Highest-paying Cities for Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers

The top 100 highest paying cities for heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $78,790, Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin is the highest paying city for heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers. It is followed by San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California (average annual salary $78,690). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$78,790	$47,000	2,910
2	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$78,690	$48,830	2,310
3	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$78,070	$47,570	180
4	Fairbanks, Alaska	$76,030	$47,250	90
5	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$74,450	$47,560	4,540
6	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$73,660	$56,490	40
7	Anchorage, Alaska	$73,370	$39,490	300
8	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$73,320	$39,880	19,480
9	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$72,910	$46,380	4,730
10	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$71,850	$45,460	1,220
11	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$69,620	$45,620	160
12	New Haven, Connecticut	$68,940	$45,240	740
13	Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii	$68,390	$47,520	130
14	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$67,550	$41,080	370
15	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$67,070	$44,910	1,760
16	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$66,240	$47,920	990
17	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$64,800	$34,690	100
18	Springfield, Massachusetts	$64,780	$44,710	700
19	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$64,260	$47,090	3,800
20	Waterbury, Connecticut	$63,620	$44,780	210
21	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$63,450	$45,930	1,650
22	Danbury, Connecticut	$63,450	$39,740	340
23	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$63,370	$44,210	280
24	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$63,250	$46,010	260
25	Eau Claire, Wisconsin	$63,230	$39,590	200
26	Rochester, Minnesota	$62,970	$38,670	200
27	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$62,960	$34,690	3,920
28	Fond du Lac, Wisconsin	$62,860	$44,910	120
29	Mankato-North Mankato, Minnesota	$62,860	$40,000	120
30	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$62,820	$38,800	290
31	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$62,810	$46,030	550
32	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$62,730	$44,220	2,380
33	La Crosse, Wisconsin	$62,570	$44,960	200
34	Peabody, Massachusetts	$62,470	$46,580	240
35	Northwestern Connecticut nonmetropolitan area, Connecticut	$62,440	$39,190	110
36	Appleton, Wisconsin	$62,410	$44,410	380
37	Worcester, Massachusetts	$62,390	$41,680	590
38	Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$62,360	$47,270	100
39	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$62,200	$45,570	390
40	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$62,180	$42,310	7,700
41	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$62,130	$38,120	3,950
42	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$62,120	$42,570	560
43	West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$62,040	$42,760	230
44	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$62,000	$38,090	410
45	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$61,920	$38,650	3,110
46	St Cloud, Minnesota	$61,910	$47,900	380
47	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$61,900	$44,760	150
48	Madison, Wisconsin	$61,900	$41,600	890
49	Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$61,890	$44,700	70
50	Olympia, Washington	$61,870	$39,740	240
51	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$61,760	$34,670	300
52	Manchester, New Hampshire	$61,750	$38,030	410
53	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$61,730	$38,330	1,420
54	Other New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$61,710	$39,370	250
55	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$61,600	$46,380	1,360
56	Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$61,590	$45,410	70
57	Dover-Durham, New Hampshire	$61,550	$46,020	180
58	New Bedford, Massachusetts	$61,460	$37,150	70
59	Modesto, California	$61,440	$39,400	450
60	Sheboygan, Wisconsin	$61,440	$39,050	140
61	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$61,420	$42,430	240
62	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$61,310	$40,080	10,780
63	Corvallis, Oregon	$61,290	$37,490	30
64	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$61,280	$41,060	3,180
65	Tacoma, Washington	$61,270	$47,500	440
66	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$61,220	$39,210	550
67	Stockton, California	$61,170	$37,580	480
68	Bend, Oregon	$61,160	$39,020	320
69	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$61,150	$34,190	5,520
70	Rockford, Illinois	$61,140	$35,390	250
71	Duluth, Wisconsin	$61,080	$36,220	180
72	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$61,050	$36,050	240
73	Racine, Wisconsin	$60,980	$38,130	180
74	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$60,980	$39,360	3,450
75	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$60,930	$45,300	230
76	Salem, Oregon	$60,890	$38,200	500
77	Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, Massachusetts	$60,840	$42,270	110
78	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$60,760	$37,940	130
79	Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$60,720	$35,490	280
80	Iowa City, Iowa	$60,700	$37,200	180
81	Fargo, North Dakota	$60,690	$40,130	340
82	El Centro, California	$60,620	$36,940	140
83	Bellingham, Washington	$60,530	$37,920	310
84	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	$60,480	$37,240	320
85	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$60,260	$41,600	3,720
86	Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey	$60,240	$38,160	140
87	Ithaca, New York	$60,200	$42,550	80
88	Carson City, Nevada	$60,120	$41,030	60
89	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$60,110	$39,240	5,730
90	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$60,090	$30,390	7,410
91	Hanford-Corcoran, California	$60,070	$46,590	80
92	Pittsfield, Massachusetts	$59,980	$37,480	130
93	Longview, Washington	$59,970	$40,450	100
94	Bloomington, Indiana	$59,930	$37,860	210
95	Fresno, California	$59,880	$38,130	1,040
96	Syracuse, New York	$59,870	$37,700	670
97	Green Bay, Wisconsin	$59,850	$38,030	340
98	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$59,790	$38,190	670
99	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$59,740	$37,670	7,800
100	Grand Forks, North Dakota	$59,730	$39,950	90

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