Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers

This post summarizes key statistics on Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers using nationally representative data. These statistics include education attainment distributions, income over the career, most common majors, and more.

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Income Over Career
Top Industries
Education Distribution
Top Majors
Weekly Hours Distribution

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Age	IncMed
20	30,898
25	45,202
30	51,495
35	58,341
40	60,765
45	60,501
50	61,239
55	62,373
60	63,509
65	56,180

EDUCATION	Share
Less Than High School Degree	8.3
High School Degree	41.7
Some College, No Degree	29.7
Associate's Degree	14.1
Bachelor's Degree	5.5
Master's Degree	0.5
Professional Degree (eg MD, PharmD, JD, etc)	0.1
PhD	0.0

Hours Worked	Share
0-20	2.80
20-39	7.90
39-41	63.50
41-50	18.60
50-60	5.40
More than 60	1.80

Income Over Career

This chart provides the median income by age for Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers.

Ten Most Common Industries

Share	Income	Industry
79.00	52,526	All construction
2.30	53,556	Elementary and secondary schools
2.00	54,020	Miscellaneous repair services
1.70	61,083	Colleges and universities
1.50	53,753	Lumber and building material retailing
1.30	51,033	Real estate, including real estate-insurance offices
1.20	64,642	Hospitals
1.00	45,363	Machinery, except electrical, n.e.c.
0.80	64,824	Hardware, plumbing and heating supplies
0.50	56,704	General government, n.e.c.

This table highlights the top industries people working as Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers work in, and how much they earn in each industry.

Education Distribution

This chart shows the maximal educational attainment of people working as Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers. Its meant to give a sense of the credentials required to work in this Occupation.

Ten Most Common Majors

Share	Major	Median Income
93.80	No 4-Year Degree	54,020
0.50	General Business	73,715
0.40	Mechanical Engineering	63,855
0.40	Business Management and Administration	61,795
0.30	General Engineering	79,408
0.30	Electrical Engineering	85,056
0.20	Communications	40,681
0.20	General Education	45,363
0.20	English Language and Literature	50,089
0.20	Physical Fitness, Parks, Recreation, and Leisure	59,736

This table highlights the top majors people working as Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers received, and how earnings vary by major.

Weekly Hours Distribution

This chart shows the distribution of typical weekly work hours of people working as Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers. Its meant to provide a sense of the work-life balance one should expect from this Occupation.

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