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Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers salary in Boston, MA

The median heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH earns $78,530 a year, 29% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $5,012 a month.

10th percentile
$50,890
25th percentile
$61,740
Median percentile
$78,530
75th percentile
$97,270
90th percentile
$103,050

Based on 6,050 employed. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025. Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience; reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only an approximation.

What you keep

$60,149 take-home a year
Gross pay$78,530
Federal income tax−$8,447
Social Security + Medicare−$6,008
Massachusetts income tax (approx.)−$3,927
Monthly take-home$5,012
Every two weeks$2,313

Does it go far here?

$72,534Median pay in Boston, MA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 108.3 vs 100).
40%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($2,023 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Boston, MA

JobMedian pay
Surgeons, All Other$386,300
Emergency Medicine Physicians$356,230
Natural Sciences Managers$291,000
Family Medicine Physicians$284,010
General Internal Medicine Physicians$243,230
Nurse Anesthetists$239,200
Obstetricians and Gynecologists$235,460
Physicians, All Other$229,870

All heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers salaries · Take-home pay in Massachusetts