Furnace replacement
$5,550
Typical for a 1,500–2,500 sq ft home. Most jobs run $3,750–$8,200.
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HVAC prices in Portland
$5,550
Furnace replacement typical, 1,500–2,500 sq ft
1984
Median home built Census ACS
Most furnace replacement quotes here land between $3,750 and $8,200. Every figure is local: wages, prices, climate and permits for the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metro area.
The median home here was built in 1984; 43% heat with gas and 51% with electricity (Census ACS). Photo: Luis Erives on Pexels.
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What HVAC costs in Portland, in four figures
Prices, wages and weather for this metro, against the other metros in the state.
HVAC technician wage
$31/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
16≥90°F
411 cooling and 4,375 heating degree days in a normal year, 1991–2020 (NOAA).
HVAC companies
785
7.8 for every 10,000 homes (Census County Business Patterns). More competition tends to mean tighter quotes.
HVAC technician pay
Half the 2,580 HVAC techs in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro metro earn more than $31.38 an hour ($65,260 a year), 4% above the Oregon median. Shops here bill that hour at about $121 in our price model.
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025; billable rate from the HVACFIND price model.
HVAC technician salary in Portland$31.38
Median hourly pay for HVAC technicians in Portland
Replace or install
New systems in Portland
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
$4,800–$10,800 typical $7,200
- 3-ton home
- 1–2 days
- Permit
$7,100–$14,100 typical $10,000
- 3-ton home
- 1–2 days
- Permit
$3,750–$8,200 typical $5,550
- 3-ton home
- 1–2 days
- Permit
$8,800–$16,300 typical $11,950
- 3-ton home
- 1–2 days
- Permit
$4,300–$7,800 typical $5,800
Local factors
What moves the price in Portland
The same four facts on every place page, so two places read side by side compare the same rows.
Climate
Zone 4C, 5B
Heating degree days per year, 1991–2020 normals. More means a bigger heating load.
4,375
Freezing nights
Nights at 32°F or colder
A cold climate changes which heat pump you need.
44
Electricity
Portland General Electric Co
Residential rate. It sets what an efficient system saves you each year.
18.2¢
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
$340–$530 typical $420
- Typical home
- Same day
- No permit
$240–$600 typical $380
- Typical home
- Same day
- No permit
$360–$560 typical $450
- Typical home
- Same day
- No permit
$110–$260 typical $170
- Typical home
- Same day
- No permit
$380–$600 typical $480
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