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HVAC technician salary in Bloomington, IN

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

HVAC technicians in the Bloomington, IN area earn a median of $60,920 a year, or $29.29 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $96,450. That's 1% more than the Indiana median of $60,430.

Median yearly pay$60,920
Bottom 10% under$38,850Top 10% over$96,450
Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
$18.68/hr
Jobs in this area
180
After cost of living
$64,070
Median hourly pay
$29.29/hr
vs U.S. median
0%
vs Indiana median
+1%
Mean (average) pay
$65,560 a year · $31.52 an hour
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 14020, Bloomington, IN). 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 Bloomington, IN 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$18.68$38,850
25th percentile$23.16$48,180
Median (50th)$29.29$60,920
75th percentile$44.97$93,540
90th percentile$46.37$96,450

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

How Bloomington, IN compares

  • Bloomington ranks 6th of 15 Indiana metro areas for HVAC technician pay.
  • HVAC technicians hold about the same share of jobs in the Bloomington area as nationally: 2.5 of every 1,000 jobs.

Other Indiana metro areas

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Questions

Do HVAC technicians make more in Bloomington or Chicago?
Chicago pays more: the median is $60,920 in Bloomington and $77,960 in Chicago, a 22% 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 14020 (Bloomington, IN). 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 (95.1, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures