Storm door cost in Albuquerque, NM

Who does the work: Albuquerque trade wages

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 Albuquerque the blend is 0.98.

Carpenters (47-2031), 80% of the weighting: a median of $28.89 an hour, in line with the US median of $29.12. The middle half of them earn between $23.21 and $31.48 an hour. About 1,940 work in the metro. That is 47.9 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 $22.55 an hour, which is 5% below the national $23.84. The middle half of them earn between $18.48 and $29.20 an hour. BLS counts 3,860 of them working in the area, 95.4 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 $20 to the midpoint estimate; the 25th percentile takes off about $40. That is a swing of roughly 6.5% to 3.0% of the total, which is useful for judging whether a bid reflects wages or something else, such as scope or margin.

Albuquerque has 404,700 jobs in total (BLS, May 2025), ranking 62nd by size among the 300 metros on this site.

Planning more than one job in Albuquerque?

Jobs that often go together with storm door are priced below at their usual sizes, using the same Albuquerque wage and price inputs. Compared with national midpoints, front door comes out highest (−3%) and window replacement lowest (−5%); the gap comes from the trades each job uses.

Why two Albuquerque quotes can differ

• 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.

• 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).

Is Albuquerque cheap or dear? The local comparison

Same job, same size (1 door), priced for the nearest metros. Albuquerque is the priciest of the group. El Paso is the cheapest at $550.

Out of the 300 metros we cover, Albuquerque ranks #119 for the cost of this job (#1 is the most expensive). Statewide, Albuquerque is 0% above the New Mexico figure.

Elsewhere in New Mexico

Metros of a similar size

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

Albuquerque: what basic, standard and premium work costs

The cited range is split into basic, standard and premium bands, then scaled to Albuquerque. 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.

The best months for storm door in Albuquerque

Climate numbers on this page come from NOAA's 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals at the nearest suitable station, Albuquerque Intl Ap (5 miles from the city center). They are 30-year averages, so any one year can run hotter, colder or wetter.

For exterior installation, the comfortable months in Albuquerque are August through May: 10 of 12. Outside them, June and July have an average daytime high of 90°F or more.

Albuquerque gets about 9 inches of precipitation in a normal year, including roughly 8 inches of snow. The wettest months are July, August and September (1.6 inches in July). Inside the workable window, January and February are the driest, at 0.4 and 0.4 inches. The station averages about 64 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.