Front door cost in Lexington, KY

Why two Lexington quotes can differ

• Frame

  Frame repair adds $75-$200+; rebuilding the opening for a new size costs $7-$20 per linear foot for framing.

• Paint

  Painting an unfinished door adds $125-$225; door and trim together are $150-$400.

• Door material

  Basic steel doors run about $200-$600 for the door; fiberglass and wood go to $2,000 (HomeGuide).

Local wages behind the labor line

Wages are the part of this estimate that changes most from town to town. 2 trades carry the job here, and each is compared with its US median. The weighted result for Lexington is 0.87 times the national level.

For carpenters (47-2031, weighted 85%) the local median is $25.01 an hour, which is 14% below the national $29.12. The middle half of them earn between $22.63 and $29.61 an hour. BLS counts 1,200 of them working in the area, 41.8 for every 10,000 jobs (US: 43.1), so the local bench is about average.

General maintenance and repair workers (49-9071), 15% of the weighting: a median of $21.59 an hour, 9% below the US median of $23.84. The middle half of them earn between $17.51 and $27.88 an hour. About 3,220 work in the metro. That is 112.2 per 10,000 jobs, compared with 98.4 nationally, so the supply of crews looks typical.

Quotes come from real crews, not medians. If the carpenters on your job are paid at the 75th percentile ($29.61 an hour) instead of the median, the labor line grows by about $55. At the 25th percentile ($22.63) it shrinks by about $30. The total moves by 3.8% or 2.0%, so wages alone rarely explain a quote that is far outside our range.

For context on the local economy, BLS counts 286,910 jobs in the Lexington-Fayette area. That makes it the 90th largest of the 300 metros we cover, with 0.18% of US employment.

Cost by quality level and size in Lexington

Three bands are cut from the same cited range and localized for Lexington wages and prices. They overlap on purpose: a good standard job and a modest premium job can cost the same. The grid below prices the same bands at 2 common sizes.

How Lexington compares

Of the five closest metros, 1 is cheaper than Lexington. Huntington is the lowest at about $1,400 (midpoint, 1 door), 100 miles away.

Across 300 US metros, Lexington comes in at #183 from the top. The priciest is Honolulu, HI at $1,800; the cheapest is Brownsville, TX at $1,300 (midpoints, 1 door). Statewide, Lexington is 0% below the Kentucky figure.

Other Kentucky metros

Cities with a workforce like Lexington's

Big cities and small ones price differently, so here is Lexington against the 4 metros with the closest total employment.

When to schedule front door in Lexington

We use NOAA's 1991-2020 climate normals for Lexington Bluegrass Ap (10 miles from the city center). These are 30-year monthly averages, not forecasts.

February through December is the stretch where exterior installation runs into the fewest weather problems in Lexington (11 of 12 months). January has an average daytime high under 45°F.

In January the average high stays below 45°F. Sealants, adhesives and some materials, such as vinyl, are harder to install well in the cold, and short daylight cuts the working day.

Lexington gets about 50 inches of precipitation in a normal year, including roughly 15 inches of snow. The wettest months are May, June and July (5.4 inches in May). Inside the workable window, September and November are the driest, at 3.4 and 3.4 inches. The station averages about 25 days a year at 90°F or above.

Does the season change the price? Probably, but we do not have a sourced seasonal price curve, so the estimator shows a year-round figure and does not adjust by month. When you collect quotes, ask whether scheduling in a slower month gets a better rate.

Planning more than one job in Lexington?

Because every project leans on different trades, Lexington's wage level does not move all prices equally. Against the US midpoint, garage door runs −6% and patio door −9%.