Furnace replacement
$7,250
Typical for a 1,500–2,500 sq ft home. Most jobs run $5,450–$9,650.
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HVAC prices in Grand Rapids
$7,250
Furnace replacement typical, 1,500–2,500 sq ft
1979
Median home built Census ACS
Most furnace replacement quotes here land between $5,450 and $9,650. Every figure is local: wages, prices, climate and permits for the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI metro area.
The median home here was built in 1979; 78% heat with gas and 10% with electricity (Census ACS). Photo: Donovan Kelly on Pexels.
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What HVAC costs in Grand Rapids, in four figures
Prices, wages and weather for this metro, against the other metros in the state.
HVAC technician wage
$29/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
10≥90°F
695 cooling and 6,425 heating degree days in a normal year, 1991–2020 (NOAA).
HVAC companies
345
7.8 for every 10,000 homes (Census County Business Patterns). More competition tends to mean tighter quotes.
HVAC technician pay
Half the 1,920 HVAC techs in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood metro earn more than $28.94 an hour ($60,190 a year), in line with the Michigan median. Shops here bill that hour at about $111 in our price model.
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025; billable rate from the HVACFIND price model.
HVAC technician salary in Grand Rapids$28.94
Median hourly pay for HVAC technicians in Grand Rapids
Replace or install
New systems in Grand Rapids
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
$4,600–$10,250 typical $6,850
- 3-ton home
- 1–2 days
- Permit
$6,800–$13,450 typical $9,550
- 3-ton home
- 1–2 days
- Permit
$5,450–$9,650 typical $7,250
- 3-ton home
- 1–2 days
- Permit
$10,250–$17,300 typical $13,300
- 3-ton home
- 1–2 days
- Permit
$3,950–$7,100 typical $5,300
Local factors
What moves the price in Grand Rapids
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.
6,425
Freezing nights
Nights at 32°F or colder
A cold climate changes which heat pump you need.
132
Electricity
Consumers Energy Co - (MI)
Residential rate. It sets what an efficient system saves you each year.
19.1¢
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
$310–$480 typical $390
- Typical home
- Same day
- No permit
$220–$550 typical $350
- Typical home
- Same day
- No permit
$330–$500 typical $400
- Typical home
- Same day
- No permit
$100–$240 typical $160
- Typical home
- Same day
- No permit
$350–$560 typical $440
Nearby
Michigan's other metros
Prices move with local wages, weather and permit fees. Press a metro for its own page.
10
Days a year at 90°F or hotter in Grand Rapids, on 1991–2020 normals.
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