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Best cities for hvac technicians

Rank every metro by what matters to you: pay, buying power, rent and job market

Best cities for hvac technicians, balanced Our calculation

With balanced priorities, Fargo, ND ranks first for hvac technicians: $75,920 median pay worth $83,547 after local prices. We ranked all 389 metros with published hvac technician pay on pay, buying power, rent burden, job market size and unemployment.

  1. 1
    FargoNORTH DAKOTA · ND · $75,920 median · $83,547 buying power · rent 14% of pay · 370 jobs
    91
  2. 2
    Grand ForksNORTH DAKOTA · ND · $75,470 median · $87,084 buying power · rent 13% of pay · 130 jobs
    86
  3. 3
    LawtonOKLAHOMA · OK · $72,980 median · $84,919 buying power · rent 12% of pay · 280 jobs
    85
  4. 4
    RochesterMINNESOTA · MN · $77,500 median · $85,333 buying power · rent 18% of pay · 190 jobs
    85
  5. 5
    AnchorageALASKA · AK · $85,620 median · $81,218 buying power · rent 16% of pay · 330 jobs
    83
  6. 6
    MankatoMINNESOTA · MN · $76,670 median · $84,294 buying power · rent 16% of pay · 120 jobs
    83
  7. 7
    PeoriaILLINOIS · IL · $78,710 median · $86,275 buying power · rent 15% of pay · 370 jobs
    82
  8. 8
    MinneapolisMINNESOTA · MN · $77,490 median · $73,925 buying power · rent 22% of pay · 2,420 jobs
    82
  9. 9
    BismarckNORTH DAKOTA · ND · $64,770 median · $71,157 buying power · rent 17% of pay · 200 jobs
    81
  10. 10
    ChampaignILLINOIS · IL · $74,880 median · $80,773 buying power · rent 16% of pay · 240 jobs
    81
  11. 11
    St. CloudMINNESOTA · MN · $74,420 median · $84,923 buying power · rent 15% of pay · 250 jobs
    81
  12. 12
    FairbanksALASKA · AK · $93,820 median · $90,904 buying power · rent 15% of pay · 90 jobs
    79
  13. 13
    Sioux FallsSOUTH DAKOTA · SD · $62,440 median · $68,895 buying power · rent 20% of pay · 600 jobs
    79
  14. 14
    MinotNORTH DAKOTA · ND · $63,950 median · $73,482 buying power · rent 16% of pay · 60 jobs
    78
  15. 15
    Iowa CityIOWA · IA · $64,440 median · $70,419 buying power · rent 18% of pay · 150 jobs
    78

Default weights: buying power 4, pay 3, rent 3, job market 2, unemployment 2. Change them below to re-rank.

Top 5 by each factor Government data

Highest pay

  1. Fairbanks, AK: $93,820
  2. Anchorage, AK: $85,620
  3. Napa, CA: $84,570
  4. San Jose, CA: $82,050
  5. Seattle, WA: $80,100

Most buying power

  1. Fairbanks, AK: $90,904
  2. Decatur, IL: $87,953
  3. Grand Forks, ND: $87,084
  4. Peoria, IL: $86,275
  5. Rochester, MN: $85,333

Lowest rent burden

  1. Lawton, OK: 12% of pay for a 1-bed
  2. Grand Forks, ND: 13% of pay for a 1-bed
  3. Decatur, IL: 13% of pay for a 1-bed
  4. Fargo, ND: 14% of pay for a 1-bed
  5. Rockford, IL: 14% of pay for a 1-bed

Most jobs

  1. New York, NY: 21,820 employed
  2. Dallas, TX: 10,910 employed
  3. Los Angeles, CA: 10,720 employed
  4. Miami, FL: 9,140 employed
  5. Washington, DC: 8,730 employed

See every metro on the hvac technician overview.

What matters to you? Our calculation

Each metro gets a percentile for every factor (compared with all metros for this trade), weighted by your sliders. Nothing is estimated: metros missing a figure are scored on the factors they have.

Pay and jobs: BLS OEWS May 2025. Buying power: BEA 2024. Rent: HUD FY2027. How we calculate

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