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HVAC technician salary in Sebastian, FL

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

HVAC technicians in the Sebastian–Vero Beach–West Vero Corridor, FL area earn a median of $50,470 a year, or $24.26 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $75,200 a year. That's 11% less than the Florida median of $56,670.

Median yearly pay$50,470
Bottom 10% under$37,310Top 10% over$75,200
Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
$17.94/hr
Jobs in this area
340
After cost of living
$51,340
Median hourly pay
$24.26/hr
vs U.S. median
−17%
vs Florida median
−11%
Mean (average) pay
$54,440 a year · $26.17 an hour
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 42680, Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL). 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 Sebastian, 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.

PercentileHourlyYearly
10th percentile$17.94$37,310
25th percentile$22.33$46,440
Median (50th)$24.26$50,470
75th percentile$29.26$60,850
90th percentile$36.15$75,200

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

How Sebastian, FL compares

  • Sebastian ranks 17th of 22 Florida metro areas for HVAC technician pay.
  • HVAC technicians are more concentrated in the Sebastian area than nationally: 5.8 of every 1,000 jobs, 2.2 times the U.S. share.

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Questions

Do HVAC technicians make more in Sebastian or Jacksonville?
Jacksonville pays more: the median is $50,470 in Sebastian and $58,590 in Jacksonville, a 14% 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 42680 (Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, 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 (98.3, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures