Storm door cost in Savannah, GA

Savannah labor market for storm door

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 Savannah is 0.78 times the national level.

For carpenters (47-2031, weighted 80%) the local median is $21.59 an hour, which is 26% below the national $29.12. The middle half of them earn between $18.51 and $26.34 an hour. BLS counts 330 of them working in the area, 16.6 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 $22.39 an hour, 6% below the US median of $23.84. The middle half of them earn between $18.25 and $28.71 an hour. About 2,080 work in the metro. That is 104.9 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 ($26.34 an hour) instead of the median, the labor line grows by about $35. At the 25th percentile ($18.51) it shrinks by about $20. The total moves by 5.9% or 3.8%, so wages alone rarely explain a quote that is far outside our range.

For context on the local economy, BLS counts 198,360 jobs in the Savannah area. That makes it the 116th largest of the 300 metros we cover, with 0.13% of US employment.

Storm door: what moves the price in Savannah

• Door style

  A mid-view door is $350-$700 installed, a full-view door $425-$950, and a low-E full-view door $475-$1,000 (HomeGuide).

• 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.

Cost by quality level and size in Savannah

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

Climate in Savannah: timing your storm door job

We use NOAA's 1991-2020 climate normals for Savannah Intl Ap (10 miles from the city center). These are 30-year monthly averages, not forecasts.

September through May is the stretch where exterior installation runs into the fewest weather problems in Savannah (9 of 12 months). June, July and August have an average daytime high of 90°F or more.

Savannah gets about 48 inches of precipitation in a normal year. The wettest months are June, July and August (6.7 inches in June). Inside the workable window, February and November are the driest, at 2.8 and 2.4 inches. The station averages about 81 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 Savannah compares

Of the five closest metros, none is cheaper than Savannah. Columbia comes closest at about $590.

Across 300 US metros, Savannah comes in at #270 from the top. The priciest is Honolulu, HI at $820; the cheapest is Brownsville, TX at $530 (midpoints, 1 door). Statewide, Savannah is 4% below the Georgia figure.

Other Georgia metros

Cities with a workforce like Savannah's

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

What nearby projects cost in Savannah

Because every project leans on different trades, Savannah's wage level does not move all prices equally. Against the US midpoint, garage door runs −8% and patio door −13%.