Los Angeles County / Museum of Natural History / Refrigeration Mechanic
Job-title file
Operate, maintain, and repair equipment or facilities, performing skilled hands-on work.
1 employees hold this title in Museum of Natural History. Median total compensation for the role is $227,417, above the department median of $224,534.
Compared with the local labor market
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. Museum of Natural History pays a median base salary of $114,845 for this role, 56% above that figure — above the 90th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
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 Museum of Natural History’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. Museum of Natural History’s median base salary is 88% above that national figure, above the 90th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
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.
Median total compensation for this role at Museum of Natural History is $227,417, 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
Refrigeration Mechanic is held in 13 Los Angeles County departments. In Museum of Natural History, the median of $227,417 ranks #1 of 13.
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
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 →
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.
Record list
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Refrigeration Mechanic/Museum of Natural History
At Museum of Natural History, Rory Waggoner serves as a Refrigeration Mechanic. Their 2025 pay totaled $227,417.