Patio door cost in Washington

What carpenters and the other trades earn in Washington

Washington'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 1.21 times the national level.

Carpenters (47-2031), 60% of the weighting: a median of $35.67 an hour, 22% above the US median of $29.12. The middle half of them earn between $29.15 and $44.55 an hour. About 26,960 work in the state. That is 75.9 per 10,000 jobs, compared with 43.1 nationally, which suggests plenty of local crews to bid.

Glaziers (47-2121), 30% of the weighting: a median of $32.14 an hour, 17% above the US median of $27.44. The middle half of them earn between $28.49 and $51.36 an hour. About 1,460 work in the state. That is 4.1 per 10,000 jobs, compared with 3.8 nationally, so the supply of crews looks typical.

For general maintenance and repair workers (49-9071, weighted 10%) the local median is $28.44 an hour, which is 19% above the national $23.84. The middle half of them earn between $23.20 and $34.78 an hour. BLS counts 32,450 of them working in the state, 91.4 for every 10,000 jobs (US: 98.4), so the local bench is about average.

A crew paid at the 75th percentile for carpenters ($44.55 an hour) would add about $290 to the statewide midpoint; one at the 25th percentile ($29.15) would take off about $210. Use that as a rough guide to how far a bid can sit from our midpoint on wages alone.

BLS counts 3,550,970 jobs across Washington (May 2025), which is 2.3% of US employment.

Basic, standard or premium: Washington 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.

Patio door cost by metro in Washington

2 of the 7 metros sit above the statewide midpoint of $3,700, and the top-to-bottom gap is 11%. 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.

If you are planning more than one job in Washington

Each project weights the trades differently, so Washington's wage level does not push every price by the same amount. Compared with the US midpoint, wood deck is +12% and window replacement +8%.

Washington against its neighbors

Washington ranks 5 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. Washington sits at $3,700. The five states closest by workforce center are listed below.

Why two Washington 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.

Weather windows across Washington

Weather decides when exterior installation can happen, and Washington 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.

Seattle has the longest comfortable season of the metros we cover in Washington at 12 months; Kennewick has the shortest at 8 (February through June and September through November). Rainfall runs from 8 inches a year in Kennewick to 57 inches in Bremerton.

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.