Alternator Replacement Cost by City (2026)
Updated 2026
Alternator replacement covers the new or remanufactured unit plus labor. Cost varies with engine access and whether an OEM or aftermarket part is used. Nationally, expect $400-$900. Pick your city below for a localized estimate.
$400
Low
$650
U.S. Average
$900
High
What affects alternator replacement cost
- New vs. remanufactured unit
- OEM vs. aftermarket
- Engine access / labor time
- Belt and tensioner condition
- Vehicle make and model
Alternator Replacement cost by city
| City | Typical average | |
|---|---|---|
| New York, NY | $750 | View → |
| Los Angeles, CA | $750 | View → |
| Chicago, IL | $675 | View → |
| Houston, TX | $650 | View → |
| Phoenix, AZ | $650 | View → |
| Philadelphia, PA | $650 | View → |
| San Antonio, TX | $650 | View → |
| San Diego, CA | $750 | View → |
| Dallas, TX | $650 | View → |
| Fort Worth, TX | $650 | View → |
| Jacksonville, FL | $650 | View → |
| Austin, TX | $650 | View → |
| San Jose, CA | $750 | View → |
| Charlotte, NC | $625 | View → |
| Columbus, OH | $625 | View → |
| Indianapolis, IN | $625 | View → |
| San Francisco, CA | $750 | View → |
| Seattle, WA | $725 | View → |
| Denver, CO | $675 | View → |
| Nashville, TN | $625 | View → |
| Oklahoma City, OK | $600 | View → |
| Washington, DC | $775 | View → |
| El Paso, TX | $650 | View → |
| Las Vegas, NV | $650 | View → |
| Boston, MA | $775 | View → |
| Detroit, MI | $650 | View → |
| Louisville, KY | $625 | View → |
| Portland, OR | $700 | View → |
| Memphis, TN | $625 | View → |
| Baltimore, MD | $700 | View → |
| Milwaukee, WI | $650 | View → |
| Albuquerque, NM | $625 | View → |
| Fresno, CA | $750 | View → |
| Tucson, AZ | $650 | View → |
| Sacramento, CA | $750 | View → |
| Atlanta, GA | $650 | View → |
| Kansas City, MO | $625 | View → |
| Mesa, AZ | $650 | View → |
| Raleigh, NC | $625 | View → |
| Colorado Springs, CO | $675 | View → |
| Miami, FL | $650 | View → |
| Omaha, NE | $625 | View → |
| Virginia Beach, VA | $650 | View → |
| Long Beach, CA | $750 | View → |
| Oakland, CA | $750 | View → |
| Minneapolis, MN | $675 | View → |
| Bakersfield, CA | $750 | View → |
| Tulsa, OK | $600 | View → |
| Tampa, FL | $650 | View → |
| Aurora, CO | $675 | View → |
| Arlington, TX | $650 | View → |
| Wichita, KS | $600 | View → |
| Cleveland, OH | $625 | View → |
| New Orleans, LA | $625 | View → |
| Henderson, NV | $650 | View → |
| Honolulu, HI | $825 | View → |
| Anaheim, CA | $750 | View → |
| Orlando, FL | $650 | View → |
| Lexington, KY | $625 | View → |
| Stockton, CA | $750 | View → |
| Newark, NJ | $750 | View → |
| Riverside, CA | $750 | View → |
| Irvine, CA | $750 | View → |
| Corpus Christi, TX | $650 | View → |
| Santa Ana, CA | $750 | View → |
| Cincinnati, OH | $625 | View → |
| Greensboro, NC | $625 | View → |
| Pittsburgh, PA | $650 | View → |
| St. Paul, MN | $675 | View → |
| Durham, NC | $625 | View → |
| Jersey City, NJ | $750 | View → |
| Lincoln, NE | $625 | View → |
| North Las Vegas, NV | $650 | View → |
| Plano, TX | $650 | View → |
| Gilbert, AZ | $650 | View → |
| Anchorage, AK | $725 | View → |
| Madison, WI | $650 | View → |
| Reno, NV | $650 | View → |
| Chandler, AZ | $650 | View → |
| St. Louis, MO | $625 | View → |
| Chula Vista, CA | $750 | View → |
| Fort Wayne, IN | $625 | View → |
| Buffalo, NY | $750 | View → |
| Lubbock, TX | $650 | View → |
| Laredo, TX | $650 | View → |
| Port St. Lucie, FL | $650 | View → |
| St. Petersburg, FL | $650 | View → |
| Toledo, OH | $625 | View → |
| Glendale, AZ | $650 | View → |
| Winston-Salem, NC | $625 | View → |
| Irving, TX | $650 | View → |
| Chesapeake, VA | $650 | View → |
| Garland, TX | $650 | View → |
| Scottsdale, AZ | $650 | View → |
| Boise, ID | $650 | View → |
| Richmond, VA | $650 | View → |
| Frisco, TX | $650 | View → |
| Cape Coral, FL | $650 | View → |
| McKinney, TX | $650 | View → |
| Huntsville, AL | $600 | View → |
| Norfolk, VA | $650 | View → |
| Hialeah, FL | $650 | View → |
| Spokane, WA | $725 | View → |
| Tacoma, WA | $725 | View → |
| Santa Clarita, CA | $750 | View → |
| Fremont, CA | $750 | View → |
| Baton Rouge, LA | $625 | View → |
| San Bernardino, CA | $750 | View → |
| Fontana, CA | $750 | View → |
| Modesto, CA | $750 | View → |
| Salt Lake City, UT | $650 | View → |
| Moreno Valley, CA | $750 | View → |
| Worcester, MA | $775 | View → |
| Sioux Falls, SD | $625 | View → |
| Yonkers, NY | $750 | View → |
| Des Moines, IA | $625 | View → |
| Grand Prairie, TX | $650 | View → |
| Fayetteville, NC | $625 | View → |
| Little Rock, AR | $600 | View → |
| Rochester, NY | $750 | View → |
| Amarillo, TX | $650 | View → |
| Tallahassee, FL | $650 | View → |
| Overland Park, KS | $600 | View → |
| Columbus, GA | $650 | View → |
| Knoxville, TN | $625 | View → |
| Augusta, GA | $650 | View → |
| Grand Rapids, MI | $650 | View → |
| Peoria, AZ | $650 | View → |
| Mobile, AL | $600 | View → |
| Vancouver, WA | $725 | View → |
| Oxnard, CA | $750 | View → |
| Birmingham, AL | $600 | View → |
| Providence, RI | $700 | View → |
| Montgomery, AL | $600 | View → |
| Chattanooga, TN | $625 | View → |
| Brownsville, TX | $650 | View → |
| Huntington Beach, CA | $750 | View → |
| Tempe, AZ | $650 | View → |
| Akron, OH | $625 | View → |
| Clarksville, TN | $625 | View → |
| Fort Lauderdale, FL | $650 | View → |
| Glendale, CA | $750 | View → |
| Ontario, CA | $750 | View → |
| Elk Grove, CA | $750 | View → |
| Cary, NC | $625 | View → |
| Newport News, VA | $650 | View → |
| Rancho Cucamonga, CA | $750 | View → |
| Santa Rosa, CA | $750 | View → |
| Oceanside, CA | $750 | View → |
| Salem, OR | $700 | View → |
| Eugene, OR | $700 | View → |
| Pembroke Pines, FL | $650 | View → |
| Fort Collins, CO | $675 | View → |
| Garden Grove, CA | $750 | View → |
| Springfield, MO | $625 | View → |
| Killeen, TX | $650 | View → |
| Paterson, NJ | $750 | View → |
| Alexandria, VA | $650 | View → |
| Macon, GA | $650 | View → |
| Corona, CA | $750 | View → |
| Hayward, CA | $750 | View → |
| Kansas City, KS | $600 | View → |
| Lancaster, CA | $750 | View → |
| Salinas, CA | $750 | View → |
| Palmdale, CA | $750 | View → |
| Sunnyvale, CA | $750 | View → |
| Hollywood, FL | $650 | View → |
| Springfield, MA | $775 | View → |
| Charleston, SC | $625 | View → |
| Pasadena, TX | $650 | View → |
| Joliet, IL | $675 | View → |
| Escondido, CA | $750 | View → |
| Pomona, CA | $750 | View → |
| Bellevue, WA | $725 | View → |
| Denton, TX | $650 | View → |
| Naperville, IL | $675 | View → |
| Rockford, IL | $675 | View → |
| Syracuse, NY | $750 | View → |
| Roseville, CA | $750 | View → |
| Savannah, GA | $650 | View → |
| Mesquite, TX | $650 | View → |
| McAllen, TX | $650 | View → |
| Waco, TX | $650 | View → |
| Gainesville, FL | $650 | View → |
| Olathe, KS | $600 | View → |
| Thornton, CO | $675 | View → |
| Torrance, CA | $750 | View → |
| Surprise, AZ | $650 | View → |
| Fullerton, CA | $750 | View → |
| West Valley City, UT | $650 | View → |
| Visalia, CA | $750 | View → |
| Columbia, SC | $625 | View → |
| Warren, MI | $650 | View → |
| Orange, CA | $750 | View → |
| Pasadena, CA | $750 | View → |
| Hampton, VA | $650 | View → |
| Dayton, OH | $625 | View → |
| Cedar Rapids, IA | $625 | View → |
| Elizabeth, NJ | $750 | View → |
| Miramar, FL | $650 | View → |
| Carrollton, TX | $650 | View → |
| Midland, TX | $650 | View → |
| Stamford, CT | $725 | View → |
| Victorville, CA | $750 | View → |
| Sterling Heights, MI | $650 | View → |
| New Haven, CT | $725 | View → |
| Coral Springs, FL | $650 | View → |
| Concord, CA | $750 | View → |
| Fargo, ND | $625 | View → |
| Athens, GA | $650 | View → |
| Norman, OK | $600 | View → |
| Topeka, KS | $600 | View → |
| Simi Valley, CA | $750 | View → |
| Thousand Oaks, CA | $750 | View → |
| Vallejo, CA | $750 | View → |
| Abilene, TX | $650 | View → |
| Allentown, PA | $650 | View → |
| Pearland, TX | $650 | View → |
| Meridian, ID | $650 | View → |
| Berkeley, CA | $750 | View → |
| Arvada, CO | $675 | View → |
| Ann Arbor, MI | $650 | View → |
| Independence, MO | $625 | View → |
| Round Rock, TX | $650 | View → |
| Lafayette, LA | $625 | View → |
| Richardson, TX | $650 | View → |
| College Station, TX | $650 | View → |
| Clovis, CA | $750 | View → |
| Fairfield, CA | $750 | View → |
| Lansing, MI | $650 | View → |
| Cambridge, MA | $775 | View → |
| Billings, MT | $625 | View → |
| West Palm Beach, FL | $650 | View → |
| Evansville, IN | $625 | View → |
| Westminster, CO | $675 | View → |
| Provo, UT | $650 | View → |
| West Jordan, UT | $650 | View → |
| Clearwater, FL | $650 | View → |
| Odessa, TX | $650 | View → |
| Beaumont, TX | $650 | View → |
| Lewisville, TX | $650 | View → |
| Antioch, CA | $750 | View → |
| Richmond, CA | $750 | View → |
| Temecula, CA | $750 | View → |
| Murrieta, CA | $750 | View → |
| Carlsbad, CA | $750 | View → |
| Broken Arrow, OK | $600 | View → |
| Lakeland, FL | $650 | View → |
| Elgin, IL | $675 | View → |
| Lowell, MA | $775 | View → |
| Waterbury, CT | $725 | View → |
| Gresham, OR | $700 | View → |
| Las Cruces, NM | $625 | View → |
| Springfield, IL | $675 | View → |
| Pueblo, CO | $675 | View → |
| Tuscaloosa, AL | $600 | View → |
| Costa Mesa, CA | $750 | View → |
| Miami Gardens, FL | $650 | View → |
| Sugar Land, TX | $650 | View → |
| Everett, WA | $725 | View → |
| Greeley, CO | $675 | View → |
| Ventura, CA | $750 | View → |
| Peoria, IL | $675 | View → |
| Allen, TX | $650 | View → |
| Menifee, CA | $750 | View → |
| Santa Maria, CA | $750 | View → |
| Downey, CA | $750 | View → |
| Tyler, TX | $650 | View → |
| Sparks, NV | $650 | View → |
| Buckeye, AZ | $650 | View → |
| Centennial, CO | $675 | View → |
| Hillsboro, OR | $700 | View → |
| Green Bay, WI | $650 | View → |
| Renton, WA | $725 | View → |
| El Cajon, CA | $750 | View → |
| Burbank, CA | $750 | View → |
| Inglewood, CA | $750 | View → |
| West Covina, CA | $750 | View → |
| Boulder, CO | $675 | View → |
| Brockton, MA | $775 | View → |
| San Mateo, CA | $750 | View → |
| Rialto, CA | $750 | View → |
| Rio Rancho, NM | $625 | View → |
| South Bend, IN | $625 | View → |
| Spokane Valley, WA | $725 | View → |
| Wichita Falls, TX | $650 | View → |
| Vacaville, CA | $750 | View → |
| Davenport, IA | $625 | View → |
| Yuma, AZ | $650 | View → |
| Quincy, MA | $775 | View → |
| Lynn, MA | $775 | View → |
| New Bedford, MA | $775 | View → |
| Kenosha, WI | $650 | View → |
| Nampa, ID | $650 | View → |
Frequently asked questions
How do I know the alternator is failing?
Dimming lights, a dead battery, or a charging warning light are common symptoms.
Reman vs. new alternator?
A quality remanufactured unit is cheaper and often fine; new is best for newer or high-mileage vehicles.
How long does replacement take?
Most alternators are replaced in 1-2 hours of labor.
Figures localized from 2026 national baselines. Informational only - see our methodology.