TradeSalary

HVAC technician salary in Victoria, TX

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

HVAC technicians in the Victoria, TX area earn a median of $48,550 a year, or $23.34 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $75,780. Across all of Texas, the median is $57,760, so Victoria pays 16% less than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$48,550
Bottom 10% under$37,700Top 10% over$75,780
Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
$18.13/hr
Jobs in this area
100
After cost of living
$54,040
Median hourly pay
$23.34/hr
vs U.S. median
−20%
vs Texas median
−16%
Mean (average) pay
$52,710 a year · $25.34 an hour
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 47020, Victoria, TX). 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 Victoria, TX 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$18.13$37,700
25th percentile$19.12$39,770
Median (50th)$23.34$48,550
75th percentile$28.27$58,790
90th percentile$36.44$75,780

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

How Victoria, TX compares

  • Victoria ranks 19th of 25 Texas metro areas for HVAC technician pay.
  • HVAC technicians hold about the same share of jobs in the Victoria area as nationally: 2.7 of every 1,000 jobs.

Other Texas metro areas

Other trades in Victoria, TX

Questions

Do HVAC technicians make more in Victoria or Austin?
Austin pays more: the median is $48,550 in Victoria and $60,820 in Austin, a 20% 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 47020 (Victoria, TX). 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 (89.8, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures