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HVAC technician salary in Wichita Falls, TX

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

HVAC technicians in the Wichita Falls, TX area earn a median of $49,240 a year, or $23.67 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $71,100. That's 15% less than the Texas median of $57,760.

Median yearly pay$49,240
Bottom 10% under$34,200Top 10% over$71,100
Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
$16.44/hr
Jobs in this area
160
After cost of living
$55,010
Median hourly pay
$23.67/hr
vs U.S. median
−19%
vs Texas median
−15%
Mean (average) pay
$52,110 a year · $25.05 an hour
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 48660, Wichita Falls, 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 Wichita Falls, 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$16.44$34,200
25th percentile$18.80$39,100
Median (50th)$23.67$49,240
75th percentile$28.85$60,000
90th percentile$34.18$71,100

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

How Wichita Falls, TX compares

  • Wichita Falls ranks 18th of 25 Texas metro areas for HVAC technician pay.
  • HVAC technicians hold about the same share of jobs in the Wichita Falls area as nationally: 2.9 of every 1,000 jobs.

Other Texas metro areas

Other trades in Wichita Falls, TX

Questions

Do HVAC technicians make more in Wichita Falls or Austin?
Austin pays more: the median is $49,240 in Wichita Falls and $60,820 in Austin, a 19% 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 48660 (Wichita Falls, 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 (89.5, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures