Los Angeles County / Internal Services Department / Refrigeration Mechanic

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Refrigeration Mechanic

Operate, maintain, and repair equipment or facilities, performing skilled hands-on work.

27 employees hold this title in Internal Services Department. Median total compensation for the role is $182,756, above the department median of $162,327.

Employees: 27
Total payroll: $4.4M
Role median: $182,756
Agency median: $162,327
Comparison: Above

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$26,480$196,984+

Hover a bar for its range; click to filter the list below.

How total compensation varies among the 27 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Compared with the local labor market

Refrigeration Mechanic pay vs. the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area

Across all employers in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area, the median wage for Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers — about 10,720 people — is $73,830. Internal Services Department pays a median base salary of $109,356 for this role, 48% above that figure — above the 90th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Internal Services Department sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$46,590

$58,220

$73,830

$83,490

$109,010

Internal Services Department median · $109,356

The bar is the range of annual wages for Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers across every employer in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Internal Services Department’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.

And across the country

Nationwide, the median wage for Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers — about 409,670 people — is $61,010. Internal Services Department’s median base salary is 79% above that national figure, above the 90th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$40,050

$48,360

$61,010

$77,060

$95,210

Internal Services Department median · $109,356

Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA range relative to the national one.

Computed over the 26 of 27 people in this role paid at least $25,000in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.

Median total compensation for this role at Internal Services Department is $182,756, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.

Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.

Compare departments

This role across Los Angeles County

Refrigeration Mechanic is held in 13 Los Angeles County departments. In Internal Services Department, the median of $182,756 ranks #5 of 13.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Museum of Natural History

$227,417 · 1

Fire Department

$205,172 · 3

Sheriff

$190,332 · 18

Olive View-Ucla Medical Center

$183,642 · 6

Harbor-Ucla Medical Center

$179,014 · 5

Ambulatory Care Network

$177,013 · 7

La County Library

$175,007 · 1

Los Angeles General Medical Center

$174,897 · 8

Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center

$174,518 · 4

Public Works Department

$172,566 · 3

Parks & Recreation Department

$170,762 · 6

Health Services

$26,504 · 1

Median total compensation for the Refrigeration Mechanic role in other Los Angeles Countydepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.

Compare jurisdictions

Refrigeration Mechanic beyond Los Angeles County

This role is reported in 3 jurisdictions. In Los Angeles County, the median of $178,369 ranks #1 of 3. See Refrigeration Mechanic across all of Los Angeles County →

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

Minnesota

$75,929 · 46

Florida

$40,261 · 7

Median total compensation for comparable Refrigeration Mechanicroles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.

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