Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers

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Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers are most often employed by the Construction industry. The average yearly wage for Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers was $60,600 in 2024.

The locations that employ the most Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers are Onslow County (South)--Jacksonville City PUMA, NC, Kent PUMA, DE, and Rappahannock-Rapidan Regional Commission PUMA, VA. The locations with a relatively high concentration of Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers are Yavapai Urban PUMA, AZ, Phoenix City--Maryvale (West) PUMA, AZ, and NYC-Queens Community District 10--South Ozone Park & Howard Beach PUMA, NY.

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Employment

Employment and salary information for the Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers workforce. Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers workforce in 2024 was 441,249 people, of which 1.7% were women and 98.3% were men.

Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers are paid most in San Diego County (North & East)--Fallbrook, Alpine & Valley Center PUMA, CA but are relatively concentrated in Yavapai Urban PUMA, AZ.

Employment Over Time

Metric

Grouping

433,741

Male Workforce

± 16.1k

7,508

Female Workforce

± 2.13k

The Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers workforce in 2024 was 441,249 people (1.7% women and 98.3% men). This implies an average annual growth of 41.5% between 2014 (311,770) and 2024 (441,249).

Employment by Location

Level

Metric

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by average wage for Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers.

During 2024, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were Alaska ($89,653), Washington ($76,665), and North Dakota ($75,419).

Yearly Wage Ranking

$60,600

AVERAGE WAGE

#235 in the ranking (2014)

$69,878

NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE

For all occupations across the US

In 2024, Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers earned an average of $60,600, $9,278 less than the average national salary of $69,878

The graph shows the ranking of Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers in relation to all Detailed Occupation in 2014.

Wage Distribution

Gender

0.313

WAGE GINI

In 2024, Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.313, which is lower than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Industry

Information on the industries that employ Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers and on wages for those in the field. Construction is the industry that employs the most Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers, by average wage, is Iron & steel mills & steel product manufacturing ($132,492).

Occupations by Industries

Metric

Value

441k

2024 Workforce

± 16,285

2.97%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 5.11%

This graphic shows the share of Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers employed by various industries. Construction employs the largest share of Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers at 93.4%, followed by Elementary & secondary schools with 2.63% and Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges with 2.19%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers in the US. The workforce of Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers in 2024 was 441,249 people, with 1.7% woman, and 98.3% men. The average age of male Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers in the workforce is 39.8 and of female Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers is 37.3, and the most common race/ethnicity for Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers is White.

Gender and Age

Metric

The workforce of Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers in 2024 was 441,249 people, with 1.7% woman, and 98.3% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 25 to 29 years (60,554 people), 30 to 34 years (57,037 people), and 20 to 24 years (52,719 people). Among them they concentrated 38.6% of the total workforce.

Ethnicity

Gender

In 2024, 23.7% of Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers workers were Hispanic and 76.3% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (56.8%), Puerto Rican (10.3)%, and Cuban (6.97)%

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Races

In 2024, 68.1% of the Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers workforce were White, of which 1.68% were women and 98.3% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Two or More Races (14.1%) and Other (8.35%).

Education & Skills

Data on higher education choices for Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers is Business but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2024 were Mechanical Technologies.

Among the necessary skills for Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers, Operations Monitoring stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers need more than the average amount of Installation.

Majors

ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degrees. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree obtained.

Type of Majors

Degree

The most common majors achieved by Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers in 2024 (counting all academic degrees) were Business (6,466 people), Engineering (5,260 people), and Social Sciences (1,588 people).

You can review this information for different academic grades by modifying the option selected in the selector above.

Education Levels

Metric

The main educational levels achieved by the Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers workers were High School or Equivalent (186,329 people), Some college (125,709 people), and Associates Degree (58,751 people).

The graphic shows the Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers workforce by gender and educational level.

Skills

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Value

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers need many skills, but most especially Operations Monitoring, Installation, Repairing.

Projections

Projections on job growth for Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The 10-year national workforce is projected to grow 3.07%, but Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers are expected to see a growth of 8.11% over the same period. This occupation is expected to grow more than the national average.

Job Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparible industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers.

8.11%

Estimated Job Growth

10-year Projection

3.07%

National Growth

10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers. This profession is expected to grow more than than 3.07%, the average rate of national job growth.

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