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HVAC technician salary in Saginaw, MI

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

HVAC technicians in the Saginaw, MI area earn a median of $60,060 a year, or $28.88 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $98,260. Statewide, HVAC technicians earn a median of $60,850; Saginaw is 1% below it.

Median yearly pay$60,060
Bottom 10% under$38,790Top 10% over$98,260
Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
$18.65/hr
Jobs in this area
210
After cost of living
$66,080
Median hourly pay
$28.88/hr
vs U.S. median
−2%
vs Michigan median
−1%
Mean (average) pay
$65,390 a year · $31.44 an hour
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 40980, Saginaw, MI). 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 Saginaw, 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.

PercentileHourlyYearly
10th percentile$18.65$38,790
25th percentile$22.95$47,740
Median (50th)$28.88$60,060
75th percentile$38.20$79,450
90th percentile$47.24$98,260

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

How Saginaw, MI compares

  • Saginaw ranks 10th of 16 Michigan metro areas for HVAC technician pay.
  • HVAC technicians hold about the same share of jobs in the Saginaw area as nationally: 2.6 of every 1,000 jobs.

Other Michigan metro areas

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Questions

Do HVAC technicians make more in Saginaw or Ann Arbor?
Ann Arbor pays more: the median is $60,060 in Saginaw 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 40980 (Saginaw, 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 (90.9, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures