Wayne, NJ · Private for-profit
Net price / yr
After grant aid
Median debt
Completers, institution-wide
Completion
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
24 listings on file
No sponsor in New Jersey has published a wage scale, so we can name the 16 registered apprenticeships below but not what they pay. The trade schools further down publish their prices, which is why they look more complete. That is a gap in the public record, not a verdict on which is the better deal.
What the job pays in New Jersey
$74,450median, per year
This is what heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers earn across New Jersey, half above and half below. It is an experienced-worker figure, not a starting wage. Nationally the median is $61,010.
US Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, SOC 49-9021 · survey 2025-05 · retrieved 2026-08-26
50-mile radius
New Jersey is a big place. Enter your ZIP code to see HVAC programs within 50 miles, paid apprenticeships first.
Name and place only
16 sponsors appear in the federal register for this trade. It records that they exist and where, and nothing about pay, cost or intake. To reach one, search its name on the apprenticeship.gov partner finder, or call your state apprenticeship office.
Price on file
You pay for these, and most students are not earning while they study.
Wayne, NJ · Private for-profit
Net price / yr
$24,009
After grant aid
Median debt
$9,500
Completers, institution-wide
Completion
72%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Hackensack, NJ · Public
Net price / yr
$10,588
After grant aid
Median debt
$3,608
Completers, institution-wide
Completion
91%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Nutley, NJ · Private for-profit
Net price / yr
$17,206
After grant aid
Median debt
$11,775
Completers, institution-wide
Completion
57%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Blackwood, NJ · Private for-profit
Net price / yr
$22,671
After grant aid
Median debt
$8,331
Completers, institution-wide
Completion
72%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Denville, NJ · Public
Net price / yr
$18,332
After grant aid
Completion
88%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Toms River, NJ · Public
Net price / yr
$10,828
After grant aid
Median debt
$5,500
Completers, institution-wide
Completion
65%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
East Orange, NJ · Private for-profit
Net price / yr
$25,261
After grant aid
Median debt
$6,756
Completers, institution-wide
Completion
56%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Lawrenceville, NJ · Private for-profit
Net price / yr
$22,336
After grant aid
Median debt
$9,500
Completers, institution-wide
Completion
54%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Requirements, the test, timing
Finding the program is the easy part. The application is where people fall down.
How to get into an hvac apprenticeship24 listings matched. Figures come from the publishers named on each card. Nothing on this page is estimated.