Patio door cost in Virginia

Quality levels and sizes in Virginia

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

Virginia metro-by-metro prices

0 of the 8 metros sit above the statewide midpoint of $3,250, 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.

Wages behind the Virginia number

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 0.96 for Virginia.

For carpenters (47-2031, weighted 60%) the local median is $26.77 an hour, which is 8% below the national $29.12. The middle half of them earn between $22.34 and $29.49 an hour. BLS counts 20,460 of them working in the state, 49.8 for every 10,000 jobs (US: 43.1), so the local bench is deeper than average.

For glaziers (47-2121, weighted 30%) the local median is $28.49 an hour, which is 4% above the national $27.44. The middle half of them earn between $23.56 and $30.00 an hour. BLS counts 890 of them working in the state, 2.2 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 $23.79 an hour, in line with the US median of $23.84. The middle half of them earn between $19.01 and $29.80 an hour. About 34,540 work in the state. That is 84.1 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 ($29.49 an hour) would add about $90 to the statewide midpoint; one at the 25th percentile ($22.34) would take off about $150. Use that as a rough guide to how far a bid can sit from our midpoint on wages alone.

BLS counts 4,109,320 jobs across Virginia (May 2025), which is 2.6% of US employment.

If you are planning more than one job in Virginia

The table prices neighboring jobs at their usual sizes using statewide Virginia wages and prices. Against national midpoints, window replacement comes out highest (level) and wood deck lowest (−3%), because each job leans on different trades.

Patio door: what moves the price in Virginia

• 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.

Weather windows across Virginia

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

Virginia Beach has the longest comfortable season of the metros we cover in Virginia at 12 months; Harrisonburg has the shortest at 11 (February through December). Rainfall runs from 39 inches a year in Harrisonburg to 48 inches in Charlottesville.

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.

Virginia against its neighbors

Virginia ranks 21 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. Virginia sits at $3,250. The five states closest by workforce center are listed below.