HVAC technician salary in Ann Arbor, MI
Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025
HVAC technicians in the Ann Arbor, MI area earn a median of $75,000 a year, or $36.06 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $101,310. Statewide, HVAC technicians earn a median of $60,850; Ann Arbor is 23% above it.
- Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
- $22.41/hr
- Jobs in this area
- 460
- After cost of living
- $74,350
- Median hourly pay
- $36.06/hr
- vs U.S. median
- +23%
- vs Michigan median
- +23%
- Mean (average) pay
- $74,760 a year · $35.94 an hour
Pay by percentile
What HVAC technicians in Ann Arbor, MI 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 | $22.41 | $46,620 |
| 25th percentile | $28.21 | $58,680 |
| Median (50th) | $36.06 | $75,000 |
| 75th percentile | $47.76 | $99,340 |
| 90th percentile | $48.71 | $101,310 |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS yearly figures are the hourly wage times 2,080 hours.
How Ann Arbor, MI compares
- Ann Arbor has the highest HVAC technician median of the 16 Michigan metro areas with published pay.
- HVAC technicians are less concentrated in the Ann Arbor area than nationally: 2.1 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.79 times the U.S. share.
Other Michigan metro areas
Other trades in Ann Arbor, MI
Questions
- Do HVAC technicians make more in Ann Arbor or Detroit?
- Ann Arbor pays more: the median is $75,000 in Ann Arbor and $63,170 in Detroit, a 19% 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 11460 (Ann Arbor, MI). 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 (100.9, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures