Brake Pad Replacement Cost by City (2026)
Updated 2026
Brake pad replacement is priced per axle. Adding rotors, calipers, or performance pads raises the cost. Labor rates vary widely by shop and metro. Nationally, expect $300-$800 for front + rear axles. Pick your city below for a localized estimate.
$300
Low
$550
U.S. Average
$800
High
What affects brake pad replacement cost
- Front vs. rear (or both) axles
- Pads only vs. pads + rotors
- Pad material - ceramic, semi-metallic
- Dealer vs. independent shop
- Vehicle make (parts availability)
Brake Pad Replacement cost by city
| City | Typical average | |
|---|---|---|
| New York, NY | $650 | View → |
| Los Angeles, CA | $650 | View → |
| Chicago, IL | $575 | View → |
| Houston, TX | $550 | View → |
| Phoenix, AZ | $550 | View → |
| Philadelphia, PA | $550 | View → |
| San Antonio, TX | $550 | View → |
| San Diego, CA | $650 | View → |
| Dallas, TX | $550 | View → |
| Fort Worth, TX | $550 | View → |
| Jacksonville, FL | $550 | View → |
| Austin, TX | $550 | View → |
| San Jose, CA | $650 | View → |
| Charlotte, NC | $525 | View → |
| Columbus, OH | $525 | View → |
| Indianapolis, IN | $525 | View → |
| San Francisco, CA | $650 | View → |
| Seattle, WA | $625 | View → |
| Denver, CO | $575 | View → |
| Nashville, TN | $525 | View → |
| Oklahoma City, OK | $500 | View → |
| Washington, DC | $675 | View → |
| El Paso, TX | $550 | View → |
| Las Vegas, NV | $550 | View → |
| Boston, MA | $650 | View → |
| Detroit, MI | $550 | View → |
| Louisville, KY | $525 | View → |
| Portland, OR | $600 | View → |
| Memphis, TN | $525 | View → |
| Baltimore, MD | $600 | View → |
| Milwaukee, WI | $550 | View → |
| Albuquerque, NM | $525 | View → |
| Fresno, CA | $650 | View → |
| Tucson, AZ | $550 | View → |
| Sacramento, CA | $650 | View → |
| Atlanta, GA | $550 | View → |
| Kansas City, MO | $525 | View → |
| Mesa, AZ | $550 | View → |
| Raleigh, NC | $525 | View → |
| Colorado Springs, CO | $575 | View → |
| Miami, FL | $550 | View → |
| Omaha, NE | $525 | View → |
| Virginia Beach, VA | $550 | View → |
| Long Beach, CA | $650 | View → |
| Oakland, CA | $650 | View → |
| Minneapolis, MN | $575 | View → |
| Bakersfield, CA | $650 | View → |
| Tulsa, OK | $500 | View → |
| Tampa, FL | $550 | View → |
| Aurora, CO | $575 | View → |
| Arlington, TX | $550 | View → |
| Wichita, KS | $500 | View → |
| Cleveland, OH | $525 | View → |
| New Orleans, LA | $525 | View → |
| Henderson, NV | $550 | View → |
| Honolulu, HI | $725 | View → |
| Anaheim, CA | $650 | View → |
| Orlando, FL | $550 | View → |
| Lexington, KY | $525 | View → |
| Stockton, CA | $650 | View → |
| Newark, NJ | $625 | View → |
| Riverside, CA | $650 | View → |
| Irvine, CA | $650 | View → |
| Corpus Christi, TX | $550 | View → |
| Santa Ana, CA | $650 | View → |
| Cincinnati, OH | $525 | View → |
| Greensboro, NC | $525 | View → |
| Pittsburgh, PA | $550 | View → |
| St. Paul, MN | $575 | View → |
| Durham, NC | $525 | View → |
| Jersey City, NJ | $625 | View → |
| Lincoln, NE | $525 | View → |
| North Las Vegas, NV | $550 | View → |
| Plano, TX | $550 | View → |
| Gilbert, AZ | $550 | View → |
| Anchorage, AK | $625 | View → |
| Madison, WI | $550 | View → |
| Reno, NV | $550 | View → |
| Chandler, AZ | $550 | View → |
| St. Louis, MO | $525 | View → |
| Chula Vista, CA | $650 | View → |
| Fort Wayne, IN | $525 | View → |
| Buffalo, NY | $650 | View → |
| Lubbock, TX | $550 | View → |
| Laredo, TX | $550 | View → |
| Port St. Lucie, FL | $550 | View → |
| St. Petersburg, FL | $550 | View → |
| Toledo, OH | $525 | View → |
| Glendale, AZ | $550 | View → |
| Winston-Salem, NC | $525 | View → |
