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HVAC technician salary in Albany, OR

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

HVAC technicians in the Albany, OR area earn a median of $58,890 a year, or $28.31 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $84,600. Across all of Oregon, the median is $62,940, so Albany pays 6% less than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$58,890
Bottom 10% under$45,130Top 10% over$84,600
Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
$21.70/hr
Jobs in this area
130
After cost of living
$57,680
Median hourly pay
$28.31/hr
vs U.S. median
−3%
vs Oregon median
−6%
Mean (average) pay
$62,680 a year · $30.14 an hour
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 10540, Albany, OR). 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 Albany, OR 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$21.70$45,130
25th percentile$24.34$50,620
Median (50th)$28.31$58,890
75th percentile$35.76$74,370
90th percentile$40.67$84,600

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

How Albany, OR compares

  • Albany ranks 7th of 8 Oregon metro areas for HVAC technician pay.
  • HVAC technicians hold about the same share of jobs in the Albany area as nationally: 2.6 of every 1,000 jobs.

Other Oregon metro areas

Other trades in Albany, OR

Questions

Do HVAC technicians make more in Albany or Portland?
Portland pays more: the median is $58,890 in Albany and $65,260 in Portland, 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 10540 (Albany, OR). 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 (102.1, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures