Patio door cost in Illinois

Patio door: what moves the price in Illinois

• Door type

  Sliding glass doors run $1,200-$4,000 installed; exterior French doors $1,300-$5,500; telescoping doors $1,500-$5,000 (HomeGuide).

• 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.

Other Illinois jobs that often go with patio door

The table prices neighboring jobs at their usual sizes using statewide Illinois wages and prices. Against national midpoints, wood deck comes out highest (+15%) and window replacement lowest (+8%), because each job leans on different trades.

What carpenters and the other trades earn in Illinois

Statewide wages come from BLS's state-level estimates, which blend big cities with small towns and rural areas. 3 trades drive the labor line for this job, and the weighted ratio against the national wage level is 1.22 for Illinois.

For carpenters (47-2031, weighted 60%) the local median is $37.98 an hour, which is 30% above the national $29.12. The middle half of them earn between $27.00 and $51.42 an hour. BLS counts 19,570 of them working in the state, 32.1 for every 10,000 jobs (US: 43.1), so the local bench is thinner than average.

For glaziers (47-2121, weighted 30%) the local median is $29.73 an hour, which is 8% above the national $27.44. The middle half of them earn between $27.53 and $47.25 an hour. BLS counts 1,410 of them working in the state, 2.3 for every 10,000 jobs (US: 3.8), so the local bench is thinner than average.

General maintenance and repair workers (49-9071), 10% of the weighting: a median of $27.27 an hour, 14% above the US median of $23.84. The middle half of them earn between $21.15 and $33.02 an hour. About 66,600 work in the state. That is 109.2 per 10,000 jobs, compared with 98.4 nationally, so the supply of crews looks typical.

A crew paid at the 75th percentile for carpenters ($51.42 an hour) would add about $440 to the statewide midpoint; one at the 25th percentile ($27.00) would take off about $360. Use that as a rough guide to how far a bid can sit from our midpoint on wages alone.

BLS counts 6,098,130 jobs across Illinois (May 2025), which is 3.9% of US employment.

Illinois seasons and patio door

Season matters for patio door. For each Illinois metro below we took NOAA's 1991-2020 monthly normals from the nearest suitable station and counted comfortable months for exterior installation.

Every Illinois metro on the list has 9 comfortable months, though rainfall ranges from 34 inches a year in Chicago to 40 in Springfield.

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.

Quality levels and sizes in Illinois

The cited range is cut into three overlapping bands (basic, standard and premium) and scaled to statewide Illinois wages and prices. The grid prices the same bands at 2 common sizes.

Illinois metro-by-metro prices

1 of the 6 metros sit above the statewide midpoint of $3,700, and the top-to-bottom gap is 13%. 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.

Illinois against its neighbors

Illinois ranks 4 of 51 (the 50 states plus DC) for patio door, where 1 is the most expensive. The costliest is Hawaii at $4,100 and the cheapest Oklahoma at $2,850, both for 1 door at the midpoint. Illinois sits at $3,700. The five states closest by workforce center are listed below.