Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers
United States. Estimated employment 409,670, with pages for 23 metro areas below.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 49-9021
Fig. 1 — The wage rule
Where you sit in the distribution
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$61,010 · 50th
$40,05010th
$48,36025th
$61,01050th
$77,06075th
$95,21090th
That is the median — half of people in this occupation in the US earn more.
Table 1 — By metro area
Where it pays
Every published Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers page, by median pay. Employment is the BLS estimate for the metro.
| Metro area | Median | Employment |
|---|---|---|
| San Jose, CA | $82,050 | 1,740 |
| Santa Rosa, CA | $79,510 | 560 |
| Santa Maria, CA | $78,640 | 260 |
| San Francisco, CA | $78,490 | 3,980 |
| Santa Cruz, CA | $78,330 | 210 |
| New York, NY | $77,990 | 21,820 |
| Stockton, CA | $75,710 | 390 |
| El Centro, CA | $75,220 | 120 |
| Los Angeles, CA | $73,830 | 10,720 |
| Syracuse, NY | $66,600 | 970 |
| Albany, NY | $66,040 | 1,450 |
| Kiryas Joel, NY | $65,530 | 1,150 |
| Ithaca, NY | $64,690 | 120 |
| Rochester, NY | $63,570 | 1,850 |
| Watertown, NY | $62,850 | 130 |
| Austin, TX | $60,820 | 3,140 |
| Dallas, TX | $59,560 | 10,910 |
| Houston, TX | $58,940 | 7,680 |
| San Antonio, TX | $58,590 | 3,160 |
| Odessa, TX | $58,580 | 160 |
| Midland, TX | $57,800 | 260 |
| Beaumont, TX | $56,720 | 390 |
| Sherman, TX | $56,330 | 170 |
Sources
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Employment
- 409,670 employed in this occupation nationally (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 49-9021, Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers. Mapped to our taxonomy as heating-air-conditioning-and-refrigeration-mechanics-and-installers.
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