Furnace replacement
$7,400
Typical for a 1,500–2,500 sq ft home. Most jobs run $5,550–$9,900.
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HVAC prices in Detroit
$7,400
Furnace replacement typical, 1,500–2,500 sq ft
1968
Median home built Census ACS
Most furnace replacement quotes here land between $5,550 and $9,900. Every figure is local: wages, prices, climate and permits for the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area.
The median home here was built in 1968; 84% heat with gas and 12% with electricity (Census ACS). Photo: Shan Nir on Pexels.
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What HVAC costs in Detroit, in four figures
Prices, wages and weather for this metro, against the other metros in the state.
HVAC technician wage
$30/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
11≥90°F
725 cooling and 6,411 heating degree days in a normal year, 1991–2020 (NOAA).
HVAC companies
1,107
6.3 for every 10,000 homes (Census County Business Patterns). More competition tends to mean tighter quotes.
HVAC technician pay
Half the 5,740 HVAC techs in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro earn more than $30.37 an hour ($63,170 a year), 4% above the Michigan median. Shops here bill that hour at about $117 in our price model.
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025; billable rate from the HVACFIND price model.
HVAC technician salary in Detroit$30.37
Median hourly pay for HVAC technicians in Detroit
Replace or install
New systems in Detroit
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
$4,700–$10,500 typical $7,000
- 3-ton home
- 1–2 days
- Permit
$6,950–$13,750 typical $9,800
- 3-ton home
- 1–2 days
- Permit
$5,550–$9,900 typical $7,400
- 3-ton home
- 1–2 days
- Permit
$10,450–$17,750 typical $13,600
- 3-ton home
- 1–2 days
- Permit
$4,100–$7,450 typical $5,550
Local factors
What moves the price in Detroit
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.
6,411
Freezing nights
Nights at 32°F or colder
A cold climate changes which heat pump you need.
128
Electricity
DTE Electric Company
Residential rate. It sets what an efficient system saves you each year.
20.1¢
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
$330–$500 typical $410
- Typical home
- Same day
- No permit
$230–$580 typical $360
- Typical home
- Same day
- No permit
$340–$530 typical $430
- Typical home
- Same day
- No permit
$110–$250 typical $170
- Typical home
- Same day
- No permit
$370–$590 typical $470
Nearby
Michigan's other metros
Prices move with local wages, weather and permit fees. Press a metro for its own page.
11
Days a year at 90°F or hotter in Detroit, on 1991–2020 normals.
$7,250Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood · 1,162,152 people
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