Garage door cost in Binghamton, NY

Specs and site conditions that change a Binghamton bid

• Opener

  A new opener is a separate line at $300-$900 installed.

• Labor

  Installation labor is about $200-$500, so the door itself is most of the bill.

• Permit

  Like-for-like replacement often needs no permit. Opening up the wall or adding wiring can.

Binghamton labor market for garage door

Wages are the part of this estimate that changes most from town to town. 3 trades carry the job here, and each is compared with its US median. The weighted result for Binghamton is 1.06 times the national level.

For carpenters (47-2031, weighted 60%) the local median is $29.81 an hour, which is in line with the national $29.12. The middle half of them earn between $24.27 and $36.54 an hour. BLS counts 400 of them working in the area, 41.2 for every 10,000 jobs (US: 43.1), so the local bench is about average.

Electricians (47-2111), 20% of the weighting: a median of $36.86 an hour, 21% above the US median of $30.38. The middle half of them earn between $27.62 and $46.00 an hour. About 390 work in the metro. That is 40.2 per 10,000 jobs, compared with 48.7 nationally, so expect fewer local crews to bid.

General maintenance and repair workers (49-9071), 20% of the weighting: a median of $23.66 an hour, in line with the US median of $23.84. The middle half of them earn between $20.02 and $28.43 an hour. About 1,130 work in the metro. That is 116.5 per 10,000 jobs, compared with 98.4 nationally, which suggests plenty of local crews to bid.

Quotes come from real crews, not medians. If the carpenters on your job are paid at the 75th percentile ($36.54 an hour) instead of the median, the labor line grows by about $90. At the 25th percentile ($24.27) it shrinks by about $75. The total moves by 4.1% or 3.3%, so wages alone rarely explain a quote that is far outside our range.

For context on the local economy, BLS counts 97,030 jobs in the Binghamton area. That makes it the 207th largest of the 300 metros we cover, with 0.06% of US employment.

How Binghamton compares

Contractors rarely work more than an hour or two from home, so the neighboring metros set a rough ceiling and floor for your quotes. Midpoints for 1 door range from $2,150 to $2,250 across Binghamton and its five closest metros.

Across 300 US metros, Binghamton comes in at #69 from the top. The priciest is Honolulu, HI at $2,700; the cheapest is Brownsville, TX at $1,850 (midpoints, 1 door). Statewide, Binghamton is 9% below the New York figure.

Other New York metros

Cities with a workforce like Binghamton's

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

Extras that change the Binghamton total

Extras are quoted nationally and then scaled to Binghamton by the average of the local wage index (1.06) and goods index (1.00), a factor of 1.03. Tick any of them in the estimator above to add them to your total. Treat these as planning figures: an add-on touches different trades than the main job, so the scaling is an approximation.

What nearby projects cost in Binghamton

Because every project leans on different trades, Binghamton's wage level does not move all prices equally. Against the US midpoint, concrete driveway runs +5% and front door level.

Cost by quality level and size in Binghamton

Three bands are cut from the same cited range and localized for Binghamton 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 3 common sizes.

Climate in Binghamton: timing your garage door job

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

April through November is the stretch where exterior installation runs into the fewest weather problems in Binghamton (8 of 12 months). January, February, March and December have an average daytime high under 45°F.

In January, February, March and December 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.

Binghamton gets about 42 inches of precipitation in a normal year, including roughly 87 inches of snow. The wettest months are June, August and September (4.7 inches in June). Inside the workable window, April and November are the driest, at 3.6 and 3.1 inches. The station averages about 2 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.