AC replacement
$6,800
Typical for a 1,500–2,500 sq ft home. Most jobs run $4,550–$10,100.
All of Tennessee
Tennessee
HVAC prices in Memphis
$6,800
AC replacement typical, 1,500–2,500 sq ft
1983
Median home built Census ACS
Most AC replacement quotes here land between $4,550 and $10,100. Every figure is local: wages, prices, climate and permits for the Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro area.
The median home here was built in 1983; 46% heat with gas and 49% with electricity (Census ACS). Photo: DeMarius Bell on Pexels.
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What HVAC costs in Memphis, in four figures
Prices, wages and weather for this metro, against the other metros in the state.
HVAC technician wage
$27/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
70≥90°F
2,234 cooling and 2,953 heating degree days in a normal year, 1991–2020 (NOAA).
HVAC companies
348
6.7 for every 10,000 homes (Census County Business Patterns). More competition tends to mean tighter quotes.
HVAC technician pay
Half the 1,740 HVAC techs in the Memphis metro earn more than $27.30 an hour ($56,780 a year), 2% above the Tennessee median. Shops here bill that hour at about $105 in our price model.
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025; billable rate from the HVACFIND price model.
HVAC technician salary in Tennessee$27.30
Median hourly pay for HVAC technicians in Memphis
Replace or install
New systems in Memphis
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
$4,550–$10,100 typical $6,800
- 3-ton home
- 1–2 days
- Permit
$6,800–$13,350 typical $9,500
- 3-ton home
- 1–2 days
- Permit
$3,600–$7,700 typical $5,300
- 3-ton home
- 1–2 days
- Permit
$8,350–$15,450 typical $11,350
- 3-ton home
- 1–2 days
- Permit
$3,950–$7,000 typical $5,250
Local factors
What moves the price in Memphis
The same four facts on every place page, so two places read side by side compare the same rows.
Climate
Zone 3A
Cooling degree days per year, 1991–2020 normals. More means longer AC runtime and wear.
2,234
Hot days
Days at 90°F or hotter
Including 2 days at 100°F or more, on average.
70
Electricity
Entergy Arkansas LLC
Residential rate. It sets what an efficient system saves you each year.
12.1¢
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
$300–$470 typical $380
- Typical home
- Same day
- No permit
$210–$540 typical $330
- Typical home
- Same day
- No permit
$320–$490 typical $400
- Typical home
- Same day
- No permit
$100–$230 typical $150
- Typical home
- Same day
- No permit
$330–$530 typical $420
Nearby
Tennessee's other metros
Prices move with local wages, weather and permit fees. Press a metro for its own page.
70
Days a year at 90°F or hotter in Memphis, on 1991–2020 normals.
$6,900Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin · 2,079,596 people
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