Do HVAC technicians make more in Lincoln or Omaha?

Omaha pays more: the median is $59,350 in Lincoln and $62,570 in Omaha, a 5% difference.

HVAC technician salary in Lincoln, NE

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

HVAC technicians in the Lincoln, NE area earn a median of $59,350 a year, or $28.53 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $80,860. Statewide, HVAC technicians earn a median of $59,850; Lincoln is 1% below it.

Median yearly pay$59,350

Bottom 10% under$41,750Top 10% over$80,860

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $20.07/hr
Jobs in this area: 490
After cost of living: $64,810
Median hourly pay: $28.53/hr
vs U.S. median: −3%
vs Nebraska median: −1%
Mean (average) pay: $59,810 a year · $28.76 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 30700, Lincoln, NE). 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 Lincoln, NE 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	$20.07	$41,750
25th percentile	$22.71	$47,240
Median (50th)	$28.53	$59,350
75th percentile	$35.47	$73,770
90th percentile	$38.88	$80,860

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

How Lincoln, NE compares

Lincoln ranks 3rd of 4 Nebraska metro areas for HVAC technician pay.
HVAC technicians hold about the same share of jobs in the Lincoln area as nationally: 2.7 of every 1,000 jobs.

Other Nebraska metro areas

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Questions

Do HVAC technicians make more in Lincoln or Omaha?: Omaha pays more: the median is $59,350 in Lincoln and $62,570 in Omaha, a 5% 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 30700 (Lincoln, NE). 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 (91.6, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures