Storm door cost in Springfield, MO

Storm door: what moves the price in Springfield

• 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.

Springfield weather and the storm door calendar

Climate numbers on this page come from NOAA's 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals at the nearest suitable station, Springfield Wbo (in the city). They are 30-year averages, so any one year can run hotter, colder or wetter.

For exterior installation, the comfortable months in Springfield are February through December: 11 of 12. Outside them, January has an average daytime high under 45°F.

In January the average high stays below 45°F. Sealants, adhesives and some materials, such as vinyl, are harder to install well in the cold, and short daylight cuts the working day.

Springfield gets about 47 inches of precipitation in a normal year. The wettest months are April, May and June (6.0 inches in May). Inside the workable window, February and December are the driest, at 2.4 and 2.6 inches. The station averages about 38 days a year at 90°F or above.

We do not adjust the estimate by month, because we have no reliable published data on seasonal pricing. It is still worth asking contractors whether an off-peak start date changes their bid.

How Springfield compares

Of the five closest metros, 2 are cheaper than Springfield. Fayetteville is the lowest at about $580 (midpoint, 1 door), 100 miles away.

Out of the 300 metros we cover, Springfield ranks #206 for the cost of this job (#1 is the most expensive). Statewide, Springfield is 6% below the Missouri figure.

Elsewhere in Missouri

Metros of a similar size

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

Related projects, priced for Springfield

Jobs that often go together with storm door are priced below at their usual sizes, using the same Springfield wage and price inputs. Compared with national midpoints, window replacement comes out highest (−7%) and patio door lowest (−9%); the gap comes from the trades each job uses.

Springfield: what basic, standard and premium work costs

The cited range is split into basic, standard and premium bands, then scaled to Springfield. Bands overlap, because plenty of standard jobs cost as much as a light premium one. Sizes run from one storm door to front and back doors.

What local crews earn in Springfield

The labor line is built from BLS wage data, one trade at a time. This job draws on 2 trades. We compare each trade's local median with the US median, weight the ratios by how much of the job each trade does, and apply the blend to the national labor cost. For Springfield the blend is 0.88.

Carpenters (47-2031), 80% of the weighting: a median of $25.00 an hour, 14% below the US median of $29.12. The middle half of them earn between $21.89 and $31.04 an hour. About 920 work in the metro. That is 41.3 per 10,000 jobs, compared with 43.1 nationally, so the supply of crews looks typical.

For general maintenance and repair workers (49-9071, weighted 20%) the local median is $22.67 an hour, which is 5% below the national $23.84. The middle half of them earn between $18.67 and $28.36 an hour. BLS counts 2,430 of them working in the area, 109.0 for every 10,000 jobs (US: 98.4), so the local bench is about average.

A quick sensitivity check: moving the lead trade (carpenters) from the median to the 75th percentile wage adds about $45 to the midpoint estimate; the 25th percentile takes off about $20. That is a swing of roughly 3.8% to 7.3% of the total, which is useful for judging whether a bid reflects wages or something else, such as scope or margin.

Springfield has 223,030 jobs in total (BLS, May 2025), ranking 108th by size among the 300 metros on this site.