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HVAC technician salary in Bangor, ME

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

HVAC technicians in the Bangor, ME area earn a median of $61,430 a year, or $29.53 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $80,080 a year. That's 3% less than the Maine median of $63,170.

Median yearly pay$61,430
Bottom 10% under$45,970Top 10% over$80,080
Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
$22.10/hr
Jobs in this area
210
After cost of living
$63,650
Median hourly pay
$29.53/hr
vs U.S. median
+1%
vs Maine median
−3%
Mean (average) pay
$61,820 a year · $29.72 an hour
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 12620, Bangor, ME). 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 Bangor, ME 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$22.10$45,970
25th percentile$24.44$50,830
Median (50th)$29.53$61,430
75th percentile$34.70$72,170
90th percentile$38.50$80,080

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

How Bangor, ME compares

  • Bangor has the lowest HVAC technician median of the 3 Maine metro areas with published pay.
  • HVAC technicians are more concentrated in the Bangor area than nationally: 3.0 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.1 times the U.S. share.

Other Maine metro areas

Other trades in Bangor, ME

Questions

Do HVAC technicians make more in Bangor or Lewiston?
Lewiston pays more: the median is $61,430 in Bangor and $67,180 in Lewiston, a 9% 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 12620 (Bangor, ME). 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 (96.5, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures