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Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers pay in Charleston-North Charleston, SC and Fairbanks-College, AK
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers is $58,410 per year in Charleston-North Charleston, SC. It is $93,820 per year in Fairbanks-College, AK. Charleston-North Charleston, SC is 37.7% below Fairbanks-College, AK on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 49-9021 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 1,270 wage and salary jobs in Charleston-North Charleston, SC and 90 in Fairbanks-College, AK. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.