HVAC technician salary in Missoula, MT
Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025
HVAC technicians in the Missoula, MT area earn a median of $60,240 a year, or $28.96 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $75,860. Statewide, HVAC technicians earn a median of $60,850; Missoula is 1% below it.
- Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
- $21.39/hr
- Jobs in this area
- 180
- After cost of living
- $62,460
- Median hourly pay
- $28.96/hr
- vs U.S. median
- −1%
- vs Montana median
- −1%
- Mean (average) pay
- $60,990 a year · $29.32 an hour
Pay by percentile
What HVAC technicians in Missoula, MT 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 | $21.39 | $44,500 |
| 25th percentile | $23.20 | $48,260 |
| Median (50th) | $28.96 | $60,240 |
| 75th percentile | $35.13 | $73,060 |
| 90th percentile | $36.47 | $75,860 |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS yearly figures are the hourly wage times 2,080 hours.
How Missoula, MT compares
- Missoula has the lowest HVAC technician median of the 5 Montana metro areas with published pay.
- HVAC technicians hold about the same share of jobs in the Missoula area as nationally: 2.7 of every 1,000 jobs.
Other Montana metro areas
Other trades in Missoula, MT
Questions
- Do HVAC technicians make more in Missoula or Bozeman?
- Bozeman pays more: the median is $60,240 in Missoula and $72,970 in Bozeman, a 17% 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 33540 (Missoula, MT). 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 (96.4, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures