Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers Salary — Redding, California

The average Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers in Redding, California earns $68,320 a year.

$68,320 / year, mean
↑ 4.2% above national average 16th percentile in California

Redding pays below most of California for this role, though still within a normal range for the state. That's close to the national average for heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers — a fairly typical rate for this role. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within California

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
160
Estimate confidence
RSE 3.1%
Cost of living 101 #53 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 2124 #140 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $375,604 #64 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $71,931 #92 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Redding ranks #53 for cost of living and #64 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

San Jose $91,280 San Francisco $86,540 Seattle $85,420 Napa $84,650 Santa Rosa $84,230 Santa Cruz $80,540 Salinas $80,530 New York $79,730 Olympia $79,680 Santa Maria $79,640 Chicago $79,340 Peoria $78,520 Decatur $78,160 El Centro $77,740 Mount Vernon $77,400 Rockford $76,950 Champaign $76,400 San Diego $75,960 Trenton $75,560 San Luis Obispo $75,460 Kennewick $75,250 Ann Arbor $74,760 Stockton $74,730 Los Angeles $74,630 Vineland $74,100 Bremerton $74,050 Portland $72,700 Springfield $72,660 Oxnard $71,940 Bellingham $71,730 Sacramento $71,680 Longview $71,230 Vallejo $71,130 Kokomo $70,510 Baltimore $70,450 Bakersfield $70,240 Lexington Park $70,160 Merced $70,140 Kankakee $69,990 Albany $69,660 Visalia $69,630 Philadelphia $69,440 Fresno $69,230 Syracuse $68,990 Indianapolis $68,700 Riverside $68,660 Modesto $68,520 Salem $68,450 Jackson $68,420 Redding $68,320 Kiryas Joel $68,190 Yuba City $68,050 Hanford $67,710 Corvallis $67,470 Spokane $67,410 Allentown $67,380 Chico $67,350 Rochester $66,710 Detroit $66,680 Bloomington $66,160 Harrisburg $66,150 Elmira $66,130 Yakima $66,080 Bend $66,060 Ithaca $66,040 Fort Wayne $65,910 Salisbury $65,670 Bloomington $65,560 Saginaw $65,390 Buffalo $65,320 Binghamton $65,280 Kalamazoo $64,990 Atlantic City $64,700 Pittsburgh $64,620 Grand Rapids $64,200 Medford $64,110 South Bend $64,080 York $64,020 Austin $63,930 Kingston $63,900 Utica $63,830 Reading $63,530 Lansing $63,430 Scranton $63,430 Lebanon $63,390 Elkhart $63,230 Watertown $63,230 Walla Walla $63,080 Glens Falls $62,920 Eugene $62,870 Chambersburg $62,830 Albany $62,680 Flint $62,420 Lancaster $62,360 Evansville $62,300 Staunton $62,300 Owensboro $62,230 Lafayette $62,180 Michigan City $62,100 Gettysburg $61,890 Dallas $61,760 Lexington $61,430 Wenatchee $61,260 Traverse City $61,210 Monroe $61,100 Naples $61,060 Hagerstown $60,820 Houston $60,390 Columbus $60,380 Midland $60,270 Louisville $60,030 Williamsport $60,020 Miami $60,000 Battle Creek $59,920 Bay City $59,920 Erie $59,260 Charlottesville $59,250 Altoona $59,230 Dover $59,160 San Antonio $59,150 Jacksonville $58,820 Richmond $58,490 Virginia Beach $58,380 Sarasota $58,060 Niles $58,050 Terre Haute $57,940 Harrisonburg $57,930 Odessa $57,520 Fort Myers $57,500 Paducah $57,340 State College $57,320 Tyler $57,220 Lynchburg $57,130 Muncie $57,120 Port St. Lucie $57,080 Midland $57,040 Sherman $56,970 Palm Bay $56,850 Punta Gorda $56,740 Wheeling $56,630 Weirton $56,590 Beaumont $56,580 Lakeland $56,550 Longview $56,470 Muskegon $56,330 Pensacola $56,230 Orlando $56,030 Corpus Christi $56,020 Tampa $55,940 Charleston $55,430 Amarillo $55,060 Winchester $54,920 Grants Pass $54,910 Bowling Green $54,900 Gainesville $54,860 Johnstown $54,790 Panama City $54,570 Abilene $54,510 Sebastian $54,440 Waco $54,410 Elizabethtown $54,320 Deltona $54,220 Lubbock $54,140 Roanoke $53,960 Wildwood $53,960 Blacksburg $53,690 San Angelo $53,430 Killeen $53,300 Ocala $53,300 Tallahassee $52,900 Victoria $52,710 College Station $52,660 Crestview $52,650 Texarkana $52,490 Wichita Falls $52,110 Huntington $52,080 Homosassa Springs $51,590 Brownsville $50,650 Laredo $50,420 McAllen $50,380 El Paso $49,300 Morgantown $49,190 Beckley $45,850 Parkersburg $45,750 Sebring $45,690
