HVAC industry statistics: HVAC Trade Cost Benchmark
The median published figure in the HVAC Trade Cost Benchmark is 61,010 USD across 1 source's own page in USD (range 61,010 to 61,010 USD; 3 sources publish a figure), read 11 November 2026.
3 of the 10 named sources read in full publish a figure; 7 publish none, read 11 November 2026.
The median is unchanged since 18 October 2026 (was 61,010 USD across 1).
By market
| Breakdown | Median | Range | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| market US | 61,010 USD (one figure) | one figure, no range | 1 |
| market AU | 1,425 AUD (one figure) | one figure, no range | 1 |
| market GB | 39,039 GBP (one figure) | one figure, no range | 1 |
Every figure, with its source
One row per published figure: the figure as the source's own page publishes it, the page, and the day it was read. A figure that is not on a page we read is not on this one.
| Source | Figure | Breakdown | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook: HVAC mechanics and installers | 61,010 USD | US | 2026-11-11 |
| ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2025 | 39,039 GBP | GB | 2026-11-11 |
| ABS Employee Earnings, Australia | 1,425 AUD | AU | 2026-11-11 |
The sentence each figure was read from (3)
- BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook: HVAC mechanics and installers, read 2026-11-11:
2025 Median Pay $61,010 per year
- ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2025, read 2026-11-11:
Median gross annual earnings for full-time employees were £39,039 in April 2025, compared with £37,439 in April 2024, which is an increase of 4.3%.
- ABS Employee Earnings, Australia, read 2026-11-11:
Median employee earnings in main job was $1,425 per week, up $26 (1.9%) since August 2024.
Read in full, publishes no figure
7 named sources were read in full on the dates shown and print no usable figure. They are counted, never filled in.
- BLS OEWS occupation 49-9021, read 2026-10-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- BLS OEWS industry NAICS 238220, read 2026-11-11: every candidate on the page was refused
- BLS employment projections by detailed occupation, read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Census Statistics of U.S. Businesses, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Census SUSB annual data tables, read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- BLS Producer Price Indexes, read 2026-11-09: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- ABS Construction Work Done, Australia, read 2026-11-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
Methodology
Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2).
3 of the 10 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 7 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 1 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere.
The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source in USD (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences), so N counts sources, never sentences; 128 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded.
The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): the software seat price from the pricing index divided by the statistical agency's median technician wage for the same market and period - the one figure that makes a $99 seat and a $399 seat comparable across a five-tech shop and a fifty-tech shop, and which no vendor and no review site publishes; beside it the establishment and employment counts that size the market, and changed-since on each agency release
128 candidate sentences on these pages were refused by a reviewer; each refusal and its reason is recorded in the review ledger.
Sources (11)
- BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook: HVAC mechanics and installers(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- BLS OEWS occupation 49-9021(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- BLS OEWS industry NAICS 238220(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- BLS employment projections by detailed occupation(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Census Statistics of U.S. Businesses(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Census SUSB annual data tables(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- BLS Producer Price Indexes(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2025(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Statistics Canada wages, salaries and other earnings(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- ABS Employee Earnings, Australia(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- ABS Construction Work Done, Australia(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
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The median published figure in the HVAC Trade Cost Benchmark is 61,010 USD across 1 source's own page in USD (range 61,010 to 61,010 USD; 3 sources publish a figure), read 11 November 2026.
3 of the 10 named sources read in full publish a figure; 7 publish none, read 11 November 2026.
HVAC Trade Cost Benchmark, market US: median 61,010 USD across 1 source, read 11 November 2026.
HVAC Trade Cost Benchmark, market AU: median 1,425 AUD across 1 source, read 11 November 2026.
HVAC Trade Cost Benchmark, market GB: median 39,039 GBP across 1 source, read 11 November 2026.
The median is unchanged since 18 October 2026 (was 61,010 USD across 1).
Cite as: "comparehvacsoftware.com HVAC Trade Cost Benchmark", updated 2026-11-11, https://comparehvacsoftware.com/datasets/hvac-trade-cost-benchmark/.
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The median published figure in the HVAC Trade Cost Benchmark is 61,010 USD across 1 source's own page in USD (range 61,010 to 61,010 USD; 3 sources publish a figure), read 11 November 2026.
Where do the figures in the HVAC Trade Cost Benchmark come from?
Every figure is quoted from its source's own page and dated (last read 11 Nov 2026). 10 named sources were read and 3 publish a figure; the 7 that publish none are recorded as not published, never estimated.