HVAC technician salary in Cape Coral, FL
Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025
HVAC technicians in the Cape Coral–Fort Myers, FL area earn a median of $58,170 a year, or $27.97 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $78,070. Across all of Florida, the median is $56,670, so Cape Coral pays 3% more than the state as a whole.
- Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
- $18.19/hr
- Jobs in this area
- 2,110
- After cost of living
- $56,830
- Median hourly pay
- $27.97/hr
- vs U.S. median
- −5%
- vs Florida median
- +3%
- Mean (average) pay
- $57,500 a year · $27.65 an hour
Pay by percentile
What HVAC technicians in Cape Coral, FL 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.
| Percentile | Hourly | Yearly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $18.19 | $37,830 |
| 25th percentile | $23.32 | $48,500 |
| Median (50th) | $27.97 | $58,170 |
| 75th percentile | $30.80 | $64,070 |
| 90th percentile | $37.53 | $78,070 |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS yearly figures are the hourly wage times 2,080 hours.
How Cape Coral, FL compares
- Cape Coral ranks 4th of 22 Florida metro areas for HVAC technician pay.
- HVAC technicians are more concentrated in the Cape Coral area than nationally: 6.9 of every 1,000 jobs, 2.6 times the U.S. share.
Other Florida metro areas
Other trades in Cape Coral, FL
Questions
- Do HVAC technicians make more in Cape Coral or North Port?
- North Port pays more: the median is $58,170 in Cape Coral and $59,070 in North Port, a 2% 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 15980 (Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL). 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 (102.3, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures