Furnace replacement
$7,700
Typical for a 1,500–2,500 sq ft home. Most jobs run $5,650–$10,550.
All of Massachusetts
Massachusetts
HVAC prices in Boston
$7,700
Furnace replacement typical, 1,500–2,500 sq ft
1964
Median home built Census ACS
Most furnace replacement quotes here land between $5,650 and $10,550. Every figure is local: wages, prices, climate and permits for the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area.
The median home here was built in 1964; 53% heat with gas and 19% with electricity (Census ACS). Photo: Phil Evenden on Pexels.
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What HVAC costs in Boston, in four figures
Prices, wages and weather for this metro, against the other metros in the state.
HVAC technician wage
$38/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
13≥90°F
699 cooling and 5,958 heating degree days in a normal year, 1991–2020 (NOAA).
HVAC companies
2,169
11.2 for every 10,000 homes (Census County Business Patterns). More competition tends to mean tighter quotes.
HVAC technician pay
Half the 6,050 HVAC techs in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton metro earn more than $37.75 an hour ($78,530 a year), 2% above the Massachusetts median. Shops here bill that hour at about $145 in our price model.
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025; billable rate from the HVACFIND price model.
HVAC technician salary in Massachusetts$37.75
Median hourly pay for HVAC technicians in Boston
Replace or install
New systems in Boston
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
$4,900–$11,350 typical $7,450
- 3-ton home
- 1–2 days
- Permit
$7,200–$14,650 typical $10,250
- 3-ton home
- 1–2 days
- Permit
$5,650–$10,550 typical $7,700
- 3-ton home
- 1–2 days
- Permit
$10,850–$18,700 typical $14,250
- 3-ton home
- 1–2 days
- Permit
$4,200–$7,950 typical $5,750
Local factors
What moves the price in Boston
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.
5,958
Freezing nights
Nights at 32°F or colder
A cold climate changes which heat pump you need.
129
Electricity
NSTAR Electric Company
Residential rate. It sets what an efficient system saves you each year.
29.9¢
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
$380–$580 typical $470
- Typical home
- Same day
- No permit
$280–$650 typical $430
- Typical home
- Same day
- No permit
$400–$600 typical $490
- Typical home
- Same day
- No permit
$140–$310 typical $210
- Typical home
- Same day
- No permit
$460–$730 typical $580
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