Storm door cost in Laredo, TX

Laredo 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, Laredo 2 (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 Laredo are October through April: 7 of 12. Outside them, May, June, July, August and September have an average daytime high of 90°F or more.

Laredo gets about 20 inches of precipitation in a normal year. The wettest months are May, July and September (3.9 inches in September). Inside the workable window, January and February are the driest, at 0.8 and 0.7 inches. The station averages about 178 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.

What local crews earn in Laredo

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 Laredo the blend is 0.70.

Carpenters (47-2031), 80% of the weighting: a median of $19.97 an hour, 31% below the US median of $29.12. The middle half of them earn between $16.93 and $24.22 an hour. About 100 work in the metro. That is 9.1 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 $17.64 an hour, which is 26% below the national $23.84. The middle half of them earn between $15.18 and $21.70 an hour. BLS counts 900 of them working in the area, 82.3 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 $30 to the midpoint estimate; the 25th percentile takes off about $20. That is a swing of roughly 4.0% to 5.6% of the total, which is useful for judging whether a bid reflects wages or something else, such as scope or margin.

Laredo has 109,370 jobs in total (BLS, May 2025), ranking 191st by size among the 300 metros on this site.

Related projects, priced for Laredo

Jobs that often go together with storm door are priced below at their usual sizes, using the same Laredo wage and price inputs. Compared with national midpoints, front door comes out highest (−13%) and patio door lowest (−20%); the gap comes from the trades each job uses.

How Laredo compares

Of the five closest metros, 1 is cheaper than Laredo. Brownsville is the lowest at about $530 (midpoint, 1 door), 160 miles away.

Out of the 300 metros we cover, Laredo ranks #299 for the cost of this job (#1 is the most expensive). Statewide, Laredo is 9% below the Texas figure.

Elsewhere in Texas

Metros of a similar size

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

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

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

Specs and site conditions that change a Laredo 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.