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HVAC technician salary in Harrisonburg, VA

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

HVAC technicians in the Harrisonburg, VA area earn a median of $60,210 a year, or $28.95 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $77,780 a year. That's 1% more than the Virginia median of $59,730.

Median yearly pay$60,210
Bottom 10% under$39,340Top 10% over$77,780
Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
$18.92/hr
Jobs in this area
340
After cost of living
$63,450
Median hourly pay
$28.95/hr
vs U.S. median
−1%
vs Virginia median
+1%
Mean (average) pay
$57,930 a year · $27.85 an hour
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 25500, Harrisonburg, VA). 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 Harrisonburg, VA 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$18.92$39,340
25th percentile$22.70$47,210
Median (50th)$28.95$60,210
75th percentile$30.71$63,870
90th percentile$37.40$77,780

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

How Harrisonburg, VA compares

  • Harrisonburg ranks 3rd of 11 Virginia metro areas for HVAC technician pay.
  • HVAC technicians are more concentrated in the Harrisonburg area than nationally: 5.1 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.9 times the U.S. share.

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Questions

Do HVAC technicians make more in Harrisonburg or Washington?
Washington pays more: the median is $60,210 in Harrisonburg and $71,920 in Washington, a 16% 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 25500 (Harrisonburg, VA). 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 (94.9, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures