Garage door cost in Tennessee

Tennessee against its neighbors

Tennessee ranks 41 of 51 (the 50 states plus DC) for garage door, where 1 is the most expensive. The costliest is Hawaii at $2,650 and the cheapest Arkansas at $1,950, both for 1 door at the midpoint. Tennessee sits at $2,050. The five states closest by workforce center are listed below.

Why two Tennessee quotes can differ

• Door size and style

  A standard door with 4-5 rectangular panels is $400-$1,400 before installation; add windows and it's $600-$2,500 (HomeGuide).

• 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.

Add-ons priced for Tennessee

Add-ons start from national price ranges and are scaled by 0.92 for Tennessee, which is the average of the area's wage index (0.89) and goods price index (0.96). The estimator above can add them to your total.

Basic, standard or premium: Tennessee prices

Bands overlap on purpose, since a good standard job can cost as much as a light premium one. Below are the three bands for the default size, then a grid from single door to two single doors.

When Tennessee weather lets you replace

Weather decides when exterior installation can happen, and Tennessee is not uniform. The table uses NOAA's 1991-2020 climate normals from the weather station nearest each metro we cover, and counts the months that are neither cold nor hot enough to complicate the job.

Knoxville has the longest comfortable season of the metros we cover in Tennessee at 12 months; Jackson has the shortest at 10 (September through June). Rainfall runs from 44 inches a year in Johnson City to 57 inches in Jackson.

We do not adjust prices by month, because we have no reliable published data on seasonal pricing. Timing is still worth raising when you collect bids.

If you are planning more than one job in Tennessee

Each project weights the trades differently, so Tennessee's wage level does not push every price by the same amount. Compared with the US midpoint, front door is −7% and concrete driveway −10%.

Wages behind the Tennessee number

Tennessee's labor line is priced from 3 trades, each compared with its US median wage. After weighting by each trade's share of the work, the state comes out at 0.89 times the national level.

Carpenters (47-2031), 60% of the weighting: a median of $24.44 an hour, 16% below the US median of $29.12. The middle half of them earn between $22.36 and $28.80 an hour. About 8,200 work in the state. That is 25.0 per 10,000 jobs, compared with 43.1 nationally, so expect fewer local crews to bid.

For electricians (47-2111, weighted 20%) the local median is $29.37 an hour, which is 3% below the national $30.38. The middle half of them earn between $23.26 and $36.57 an hour. BLS counts 17,070 of them working in the state, 52.1 for every 10,000 jobs (US: 48.7), so the local bench is about average.

For general maintenance and repair workers (49-9071, weighted 20%) the local median is $22.71 an hour, which is 5% below the national $23.84. The middle half of them earn between $18.39 and $28.38 an hour. BLS counts 35,790 of them working in the state, 109.2 for every 10,000 jobs (US: 98.4), so the local bench is about average.

A crew paid at the 75th percentile for carpenters ($28.80 an hour) would add about $60 to the statewide midpoint; one at the 25th percentile ($22.36) would take off about $30. Use that as a rough guide to how far a bid can sit from our midpoint on wages alone.

BLS counts 3,278,760 jobs across Tennessee (May 2025), which is 2.1% of US employment.

Which Tennessee city is cheapest for garage door?

2 of the 8 metros sit above the statewide midpoint of $2,050, and the top-to-bottom gap is 5%. Each row prices the default size with that metro's own BLS wages and BEA price levels, so the gap between rows is real local variation rather than a flat markup.