HVAC Technician Statistics 2026: Job Market, Pay, Demand & Workforce

HVACHires had 2,336 open HVAC technician listings from 709 employers on October 13, 2026.

1,015 were first posted in the previous 14 days and 1,469 in the previous 30 days.

At least 0.7% of HVAC technician listings were part-time on October 13, 2026.

Listings that name no schedule are counted as full-time, so the real part-time share may be higher.

The benefit HVAC technician listings named most often on October 13, 2026 was paid time off, in 71.4% of listings, followed by health insurance (59.8%).

A listing that does not mention a benefit may still offer it.

To browse the openings themselves, see all HVAC technician listings.

The median HVAC technician wage was $61,010 a year in May 2025, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS, SOC 49-9021, May 2025).

The 25th percentile was $48,360 and the 75th percentile $77,060 a year (BLS OEWS, SOC 49-9021, May 2025).

Employers hiring HVAC technicians on HVACHires advertise a median of $32.50 an hour across 399 employers on October 13, 2026; this is advertised pay, not earnings.

217 HVAC technician listings from 110 employers stated annual pay instead, at an employer median of $90,000 a year.

For BLS pay by percentile and state, see the HVAC technician salary guide, and for the full distribution of posted pay see our quarterly HVAC technician pay data release.

Florida had the most open HVAC technician listings on October 13, 2026, with 245 (10.5% of the national total).

Texas followed with 227 (9.7%).

To browse the openings in one state, start with HVAC technician openings in Florida.

709 employers had open HVAC technician listings on HVACHires on October 13, 2026, and the five largest posted 29.2% of them.

553 employers (78%) had exactly one open HVAC technician listing.

BLS counted 409,670 wage-and-salary jobs in heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers (SOC 49-9021) in May 2025, a count that excludes the self-employed (BLS OEWS).

297,290 of those jobs, 72.6%, were at plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in May 2025 (BLS OEWS, NAICS 238220; share calculated).

BLS projects employment of heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers (SOC 49-9021) to grow 10.9% from 2025 to 2035, against 3.5% for all occupations, with about 40,600 openings a year (BLS Employment Projections, 2025–35).

For what drives that projection, and whether the trade is short of workers, see the HVAC technician job outlook.

For what the HVAC and plumbing technician shortage means for contractors, see our hiring analysis.

For how to enter the field, see the HVAC technician career guide.

Listing figures are computed from every active, paid HVAC technician listing on HVACHires at the time shown, and refreshed every six hours.

Listings on a job board are not a random sample of all HVAC technician jobs, so read them as a picture of current hiring, not of total employment.

Advertised pay is the midpoint of the range an employer posts, or its single figure, and hourly and annual postings are never converted into each other.

The headline is the employer median: each employer’s own median, then the median across employers, so a contractor or franchise network posting hundreds of openings counts once.

A pay figure needs at least 30 listings from 10 employers and is withheld when one employer posted more than half of them.

Federal figures come from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS May 2025 and Employment Projections 2025–35) and are quoted as published, with the year in each sentence.

OEWS wages cover wage-and-salary workers only and leave out overtime and the self-employed.

HVAC technician, HVAC service technician and commercial HVAC technician listings are counted together, as in the HVAC technician pay data release.