| Irving, TX | $550 | View → |
| Chesapeake, VA | $550 | View → |
| Garland, TX | $550 | View → |
| Scottsdale, AZ | $550 | View → |
| Boise, ID | $550 | View → |
| Richmond, VA | $550 | View → |
| Frisco, TX | $550 | View → |
| Cape Coral, FL | $550 | View → |
| McKinney, TX | $550 | View → |
| Huntsville, AL | $500 | View → |
| Norfolk, VA | $550 | View → |
| Hialeah, FL | $550 | View → |
| Spokane, WA | $625 | View → |
| Tacoma, WA | $625 | View → |
| Santa Clarita, CA | $650 | View → |
| Fremont, CA | $650 | View → |
| Baton Rouge, LA | $525 | View → |
| San Bernardino, CA | $650 | View → |
| Fontana, CA | $650 | View → |
| Modesto, CA | $650 | View → |
| Salt Lake City, UT | $550 | View → |
| Moreno Valley, CA | $650 | View → |
| Worcester, MA | $650 | View → |
| Sioux Falls, SD | $525 | View → |
| Yonkers, NY | $650 | View → |
| Des Moines, IA | $525 | View → |
| Grand Prairie, TX | $550 | View → |
| Fayetteville, NC | $525 | View → |
| Little Rock, AR | $500 | View → |
| Rochester, NY | $650 | View → |
| Amarillo, TX | $550 | View → |
| Tallahassee, FL | $550 | View → |
| Overland Park, KS | $500 | View → |
| Columbus, GA | $550 | View → |
| Knoxville, TN | $525 | View → |
| Augusta, GA | $550 | View → |
| Grand Rapids, MI | $550 | View → |
| Peoria, AZ | $550 | View → |
| Mobile, AL | $500 | View → |
| Vancouver, WA | $625 | View → |
| Oxnard, CA | $650 | View → |
| Birmingham, AL | $500 | View → |
| Providence, RI | $600 | View → |
| Montgomery, AL | $500 | View → |
| Chattanooga, TN | $525 | View → |
| Brownsville, TX | $550 | View → |
| Huntington Beach, CA | $650 | View → |
| Tempe, AZ | $550 | View → |
| Akron, OH | $525 | View → |
| Clarksville, TN | $525 | View → |
| Fort Lauderdale, FL | $550 | View → |
| Glendale, CA | $650 | View → |
| Ontario, CA | $650 | View → |
| Elk Grove, CA | $650 | View → |
| Cary, NC | $525 | View → |
| Newport News, VA | $550 | View → |
| Rancho Cucamonga, CA | $650 | View → |
| Santa Rosa, CA | $650 | View → |
| Oceanside, CA | $650 | View → |
| Salem, OR | $600 | View → |
| Eugene, OR | $600 | View → |
| Pembroke Pines, FL | $550 | View → |
| Fort Collins, CO | $575 | View → |
| Garden Grove, CA | $650 | View → |
| Springfield, MO | $525 | View → |
| Killeen, TX | $550 | View → |
| Paterson, NJ | $625 | View → |
| Alexandria, VA | $550 | View → |
| Macon, GA | $550 | View → |
| Corona, CA | $650 | View → |
| Hayward, CA | $650 | View → |
| Kansas City, KS | $500 | View → |
| Lancaster, CA | $650 | View → |
| Salinas, CA | $650 | View → |
| Palmdale, CA | $650 | View → |
| Sunnyvale, CA | $650 | View → |
| Hollywood, FL | $550 | View → |
| Springfield, MA | $650 | View → |
| Charleston, SC | $525 | View → |
| Pasadena, TX | $550 | View → |
| Joliet, IL | $575 | View → |
| Escondido, CA | $650 | View → |
| Pomona, CA | $650 | View → |
| Bellevue, WA | $625 | View → |
| Denton, TX | $550 | View → |
| Naperville, IL | $575 | View → |
| Rockford, IL | $575 | View → |
| Syracuse, NY | $650 | View → |
| Roseville, CA | $650 | View → |
| Savannah, GA | $550 | View → |
| Mesquite, TX | $550 | View → |
| McAllen, TX | $550 | View → |
| Waco, TX | $550 | View → |
| Gainesville, FL | $550 | View → |
| Olathe, KS | $500 | View → |
| Thornton, CO | $575 | View → |
| Torrance, CA | $650 | View → |
| Surprise, AZ | $550 | View → |
| Fullerton, CA | $650 | View → |
| West Valley City, UT | $550 | View → |
| Visalia, CA | $650 | View → |
| Columbia, SC | $525 | View → |
| Warren, MI | $550 | View → |
| Orange, CA | $650 | View → |
| Pasadena, CA | $650 | View → |
| Hampton, VA | $550 | View → |
| Dayton, OH | $525 | View → |
| Cedar Rapids, IA | $525 | View → |
