AC replacement
$7,450
Typical for a 1,500–2,500 sq ft home. Most jobs run $5,000–$11,100.
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HVAC prices in Dallas
$7,450
AC replacement typical, 1,500–2,500 sq ft
1993
Median home built Census ACS
Most AC replacement quotes here land between $5,000 and $11,100. Every figure is local: wages, prices, climate and permits for the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area.
The median home here was built in 1993; 35% heat with gas and 62% with electricity (Census ACS). Photo: Dominik Gryzbon on Pexels.
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What HVAC costs in Dallas, 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
107≥90°F
2,880 cooling and 2,174 heating degree days in a normal year, 1991–2020 (NOAA).
HVAC companies
2,412
8.3 for every 10,000 homes (Census County Business Patterns). More competition tends to mean tighter quotes.
Where Dallas sits among Texas's metros
- AC replacement, typical
- $7,450
- HVAC wage, median
- $29/hr
- Days at 90°F or hotter
- 107 days
- Electricity
- 13.8¢
HVAC technician pay
Half the 10,910 HVAC techs in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro earn more than $28.63 an hour ($59,560 a year), 3% above the Texas median. Shops here bill that hour at about $110 in our price model.
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025; billable rate from the HVACFIND price model.
HVAC technician salary in Dallas$28.63
Median hourly pay for HVAC technicians in Dallas
Replace or install
New systems in Dallas
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
$5,000–$11,100 typical $7,450
- 3-ton home
- 1–2 days
- Permit
$7,450–$14,650 typical $10,450
- 3-ton home
- 1–2 days
- Permit
$3,550–$7,650 typical $5,200
- 3-ton home
- 1–2 days
- Permit
$8,750–$16,300 typical $11,950
- 3-ton home
- 1–2 days
- Permit
$4,050–$7,150 typical $5,350
Local factors
What moves the price in Dallas
The same four facts on every place page, so two places read side by side compare the same rows.
Climate
Zone 3A, 2A
Cooling degree days per year, 1991–2020 normals. More means longer AC runtime and wear.
2,880
Hot days
Days at 90°F or hotter
Including 23 days at 100°F or more, on average.
107
Electricity
Denton County Elec Coop, Inc
Residential rate. It sets what an efficient system saves you each year.
13.8¢
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
$320–$490 typical $400
- Typical home
- Same day
- No permit
$220–$570 typical $350
- Typical home
- Same day
- No permit
$330–$520 typical $420
- Typical home
- Same day
- No permit
$100–$240 typical $160
- Typical home
- Same day
- No permit
$410–$640 typical $510
Nearby
Texas's other metros
Prices move with local wages, weather and permit fees. Press a metro for its own page.
107
Days a year at 90°F or hotter in Dallas, on 1991–2020 normals.
$7,400Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands · 7,442,788 people
$7,250San Antonio-New Braunfels · 2,662,733 people
$7,350Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos · 2,426,592 people
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