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HVAC technician salary in Salisbury, MD

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

HVAC technicians in the Salisbury, MD area earn a median of $61,220 a year, or $29.43 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $98,140. That's 13% less than the Maryland median of $70,020.

Median yearly pay$61,220
Bottom 10% under$43,690Top 10% over$98,140
Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
$21.00/hr
Jobs in this area
160
After cost of living
$64,030
Median hourly pay
$29.43/hr
vs U.S. median
0%
vs Maryland median
−13%
Mean (average) pay
$65,670 a year · $31.57 an hour
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 41540, Salisbury, MD). 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 Salisbury, MD 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$21.00$43,690
25th percentile$23.31$48,470
Median (50th)$29.43$61,220
75th percentile$36.75$76,440
90th percentile$47.18$98,140

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

How Salisbury, MD compares

  • Salisbury ranks 5th of 6 Maryland metro areas for HVAC technician pay.
  • HVAC technicians are more concentrated in the Salisbury area than nationally: 2.9 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.1 times the U.S. share.

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Questions

Do HVAC technicians make more in Salisbury or Washington?
Washington pays more: the median is $61,220 in Salisbury and $71,920 in Washington, a 15% 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 41540 (Salisbury, MD). 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 (95.6, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures