Patio door cost in Iowa

How Iowa compares with nearby states

Iowa ranks 30 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. Iowa sits at $3,150. The five states closest by workforce center are listed below.

Basic, standard or premium: Iowa 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 one sliding door to two doors.

What carpenters and the other trades earn in Iowa

Iowa'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 0.98 times the national level.

Carpenters (47-2031), 60% of the weighting: a median of $27.75 an hour, 5% below the US median of $29.12. The middle half of them earn between $22.91 and $31.69 an hour. About 5,770 work in the state. That is 37.0 per 10,000 jobs, compared with 43.1 nationally, so the supply of crews looks typical.

Glaziers (47-2121), 30% of the weighting: a median of $27.56 an hour, in line with the US median of $27.44. The middle half of them earn between $23.13 and $30.17 an hour. About 430 work in the state. That is 2.8 per 10,000 jobs, compared with 3.8 nationally, so expect fewer local crews to bid.

For general maintenance and repair workers (49-9071, weighted 10%) the local median is $25.08 an hour, which is 5% above the national $23.84. The middle half of them earn between $21.21 and $30.01 an hour. BLS counts 16,500 of them working in the state, 105.8 for every 10,000 jobs (US: 98.4), so the local bench is about average.

A crew paid at the 75th percentile for carpenters ($31.69 an hour) would add about $130 to the statewide midpoint; one at the 25th percentile ($22.91) would take off about $160. Use that as a rough guide to how far a bid can sit from our midpoint on wages alone.

BLS counts 1,559,240 jobs across Iowa (May 2025), which is 1.0% of US employment.

When Iowa weather lets you install

Weather decides when exterior installation can happen, and Iowa 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.

Des Moines has the longest comfortable season of the metros we cover in Iowa at 9 months (March through November); Dubuque has the shortest at 8 (April through November). Rainfall runs from 29 inches a year in Sioux City to 38 inches in Dubuque.

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.

Why two Iowa quotes can differ

• 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.

Which Iowa city is cheapest for patio door?

4 of the 7 metros sit above the statewide midpoint of $3,150, and the top-to-bottom gap is 8%. 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.

Other Iowa jobs that often go with patio door

Each project weights the trades differently, so Iowa's wage level does not push every price by the same amount. Compared with the US midpoint, storm door is −5% and front door −5%.