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HVAC technician salary in Springfield, MO

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

HVAC technicians in the Springfield, MO area earn a median of $56,410 a year, or $27.12 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $78,710. That's 6% less than the Missouri median of $59,950.

Median yearly pay$56,410
Bottom 10% under$38,760Top 10% over$78,710
Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
$18.63/hr
Jobs in this area
690
After cost of living
$63,680
Median hourly pay
$27.12/hr
vs U.S. median
−8%
vs Missouri median
−6%
Mean (average) pay
$57,100 a year · $27.45 an hour
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 44180, Springfield, MO). 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, MO 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$18.63$38,760
25th percentile$21.71$45,160
Median (50th)$27.12$56,410
75th percentile$31.58$65,680
90th percentile$37.84$78,710

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

How Springfield, MO compares

  • Springfield ranks 6th of 8 Missouri metro areas for HVAC technician pay.
  • HVAC technicians are more concentrated in the Springfield area than nationally: 3.1 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.2 times the U.S. share.

Other Missouri metro areas

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Questions

Do HVAC technicians make more in Springfield or St. Louis?
St. Louis pays more: the median is $56,410 in Springfield and $63,000 in St. Louis, a 10% 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 44180 (Springfield, MO). 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 (88.6, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures