HVAC Cost Stats: Tampa, FL (2026)
Tampa is an air-conditioning town
Tampa International logs 3,928.2 cooling degree days a year against only 433.5 heating degree days. Air conditioners run most of the year, so electricity drives operating cost more than gas.
| Tampa metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Florida home electricity (Aug 2026, statewide) | 14.99¢/kWh |
| Florida home gas (2025, statewide) | $25.48/Mcf |
| HVAC mechanic median wage, Tampa–St. Petersburg–Clearwater MSA | $24.30/hr ($50,540/yr) |
| Median year built, Tampa city | 1985 |
Tampa has the lowest installer wage of the nine metros, while Florida gas is the priciest per Mcf.
Hillsborough County. Power: Tampa Electric. Gas: Peoples Gas. Permits: City of Tampa.
Related: Tampa FL guide and HVAC Cost Stats by Metro (2026).
Housing stock and heating fuel in Tampa
The Tampa city limits held 414,575 residents and 176,004 occupied homes in the Census Bureau's ACS 2024 1-year American Community Survey. Electricity heats 93% of occupied homes and utility gas 5%, so heat pumps and straight-cool AC with electric strips are the systems most homeowners here are replacing. Bottled gas or propane heats 0%.
50% of housing units are single-family detached houses and 50% of occupied homes are owner-occupied. Detached, owner-occupied houses are where most whole-system replacements happen, because the owner chooses the equipment and each house has its own system. Apartments and condos more often use packaged units, wall units or building-managed systems.
These are city-limits figures, not metro-wide, and every survey estimate has a margin of error that you can see on the Census Reporter profile linked above. For city-by-city guides across the state, see the Florida HVAC cost guides hub.
Sources: BLS OEWS (SOC 49-9021, May 2025), EIA (state-level), U.S. Census ACS 2020–2024 5-year (B25035), NOAA 1991–2020 Climate Normals; housing and heating-fuel figures from Census ACS (ACS 2024 1-year, tables B01003, B25003, B25024, B25040), accessed October 31, 2026. Data accessed October 30, 2026. Furnace Direct, a DBA of Hamlin Mechanical LLC.