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 Pittsburgh
$7,400
Furnace replacement typical, 1,500–2,500 sq ft
1960
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 Pittsburgh, PA metro area.
The median home here was built in 1960; 73% heat with gas and 17% with electricity (Census ACS). Photo: Jay Brand on Pexels.
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What HVAC costs in Pittsburgh, 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
9≥90°F
796 cooling and 5,509 heating degree days in a normal year, 1991–2020 (NOAA).
HVAC companies
843
7.9 for every 10,000 homes (Census County Business Patterns). More competition tends to mean tighter quotes.
HVAC technician pay
Half the 2,680 HVAC techs in the Pittsburgh metro earn more than $29.87 an hour ($62,140 a year), in line with the Pennsylvania median. Shops here bill that hour at about $115 in our price model.
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025; billable rate from the HVACFIND price model.
HVAC technician salary in Pittsburgh$29.87
Median hourly pay for HVAC technicians in Pittsburgh
Replace or install
New systems in Pittsburgh
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
$10,500–$17,750 typical $13,650
- 3-ton home
- 1–2 days
- Permit
$4,050–$7,300 typical $5,450
Local factors
What moves the price in Pittsburgh
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.
5,509
Freezing nights
Nights at 32°F or colder
A cold climate changes which heat pump you need.
111
Electricity
Duquesne Light Co
Residential rate. It sets what an efficient system saves you each year.
21.7¢
Permit
Depends on the city
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 $400
- Typical home
- Same day
- No permit
$230–$580 typical $360
- Typical home
- Same day
- No permit
$340–$530 typical $420
- Typical home
- Same day
- No permit
$110–$250 typical $160
- Typical home
- Same day
- No permit
$370–$580 typical $460
Nearby
Pennsylvania's other metros
Prices move with local wages, weather and permit fees. Press a metro for its own page.
9
Days a year at 90°F or hotter in Pittsburgh, on 1991–2020 normals.
$5,450Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington · 6,272,014 people
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