| Elizabeth, NJ | $625 | View → |
| Miramar, FL | $550 | View → |
| Carrollton, TX | $550 | View → |
| Midland, TX | $550 | View → |
| Stamford, CT | $625 | View → |
| Victorville, CA | $650 | View → |
| Sterling Heights, MI | $550 | View → |
| New Haven, CT | $625 | View → |
| Coral Springs, FL | $550 | View → |
| Concord, CA | $650 | View → |
| Fargo, ND | $525 | View → |
| Athens, GA | $550 | View → |
| Norman, OK | $500 | View → |
| Topeka, KS | $500 | View → |
| Simi Valley, CA | $650 | View → |
| Thousand Oaks, CA | $650 | View → |
| Vallejo, CA | $650 | View → |
| Abilene, TX | $550 | View → |
| Allentown, PA | $550 | View → |
| Pearland, TX | $550 | View → |
| Meridian, ID | $550 | View → |
| Berkeley, CA | $650 | View → |
| Arvada, CO | $575 | View → |
| Ann Arbor, MI | $550 | View → |
| Independence, MO | $525 | View → |
| Round Rock, TX | $550 | View → |
| Lafayette, LA | $525 | View → |
| Richardson, TX | $550 | View → |
| College Station, TX | $550 | View → |
| Clovis, CA | $650 | View → |
| Fairfield, CA | $650 | View → |
| Lansing, MI | $550 | View → |
| Cambridge, MA | $650 | View → |
| Billings, MT | $525 | View → |
| West Palm Beach, FL | $550 | View → |
| Evansville, IN | $525 | View → |
| Westminster, CO | $575 | View → |
| Provo, UT | $550 | View → |
| West Jordan, UT | $550 | View → |
| Clearwater, FL | $550 | View → |
| Odessa, TX | $550 | View → |
| Beaumont, TX | $550 | View → |
| Lewisville, TX | $550 | View → |
| Antioch, CA | $650 | View → |
| Richmond, CA | $650 | View → |
| Temecula, CA | $650 | View → |
| Murrieta, CA | $650 | View → |
| Carlsbad, CA | $650 | View → |
| Broken Arrow, OK | $500 | View → |
| Lakeland, FL | $550 | View → |
| Elgin, IL | $575 | View → |
| Lowell, MA | $650 | View → |
| Waterbury, CT | $625 | View → |
| Gresham, OR | $600 | View → |
| Las Cruces, NM | $525 | View → |
| Springfield, IL | $575 | View → |
| Pueblo, CO | $575 | View → |
| Tuscaloosa, AL | $500 | View → |
| Costa Mesa, CA | $650 | View → |
| Miami Gardens, FL | $550 | View → |
| Sugar Land, TX | $550 | View → |
| Everett, WA | $625 | View → |
| Greeley, CO | $575 | View → |
| Ventura, CA | $650 | View → |
| Peoria, IL | $575 | View → |
| Allen, TX | $550 | View → |
| Menifee, CA | $650 | View → |
| Santa Maria, CA | $650 | View → |
| Downey, CA | $650 | View → |
| Tyler, TX | $550 | View → |
| Sparks, NV | $550 | View → |
| Buckeye, AZ | $550 | View → |
| Centennial, CO | $575 | View → |
| Hillsboro, OR | $600 | View → |
| Green Bay, WI | $550 | View → |
| Renton, WA | $625 | View → |
| El Cajon, CA | $650 | View → |
| Burbank, CA | $650 | View → |
| Inglewood, CA | $650 | View → |
| West Covina, CA | $650 | View → |
| Boulder, CO | $575 | View → |
| Brockton, MA | $650 | View → |
| San Mateo, CA | $650 | View → |
| Rialto, CA | $650 | View → |
| Rio Rancho, NM | $525 | View → |
| South Bend, IN | $525 | View → |
| Spokane Valley, WA | $625 | View → |
| Wichita Falls, TX | $550 | View → |
| Vacaville, CA | $650 | View → |
| Davenport, IA | $525 | View → |
| Yuma, AZ | $550 | View → |
| Quincy, MA | $650 | View → |
| Lynn, MA | $650 | View → |
| New Bedford, MA | $650 | View → |
| Kenosha, WI | $550 | View → |
| Nampa, ID | $550 | View → |
Frequently asked questions
How often should brake pads be replaced?
Typically every 30,000-70,000 miles depending on driving style and pad type.
Should I replace rotors too?
If rotors are below spec or scored, replacing them with the pads prevents noise and vibration.
Front or rear pads first?
Front pads usually wear faster and are replaced more often than rear.
Figures localized from 2026 national baselines. Informational only - see our methodology.