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HVAC technician salary in Eugene, OR

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

HVAC technicians in the Eugene–Springfield, OR area earn a median of $60,050 a year, or $28.87 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $82,590 a year. Across all of Oregon, the median is $62,940, so Eugene pays 5% less than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$60,050
Bottom 10% under$44,760Top 10% over$82,590
Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
$21.52/hr
Jobs in this area
370
After cost of living
$59,120
Median hourly pay
$28.87/hr
vs U.S. median
−2%
vs Oregon median
−5%
Mean (average) pay
$62,870 a year · $30.22 an hour
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 21660, Eugene-Springfield, 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 Eugene, 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$21.52$44,760
25th percentile$23.96$49,830
Median (50th)$28.87$60,050
75th percentile$36.42$75,760
90th percentile$39.71$82,590

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

How Eugene, OR compares

  • Eugene ranks 5th of 8 Oregon metro areas for HVAC technician pay.
  • HVAC technicians are less concentrated in the Eugene area than nationally: 2.4 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.90 times the U.S. share.

Other Oregon metro areas

Other trades in Eugene, OR

Questions

Do HVAC technicians make more in Eugene or Portland?
Portland pays more: the median is $60,050 in Eugene and $65,260 in Portland, a 8% 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 21660 (Eugene-Springfield, 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 (101.6, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures