Licensed supply, wages, demand, and real current openings for HVAC technicians in Oldham County, TX, updated nightly from the state register, BLS, and live job listings.
Oldham County, TX carries 2 licensed HVAC technicians and a median wage of $49,840/yr ($23.96/hr).
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This county sits at the 11th percentile nationally for HVAC technicians pay, below the median US county.
Counties within 150 miles whose published median for this occupation is higher than Oldham County's. Medians from the same BLS OEWS series shown above, not offers, and pay is only one reason to move.
| County | Median | Difference | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baca County, CO | $65,200 | +$15,360 | 132 mi |
| Morton County, KS | $60,460 | +$10,620 | 131 mi |
| Stevens County, KS | $60,460 | +$10,620 | 143 mi |
| Hartley County, TX | $57,760 | +$7,920 | 30 mi |
| Deaf Smith County, TX | $57,760 | +$7,920 | 32 mi |
Real, current HVAC technicians openings, 0 in Oldham County itself, 6 elsewhere in the metro area (marked). Jobs by Adzuna.
Oldham County holds 0% of the metro area's 461 licensed HVAC technicians (#5 of 5 HVAC technicians pool among its 5 counties), at 11.2 per 10,000 residents against 16.9 metro-wide; the largest pool is Randall County with 245.
Counted from ATI's nightly diff of the TX 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.
| Movement | Workers | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| New licences issued | 1 | People who entered the licensed workforce here. |
| Licences lapsed | 0 | Expired or not renewed. Retirement, relocation or leaving the trade. |
| Moved up a credential tier | 0 | Apprentice to journeyman, journeyman to master, and so on. |
| Net change | 1 | New licences minus lapsed. Negative means the licensed base shrank. |
County-wide construction activity, across all trades rather than HVAC technicians specifically. Each figure names its source and the period it covers.
| Measure | Value | What it means for you |
|---|---|---|
| New housing units permitted | 0 | Last full year, county-wide. 0 per 10,000 residents. Permits lead construction hiring by months, so this is the earliest honest signal of work arriving (Census Building Permits Survey). |
| Median year homes were built | 1967 | Older 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 | +25 | People who moved in minus people who moved out, from IRS address changes. Arrivals need housing, wiring, plumbing and heat. |
11.2 licensed HVAC technicians per 10,000 residents. A thin pipeline against an ageing licensed base is how a shortage forms years before it shows up in wages.
License register: 2026-09-17; Wages: 2025-05-31; Demand: 2026-09-17; Apprenticeship: 2025-12-31.
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