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HVAC technician salary in Yuba City, CA

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

HVAC technicians in the Yuba City, CA area earn a median of $62,850 a year, or $30.22 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $88,850 a year. That's 13% less than the California median of $72,560.

Median yearly pay$62,850
Bottom 10% under$46,740Top 10% over$88,850
Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
$22.47/hr
Jobs in this area
90
After cost of living
$60,300
Median hourly pay
$30.22/hr
vs U.S. median
+3%
vs California median
−13%
Mean (average) pay
$68,050 a year · $32.72 an hour
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 49700, Yuba City, CA). Excludes self-employed HVAC technicians. Cost of living: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024. *Starting pay is estimated from the 10th percentile; BLS does not report pay by license level.

Pay by percentile

What HVAC technicians in Yuba City, CA earn at each point of the pay range, May 2025: 10% earn less than the 10th percentile, half earn less than the median, and 10% earn more than the 90th.

PercentileHourlyYearly
10th percentile$22.47$46,740
25th percentile$23.90$49,710
Median (50th)$30.22$62,850
75th percentile$37.31$77,610
90th percentile$42.72$88,850

BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS yearly figures are the hourly wage times 2,080 hours.

How Yuba City, CA compares

  • Yuba City ranks 23rd of 25 California metro areas for HVAC technician pay.
  • HVAC technicians are less concentrated in the Yuba City area than nationally: 1.8 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.70 times the U.S. share.

Other California metro areas

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Questions

Do HVAC technicians make more in Yuba City or San Francisco?
San Francisco pays more: the median is $62,850 in Yuba City and $78,490 in San Francisco, a 20% difference.

About this data

Wages are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey for May 2025, occupation 49-9021 (Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers), area code 49700 (Yuba City, CA). BLS counts wage and salary workers only, so self-employed HVAC technicians and business owners aren't included. The cost-of-living figure divides the median by the Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parity for 2024 (104.2, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures