Storm door cost in Las Cruces, NM

Las Cruces against nearby metros and the rest of New Mexico

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 $630 across Las Cruces and its five closest metros.

Out of the 300 metros we cover, Las Cruces ranks #160 for the cost of this job (#1 is the most expensive). Statewide, Las Cruces is 2% below the New Mexico figure.

Elsewhere in New Mexico

Metros of a similar size

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

Who does the work: Las Cruces 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 Las Cruces the blend is 0.92.

Carpenters (47-2031), 80% of the weighting: a median of $27.42 an hour, 6% below the US median of $29.12. The middle half of them earn between $21.44 and $29.32 an hour. About 250 work in the metro. That is 31.3 per 10,000 jobs, compared with 43.1 nationally, so expect fewer local crews to bid.

For general maintenance and repair workers (49-9071, weighted 20%) the local median is $20.36 an hour, which is 15% below the national $23.84. The middle half of them earn between $17.32 and $24.06 an hour. BLS counts 650 of them working in the area, 81.3 for every 10,000 jobs (US: 98.4), so the local bench is thinner than average.

A quick sensitivity check: moving the lead trade (carpenters) from the median to the 75th percentile wage adds about $15 to the midpoint estimate; the 25th percentile takes off about $45. That is a swing of roughly 7.0% to 2.2% of the total, which is useful for judging whether a bid reflects wages or something else, such as scope or margin.

Las Cruces has 80,000 jobs in total (BLS, May 2025), ranking 238th by size among the 300 metros on this site.

Storm door: what moves the price in Las Cruces

• 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).

Planning more than one job in Las Cruces?

Jobs that often go together with storm door are priced below at their usual sizes, using the same Las Cruces wage and price inputs. Compared with national midpoints, front door comes out highest (−5%) and patio door lowest (−8%); the gap comes from the trades each job uses.

The best months for storm door in Las Cruces

Climate numbers on this page come from NOAA's 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals at the nearest suitable station, State Univ (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 Las Cruces are September through May: 9 of 12. Outside them, June, July and August have an average daytime high of 90°F or more.

Las Cruces gets about 9 inches of precipitation in a normal year, including roughly 1 inches of snow. The wettest months are July, August and September (1.8 inches in July). Inside the workable window, March and April are the driest, at 0.3 and 0.2 inches. The station averages about 109 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.

Cost by quality level and size in Las Cruces

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