HVAC Technician Salary in Tennessee (2026)
The average HVAC Technician in Tennessee earns around $66,000/year. After taxes, your estimated take-home is $55,211/year ($4,601/month).
Take-Home Pay Breakdown
| Category | Amount |
|---|---|
Annual Take-Home Pay | $55,211 |
Monthly Take-Home Pay | $4,601 |
Biweekly Take-Home Pay | $2,124 |
Hourly Take-Home Pay based on 2,080 hrs/year | $27/hr |
Federal Tax | $5,740 |
State Tax | $0 |
FICA Taxes | $5,049 |
Effective Tax Rate total taxes ÷ gross salary | 16.35% |
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HVAC Technician Salary Ranges in Tennessee
Not all HVAC Technicians earn the same — not even close
Tennessee's HVAC technician market is anchored by UA Local 17 Nashville (~1,800 active members covering middle TN HVAC + pipefitter + steamfitter combined apprenticeship), UA Local 614 Knoxville, UA Local 72 Chattanooga, and UA Local 5 Memphis. Major work concentrates at Oracle Nashville campus build-out (post-2021 relocation, $1.2B development), AllianceBernstein Nashville (post-2018 relocation), HCA Nashville HQ campus, FedEx Memphis Superhub facility maintenance, plus the substantial central Nashville commercial high-rise market. The 2025 OT deduction applies through 2028. TN has 0% state income tax.
UA Senior HVAC Foreman / Master
$105,000–$165,000 w/OT
UA Local 17 senior HVAC journeyman · supervision + project lead · Oracle + AllianceBernstein commercial premium
UA HVAC Journeyman (Healthcare)
$92,000–$132,000 w/OT
Vanderbilt UMC + HCA + Methodist Le Bonheur + St. Jude · medical-air specialty · ASHRAE 170 premium
UA HVAC Journeyman (Commercial)
$85,000–$120,000 w/OT
Oracle Nashville · AllianceBernstein · Nashville high-rise · downtown commercial cooling at scale
UA HVAC Journeyman (Industrial)
$92,000–$140,000 w/OT
Nissan Smyrna · GM Spring Hill · Bridgestone · Volkswagen Chattanooga · industrial premium
UA HVAC Journeyman (Cargo / Memphis)
$88,000–$128,000 w/OT
FedEx Superhub Memphis facility · AutoZone HQ · International Paper · UPS Memphis hub HVAC
Residential HVAC Technician (Senior)
$72,000–$108,000 w/OT
Suburban Nashville service · Lee Company + Climatech · summer-season demand premium · humidity specialty
HVAC Project Manager
$92,000–$155,000
Commercial mechanical contractor PM · Smith Seckman Reid + Lee Company · senior project lead
HVAC Service Manager
$78,000–$120,000
Service dispatch + technician management · regional service-area manager · book-of-business
UA HVAC Apprentice (Year 4)
$55,000–$75,000
Pre-journeyman final year · UA Local 17 apprenticeship · ASHRAE certification track
UA HVAC Apprentice (Year 1)
$36,000–$52,000
First-year apprentice · 50% of journeyman scale · 5-year UA HVAC + pipefitter program
Worth knowing: Tennessee's 0% state income tax (Article II §28 constitutional bar, Hall Tax fully repealed 2021) plus no city earnings tax means HVAC technician take-home in TN is among the highest US after-tax for the trade. A senior TN journeyman at $115K w/OT pays $0 state tax — compared to MA at 5% combined ($5,750) or NJ at ~6% combined ($6,900), TN keeps the full federal-only take-home. The Oracle Nashville campus relocation (post-2021 announcement, multi-year $1.2B build-out) plus AllianceBernstein Nashville (post-2018) plus the substantial Nashville commercial high-rise development boom drives sustained UA Local 17 commercial HVAC demand. Memphis's FedEx Superhub (~3M sq ft facility, the world's largest cargo airport sorting complex by volume) requires substantial 24/7 industrial HVAC for cargo cold-chain + electronics + perishables movement. The 2025 No Tax on Overtime federal deduction applies through 2028 — at $20K OT premium produces ~$4,400 federal savings (no TN state offset since TN has 0% income tax). TN's 9.55% sales tax (one of higher US rates) is the offsetting tax burden — but for trade-worker households, the no-income-tax advantage substantially outweighs the higher sales tax on the marginal-spending basis.
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