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HVAC technician salary in Weirton, WV-OH

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

HVAC technicians in the Weirton–Steubenville, WV-OH area earn a median of $57,000 a year, or $27.41 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $77,210. Across all of West Virginia, the median is $48,850, so Weirton pays 17% more than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$57,000
Bottom 10% under$32,200Top 10% over$77,210
Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
$15.48/hr
Jobs in this area
80
After cost of living
$64,030
Median hourly pay
$27.41/hr
vs U.S. median
−7%
vs West Virginia median
+17%
Mean (average) pay
$56,590 a year · $27.21 an hour
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 48260, Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH). 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 Weirton, WV-OH 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$15.48$32,200
25th percentile$17.97$37,370
Median (50th)$27.41$57,000
75th percentile$35.08$72,970
90th percentile$37.12$77,210

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

How Weirton, WV-OH compares

  • Weirton ranks 3rd of 10 West Virginia metro areas for HVAC technician pay.
  • HVAC technicians are less concentrated in the Weirton area than nationally: 2.2 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.82 times the U.S. share.

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Questions

Do HVAC technicians make more in Weirton or Washington?
Washington pays more: the median is $57,000 in Weirton and $71,920 in Washington, 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 48260 (Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH). 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 (89.0, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures