HVAC technician salary in Flint, MI
Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025
HVAC technicians in the Flint, MI area earn a median of $59,870 a year, or $28.79 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $95,570. Statewide, HVAC technicians earn a median of $60,850; Flint is 2% below it.
- Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
- $18.81/hr
- Jobs in this area
- 430
- After cost of living
- $64,350
- Median hourly pay
- $28.79/hr
- vs U.S. median
- −2%
- vs Michigan median
- −2%
- Mean (average) pay
- $62,420 a year · $30.01 an hour
Pay by percentile
What HVAC technicians in Flint, 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 | $18.81 | $39,120 |
| 25th percentile | $23.15 | $48,150 |
| Median (50th) | $28.79 | $59,870 |
| 75th percentile | $35.41 | $73,660 |
| 90th percentile | $45.95 | $95,570 |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS yearly figures are the hourly wage times 2,080 hours.
How Flint, MI compares
- Flint ranks 11th of 16 Michigan metro areas for HVAC technician pay.
- HVAC technicians are more concentrated in the Flint area than nationally: 3.2 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.2 times the U.S. share.
Other Michigan metro areas
Other trades in Flint, MI
Questions
- Do HVAC technicians make more in Flint or Ann Arbor?
- Ann Arbor pays more: the median is $59,870 in Flint and $75,000 in Ann Arbor, a 20% 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 22420 (Flint, 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 (93.0, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures