Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers

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2019 Workforce

413k

Average Age

40.6

Estimated Job Growth

14.7%

10-year projection

Average Salary

$51,843

Average Male Salary

$51,879

Average Female Salary

$49,764

About

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 $51,843 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers by wage are Postal service mail carriers, Paralegals & legal assistants, and Correctional officers and jailers.

Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers are part of the Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations, along with Firstline supervisors of mechanics, installers, & repairers, Computer, automated teller, & office machine repairers, Radio & telecommunications equipment installers & repairers, Avionics technicians, Electric motor, power tool, & related repairers, and 26 more.

The top 3 locations that employ the most Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers are St. Mary's & Calvert Counties PUMA, MD, Genesee (East) & Lapeer Counties PUMA, MI, and Porter County PUMA, IN. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers are Decatur City PUMA, IL, East Haven, Branford, Guilford, Madison & North Branford Towns PUMA, CT, and Bayamón Municipio (OEste) PUMA, PR.

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Employment

Information on the businesses and industries that employ Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers and on wages and locations 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 Electric power generation, transmission & distribution. Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers are paid most in Puyallup City & South Hill PUMA, WA but are relatively concentrated in Decatur City PUMA, IL.

Wages

Yearly Wage

$51,843

AVERAGE SALARY

± $1,376

In 2019, Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers earned an average of $51,843, $3,681 less than than the average national salary of $55,524.

Postal service mail carriers make somewhat more than Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers while Correctional officers and jailers make somewhat less. This chart shows the various occupations closest to Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers as measured by average annual salary in the US.

Wage Distribution

0.29

WAGE GINI

In 2015, Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.29, which is lower than than the national average of 0.478. 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).

Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

This map shows the Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States shaded by average annual wage for Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers.

Spatial Concentration

PUMAs with a Relatively High Concentration of Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers

This map displays which Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States have a relatively high population of Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers.

Industries

Most Common

The most common industries employing Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers, by number of employees, are Construction, Elementary & secondary schools, and Commercial & industrial machinery & equipment repair & maintenance.

Highest Paying

The highest paying industries for Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers, by average wage, are Services incidental to transportation, Employment services, Electric power generation, transmission & distribution, Museums, art galleries, historical sites, & similar institutions, Services incidental to transportation, Motor vehicles & motor vehicle equipment manufacturing, Natural gas distribution, Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing, Electric power generation, transmission & distribution, Amusement & Recreation, Aircraft & parts manufacturing, Electric power generation, transmission & distribution, Services incidental to transportation, Truck transportation, Ship & boat building, Motor vehicles & motor vehicle equipment manufacturing, Electric & gas, and other combinations, and Justice, public order, & safety activities .

Industries by Share

413k

2019 Workforce

± 15,747

6.62%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 5.15%

The number of people employed as Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers has been growing at a rate of 6.62%, from 386,891 people in 2018 to 412,513 people in 2019.

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 77.4%, followed by Elementary & secondary schools with 2.13% and Commercial & industrial machinery & equipment repair & maintenance with 1.98%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers in the US. The average age of male Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers in the workforce is 40.6 and of female Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers is 40.5, and the most common race/ethnicity for Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers is White (Non-Hispanic).

Gender Composition

405k

MALE WORKFORCE

± 15,612

7.09k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 2,068

98.3% of Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers are Male, making them the more common gender in the occupation. This chart shows the gender breakdown of Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers.

Race & Ethnicity

Most Common Race or Ethnicity of Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers

White (Non-Hispanic)
White (Hispanic)
Other (Hispanic)

69.7% of Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers are White (Non-Hispanic), making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 13.3% of Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers, White (Hispanic) is the second most common race or ethnicity in this occupation. This chart shows the racial and ethnic breakdown of Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers.

Age by Gender

40.6

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± 0.511

40.5

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 3.59

The median age of Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers is 40.6, and Male employees are generally 0.0694 years older than than their Female counterparts.

Education

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 a relatively high number of Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers hold a major in Theology.

Majors

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

MOST COMMON MAJORS

MOST SPECIALIZED MAJORS

Skills

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 Repairing, Troubleshooting, and Equipment Maintenance. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers need more than the average amount of Installation, Repairing, and Equipment Maintenance.

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Growth Projections

Projections on wages and job growth for Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The ten-year national workforce is projected to grow 6.85%, but Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers are expected to see a growth of 14.7% over the same period. This occupation is expected to grow higher than the national average.

Job Growth

14.7%

ESTIMATED GROWTH

6.85%

NATIONAL AVERAGE

This line chart shows the 10-year projected employment growth (from 2018 to 2028) for Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers. This profession is expected to grow faster than 6.85%, the average rate of national job growth.