What does a HVAC Service Manager earn?

We place this role between $85,000 and $120,000 a year at mid experience, before overtime, bonus and on-call. The federal occupation this role reports under is First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (SOC 47-1011), May 2025.

What credentials should a HVAC Service Manager have?

This role has no single credential that reliably moves an offer. What employers screen on is demonstrated commercial experience rather than a certificate.

HVAC & MECHANICAL - ROLE PROFILE

HVAC Service Manager

We place this role between $85,000 and $120,000 a year at mid experience, before overtime, bonus and on-call.

What this role pays.

That band is mid experience, built from our own engagement history. Experience and region move it - the salary calculator applies both.

The federal occupation this role reports under is First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (SOC 47-1011), May 2025. Nationally it reports a median of $79,920 , with the middle of the market between $53,280 and $128,260. BLS counts this job inside that occupation rather than publishing it separately, so the figures cover a slightly wider group than this exact title.

Where it pays most.

First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers across the metros we cover, May 2025. BLS publishes a median for 112 of them and withholds the rest, where the local sample was too small to be reliable.

Highest-paying metros - First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers
Metro	Median	Employed there
San Jose	$129,700	4,770
Seattle	$121,130	11,040
San Francisco	$120,810	9,810
Portland	$112,480	5,880
Chicago	$111,260	13,420
New York	$103,990	28,220
santa rosa ca	$103,600	1,200
Minneapolis	$103,290	8,310
McAllen	$60,370	800
Little Rock	$61,060	1,720
killeen tx	$62,310	680

BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. The last three rows are the lowest-paying metros in the same set. Headcount is metro-wide across every industry, not this trade alone.

Credentials that move an offer.

No single credential reliably moves an offer in this seat. Employers screen on demonstrated commercial experience instead, which makes the resume harder to read and the reference check worth more.

Licensing is a state question, not a national one. The HVAC & Mechanical hiring page carries the state-by-state position, and every market page names the authority for that state.

What the search actually takes.

Across 34 closed hvac & mechanical searches in 2026 year to date, our median was 17 days from first contact with the candidate to hire. That is not a time-to-fill benchmark - our clock starts when we reach the candidate, not when the requisition opened. The full distribution is in the Hiring Index.

Keep reading.

2026 HVAC & Mechanical Salary Guide - the full benchmark by role.
HVAC & Mechanical recruiting - how we run this trade.
Salary calculator - the band by experience and region.
HVAC & Mechanical hiring in Houston - one market in detail.
Hiring Index - how long our searches actually take.

Other HVAC & Mechanical roles we recruit

All 56 roles we recruit - every trade, every seat.

Hiring a HVAC Service Manager? Schedule a call.

What changed in your trade this month, and what to do about it.

One email a month, and only one. We write a separate issue for every trade we recruit in, so you get yours - not a round-up with your trade buried in paragraph nine. Every issue is written for the person actually doing the hiring.

Where wages moved in your trade, by market, and what that does to your next offer

How long roles like yours are taking to fill, and where it is getting worse

Interview and screening tactics that are landing candidates this month

What contractors competing for the same people are doing differently

Built on federal wage data, our own closed searches, and what we hear on the desk every week. Written for employers, not candidates. No pitch, no filler, one click to leave.