Do HVAC technicians make more in Springfield or Boston?

Boston pays more: the median is $76,530 in Springfield and $78,530 in Boston, a 3% difference.

HVAC technician salary in Springfield, MA

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

HVAC technicians in the Springfield, MA area earn a median of $76,530 a year, or $36.79 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $98,870. Statewide, HVAC technicians earn a median of $77,300; Springfield is 1% below it.

Median yearly pay$76,530

Bottom 10% under$47,940Top 10% over$98,870

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $23.05/hr
Jobs in this area: 460
After cost of living: $79,670
Median hourly pay: $36.79/hr
vs U.S. median: +25%
vs Massachusetts median: −1%
Mean (average) pay: $74,840 a year · $35.98 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 44140, Springfield, MA). 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 Springfield, MA 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.

Percentile	Hourly	Yearly
10th percentile	$23.05	$47,940
25th percentile	$28.63	$59,560
Median (50th)	$36.79	$76,530
75th percentile	$44.90	$93,390
90th percentile	$47.54	$98,870

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

How Springfield, MA compares

Springfield ranks 2nd of 7 Massachusetts metro areas for HVAC technician pay.
HVAC technicians are less concentrated in the Springfield area than nationally: 2.3 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.87 times the U.S. share.

Other Massachusetts metro areas

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Questions

Do HVAC technicians make more in Springfield or Boston?: Boston pays more: the median is $76,530 in Springfield and $78,530 in Boston, a 3% 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 44140 (Springfield, MA). 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 (96.1, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures