Furnace replacement
$7,850
Typical for a 1,500–2,500 sq ft home. Most jobs run $5,750–$10,700.
All of Illinois
Illinois
HVAC prices in Chicago
$7,850
Furnace replacement typical, 1,500–2,500 sq ft
1971
Median home built Census ACS
Most furnace replacement quotes here land between $5,750 and $10,700. Every figure is local: wages, prices, climate and permits for the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area.
The median home here was built in 1971; 82% heat with gas and 15% with electricity (Census ACS). Photo: Qiang Lai on Pexels.
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What HVAC costs in Chicago, in four figures
Prices, wages and weather for this metro, against the other metros in the state.
HVAC technician wage
$37/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
18≥90°F
1,001 cooling and 5,956 heating degree days in a normal year, 1991–2020 (NOAA).
HVAC companies
3,041
8.3 for every 10,000 homes (Census County Business Patterns). More competition tends to mean tighter quotes.
HVAC technician pay
Half the 7,210 HVAC techs in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro earn more than $37.48 an hour ($77,960 a year), in line with the Illinois median. Shops here bill that hour at about $144 in our price model.
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025; billable rate from the HVACFIND price model.
HVAC technician salary in Chicago$37.48
Median hourly pay for HVAC technicians in Chicago
Replace or install
New systems in Chicago
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
$5,000–$11,500 typical $7,600
- 3-ton home
- 1–2 days
- Permit
$7,350–$14,850 typical $10,450
- 3-ton home
- 1–2 days
- Permit
$5,750–$10,700 typical $7,850
- 3-ton home
- 1–2 days
- Permit
$11,050–$19,000 typical $14,500
- 3-ton home
- 1–2 days
- Permit
$4,400–$8,250 typical $6,000
Local factors
What moves the price in Chicago
The same four facts on every place page, so two places read side by side compare the same rows.
Climate
Zone 5A
Heating degree days per year, 1991–2020 normals. More means a bigger heating load.
5,956
Freezing nights
Nights at 32°F or colder
A cold climate changes which heat pump you need.
116
Electricity
Commonwealth Edison Co
Residential rate. It sets what an efficient system saves you each year.
15.2¢
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
$390–$590 typical $480
- Typical home
- Same day
- No permit
$280–$670 typical $430
- Typical home
- Same day
- No permit
$400–$620 typical $500
- Typical home
- Same day
- No permit
$130–$310 typical $200
- Typical home
- Same day
- No permit
$460–$720 typical $580
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