama Mobile 690 $31,110 2 Alabama Montgomery 400 $31,740 1.2 Alabama Tuscaloosa 160 $34,460 1 Alaska Fairbanks 110 $53,930 2Arizona Flagstaff 120 $28,990 1.3 Arizona Kingman 100 $39,090 1.1 Arizona Phoenix 3,520 $41,250 1 Arizona Tucson 630 $39,180 0.9 Arizona Yuma 140 $34,950 1.3 Arkansas Fayetteville 290 $33,780 0.8 Arkansas Fort Smith 250 $31,960 1.1 Arkansas Hot Springs 80 $31,560 1.3 Arkansas Jonesboro 140 $31,080 1.7 Arkansas Little Rock 660 $41,240 1 Arkansas Pine Bluff 50 $34,180 0.9 California Bakersfield 300 $40,750 0.6 California Chico 90 $32,230 0.7 California El Centro 60 $40,760 0.7 California Fresno 540 $36,310 0.8 California Hanford 80 $34,360 1.7 California Merced 50 $44,620 0.5 California Modesto 170 $39,870 0.5 California Oakland 880 $59,850 0.4 California Riverside 2,160 $42,200 0.9 California Sacramento 1,090 $44,880 0.6 California Salinas 110 $57,730 0.4 California San Diego 1,260 $49,030 0.5 California San Francisco 360 $56,550 0.2 California San Jose 560 $60,500 0.3 California Santa Ana 1,780 $51,030 0.6 California Santa Barbara 150 $50,980 0.5 California Santa Cruz 60 $51,620 0.4 California Santa Rosa 160 $53,950 0.5 California Stockton 220 $49,320 0.5 California Visalia 120 $38,420 0.5 California Yuba City 50 $62,590 0.8 Colorado Boulder 240 $48,010 0.8 Colorado Colorado Springs 390 $41,470 0.8 Colorado Denver 2,390 $47,070 1 Colorado Pueblo 110 $39,950 1.2 Connecticut Bridgeport 960 $53,770 1.1 Connecticut Danbury 350 $49,200 2.8Connecticut Hartford 1,340 $47,870 1.2 Connecticut New Haven 700 $50,430 1.3 Connecticut Norwich 170 $47,210 0.7 Connecticut Waterbury 140 $48,070 1.2 Delaware Wilmington 1,100 $44,890 1.7 District of Columbia Washington 4,510 $51,210 1 Florida Cape Coral 1,050 $37,170 2.6Florida Deltona 470 $36,950 1.6 Florida Fort Lauderdale 2,570 $41,830 1.8 Florida Fort Walton Beach 250 $36,840 1.8 Florida Gainesville 420 $34,180 2 Florida Jacksonville 1,640 $40,210 1.4 Florida Lakeland 1,060 $31,060 2.9Florida Miami 2,240 $42,720 1.1 Florida Naples 300 $41,920 1.3 Florida Ocala 420 $35,480 2.4Florida Orlando 3,080 $35,020 1.5 Florida Palm Bay 700 $37,390 1.9 Florida Panama City 540 $41,510 4.4Florida Pensacola 640 $34,680 2.3Florida Punta Gorda 160 $34,740 2.4Florida Sarasota 710 $37,930 1.4 Florida Sebastian 170 $37,160 2.1Florida Tallahassee 530 $36,340 1.7 Florida Tampa 4,650 $35,950 1.9 Florida West Palm Beach 1,860 $38,680 1.8 Georgia Albany 70 $29,200 0.7 Georgia Atlanta 4,590 $39,440 1 Georgia Augusta 420 $28,870 1.1 Georgia Brunswick 100 $34,240 1.4 Georgia Columbus 150 $34,860 0.7 Georgia Gainesville 70 $42,740 0.6 Georgia Macon 170 $36,250 0.9 Georgia Rome 70 $38,700 1.2 Georgia Savannah 460 $33,900 1.6 Georgia Valdosta 30 $32,780 0.3 Georgia Warner Robins 110 $34,930 1.3 Hawaii Honolulu 610 $45,780 0.7 Idaho Boise 670 $36,630 1.3 Idaho Idaho Falls 100 $39,810 1.2 Illinois Bloomington 100 $43,240 0.8 Illinois Champaign 150 0.9 Illinois Chicago 3,680 $54,120 0.5 Illinois Kankakee 40 $45,770 0.6 Illinois Peoria 280 $43,090 0.9 Indiana Anderson 70 $39,280 1 Indiana Bloomington 300 $34,600 2.5Indiana Columbus 110 $37,890 1.5 Indiana Elkhart 110 $50,820 0.5 Indiana Evansville 440 $41,210 1.3 Indiana Fort Wayne 570 $39,820 1.4 Indiana Gary 570 $43,280 1.1 Indiana Indianapolis 1,480 $45,260 0.8 Indiana Kokomo 160 $50,000 2.7Indiana Michigan City 50 $44,980 0.7 Indiana Muncie 130 $38,180 1.7 Iowa Ames 180 $32,890 2.8Iowa Cedar Rapids 360 $41,240 1.4 Iowa Des Moines 780 $37,680 1.2 Iowa Dubuque 120 $37,870 1.4 Iowa Iowa City 190 $39,090 1.5 Iowa Sioux City 90 $39,620 0.7 Iowa Waterloo 170 $34,520 1.1 Kansas Lawrence 100 $40,620 1.3 Kansas Topeka 130 $44,980 0.6 Kansas Wichita 520 $40,900 0.9 Kentucky Bowling Green 210 $34,550 2.1Kentucky Elizabethtown 130 $33,470 1.8 Kentucky Lexington 630 $38,930 1.3 Kentucky Louisville 830 $34,520 0.7 Louisiana Alexandria 90 $33,930 0.9 Louisiana Baton Rouge 790 $36,900 1.1 Louisiana Lafayette 190 $27,610 0.7 Louisiana Lake Charles 110 $57,120 0.7 Louisiana Monroe 160 $36,310 1.1 Louisiana New Orleans 1,640 $37,280 1.6 Louisiana Shreveport 420 $33,640 1.3 Maine Bangor 60 $38,050 0.5 Maine Lewiston 140 $42,270 1.7 Maine Portland 520 $46,920 1.3 Maryland Baltimore 2,450 $49,370 0.9 Maryland Bethesda 1,170 $45,480 1 Maryland Cumberland 90 $33,600 1.5 Maryland Hagerstown 60 $33,620 0.3 Maryland Salisbury 160 $37,500 1.8 Massachusetts Barnstable Town 410 $48,020 2.2Massachusetts Boston 4,070 $55,720 1.2 Massachusetts Brockton 160 $50,740 1 Massachusetts Framingham 480 $44,770 1.6 Massachusetts Haverhill 260 $48,500 1.9 Massachusetts Lawrence 190 $53,640 1.9 Massachusetts Leominster 110 $44,690 1.3 Massachusetts Lowell 420 $61,580 1.9 Massachusetts New Bedford 60 $39,270 0.5 Massachusetts Springfield 640 $48,030 1.1 Massachusetts Worcester 490 $45,390 1 Michigan Ann Arbor 190 $57,120 0.6 Michigan Battle Creek 220 $37,680 2.6Michigan Bay City 60 $42,730 1 Michigan Detroit 1,920 $53,720 1.4 Michigan Flint 350 $49,070 1.4 Michigan Grand Rapids 750 $40,680 1 Michigan Holland 170 $49,860 0.9 Michigan Jackson 90 $46,530 1 Michigan Kalamazoo 290 $43,750 1.1 Michigan Lansing 330 $50,410 0.9 Michigan Saginaw 160 $39,830 1.2 Michigan Warren 1,900 $46,380 0.8 Minnesota Duluth 120 $51,720 0.5 Minnesota Minneapolis 1,500 $54,270 0.4 Minnesota Rochester 80 $42,320 0.5 Minnesota St Cloud 120 $51,410 0.6 Mississippi Gulfport 180 $36,700 0.9 Mississippi Jackson 400 $37,300 0.8 Missouri Columbia 160 $52,350 1.1 Missouri Jefferson City 260 $33,750 