Do HVAC technicians make more in Lynchburg or Washington?

Washington pays more: the median is $58,500 in Lynchburg and $71,920 in Washington, a 19% difference.

HVAC technician salary in Lynchburg, VA

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

HVAC technicians in the Lynchburg, VA area earn a median of $58,500 a year, or $28.13 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $78,120. Across all of Virginia, the median is $59,730, so Lynchburg pays 2% less than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$58,500

Bottom 10% under$38,480Top 10% over$78,120

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $18.50/hr
Jobs in this area: 530
After cost of living: $65,460
Median hourly pay: $28.13/hr
vs U.S. median: −4%
vs Virginia median: −2%
Mean (average) pay: $57,130 a year · $27.46 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 31340, Lynchburg, 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 Lynchburg, 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.

Percentile	Hourly	Yearly
10th percentile	$18.50	$38,480
25th percentile	$22.77	$47,370
Median (50th)	$28.13	$58,500
75th percentile	$29.96	$62,330
90th percentile	$37.56	$78,120

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

How Lynchburg, VA compares

Lynchburg ranks 7th of 11 Virginia metro areas for HVAC technician pay.
HVAC technicians are more concentrated in the Lynchburg area than nationally: 5.4 of every 1,000 jobs, 2.1 times the U.S. share.

Other Virginia metro areas

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Questions

Do HVAC technicians make more in Lynchburg or Washington?: Washington pays more: the median is $58,500 in Lynchburg and $71,920 in Washington, 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 31340 (Lynchburg, 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 (89.4, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures