AZ — PRESCOTT VALLEY-PRESCOTT, AZ

HVAC Technician apprenticeships in Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ

Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ is a smaller U.S. metro. Here is what working as an hvac technician looks like locally.

KEY FACTS — PRESCOTT VALLEY-PRESCOTT, AZ

Prescott Valley-Prescott: ~30 of 290 (~11%) · market pressure 65/100 — High pressure.

HVAC Technician earning $100K+ annually in Prescott Valley-Prescott
~30 of 290 (~11%) ±10

Confidence: low. Annual labor earnings (W-2 wages + self-employment), not OEWS hourly-wage extrapolations.

Source: Census ACS 2024 5-year PUMS (state-rate projection onto metro OEWS employment).

OEWS six-figure baseline (hvac technician)
~1 of 290 (~0.3%)

Confidence: high. Log-normal fit residual is within tolerance.

Source: BLS OEWS.

Market pressure score (hvac technician, Prescott Valley-Prescott)
65/100 — High pressure

Confidence: low. Composite of projected annual openings, projected growth, and current $100K+ earnings rate. Not a direct vacancy count.

Source: Projections Central data; score computed by Prentice.

Bachelor’s+ in the Prescott Valley-Prescott labor force
53K

Source: Census ACS 2022 5-year.

Competitive ratio ($100K+ earners / bachelor’s+)
5.7 per 10k

A framing, not a forecast. See methodology.

Numerator: ACS PUMS $100K+ annual earners.

Auto-compiled from Arizona editorial + Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ labor data. Spot an error?

Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ is one of Arizona's labor markets for hvac technicians. This page collects what adults switching into a career as an hvac technician inside the Prescott Valley-Prescott metro need first: how local pay compares to the state, what the available labor-market data says about six-figure work, and which statewide programs and licensing rules apply locally.

Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ hvac technicians earn a median of $49,520 (BLS OEWS Prescott Valley-Prescott MSA, May 2024). For Arizona context, statewide pay runs from $17/hr at entry to $27/hr at the state median and $41/hr at the experienced end. Statewide headline: $56K avg salary. The Prescott Valley-Prescott metro is a smaller U.S. MSA; local wages may run above or below the state median depending on sector mix.

In the Prescott Valley-Prescott metro, estimated six-figure hvac technician jobs: ~1 of 290 (~0.3%). Confidence: high. Log-normal fit residual is within tolerance. ACS 2024 5-year PUMS estimates ~30 $100K+ annual earners (~11% of employed hvac technicians, ACS PUMS WAGP+SEMP). Projections Central long-term pressure score: 65/100 (High, low confidence). Bachelor's-plus in the metro labor force: 53K (ACS 2022 5-year). For statewide context: Arizona shows ~111 of 11K (~1%). Sources: BLS OEWS, Census ACS PUMS, Projections Central, Census ACS.

Statewide hvac technician programs and employer-sponsored paths are listed on the Arizona programs page; none are flagged as metro-exclusive. Metro program and association references are inherited from sourced state pages unless a metro-exclusive entity is explicitly sourced. Treat them as orientation, not a complete local inventory, and verify current intake details with the statewide source or sponsor before relying. Licensing is set at the state level: Arizona rules apply in the Prescott Valley-Prescott metro unless a local authority says otherwise. Metro pages use state-level licensing and program context unless a city, county, or sponsor rule is explicitly sourced. Verify current licensing, local add-ons, and sponsor requirements with the official state or local authority before relying. Smaller MSAs like the Prescott Valley-Prescott metro often source hvac technician apprentices from a 60-mile radius into the nearest larger urban center; check with the state programs page for the closest active intake.

HVAC TECHNICIAN PAY SNAPSHOT — PRESCOTT VALLEY-PRESCOTT, AZ

$49,520 (OEWS MSA-level median)

Source: BLS OEWS MSA cross-industry estimates. Where MSA-level data is suppressed or unpublished we fall back to the state median and label it explicitly.

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