2.1Missouri Joplin 70 $32,650 0.5 Missouri Kansas City 1,510 $47,420 0.7 Missouri Springfield 320 $41,370 0.9 Missouri St Louis 2,120 $46,570 0.8 Montana Missoula 30 $44,150 0.3 Nebraska Lincoln 290 $43,060 0.9 Nebraska Omaha 1,030 $46,660 1.1 Nevada Carson City 30 $47,310 0.7 Nevada Las Vegas 1,810 $44,310 1 Nevada Reno 450 $50,640 1.1 New Hampshire Manchester 230 $41,490 1.2 New Hampshire Portsmouth 170 $49,480 1.7 New Hampshire Rochester 200 $42,740 2New Jersey Atlantic City 310 $48,950 1.1 New Jersey Camden 970 $50,170 0.9 New Jersey Edison 2,590 $47,980 1.3 New Jersey Newark 2,710 $50,740 1.4 New Jersey Trenton 360 $52,010 0.9 New Jersey Vineland 90 $44,040 0.9 New Mexico Santa Fe 70 $37,380 0.6 New York Albany 1,030 $39,600 1.2 New York Binghamton 390 $37,200 2 New York Buffalo 680 $40,670 0.6 New York Elmira 40 $48,190 0.7 New York Glens Falls 130 $38,970 1.4 New York Ithaca 40 $37,390 0.6 New York Kingston 220 $37,750 2.1New York Nassau 3,330 $51,490 1.3 New York New York 9,650 $50,860 0.9 New York Poughkeepsie 1,120 $46,480 2.4New York Rochester 1,230 $38,920 1.2 New York Syracuse 600 $44,260 1 New York Utica 260 $39,830 1.1 North Carolina Asheville 400 $37,620 1.2 North Carolina Charlotte 1,980 $41,500 1.1 North Carolina Durham 560 $38,580 1.1 North Carolina Fayetteville 350 $39,780 1.5 North Carolina Goldsboro 70 $36,310 1.1 North Carolina Greensboro 800 $39,500 1.1 North Carolina Greenville 200 $37,670 1.6 North Carolina Hickory 100 $38,370 0.3 North Carolina Jacksonville 90 $36,100 1.3 North Carolina Raleigh 1,270 $43,300 1.3 North Carolina Wilmington 350 $34,160 1.3 North Carolina Winston Salem 500 $35,580 1.2 North Dakota Fargo 160 $47,130 0.7 North Dakota Grand Forks 60 $43,380 0.7 Ohio Akron 550 $40,480 0.8 Ohio Canton 380 $39,390 1.2 Ohio Cincinnati 2,310 $41,970 1.1 Ohio Cleveland 2,130 $57,240 1 Ohio Columbus 2,010 $44,290 1.1 Ohio Dayton 1,040 $37,860 1.4 Ohio Mansfield 70 $34,950 0.8 Ohio Sandusky 70 $38,670 1.2 Ohio Springfield 110 $36,720 1.4 Ohio Toledo 610 $41,650 1 Ohio Youngstown 360 $37,460 0.8 Oklahoma Lawton 50 $46,050 0.8 Oklahoma Oklahoma City 940 $36,280 0.8 Oklahoma Tulsa 940 $36,980 1.1 Oregon Corvallis 40 $42,850 0.8 Oregon Eugene 330 $40,090 1.2 Oregon Medford 80 $41,650 0.5 Oregon Portland 1,920 $48,340 0.9 Oregon Salem 210 $40,210 0.7 Pennsylvania Allentown 900 $42,230 1.4 Pennsylvania Altoona 110 $32,310 1.1 Pennsylvania Erie 210 $37,920 0.9 Pennsylvania Harrisburg 680 $40,590 1.1 Pennsylvania Johnstown 140 $40,280 1.4 Pennsylvania Lancaster 620 $40,740 1.4 Pennsylvania Lebanon 180 $50,720 2.3Pennsylvania Philadelphia 4,320 $47,910 1.2 Pennsylvania Pittsburgh 2,280 $37,090 1 Pennsylvania Reading 310 $44,620 1 Pennsylvania Scranton 770 $40,230 1.5 Pennsylvania State College 190 $39,070 1.9 Pennsylvania Williamsport 90 $36,330 1 Pennsylvania York 490 $43,930 1.4 Rhode Island Providence 1,290 $48,110 1.2 South Carolina Charleston 810 $38,070 1.4 South Carolina Columbia 1,110 $33,980 1.6 South Carolina Florence 90 $38,480 0.6 South Carolina Greenville 740 $38,860 1.2 South Carolina Myrtle Beach 390 $32,100 1.8 South Carolina Sumter 120 $32,240 2.1South Dakota Rapid City 80 $35,030 0.7 South Dakota Sioux Falls 310 $37,850 1.2 Tennessee Chattanooga 510 $34,940 1.1 Tennessee Johnson City 90 $28,500 0.7 Tennessee Kingsport 370 $31,100 1.8 Tennessee Knoxville 1,040 $33,800 1.6 Tennessee Memphis 1,040 $41,360 0.8 Tennessee Nashville 1,390 $39,430 0.9 Texas Abilene 160 $32,070 1.5 Texas Amarillo 380 $40,330 2.1Texas Austin 2,120 $37,180 1.4 Texas Beaumont 560 $42,190 1.9 Texas Brownsville 360 $25,230 1.6 Texas Corpus Christi 640 $39,890 1.9 Texas Dallas 4,390 $41,990 1 Texas El Paso 520 $33,120 1 Texas Fort Worth 2,520 $37,010 1.5 Texas Houston 4,180 $42,240 0.8 Texas Killeen 210 $32,850 0.9 Texas Laredo 190 $24,290 1.3 Texas Lubbock 200 $37,220 0.9 Texas Mcallen 610 $26,140 1.5 Texas Midland 80 $48,750 0.7 Texas Odessa 60 $29,590 0.6 Texas San Antonio 2,590 $35,090 1.6 Texas Texarkana 100 $37,370 1.1 Texas Tyler 270 $35,420 1.6 Texas Victoria 150 $32,310 1.9 Texas Wichita Falls 390 $42,400 3.9Utah Logan 130 $35,020 1.7 Utah Ogden 820 $38,620 2.1Utah Provo 350 $38,240 1.1 Utah Salt Lake City 1,190 $39,950 1 Vermont Burlington 380 $38,440 1.9 Virginia Blacksburg 90 $36,740 0.8 Virginia Charlottesville 340 $37,370 2Virginia Danville 130 $33,710 2.3Virginia Harrisonburg 250 $38,110 2.7Virginia Lynchburg 340 $34,540 1.9 Virginia Richmond 1,610 $40,890 1.4 Virginia Roanoke 560 $39,000 1.9 Virginia Virginia Beach 2,360 $37,310 1.6 Virginia Winchester 170 $37,450 1.9 Washington Bellingham 160 $46,250 1.1 Washington Bremerton 160 $43,760 1.1 Washington Kennewick 190 $41,080 1.2 Washington Longview 100 $34,770 1.9 Washington Seattle 1,910 $59,310 0.7 Washington Spokane 580 $43,050 1.4 Washington Tacoma 710 $50,930 1.4 West Virginia Charleston 680 $35,130 2.5West Virginia Huntington 180 $32,870 0.9 West Virginia Morgantown 100 $35,490 1.3 West Virginia Parkersburg 130 $30,220 1.1 West Virginia Weirton 60 $36,070 0.8 West Virginia Wheeling 100 $31,400 0.9 Wisconsin Appleton 330 $45,370 1.6 Wisconsin Eau Claire 150 $41,940 1.1 Wisconsin Green Bay 640 $39,400 2Wisconsin La Crosse 130 $46,710 1.1 Wisconsin Madison 560 $41,350 0.9 Wisconsin Milwaukee 1,400 $50,410 0.8 Wisconsin Racine 180 $50,520 1.3 Wisconsin Sheboygan 180 $43,960 1.8 Wisconsin Wausau 130 $42,450 1.1 Wyoming Casper 100 $36,550 1.6 Wyoming Cheyenne 30 $42,790 0.4
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