Storm door cost in Missoula, MT

Pick a size, pick a tier: storm door pricing in Missoula

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

Missoula 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 Missoula is 0.95 times the national level.

For carpenters (47-2031, weighted 80%) the local median is $27.48 an hour, which is 6% below the national $29.12. The middle half of them earn between $23.35 and $30.07 an hour. BLS counts 400 of them working in the area, 59.6 for every 10,000 jobs (US: 43.1), so the local bench is deeper than average.

General maintenance and repair workers (49-9071), 20% of the weighting: a median of $22.83 an hour, 4% below the US median of $23.84. The middle half of them earn between $18.20 and $25.87 an hour. About 590 work in the metro. That is 88.0 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 ($30.07 an hour) instead of the median, the labor line grows by about $20. At the 25th percentile ($23.35) it shrinks by about $30. The total moves by 3.0% or 4.8%, so wages alone rarely explain a quote that is far outside our range.

For context on the local economy, BLS counts 67,070 jobs in the Missoula area. That makes it the 270th largest of the 300 metros we cover, with 0.04% of US employment.

Is Missoula cheap or dear? The local comparison

Of the five closest metros, 2 are cheaper than Missoula. Idaho Falls is the lowest at about $610 (midpoint, 1 door), 255 miles away.

Across 300 US metros, Missoula comes in at #147 from the top. The priciest is Honolulu, HI at $820; the cheapest is Brownsville, TX at $530 (midpoints, 1 door). Statewide, Missoula is 1% below the Montana figure.

Other Montana metros

Cities with a workforce like Missoula's

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

Related projects, priced for Missoula

Because every project leans on different trades, Missoula's wage level does not move all prices equally. Against the US midpoint, garage door runs −3% and patio door −6%.

Specs and site conditions that change a Missoula bid

• 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.

Climate in Missoula: timing your storm door job

We use NOAA's 1991-2020 climate normals for Missoula Intl Ap (5 miles from the city center). These are 30-year monthly averages, not forecasts.

March through October is the stretch where exterior installation runs into the fewest weather problems in Missoula (8 of 12 months). January, February, November and December have an average daytime high under 45°F.

In January, February, November and December 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.

Missoula gets about 14 inches of precipitation in a normal year, including roughly 43 inches of snow. The wettest months are April, May and June (2.1 inches in June). Inside the workable window, July and August are the driest, at 0.8 and 0.8 inches. The station averages about 27 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.