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Licensed HVAC technicians in Comanche County, OK, Greater Lawton Metro Area: Workforce, Wages & Demand

Licensed supply, credential mix, wages and demand for HVAC technicians in Comanche County, OK, from the state register (updated nightly) and BLS.

Comanche County, OK carries 388 licensed HVAC technicians and a median wage of $72,980/yr ($35.09/hr).

388
licensed HVAC technicians
$72,980
median annual wage (BLS OEWS, metro area)
52
construction demand index

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How the pay compares

This county sits at the 88th percentile nationally for HVAC technicians pay, above the median US county. Average weekly wages across the county's construction trades fell 1.1% year over year (BLS QCEW).

Licensed workforce by level

Apprentice222
Journeyman121
Contractor44

Licensed HVAC Technician contractors near Comanche County

Active, licensed firms and master-tier individuals on the OK register.

NameTier
Bobby A BurrisContractor
Brian K FanninContractor
Caleb A FannonContractor
Christopher D HallContractor
Christopher Mason SolidContractor
Clint L KuhlmanContractor
Corey Max PhilpottContractor
Derick Allen KennedyContractor
Donald R TaylorContractor
Gerald Lee FrazierContractor

Comanche County within the Lawton, OK metro

Comanche County holds 94% of the metro area's 413 licensed HVAC technicians (the largest HVAC technicians pool among its 2 counties), at 31.9 per 10,000 residents against 32.5 metro-wide.

Who entered and left in the last 12 months

Counted from ATI's nightly diff of the OK register itself, over the trailing year. Runs that failed a data-quality gate are excluded, so a scraper outage is never reported as workers leaving.

MovementWorkersWhat it means
New licenses issued8People who entered the licensed workforce here.
Licenses lapsed80Expired or not renewed. Retirement, relocation or leaving the trade.
Moved up a credential tier5Apprentice to journeyman, journeyman to master, and so on.
Net change-72New licenses minus lapsed. Negative means the licensed base shrank.

Who employs HVAC technicians here

Employment from the BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages for the industry this trade sits in; payroll from the Census County Business Patterns. Establishment counts are QCEW where the county is disclosed and an ATI estimate otherwise.

MeasureValueWhat it counts
Employer establishments35Physical business locations in this industry.
Industry employment358Everyone on those payrolls, not only licensed trades.
Annual industry payroll$17MTotal wages paid across those establishments (Census CBP, 2023).

How much work is in Comanche County

County-wide construction activity, across all trades rather than HVAC technicians specifically. Each figure names its source and the period it covers.

MeasureValueWhat it means for you
New housing units permitted200Last full year, county-wide. 16 per 10,000 residents. Permits lead construction hiring by months, so this is the earliest honest signal of work arriving (Census Building Permits Survey).
Construction employment967Everyone working in construction in this county, all trades and office staff. Average pay $970 per week. BLS QCEW.
Median year homes were built1977Older stock means more repair, replacement and retrofit work, which is steadier than new build and does not stop in a downturn (Census ACS).
Net migration-38People who moved in minus people who moved out, from IRS address changes. Arrivals need housing, wiring, plumbing and heat.

Density and pipeline

26.6 licensed HVAC technicians per 10,000 residents; 166 licensed holders per 100 estimated workers in the trade. A thin pipeline against an ageing licensed base is how a shortage forms years before it shows up in wages.

Common questions

How many licensed HVAC technicians are in Comanche County, OK?
Comanche County has 388 licensed HVAC technicians on the OK register.
What do HVAC technicians earn in Comanche County?
The median annual wage for this occupation in this market is $72,980 ($35.09/hour), per BLS OEWS.
Is this a job board?
No. This page is ATI's own licensed-workforce and market data for this county and trade. Job listings above, where present, are an additive real-time layer, not the page's core content.
Is this page for Lawton specifically?
This page covers all of Comanche County, OK, which is part of the Greater Lawton metro area (the Census-defined metro this county belongs to), so it includes but is not limited to Lawton proper.

License register: 2026-10-05; Wages: 2025-05-31; Demand: 2026-10-05; Apprenticeship: 2025-12-31.

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