Storm door cost in Durham, NC

Local wages behind the labor line

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 Durham is 0.88 times the national level.

For carpenters (47-2031, weighted 80%) the local median is $24.78 an hour, which is 15% below the national $29.12. The middle half of them earn between $21.40 and $29.03 an hour. BLS counts 520 of them working in the area, 15.1 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 $23.62 an hour, in line with the US median of $23.84. The middle half of them earn between $21.96 and $29.31 an hour. About 2,830 work in the metro. That is 82.3 per 10,000 jobs, compared with 98.4 nationally, so expect fewer local crews to bid.

Quotes come from real crews, not medians. If the carpenters on your job are paid at the 75th percentile ($29.03 an hour) instead of the median, the labor line grows by about $30. At the 25th percentile ($21.40) it shrinks by about $25. The total moves by 5.1% or 4.0%, so wages alone rarely explain a quote that is far outside our range.

For context on the local economy, BLS counts 344,020 jobs in the Durham-Chapel Hill area. That makes it the 74th largest of the 300 metros we cover, with 0.22% of US employment.

When to schedule storm door in Durham

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

August through June is the stretch where exterior installation runs into the fewest weather problems in Durham (11 of 12 months). July has an average daytime high of 90°F or more.

Durham gets about 46 inches of precipitation in a normal year, including roughly 5 inches of snow. The wettest months are July, August and September (5.2 inches in September). Inside the workable window, February and November are the driest, at 2.8 and 3.3 inches. The station averages about 52 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.

Is Durham cheap or dear? The local comparison

Same job, same size (1 door), priced for the nearest metros. Durham is the priciest of the group. Fayetteville is the cheapest at $580.

Across 300 US metros, Durham comes in at #174 from the top. The priciest is Honolulu, HI at $820; the cheapest is Brownsville, TX at $530 (midpoints, 1 door). Statewide, Durham is 2% above the North Carolina figure.

Other North Carolina metros

Cities with a workforce like Durham's

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

Planning more than one job in Durham?

Because every project leans on different trades, Durham's wage level does not move all prices equally. Against the US midpoint, garage door runs −5% and patio door −9%.

Storm door: what moves the price in Durham

• 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.

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

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