Patio door cost in Medford, OR

Medford: what basic, standard and premium work costs

Three bands are cut from the same cited range and localized for Medford 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 2 common sizes.

Medford labor market for patio 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 Medford is 1.05 times the national level.

For carpenters (47-2031, weighted 60%) the local median is $27.85 an hour, which is 4% below the national $29.12. The middle half of them earn between $24.01 and $35.12 an hour. BLS counts 910 of them working in the area, 102.2 for every 10,000 jobs (US: 43.1), so the local bench is deeper than average.

Glaziers (47-2121) carry 30% of the labor weighting. BLS does not publish this trade for the Medford metro, so we used the Oregon statewide median: $34.08 an hour against $27.44 for the US. The middle half of them earn between $24.40 and $48.34 an hour.

General maintenance and repair workers (49-9071), 10% of the weighting: a median of $24.61 an hour, 3% above the US median of $23.84. The middle half of them earn between $20.67 and $29.94 an hour. About 700 work in the metro. That is 78.6 per 10,000 jobs, compared with 98.4 nationally, so expect fewer local crews to bid.

Quotes come from real crews, not medians. If the carpenters on your job are paid at the 75th percentile ($35.12 an hour) instead of the median, the labor line grows by about $240. At the 25th percentile ($24.01) it shrinks by about $130. The total moves by 6.9% or 3.6%, so wages alone rarely explain a quote that is far outside our range.

For context on the local economy, BLS counts 89,060 jobs in the Medford area. That makes it the 220th largest of the 300 metros we cover, with 0.06% of US employment.

Climate in Medford: timing your patio door job

We use NOAA's 1991-2020 climate normals for Medford Rogue Vly Ap (5 miles from the city center). These are 30-year monthly averages, not forecasts.

September through June is the stretch where exterior installation runs into the fewest weather problems in Medford (10 of 12 months). July and August have an average daytime high of 90°F or more.

Medford gets about 18 inches of precipitation in a normal year, including roughly 3 inches of snow. The wettest months are January, November and December (3.5 inches in December). Inside the workable window, June and September are the driest, at 0.7 and 0.5 inches. The station averages about 61 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.

How Medford compares

Of the five closest metros, 1 is cheaper than Medford. Bend is the lowest at about $3,450 (midpoint, 1 door), 150 miles away.

Across 300 US metros, Medford comes in at #51 from the top. The priciest is Honolulu, HI at $4,250; the cheapest is Laredo, TX at $2,650 (midpoints, 1 door). Statewide, Medford is 2% below the Oregon figure.

Other Oregon metros

Cities with a workforce like Medford's

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

Specs and site conditions that change a Medford bid

• 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.

Planning more than one job in Medford?

Because every project leans on different trades, Medford's wage level does not move all prices equally. Against the US midpoint, window replacement runs +7% and wood deck +2%.