Storm door cost in Fort Smith, AR

Related projects, priced for Fort Smith

Because every project leans on different trades, Fort Smith's wage level does not move all prices equally. Against the US midpoint, window replacement runs −11% and patio door −16%.

Local wages behind the labor line

Wages are the part of this estimate that changes most from town to town. 2 trades carry the job here, and each is compared with its US median. The weighted result for Fort Smith is 0.73 times the national level.

For carpenters (47-2031, weighted 80%) the local median is $20.39 an hour, which is 30% below the national $29.12. The middle half of them earn between $17.84 and $23.62 an hour. BLS counts 240 of them working in the area, 25.1 for every 10,000 jobs (US: 43.1), so the local bench is thinner than average.

General maintenance and repair workers (49-9071), 20% of the weighting: a median of $20.05 an hour, 16% below the US median of $23.84. The middle half of them earn between $16.67 and $24.13 an hour. About 910 work in the metro. That is 95.2 per 10,000 jobs, compared with 98.4 nationally, so the supply of crews looks typical.

Quotes come from real crews, not medians. If the carpenters on your job are paid at the 75th percentile ($23.62 an hour) instead of the median, the labor line grows by about $25. At the 25th percentile ($17.84) it shrinks by about $20. The total moves by 4.2% or 3.3%, so wages alone rarely explain a quote that is far outside our range.

For context on the local economy, BLS counts 95,560 jobs in the Fort Smith area. That makes it the 210th largest of the 300 metros we cover, with 0.06% of US employment.

Is Fort Smith cheap or dear? The local comparison

Contractors rarely work more than an hour or two from home, so the neighboring metros set a rough ceiling and floor for your quotes. Midpoints for 1 door range from $550 to $580 across Fort Smith and its five closest metros.

Across 300 US metros, Fort Smith comes in at #294 from the top. The priciest is Honolulu, HI at $820; the cheapest is Brownsville, TX at $530 (midpoints, 1 door). Statewide, Fort Smith is 4% below the Arkansas figure.

Other Arkansas metros

Cities with a workforce like Fort Smith's

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

When to schedule storm door in Fort Smith

We use NOAA's 1991-2020 climate normals for Ft Smith Rgnl Ap (in the city). These are 30-year monthly averages, not forecasts.

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

Fort Smith gets about 47 inches of precipitation in a normal year, including roughly 3 inches of snow. The wettest months are April, May and June (5.6 inches in May). Inside the workable window, January and February are the driest, at 2.9 and 2.7 inches. The station averages about 78 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.

Fort Smith: what basic, standard and premium work costs

Three bands are cut from the same cited range and localized for Fort Smith 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.

Storm door: what moves the price in Fort Smith

• Replacing versus new

  Replacing an old storm door runs $400-$1,050 because the old door has to come off.

• Screens and features

  Self-storing and retractable screens, ventilating glass and security features all raise the price.

• Permit

  No permit fee is included in this estimate; storm doors rarely need one.