Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers

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Total Workforce

387k

Average Age

39.9

Average Salary

$49,187

Average Male Salary

$49,357

Average Female Salary

$39,516

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 $49,187 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers by wage are Educational, guidance, and career counselors and advisors, Machinists, and Bus & truck mechanics & diesel engine specialists.

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 Annandale, West Falls Church & Bailey's Crossroads PUMA, VA, Rankin & Simpson Counties PUMA, MS, and St. Lucie County (South) PUMA, FL. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers are Pima County (West) PUMA, AZ, Annandale, West Falls Church & Bailey's Crossroads PUMA, VA, and West Valley City (Central), Salt Lake City (South Central) & Kearns PUMA, UT.

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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 St. Cloud City PUMA, MN but are relatively concentrated in Pima County (West) PUMA, AZ.

Wages

Yearly Wage

$49,187

AVERAGE SALARY

± $1,350

In 2018, Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers earned an average of $49,187, $4,702 less than than the average national salary of $53,888.

Bus & truck mechanics & diesel engine specialists make somewhat more than Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers while Educational, guidance, and career counselors and advisors 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

0.304

WAGE GINI

In 2018, Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.304, which is lower than than the national average of 0.479. 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, Natural gas distribution, Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing, Electric power generation, transmission & distribution, Amusement & Recreation, and Services incidental to transportation.

Industries by Share

387k

2018 Workforce

± 15,251

-0.0501%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 5.58%

The number of people employed as Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers has been declining at a rate of -0.0501%, from 387,085 people in 2017 to 386,891 people in 2018.

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 78.3%, followed by Elementary & secondary schools with 2.4% and Commercial & industrial machinery & equipment repair & maintenance with 2.2%.

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 39.9 and of female Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers is 39.2, and the most common race/ethnicity for Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers is White (Non-Hispanic).

Gender Composition

380k

MALE WORKFORCE

± 15,119

6.69k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 2,008

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)
Black (Non-Hispanic)

67.5% of Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers are White (Non-Hispanic), making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 15.3% 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

39.9

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± 0.51

39.2

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 4.07

The median age of Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers is 39.9, and Male employees are generally 0.725 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 Engineering but a relatively high number of Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers hold a major in Engineering.

Majors

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