HVAC-R Technician apprenticeships in Amherst Town-Northampton, MA
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA is a smaller U.S. metro. Here is what working as an hvac-r technician looks like locally.
KEY FACTS — AMHERST TOWN-NORTHAMPTON, MA
Amherst Town-Northampton: ~8 of 170 (~4.7%) 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.
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA is one of Massachusetts's labor markets for hvac-r technicians. This page collects what adults switching into a career as an hvac-r technician inside the Amherst Town-Northampton 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.
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA hvac-r technicians earn a median of $72,690 (BLS OEWS Amherst Town-Northampton MSA, May 2024). For Massachusetts context, statewide pay runs from $22/hr at entry to $36/hr at the state median and $55/hr at the experienced end. Statewide headline: $75K avg salary. The Amherst Town-Northampton metro is a smaller U.S. MSA; local wages may run above or below the state median depending on sector mix.
In the Amherst Town-Northampton metro, estimated six-figure hvac-r technician jobs: ~8 of 170 (~4.7%). Confidence: high. Log-normal fit residual is within tolerance. For statewide context: Massachusetts shows ~1.5K of 8.0K (~19%). Sources: BLS OEWS.
Statewide hvac-r technician programs and employer-sponsored paths are listed on the Massachusetts 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: Massachusetts rules apply in the Amherst Town-Northampton 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 Amherst Town-Northampton 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 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA
Verified hvac-r technician union locals with public-facing city, jurisdiction, training, and official-site details.
UA Local 51 Plumbers, Pipefitters and HVAC
Jurisdiction:Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington + 5 more counties (RI/MA)
Training:Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 51 Apprenticeship Training / Local 51 Joint Apprentice Training Program (East Providence, RI)
Official site →Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 104
Jurisdiction:Official UA directory lists LU 104 at Holyoke/Springfield, Massachusetts. Local 104's first-party site states that it serves all of Western Massachusetts and Southern Vermont.
Training:Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 104 Training Program / JATC (Holyoke, MA)
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HVAC-R TECHNICIAN PAY SNAPSHOT — AMHERST TOWN-NORTHAMPTON, MA
$72,690 (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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