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HVAC technician salary in Wildwood, FL

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

HVAC technicians in the Wildwood–The Villages, FL area earn a median of $51,220 a year, or $24.62 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $78,070. Statewide, HVAC technicians earn a median of $56,670; Wildwood is 10% below it.

Median yearly pay$51,220
Bottom 10% under$37,660Top 10% over$78,070
Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
$18.11/hr
Jobs in this area
200
After cost of living
$59,960
Median hourly pay
$24.62/hr
vs U.S. median
−16%
vs Florida median
−10%
Mean (average) pay
$53,960 a year · $25.94 an hour
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 48680, Wildwood-The Villages, 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 Wildwood, 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$18.11$37,660
25th percentile$19.44$40,430
Median (50th)$24.62$51,220
75th percentile$31.69$65,900
90th percentile$37.54$78,070

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

How Wildwood, FL compares

  • Wildwood ranks 15th of 22 Florida metro areas for HVAC technician pay.
  • HVAC technicians are more concentrated in the Wildwood area than nationally: 4.7 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.8 times the U.S. share.

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Questions

Do HVAC technicians make more in Wildwood or Jacksonville?
Jacksonville pays more: the median is $51,220 in Wildwood and $58,590 in Jacksonville, a 13% 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 48680 (Wildwood-The Villages, 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 (85.4, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures