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HVAC technician salary in St. George, UT

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

HVAC technicians in the St. George, UT area earn a median of $47,790 a year, or $22.98 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $76,560. That's 19% less than the Utah median of $58,730.

Median yearly pay$47,790
Bottom 10% under$29,990Top 10% over$76,560
Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
$14.42/hr
Jobs in this area
420
After cost of living
$49,110
Median hourly pay
$22.98/hr
vs U.S. median
−22%
vs Utah median
−19%
Mean (average) pay
$52,990 a year · $25.48 an hour
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 41100, St. George, UT). 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 St. George, UT 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$14.42$29,990
25th percentile$17.32$36,020
Median (50th)$22.98$47,790
75th percentile$31.03$64,540
90th percentile$36.81$76,560

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

How St. George, UT compares

  • St. George has the lowest HVAC technician median of the 5 Utah metro areas with published pay.
  • HVAC technicians are more concentrated in the St. George area than nationally: 4.7 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.8 times the U.S. share.

Other Utah metro areas

Other trades in St. George, UT

Questions

Do HVAC technicians make more in St. George or Salt Lake City?
Salt Lake City pays more: the median is $47,790 in St. George and $60,790 in Salt Lake City, a 21% 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 41100 (St. George, UT). 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 (97.3, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures