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HVAC technician salary in Kiryas Joel, NY

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

HVAC technicians in the Kiryas Joel–Poughkeepsie–Newburgh, NY area earn a median of $65,530 a year, or $31.50 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $92,900. Across all of New York, the median is $74,430, so Kiryas Joel pays 12% less than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$65,530
Bottom 10% under$43,370Top 10% over$92,900
Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
$20.85/hr
Jobs in this area
1,150
After cost of living
$59,890
Median hourly pay
$31.50/hr
vs U.S. median
+7%
vs New York median
−12%
Mean (average) pay
$68,190 a year · $32.79 an hour
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 28880, Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY). 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 Kiryas Joel, NY 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$20.85$43,370
25th percentile$26.21$54,510
Median (50th)$31.50$65,530
75th percentile$38.61$80,320
90th percentile$44.66$92,900

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

How Kiryas Joel, NY compares

  • Kiryas Joel ranks 4th of 13 New York metro areas for HVAC technician pay.
  • HVAC technicians are more concentrated in the Kiryas Joel area than nationally: 4.3 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.6 times the U.S. share.

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Questions

Do HVAC technicians make more in Kiryas Joel or New York?
New York pays more: the median is $65,530 in Kiryas Joel and $77,990 in New York, a 16% 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 28880 (Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY). 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 (109.4, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures