NY — KINGSTON, NY

HVAC-R Technician apprenticeships in Kingston, NY

Kingston, NY is a smaller U.S. metro. Here is what working as an hvac-r technician looks like locally.

Updated April 24, 2026

KEY FACTS — KINGSTON, NY

Kingston: ~44 of 270 (~16%) · market pressure 30/100 — Low pressure.

HVAC-R Technician earning $100K+ annually in Kingston
~44 of 270 (~16%) ±7

Confidence: medium. 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-r technician)
~6 of 270 (~2.2%)

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

Source: BLS OEWS.

Market pressure score (hvac-r technician, Kingston)
30/100 — Low 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 Kingston labor force
48K

Source: Census ACS 2022 5-year.

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

A framing, not a forecast. See methodology.

Numerator: ACS PUMS $100K+ annual earners.

Auto-compiled from New York editorial + Kingston, NY labor data. Spot an error?

Kingston, NY is one of New York's labor markets for hvac-r technicians. This page collects what adults switching into a career as an hvac-r technician inside the Kingston 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.

Kingston, NY hvac-r technicians earn a median of $58,930 (BLS OEWS Kingston MSA, May 2024). For New York context, statewide pay runs from $23/hr at entry to $37/hr at the state median and $56/hr at the experienced end. Statewide headline: $77K avg salary. The Kingston metro is a smaller U.S. MSA; local wages may run above or below the state median depending on sector mix.

In the Kingston metro, estimated six-figure hvac-r technician jobs: ~6 of 270 (~2.2%). Confidence: high. Log-normal fit residual is within tolerance. ACS 2024 5-year PUMS estimates ~44 $100K+ annual earners (~16% of employed hvac-r technicians, ACS PUMS WAGP+SEMP). Projections Central long-term pressure score: 30/100 (Low, low confidence). Bachelor's-plus in the metro labor force: 48K (ACS 2022 5-year). For statewide context: New York shows ~2.1K of 23K (~9.4%). Sources: BLS OEWS, Census ACS PUMS, Projections Central, Census ACS.

Statewide hvac-r technician programs and employer-sponsored paths are listed on the New York 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: New York rules apply in the Kingston 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 Kingston 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.

HVAC-R TECHNICIAN PAY SNAPSHOT — KINGSTON, NY

$58,930 (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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