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HVAC technician salary in Kokomo, IN

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

HVAC technicians in the Kokomo, IN area earn a median of $64,800 a year, or $31.16 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $97,830. Statewide, HVAC technicians earn a median of $60,430; Kokomo is 7% above it.

Median yearly pay$64,800
Bottom 10% under$44,460Top 10% over$97,830
Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
$21.38/hr
Jobs in this area
170
After cost of living
$72,280
Median hourly pay
$31.16/hr
vs U.S. median
+6%
vs Indiana median
+7%
Mean (average) pay
$70,510 a year · $33.90 an hour
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 29020, Kokomo, 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 Kokomo, 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$21.38$44,460
25th percentile$23.39$48,640
Median (50th)$31.16$64,800
75th percentile$46.47$96,660
90th percentile$47.03$97,830

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

How Kokomo, IN compares

  • Kokomo ranks 2nd of 15 Indiana metro areas for HVAC technician pay.
  • HVAC technicians are more concentrated in the Kokomo area than nationally: 4.8 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.8 times the U.S. share.

Other Indiana metro areas

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Questions

Do HVAC technicians make more in Kokomo or Chicago?
Chicago pays more: the median is $64,800 in Kokomo and $77,960 in Chicago, a 17% 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 29020 (Kokomo, 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 (89.6, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures