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HVAC Technicians

Career and Education Info

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 .

StateAreaPositionsTypical PayPopularity in Area
AlabamaAnniston190$27,500 2.3
AlabamaAuburn90$31,1601.2
AlabamaBirmingham1,210$38,3201.2
AlabamaDothan250$28,040 2.4
AlabamaHuntsville330$37,6300.8
AlabamaMobile690$31,1102
AlabamaMontgomery400$31,7401.2
AlabamaTuscaloosa160$34,4601
AlaskaFairbanks110$53,930 2
ArizonaFlagstaff120$28,9901.3
ArizonaKingman100$39,0901.1
ArizonaPhoenix3,520$41,2501
ArizonaTucson630$39,1800.9
ArizonaYuma140$34,9501.3
ArkansasFayetteville290$33,7800.8
ArkansasFort Smith250$31,9601.1
ArkansasHot Springs80$31,5601.3
ArkansasJonesboro140$31,0801.7
ArkansasLittle Rock660$41,2401
ArkansasPine Bluff50$34,1800.9
CaliforniaBakersfield300$40,7500.6
CaliforniaChico90$32,2300.7
CaliforniaEl Centro60$40,7600.7
CaliforniaFresno540$36,3100.8
CaliforniaHanford80$34,3601.7
CaliforniaMerced50$44,6200.5
CaliforniaModesto170$39,8700.5
CaliforniaOakland880$59,8500.4
CaliforniaRiverside2,160$42,2000.9
CaliforniaSacramento1,090$44,8800.6
CaliforniaSalinas110$57,7300.4
CaliforniaSan Diego1,260$49,0300.5
CaliforniaSan Francisco360$56,5500.2
CaliforniaSan Jose560$60,5000.3
CaliforniaSanta Ana1,780$51,0300.6
CaliforniaSanta Barbara150$50,9800.5
CaliforniaSanta Cruz60$51,6200.4
CaliforniaSanta Rosa160$53,9500.5
CaliforniaStockton220$49,3200.5
CaliforniaVisalia120$38,4200.5
CaliforniaYuba City50$62,5900.8
ColoradoBoulder240$48,0100.8
ColoradoColorado Springs390$41,4700.8
ColoradoDenver2,390$47,0701
ColoradoPueblo110$39,9501.2
ConnecticutBridgeport960$53,7701.1
ConnecticutDanbury350$49,200 2.8
ConnecticutHartford1,340$47,8701.2
ConnecticutNew Haven700$50,4301.3
ConnecticutNorwich170$47,2100.7
ConnecticutWaterbury140$48,0701.2
DelawareWilmington1,100$44,8901.7
District of ColumbiaWashington4,510$51,2101
FloridaCape Coral1,050$37,170 2.6
FloridaDeltona470$36,9501.6
FloridaFort Lauderdale2,570$41,8301.8
FloridaFort Walton Beach250$36,8401.8
FloridaGainesville420$34,1802
FloridaJacksonville1,640$40,2101.4
FloridaLakeland1,060$31,060 2.9
FloridaMiami2,240$42,7201.1
FloridaNaples300$41,9201.3
FloridaOcala420$35,480 2.4
FloridaOrlando3,080$35,0201.5
FloridaPalm Bay700$37,3901.9
FloridaPanama City540$41,510 4.4
FloridaPensacola640$34,680 2.3
FloridaPunta Gorda160$34,740 2.4
FloridaSarasota710$37,9301.4
FloridaSebastian170$37,160 2.1
FloridaTallahassee530$36,3401.7
FloridaTampa4,650$35,9501.9
FloridaWest Palm Beach1,860$38,6801.8
GeorgiaAlbany70$29,2000.7
GeorgiaAtlanta4,590$39,4401
GeorgiaAugusta420$28,8701.1
GeorgiaBrunswick100$34,2401.4
GeorgiaColumbus150$34,8600.7
GeorgiaGainesville70$42,7400.6
GeorgiaMacon170$36,2500.9
GeorgiaRome70$38,7001.2
GeorgiaSavannah460$33,9001.6
GeorgiaValdosta30$32,7800.3
GeorgiaWarner Robins110$34,9301.3
HawaiiHonolulu610$45,7800.7
IdahoBoise670$36,6301.3
IdahoIdaho Falls100$39,8101.2
IllinoisBloomington100$43,2400.8
IllinoisChampaign150 0.9
IllinoisChicago3,680$54,1200.5
IllinoisKankakee40$45,7700.6
IllinoisPeoria280$43,0900.9
IndianaAnderson70$39,2801
IndianaBloomington300$34,600 2.5
IndianaColumbus110$37,8901.5
IndianaElkhart110$50,8200.5
IndianaEvansville440$41,2101.3
IndianaFort Wayne570$39,8201.4
IndianaGary570$43,2801.1
IndianaIndianapolis1,480$45,2600.8
IndianaKokomo160$50,000 2.7
IndianaMichigan City50$44,9800.7
IndianaMuncie130$38,1801.7
IowaAmes180$32,890 2.8
IowaCedar Rapids360$41,2401.4
IowaDes Moines780$37,6801.2
IowaDubuque120$37,8701.4
IowaIowa City190$39,0901.5
IowaSioux City90$39,6200.7
IowaWaterloo170$34,5201.1
KansasLawrence100$40,6201.3
KansasTopeka130$44,9800.6
KansasWichita520$40,9000.9
KentuckyBowling Green210$34,550 2.1
KentuckyElizabethtown130$33,4701.8
KentuckyLexington630$38,9301.3
KentuckyLouisville830$34,5200.7
LouisianaAlexandria90$33,9300.9
LouisianaBaton Rouge790$36,9001.1
LouisianaLafayette190$27,6100.7
LouisianaLake Charles110$57,1200.7
LouisianaMonroe160$36,3101.1
LouisianaNew Orleans1,640$37,2801.6
LouisianaShreveport420$33,6401.3
MaineBangor60$38,0500.5
MaineLewiston140$42,2701.7
MainePortland520$46,9201.3
MarylandBaltimore2,450$49,3700.9
MarylandBethesda1,170$45,4801
MarylandCumberland90$33,6001.5
MarylandHagerstown60$33,6200.3
MarylandSalisbury160$37,5001.8
MassachusettsBarnstable Town410$48,020 2.2
MassachusettsBoston4,070$55,7201.2
MassachusettsBrockton160$50,7401
MassachusettsFramingham480$44,7701.6
MassachusettsHaverhill260$48,5001.9
MassachusettsLawrence190$53,6401.9
MassachusettsLeominster110$44,6901.3
MassachusettsLowell420$61,5801.9
MassachusettsNew Bedford60$39,2700.5
MassachusettsSpringfield640$48,0301.1
MassachusettsWorcester490$45,3901
MichiganAnn Arbor190$57,1200.6
MichiganBattle Creek220$37,680 2.6
MichiganBay City60$42,7301
MichiganDetroit1,920$53,7201.4
MichiganFlint350$49,0701.4
MichiganGrand Rapids750$40,6801
MichiganHolland170$49,8600.9
MichiganJackson90$46,5301
MichiganKalamazoo290$43,7501.1
MichiganLansing330$50,4100.9
MichiganSaginaw160$39,8301.2
MichiganWarren1,900$46,3800.8
MinnesotaDuluth120$51,7200.5
MinnesotaMinneapolis1,500$54,2700.4
MinnesotaRochester80$42,3200.5
MinnesotaSt Cloud120$51,4100.6
MississippiGulfport180$36,7000.9
MississippiJackson400$37,3000.8
MissouriColumbia160$52,3501.1
MissouriJefferson City260$33,750 2.1
MissouriJoplin70$32,6500.5
MissouriKansas City1,510$47,4200.7
MissouriSpringfield320$41,3700.9
MissouriSt Louis2,120$46,5700.8
MontanaMissoula30$44,1500.3
NebraskaLincoln290$43,0600.9
NebraskaOmaha1,030$46,6601.1
NevadaCarson City30$47,3100.7
NevadaLas Vegas1,810$44,3101
NevadaReno450$50,6401.1
New HampshireManchester230$41,4901.2
New HampshirePortsmouth170$49,4801.7
New HampshireRochester200$42,740 2
New JerseyAtlantic City310$48,9501.1
New JerseyCamden970$50,1700.9
New JerseyEdison2,590$47,9801.3
New JerseyNewark2,710$50,7401.4
New JerseyTrenton360$52,0100.9
New JerseyVineland90$44,0400.9
New MexicoSanta Fe70$37,3800.6
New YorkAlbany1,030$39,6001.2
New YorkBinghamton390$37,2002
New YorkBuffalo680$40,6700.6
New YorkElmira40$48,1900.7
New YorkGlens Falls130$38,9701.4
New YorkIthaca40$37,3900.6
New YorkKingston220$37,750 2.1
New YorkNassau3,330$51,4901.3
New YorkNew York9,650$50,8600.9
New YorkPoughkeepsie1,120$46,480 2.4
New YorkRochester1,230$38,9201.2
New YorkSyracuse600$44,2601
New YorkUtica260$39,8301.1
North CarolinaAsheville400$37,6201.2
North CarolinaCharlotte1,980$41,5001.1
North CarolinaDurham560$38,5801.1
North CarolinaFayetteville350$39,7801.5
North CarolinaGoldsboro70$36,3101.1
North CarolinaGreensboro800$39,5001.1
North CarolinaGreenville200$37,6701.6
North CarolinaHickory100$38,3700.3
North CarolinaJacksonville90$36,1001.3
North CarolinaRaleigh1,270$43,3001.3
North CarolinaWilmington350$34,1601.3
North CarolinaWinston Salem500$35,5801.2
North DakotaFargo160$47,1300.7
North DakotaGrand Forks60$43,3800.7
OhioAkron550$40,4800.8
OhioCanton380$39,3901.2
OhioCincinnati2,310$41,9701.1
OhioCleveland2,130$57,2401
OhioColumbus2,010$44,2901.1
OhioDayton1,040$37,8601.4
OhioMansfield70$34,9500.8
OhioSandusky70$38,6701.2
OhioSpringfield110$36,7201.4
OhioToledo610$41,6501
OhioYoungstown360$37,4600.8
OklahomaLawton50$46,0500.8
OklahomaOklahoma City940$36,2800.8
OklahomaTulsa940$36,9801.1
OregonCorvallis40$42,8500.8
OregonEugene330$40,0901.2
OregonMedford80$41,6500.5
OregonPortland1,920$48,3400.9
OregonSalem210$40,2100.7
PennsylvaniaAllentown900$42,2301.4
PennsylvaniaAltoona110$32,3101.1
PennsylvaniaErie210$37,9200.9
PennsylvaniaHarrisburg680$40,5901.1
PennsylvaniaJohnstown140$40,2801.4
PennsylvaniaLancaster620$40,7401.4
PennsylvaniaLebanon180$50,720 2.3
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia4,320$47,9101.2
PennsylvaniaPittsburgh2,280$37,0901
PennsylvaniaReading310$44,6201
PennsylvaniaScranton770$40,2301.5
PennsylvaniaState College190$39,0701.9
PennsylvaniaWilliamsport90$36,3301
PennsylvaniaYork490$43,9301.4
Rhode IslandProvidence1,290$48,1101.2
South CarolinaCharleston810$38,0701.4
South CarolinaColumbia1,110$33,9801.6
South CarolinaFlorence90$38,4800.6
South CarolinaGreenville740$38,8601.2
South CarolinaMyrtle Beach390$32,1001.8
South CarolinaSumter120$32,240 2.1
South DakotaRapid City80$35,0300.7
South DakotaSioux Falls310$37,8501.2
TennesseeChattanooga510$34,9401.1
TennesseeJohnson City90$28,5000.7
TennesseeKingsport370$31,1001.8
TennesseeKnoxville1,040$33,8001.6
TennesseeMemphis1,040$41,3600.8
TennesseeNashville1,390$39,4300.9
TexasAbilene160$32,0701.5
TexasAmarillo380$40,330 2.1
TexasAustin2,120$37,1801.4
TexasBeaumont560$42,1901.9
TexasBrownsville360$25,2301.6
TexasCorpus Christi640$39,8901.9
TexasDallas4,390$41,9901
TexasEl Paso520$33,1201
TexasFort Worth2,520$37,0101.5
TexasHouston4,180$42,2400.8
TexasKilleen210$32,8500.9
TexasLaredo190$24,2901.3
TexasLubbock200$37,2200.9
TexasMcallen610$26,1401.5
TexasMidland80$48,7500.7
TexasOdessa60$29,5900.6
TexasSan Antonio2,590$35,0901.6
TexasTexarkana100$37,3701.1
TexasTyler270$35,4201.6
TexasVictoria150$32,3101.9
TexasWichita Falls390$42,400 3.9
UtahLogan130$35,0201.7
UtahOgden820$38,620 2.1
UtahProvo350$38,2401.1
UtahSalt Lake City1,190$39,9501
VermontBurlington380$38,4401.9
VirginiaBlacksburg90$36,7400.8
VirginiaCharlottesville340$37,370 2
VirginiaDanville130$33,710 2.3
VirginiaHarrisonburg250$38,110 2.7
VirginiaLynchburg340$34,5401.9
VirginiaRichmond1,610$40,8901.4
VirginiaRoanoke560$39,0001.9
VirginiaVirginia Beach2,360$37,3101.6
VirginiaWinchester170$37,4501.9
WashingtonBellingham160$46,2501.1
WashingtonBremerton160$43,7601.1
WashingtonKennewick190$41,0801.2
WashingtonLongview100$34,7701.9
WashingtonSeattle1,910$59,3100.7
WashingtonSpokane580$43,0501.4
WashingtonTacoma710$50,9301.4
West VirginiaCharleston680$35,130 2.5
West VirginiaHuntington180$32,8700.9
West VirginiaMorgantown100$35,4901.3
West VirginiaParkersburg130$30,2201.1
West VirginiaWeirton60$36,0700.8
West VirginiaWheeling100$31,4000.9
WisconsinAppleton330$45,3701.6
WisconsinEau Claire150$41,9401.1
WisconsinGreen Bay640$39,400 2
WisconsinLa Crosse130$46,7101.1
WisconsinMadison560$41,3500.9
WisconsinMilwaukee1,400$50,4100.8
WisconsinRacine180$50,5201.3
WisconsinSheboygan180$43,9601.8
WisconsinWausau130$42,4501.1
WyomingCasper100$36,5501.6
WyomingCheyenne30$42,7900.4
 

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