CityMean salaryvs. Redding
Abilene, Texas$54,510-20.2%
Albany, Oregon$62,680-8.3%
Albany, New York$69,660+2.0%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$67,380-1.4%
Altoona, Pennsylvania$59,230-13.3%
Amarillo, Texas$55,060-19.4%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$74,760+9.4%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$64,700-5.3%
Austin, Texas$63,930-6.4%
Bakersfield, California$70,240+2.8%
Baltimore, Maryland$70,450+3.1%
Battle Creek, Michigan$59,920-12.3%
Bay City, Michigan$59,920-12.3%
Beaumont, Texas$56,580-17.2%
Beckley, West Virginia$45,850-32.9%
Bellingham, Washington$71,730+5.0%
Bend, Oregon$66,060-3.3%
Binghamton, New York$65,280-4.4%
Blacksburg, Virginia$53,690-21.4%
Bloomington, Illinois$66,160-3.2%
Bloomington, Indiana$65,560-4.0%
Bowling Green, Kentucky$54,900-19.6%
Bremerton, Washington$74,050+8.4%
Brownsville, Texas$50,650-25.9%
Buffalo, New York$65,320-4.4%
Fort Myers, Florida$57,500-15.8%
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania$62,830-8.0%
Champaign, Illinois$76,400+11.8%
Charleston, West Virginia$55,430-18.9%
Charlottesville, Virginia$59,250-13.3%
Chicago, Illinois$79,340+16.1%
Chico, California$67,350-1.4%
College Station, Texas$52,660-22.9%
Columbus, Indiana$60,380-11.6%
Corpus Christi, Texas$56,020-18.0%
Corvallis, Oregon$67,470-1.2%
Crestview, Florida$52,650-22.9%
Dallas, Texas$61,760-9.6%
Decatur, Illinois$78,160+14.4%
Deltona, Florida$54,220-20.6%
Detroit, Michigan$66,680-2.4%
Dover, Delaware$59,160-13.4%
El Centro, California$77,740+13.8%
Elizabethtown, Kentucky$54,320-20.5%
Elkhart, Indiana$63,230-7.5%
Elmira, New York$66,130-3.2%
El Paso, Texas$49,300-27.8%
Erie, Pennsylvania$59,260-13.3%
Eugene, Oregon$62,870-8.0%
Evansville, Indiana$62,300-8.8%
Flint, Michigan$62,420-8.6%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$65,910-3.5%
Fresno, California$69,230+1.3%
Gainesville, Florida$54,860-19.7%
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania$61,890-9.4%
Glens Falls, New York$62,920-7.9%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$64,200-6.0%
Grants Pass, Oregon$54,910-19.6%
Hagerstown, Maryland$60,820-11.0%
Hanford, California$67,710-0.9%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$66,150-3.2%
Harrisonburg, Virginia$57,930-15.2%
Homosassa Springs, Florida$51,590-24.5%
Houston, Texas$60,390-11.6%
Huntington, West Virginia$52,080-23.8%
Indianapolis, Indiana$68,700+0.6%
Ithaca, New York$66,040-3.3%
Jackson, Michigan$68,420+0.1%
Jacksonville, Florida$58,820-13.9%
Johnstown, Pennsylvania$54,790-19.8%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$64,990-4.9%
Kankakee, Illinois$69,990+2.4%
Kennewick, Washington$75,250+10.1%
Killeen, Texas$53,300-22.0%
Kingston, New York$63,900-6.5%
Kiryas Joel, New York$68,190-0.2%
Kokomo, Indiana$70,510+3.2%
Lafayette, Indiana$62,180-9.0%
Lakeland, Florida$56,550-17.2%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$62,360-8.7%
Lansing, Michigan$63,430-7.2%
Laredo, Texas$50,420-26.2%
Lebanon, Pennsylvania$63,390-7.2%
Lexington, Kentucky$61,430-10.1%
Lexington Park, Maryland$70,160+2.7%
Longview, Texas$56,470-17.3%
Longview, Washington$71,230+4.3%
Los Angeles, California$74,630+9.2%
Louisville, Kentucky$60,030-12.1%
Lubbock, Texas$54,140-20.8%
Lynchburg, Virginia$57,130-16.4%
McAllen, Texas$50,380-26.3%
Medford, Oregon$64,110-6.2%
Merced, California$70,140+2.7%
Miami, Florida$60,000-12.2%
Michigan City, Indiana$62,100-9.1%
Midland, Michigan$57,040-16.5%
Midland, Texas$60,270-11.8%
Modesto, California$68,520+0.3%
Monroe, Michigan$61,100-10.6%
Morgantown, West Virginia$49,190-28.0%
Mount Vernon, Washington$77,400+13.3%
Muncie, Indiana$57,120-16.4%
Muskegon, Michigan$56,330-17.5%
Napa, California$84,650+23.9%
Naples, Florida$61,060-10.6%
New York, New York$79,730+16.7%
Niles, Michigan$58,050-15.0%
Sarasota, Florida$58,060-15.0%
Ocala, Florida$53,300-22.0%
Odessa, Texas$57,520-15.8%
Olympia, Washington$79,680+16.6%
Orlando, Florida$56,030-18.0%
Owensboro, Kentucky$62,230-8.9%
Oxnard, California$71,940+5.3%
Paducah, Kentucky$57,340-16.1%
Palm Bay, Florida$56,850-16.8%
Panama City, Florida$54,570-20.1%
Parkersburg, West Virginia$45,750-33.0%
Pensacola, Florida$56,230-17.7%
Peoria, Illinois$78,520+14.9%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$69,440+1.6%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$64,620-5.4%
Portland, Oregon$72,700+6.4%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$57,080-16.5%
Punta Gorda, Florida$56,740-16.9%
Reading, Pennsylvania$63,530-7.0%
Richmond, Virginia$58,490-14.4%
Riverside, California$68,660+0.5%
Roanoke, Virginia$53,960-21.0%
Rochester, New York$66,710-2.4%
Rockford, Illinois$76,950+12.6%
Sacramento, California$71,680+4.9%
Saginaw, Michigan$65,390-4.3%
Salem, Oregon$68,450+0.2%
Salinas, California$80,530+17.9%
Salisbury, Maryland$65,670-3.9%
San Angelo, Texas$53,430-21.8%
San Antonio, Texas$59,150-13.4%
San Diego, California$75,960+11.2%
San Francisco, California$86,540+26.7%
San Jose, California$91,280+33.6%
San Luis Obispo, California$75,460+10.5%
Santa Cruz, California$80,540+17.9%
Santa Maria, California$79,640+16.6%
Santa Rosa, California$84,230+23.3%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$63,430-7.2%
Seattle, Washington$85,420+25.0%
Sebastian, Florida$54,440-20.3%
Sebring, Florida$45,690-33.1%
Sherman, Texas$56,970-16.6%
South Bend, Indiana$64,080-6.2%
Spokane, Washington$67,410-1.3%
Springfield, Illinois$72,660+6.4%
State College, Pennsylvania$57,320-16.1%
Staunton, Virginia$62,300-8.8%
Stockton, California$74,730+9.4%
Syracuse, New York$68,990+1.0%
Tallahassee, Florida$52,900-22.6%
Tampa, Florida$55,940-18.1%
Terre Haute, Indiana$57,940-15.2%
Texarkana, Texas$52,490-23.2%
Traverse City, Michigan$61,210-10.4%
Trenton, New Jersey$75,560+10.6%
Tyler, Texas$57,220-16.2%
Utica, New York$63,830-6.6%
Vallejo, California$71,130+4.1%
Victoria, Texas$52,710-22.8%
Vineland, New Jersey$74,100+8.5%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$58,380-14.5%
Visalia, California$69,630+1.9%
Waco, Texas$54,410-20.4%
Walla Walla, Washington$63,080-7.7%
Watertown, New York$63,230-7.5%
Weirton, West Virginia$56,590-17.2%
Wenatchee, Washington$61,260-10.3%
Wheeling, West Virginia$56,630-17.1%
Wichita Falls, Texas$52,110-23.7%
Wildwood, Florida$53,960-21.0%
Williamsport, Pennsylvania$60,020-12.1%
Winchester, Virginia$54,920-19.6%
Yakima, Washington$66,080-3.3%
York, Pennsylvania$64,020-6.3%
Yuba City, California$68,050-0.4%
Gross salary
68,320/yr
Estimated take-home
54,500/yr
Est. total withheld
20.2%

Single filer, federal + California state tax + FICA, 2025 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Community reality check

Community reality check for Redding

These notes add local color around Redding, California: comfort ranges, budget constraints and location trade-offs reported in public discussions.

Relocation gap2.0× calculator gap
City comparison anecdotal

Discussion highlights that calculators may imply roughly 2x gross income for comparable standard of living, while some employers offer only about 10% location premiums. Tech total compensation can be an exception, so the page should distinguish salary from total compensation.

2.0×calculator multiplier10%HCOL premium cited$200KAtlanta TC example$450KBay Area TC example

Anecdotal public-discussion signals, not official salary data, rent data or financial advice. Read this alongside the official figures on the page.

Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 49-9021 SOC code
Official area Redding, CA BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 39820 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: ca_ftb_verificado 2025
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Where this is

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Highlighted: California

Population (metro area)
181,554