How Much Does It Cost to Repair or Replace Your Water Heater?
The average lifespan of a water heater is somewhere in the neighborhood of 10 years, which seems like an eternity until that day comes when you suddenly find yourself mid-shower without hot water. Where does the time go? The deceptive nature of having too much time to plan for the worst has left you with soap in your eyes and chill down your spine, a malfunctioning or possibly kaput water heater — and no earthly idea of whether you need to repair it or replace it nor what it’s gonna cost to do either.
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Getting a precise answer to that question hinges on a number of variables that you literally can’t even with right now, and you’re not exactly in the position to make a bunch of phone calls to compare contractor quotes. Calm down and towel off. We’ve got you.
To help you get at least a ballpark idea of what you should expect to pay before you start calling around for estimates, HomeServe has calculated the average costs for water heater repair and replacement nationally and state by state for comparison. Remember, whomever you hire to come and address your issue will almost certainly charge you a fee just to come out and diagnose the problem, so we’ve calculated that average as well.
For a closer look at what factors into the price to replace your water heater, check out our state-by-state replacement cost guide. Likewise, for more specifics on repair prices, go to our state-by-state repair cost guide.
But for our purposes here — to get you an immediate idea of the cold, hard cash you’ll have to drop in order to resume your warm, soothing shower — consult our quick reference guide below. There you’ll find what the average cost for water heater repair and replacement is in your state and how it compares to the national average.
All figures are based on aggregated HomeServe data reported by our network of thousands of contractors across the nation. Where insufficient data was available to determine a verifiable average, we’ve noted so. Also note that HomeServe water heater data should generally be assumed to refer to conventional “tanked” models — the most common type — as opposed to tankless or “on-demand” models, which can cost roughly twice as much.
Nationwide
- Diagnosis: $99
- Repair: $493
- Replace: $1,741
State by State
1. Alabama
- Diagnosis: $87
- Repair: $405
- Replace: $1,402
2. Alaska
- Diagnosis: Insufficient data
- Repair: Insufficient data
- Replace: Insufficient data
3. Arizona
- Diagnosis: Insufficient data
- Repair: Insufficient data
- Replace: Insufficient data
4. Arkansas
- Diagnosis: $78
- Repair: $318
- Replace: $1,509
5. California
- Diagnosis: $71
- Repair: $340
- Replace: $1,589
6. Colorado
- Diagnosis: $92
- Repair: $283
- Replace: $1,535
7. Connecticut
- Diagnosis: $59
- Repair: $509
- Replace: $1,590
8. Delaware
- Diagnosis: $74
- Repair: $319
- Replace: $1,552
9. District of Columbia
- Diagnosis: $87
- Repair: $398
- Replace: $1,468
10. Florida
- Diagnosis: $102
- Repair: $494
- Replace: $1,469
11. Georgia
- Diagnosis: $91
- Repair: $351
- Replace: $1,372
12. Hawaii
- Diagnosis: Insufficient data
- Repair: Insufficient data
- Replace: Insufficient data
13. Idaho
- Diagnosis: $87
- Repair: $454
- Replace: $1,942
14. Illinois
- Diagnosis: $87
- Repair: $357
- Replace: $1,452
15. Indiana
- Diagnosis: $82
- Repair: $290
- Replace: $1,424
16. Iowa
- Diagnosis: $85
- Repair: $261
- Replace: $1,520
17. Kansas
- Diagnosis: $84
- Repair: $263
- Replace: $1,488
18. Kentucky
- Diagnosis: $88
- Repair: $310
- Replace: $1,345
19. Louisiana
- Diagnosis: $87
- Repair: $278
- Replace: $1,496
20. Maine
- Diagnosis: Insufficient data
- Repair: Insufficient data
- Replace: Insufficient data
21. Maryland
- Diagnosis: $84
- Repair: $466
- Replace: $1,424
22. Massachusetts
- Diagnosis: $69
- Repair: $439
- Replace: $1,669
23. Michigan
- Diagnosis: $82
- Repair: $236
- Replace: $1,464
24. Minnesota
- Diagnosis: $84
- Repair: $339
- Replace: $1,524
25. Mississippi
- Diagnosis: $80
- Repair: $246
- Replace: $1,443
26. Missouri
- Diagnosis: $83
- Repair: $332
- Replace: $1,428
27. Montana
- Diagnosis: $94
- Repair: $310
- Replace: $1,579
28. Nebraska
- Diagnosis: $92
- Repair: $274
- Replace: $1,439
29. Nevada
- Diagnosis: $59
- Repair: $197
- Replace: $1,421
30. New Hampshire
- Diagnosis: Insufficient data
- Repair: $468
- Replace: $1,968
31. New Jersey
- Diagnosis: $64
- Repair: $333
- Replace: $1,479
32. New Mexico
- Diagnosis: $74
- Repair: $484
- Replace: $1,438
33. New York
- Diagnosis: $84
- Repair: $310
- Replace: $1,521
34. North Carolina
- Diagnosis: $89
- Repair: $364
- Replace: $1,686
35. North Dakota
- Diagnosis: $102
- Repair: $288
- Replace: $1,611
36. Ohio
- Diagnosis: $88
- Repair: $567
- Replace: $1,558
37. Oklahoma
- Diagnosis: $89
- Repair: $343
- Replace: $1,453
38. Oregon
- Diagnosis: $104
- Repair: $386
- Replace: $1,439
39. Pennsylvania
- Diagnosis: $76
- Repair: $515
- Replace: $1,459
40. Rhode Island
- Diagnosis: $81
- Repair: Insufficient data
- Replace: Insufficient data
41. South Carolina
- Diagnosis: $84
- Repair: $295
- Replace: $1,556
42. South Dakota
- Diagnosis: $94
- Repair: $283
- Replace: $1,577
43. Tennessee
- Diagnosis: $82
- Repair: $398
- Replace: $1,603
44. Texas
- Diagnosis: $88
- Repair: $325
- Replace: $1,564
45. Utah
- Diagnosis: $76
- Repair: $360
- Replace: $1,590
46. Vermont
- Diagnosis: Insufficient data
- Repair: Insufficient data
- Replace: Insufficient data
47. Virginia
- Diagnosis: $84
- Repair: $295
- Replace: $1,592
48. Washington
- Diagnosis: $89
- Repair: $261
- Replace: $1,626
49. West Virginia
- Diagnosis: $81
- Repair: $393
- Replace: $1,423
50. Wisconsin
- Diagnosis: $81
- Repair: $326
- Replace: $1,438
51. Wyoming
- Diagnosis: Insufficient data
- Repair: $317
- Replace: $1,588
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