HVAC-R Technician apprenticeships in Wildwood-The Villages, FL
Wildwood-The Villages, FL is a smaller U.S. metro. Here is what working as an hvac-r technician looks like locally.
KEY FACTS — WILDWOOD-THE VILLAGES, FL
Wildwood-The Villages: ~2 of 190 (~1.1%) on the OEWS log-normal baseline.
Source: Census ACS 5-year PUMS (state-rate projection onto metro OEWS employment).
Confidence: high. Log-normal fit residual is within tolerance.
Source: BLS OEWS.
Source: Projections Central data; score computed by Prentice.
Source: Census ACS 5-year.
A framing, not a forecast. See methodology.
Numerator: unavailable.
Wildwood-The Villages, FL is one of Florida's labor markets for hvac-r technicians. This page collects what adults switching into a career as an hvac-r technician inside the Wildwood-The Villages 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.
Wildwood-The Villages, FL hvac-r technicians earn a median of $50,840 (BLS OEWS Wildwood-The Villages MSA, May 2024). For Florida context, statewide pay runs from $18/hr at entry to $29/hr at the state median and $44/hr at the experienced end. Statewide headline: $60K avg salary. The Wildwood-The Villages metro is a smaller U.S. MSA; local wages may run above or below the state median depending on sector mix.
In the Wildwood-The Villages metro, estimated six-figure hvac-r technician jobs: ~2 of 190 (~1.1%). Confidence: high. Log-normal fit residual is within tolerance. For statewide context: Florida shows ~230 of 38K (~0.6%). Sources: BLS OEWS.
Statewide hvac-r technician programs and employer-sponsored paths are listed on the Florida 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: Florida rules apply in the Wildwood-The Villages 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 Wildwood-The Villages metro often source hvac-r technician apprentices from a 60-mile radius into the nearest larger urban center; check with the state programs page for the closest active intake.
Union apprenticeship programs in Wildwood-The Villages, FL
Verified hvac-r technician union locals with public-facing city, jurisdiction, training, and official-site details.
Sheet Metal Workers Local 15
Jurisdiction:Alachua, Brevard, Charlotte, Citrus, DeSoto + 29 more counties (FL)
Training:The Sheet Metal Workers Local 15 JATC and Trust Fund (Tampa, FL)
Official site →UA Local 123 Plumbers, Pipefitters & HVAC Techs
Jurisdiction:Plumbers, Pipefitters and HVAC Techs Local 123 covers Citrus, Desoto, Hardee, Hernando, Hillsborough, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota, and Sumter counties in Florida.
Training:UA Local 123 Training Facility (Dover, FL)
Official site →Verified-source check recorded in the union dataset; this data snapshot does not carry per-local verification dates.
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HVAC-R TECHNICIAN PAY SNAPSHOT — WILDWOOD-THE VILLAGES, FL
$50,840 (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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