Furnace replacement
$5,900
Typical for a 1,500–2,500 sq ft home. Most jobs run $3,900–$8,900.
California
$5,900
Furnace replacement typical, 1,500–2,500 sq ft
1976
Median home built Census ACS
Most furnace replacement quotes here land between $3,900 and $8,900. Every figure is local: wages, prices, climate and permits for the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area.

The median home here was built in 1976; 59% heat with gas and 36% with electricity (Census ACS). Photo: Clément Proust on Pexels.
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Prices, wages and weather for this metro, against the other metros in the state.
Furnace replacement
$5,900
Typical for a 1,500–2,500 sq ft home. Most jobs run $3,900–$8,900.
HVAC technician wage
$39/hr
Median hourly pay here against $29.33 for the US (BLS OEWS). Labor is a third of a typical install.
Hot days a year
16≥90°F
609 cooling and 2,198 heating degree days in a normal year, 1991–2020 (NOAA).
HVAC companies
547
8 for every 10,000 homes (Census County Business Patterns). More competition tends to mean tighter quotes.
HVAC technician pay
Half the 1,740 HVAC techs in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara metro earn more than $39.45 an hour ($82,050 a year), 13% above the California median. Shops here bill that hour at about $152 in our price model.
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025; billable rate from the HVACFIND price model.
HVAC technician salary in San Jose$39.45
Median hourly pay for HVAC technicians in San Jose
Replace or install
Typical installed prices for a 1,500–2,500 sq ft home, with the range most quotes fall in.
$5,050–$11,650 typical $7,650
$7,350–$15,000 typical $10,500
$3,900–$8,900 typical $5,900
$9,200–$17,300 typical $12,600
$4,350–$8,200 typical $5,950
Local factors
The same four facts on every place page, so two places read side by side compare the same rows.
Climate
Heating degree days per year, 1991–2020 normals. More means a bigger heating load.
2,198
Freezing nights
A cold climate changes which heat pump you need.
3
Electricity
Residential rate. It sets what an efficient system saves you each year.
39.6¢
Permit
The contractor pulls it and books the inspection.
—
Repair and service
Visit, diagnosis and the common repair, at local rates.
$400–$600 typical $490
$290–$690 typical $450
$410–$630 typical $510
$140–$330 typical $220
$480–$760 typical $610
Nearby
Prices move with local wages, weather and permit fees. Press a metro for its own page.
16
Days a year at 90°F or hotter in San Jose, on 1991–2020 normals.
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Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom · 2,426,388 people
Fresno · 1,177,665 people
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