Furnace replacement
$7,600
Typical for a 1,500–2,500 sq ft home. Most jobs run $5,650–$10,300.
All of Colorado
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HVAC prices in Denver
$7,600
Furnace replacement typical, 1,500–2,500 sq ft
1987
Median home built Census ACS
Most furnace replacement quotes here land between $5,650 and $10,300. Every figure is local: wages, prices, climate and permits for the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO metro area.
The median home here was built in 1987; 67% heat with gas and 29% with electricity (Census ACS). Photo: Noel Aph on Pexels.
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What HVAC costs in Denver, in four figures
Prices, wages and weather for this metro, against the other metros in the state.
HVAC technician wage
$34/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
38≥90°F
743 cooling and 5,902 heating degree days in a normal year, 1991–2020 (NOAA).
HVAC companies
1,182
9.7 for every 10,000 homes (Census County Business Patterns). More competition tends to mean tighter quotes.
HVAC technician pay
Half the 4,360 HVAC techs in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial metro earn more than $34.41 an hour ($71,580 a year), 10% above the Colorado median. Shops here bill that hour at about $133 in our price model.
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025; billable rate from the HVACFIND price model.
HVAC technician salary in Denver$34.41
Median hourly pay for HVAC technicians in Denver
Replace or install
New systems in Denver
Typical installed prices for a 1,500–2,500 sq ft home, with the range most quotes fall in.
- 3-ton home
- 1–2 days
- Permit
$4,850–$11,000 typical $7,300
- 3-ton home
- 1–2 days
- Permit
$7,100–$14,300 typical $10,100
- 3-ton home
- 1–2 days
- Permit
$5,650–$10,300 typical $7,600
- 3-ton home
- 1–2 days
- Permit
$10,700–$18,350 typical $14,000
- 3-ton home
- 1–2 days
- Permit
$4,100–$7,550 typical $5,550
Local factors
What moves the price in Denver
The same four facts on every place page, so two places read side by side compare the same rows.
Climate
Zone 5B, 7
Heating degree days per year, 1991–2020 normals. More means a bigger heating load.
5,902
Freezing nights
Nights at 32°F or colder
A cold climate changes which heat pump you need.
157
Electricity
Public Service Co of Colorado
Residential rate. It sets what an efficient system saves you each year.
15.1¢
Permit
Required for a replacement
The contractor pulls it and books the inspection.
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Repair and service
Repairs and tune-ups
Visit, diagnosis and the common repair, at local rates.
- Typical home
- Same day
- No permit
$360–$550 typical $440
- Typical home
- Same day
- No permit
$260–$620 typical $400
- Typical home
- Same day
- No permit
$370–$570 typical $460
- Typical home
- Same day
- No permit
$120–$290 typical $190
- Typical home
- Same day
- No permit
$420–$660 typical $530
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