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HVAC technician salary in Kenosha, WI

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

HVAC technicians in the Kenosha, WI area earn a median of $61,260 a year, or $29.45 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $96,290. That's 1% less than the Wisconsin median of $61,710.

Median yearly pay$61,260
Bottom 10% under$44,300Top 10% over$96,290
Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
$21.30/hr
Jobs in this area
120
After cost of living
$60,580
Median hourly pay
$29.45/hr
vs U.S. median
0%
vs Wisconsin median
−1%
Mean (average) pay
$67,190 a year · $32.31 an hour
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 28450, Kenosha, WI). 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 Kenosha, WI 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$21.30$44,300
25th percentile$24.47$50,900
Median (50th)$29.45$61,260
75th percentile$38.83$80,770
90th percentile$46.29$96,290

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

How Kenosha, WI compares

  • Kenosha ranks 11th of 15 Wisconsin metro areas for HVAC technician pay.
  • HVAC technicians are less concentrated in the Kenosha area than nationally: 1.5 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.59 times the U.S. share.

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Questions

Do HVAC technicians make more in Kenosha or Minneapolis?
Minneapolis pays more: the median is $61,260 in Kenosha and $77,490 in Minneapolis, 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 28450 (Kenosha, WI). 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 (101.1, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures