Patio door cost in Greeley, CO

Who does the work: Greeley trade wages

The labor line is built from BLS wage data, one trade at a time. This job draws on 3 trades. We compare each trade's local median with the US median, weight the ratios by how much of the job each trade does, and apply the blend to the national labor cost. For Greeley the blend is 1.01.

Carpenters (47-2031), 60% of the weighting: a median of $27.83 an hour, 4% below the US median of $29.12. The middle half of them earn between $24.38 and $30.06 an hour. About 560 work in the metro. That is 46.8 per 10,000 jobs, compared with 43.1 nationally, so the supply of crews looks typical.

Glaziers (47-2121) carry 30% of the labor weighting. BLS does not publish this trade for the Greeley metro, so we used the Colorado statewide median: $29.97 an hour against $27.44 for the US. The middle half of them earn between $26.93 and $35.68 an hour.

For general maintenance and repair workers (49-9071, weighted 10%) the local median is $25.77 an hour, which is 8% above the national $23.84. The middle half of them earn between $21.73 and $31.27 an hour. BLS counts 980 of them working in the area, 82.0 for every 10,000 jobs (US: 98.4), so the local bench is thinner than average.

A quick sensitivity check: moving the lead trade (carpenters) from the median to the 75th percentile wage adds about $75 to the midpoint estimate; the 25th percentile takes off about $110. That is a swing of roughly 3.5% to 2.3% of the total, which is useful for judging whether a bid reflects wages or something else, such as scope or margin.

Greeley has 119,540 jobs in total (BLS, May 2025), ranking 184th by size among the 300 metros on this site.

Greeley: what basic, standard and premium work costs

The cited range is split into basic, standard and premium bands, then scaled to Greeley. Bands overlap, because plenty of standard jobs cost as much as a light premium one. Sizes run from one sliding door to two doors.

Is Greeley cheap or dear? The local comparison

Of the five closest metros, 3 are cheaper than Greeley. Cheyenne is the lowest at about $3,150 (midpoint, 1 door), 55 miles away.

Out of the 300 metros we cover, Greeley ranks #105 for the cost of this job (#1 is the most expensive). Statewide, Greeley is 3% below the Colorado figure.

Elsewhere in Colorado

Metros of a similar size

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

Planning more than one job in Greeley?

Jobs that often go together with patio door are priced below at their usual sizes, using the same Greeley wage and price inputs. Compared with national midpoints, window replacement comes out highest (−2%) and wood deck lowest (−4%); the gap comes from the trades each job uses.

Patio door: what moves the price in Greeley

• New opening versus replacement

  Cutting a new opening in a wall adds framing, header and finish work compared with a like-for-like swap.

• Old door removal

  Removing and disposing of the old door is $100-$500 extra.

• Glass

  Low-E, tempered and hurricane-rated glass cost more than basic single-pane glass.

The best months for patio door in Greeley

Climate numbers on this page come from NOAA's 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals at the nearest suitable station, Greeley Unc (5 miles from the city center). They are 30-year averages, so any one year can run hotter, colder or wetter.

For exterior installation, the comfortable months in Greeley are February through June and August through November: 9 of 12. Outside them, January and December have an average daytime high under 45°F, and July has an average daytime high of 90°F or more.

In January 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.

Greeley gets about 15 inches of precipitation in a normal year, including roughly 35 inches of snow. The wettest months are April, May and June (2.6 inches in May). Inside the workable window, February and November are the driest, at 0.5 and 0.7 inches. The station averages about 58 days a year at 90°F or above.

We do not adjust the estimate by month, because we have no reliable published data on seasonal pricing. It is still worth asking contractors whether an off-peak start date changes their bid.