Furnace replacement
$7,450
Typical for a 1,500–2,500 sq ft home. Most jobs run $5,550–$9,950.
State prices
$7,450
Furnace replacement typical, statewide
17.0¢
Electricity per kWh residential average
Most furnace replacement quotes in Colorado land between $5,550 and $9,950. Prices differ by metro, so start with yours below.

Colorado is in the DOE north region: new central AC must meet 13.4 SEER2. Photo: Noel Aph on Pexels.
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Furnace replacement, typical installed price. Press a metro for every job, local factors and rebates.
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Metros in Colorado with their own prices, largest first.
Denver-Aurora-Centennial · 3,002,721 people
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Colorado prices in 7 metros and 3 rural areas, each on its own. Every county takes its area's typical price; switch the job and the map redraws.
Furnace replacement · typical price by county
Shades split Colorado's counties into even groups; each county takes its metro or rural area's price.
Pueblo metro
Metro · 1 county · 169k people
Colorado Springs metro
Metro · 2 counties · 768k people
Grand Junction metro
Metro · 1 county · 159k people
Greeley metro
Metro · 1 county · 350k people
Rural Southwest Colorado
Rural · 13 counties · 276k people
Metro · 10 counties · 3.0M people
Boulder metro
Metro · 1 county · 329k people
Rural Northwest Colorado
Rural · 10 counties · 235k people
Fort Collins metro
Metro · 1 county · 367k people
Rural Eastern and Southern Colorado
Rural · 24 counties · 206k people
HVAC technician pay
Half the 8,940 HVAC techs in Colorado earn more than $31.35 an hour ($65,200 a year), 7% above the US median. Shops here bill that hour at about $121 in our price model.
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025; billable rate from the HVACFIND price model.
HVAC technician salary in Colorado$31.35
Median hourly pay for HVAC technicians in Colorado
The numbers here
Statewide figures, against the other states.
Furnace replacement
$7,450
Typical for a 1,500–2,500 sq ft home. Most jobs run $5,550–$9,950.
HVAC technician wage
$31/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
36≥90°F
659 cooling and 6,375 heating degree days in a normal year, 1991–2020 (NOAA).
HVAC companies
2,603
11 for every 10,000 homes (Census County Business Patterns). More competition tends to mean tighter quotes.
Every job
Averages across the state. Your metro's page is closer to what you'll be quoted.
$4,700–$10,600 typical $7,100
$7,000–$13,900 typical $9,850
$5,550–$9,950 typical $7,450
$10,500–$17,850 typical $13,700
$4,050–$7,300 typical $5,450
$330–$510 typical $410
$240–$590 typical $370
$350–$540 typical $430
$110–$260 typical $170
$380–$600 typical $480
Before you sign
New central AC installed in Colorado must meet the DOE north standard. Heat pumps need 14.3 SEER2 and 7.5 HSPF2.
Licensed locally: local (city/county; e.g., Denver Community Planning and Development).
Permit rules are set city by city.
0 active programs verified. The federal 25C credit ended for 2026 installs.
17.0¢ per kWh on average, which sets what efficiency saves you.
659 cooling and 6,375 heating degree days in an average year.
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Reference pages built from public records, each row with its source and the date we checked it.
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Federally funded HEAR heat pump rebates in this state.
State and utility programs, income limits
When you need one and what it costs
local (city/county; e.g., Denver Community Planning and Development)
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