🔧 HVAC crews

Piece-rate payroll for HVAC install crews

Service techs and install crews get paid differently in HVAC. Crewsplit is built for the install side — flat-rate and revenue-split crews finishing full installs as a team, not individual sales commission on a close.

Two very different models under one trade

Service techs

Typically hourly ($20–30/hr) plus 4–8% commission on ticket value, or 5–10% of installed revenue on bigger jobs. Commission is usually tied to an individual tech's sales, not split across a crew.

Install crews

More often flat-rate or performance pay: the crew is paid per completed install and split by role or hours contributed. Lead tech sometimes takes the full commission with assisting techs on standard hourly.

Built for the crew side, not the sales side

How you pay todayCrewsplit methodFit
Install crew paid a % of job revenue, split by crew sizeRevenue splitGood fit
Install crew split by role (Lead / Installer / Apprentice)Per-role %Good fit
Individual tech paid hourly + personal sales commissionNot the focus

Individual sales commission on a close is usually a CRM or field-service-platform problem, not a crew-payroll problem — Crewsplit handles the crew side once the job is sold.

Example — $4,200 install, 2-person crew, 12% revenue split
Job revenue$4,200
Crew pay pool (12%)$504
Lead tech (weighted higher tier)~$302
Installer~$202

HVAC payroll questions we hear most

No. Crewsplit is built for install and service crews paid as a team on completed jobs, not individual sales commission tracking on a close. If your techs earn commission on the sale itself, that's typically handled by your CRM or field service platform.
Yes. Crewsplit's per-role pay method lets you set separate percentages for lead, installer, and apprentice roles by crew size, so a lead tech's share doesn't have to match the rest of the crew.
Track install-crew jobs in Crewsplit and keep hourly-plus-commission service work in your existing system. Many HVAC contractors run both pay structures in parallel for the same techs.

Built for more than one trade

Run compliant piece-rate payroll for your install crews

Crewsplit calculates crew splits, FLSA overtime, and audit-ready reports automatically — every pay period.

Pay practices vary by company, region, and job type — this page describes common industry patterns, not a guarantee of how any specific company operates. Not legal or financial advice.