Storm door cost in Midland, TX

Midland 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, Midland Odessa (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 Midland are September through May: 9 of 12. Outside them, June, July and August have an average daytime high of 90°F or more.

Midland gets about 14 inches of precipitation in a normal year, including roughly 4 inches of snow. The wettest months are June, August and September (1.8 inches in June). Inside the workable window, February and December are the driest, at 0.6 and 0.6 inches. The station averages about 115 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 Midland

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 Midland the blend is 1.00.

Carpenters (47-2031), 80% of the weighting: a median of $29.24 an hour, in line with the US median of $29.12. The middle half of them earn between $24.60 and $34.63 an hour. About 170 work in the metro. That is 13.9 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 $23.02 an hour, which is 3% below the national $23.84. The middle half of them earn between $19.16 and $28.85 an hour. BLS counts 1,200 of them working in the area, 98.2 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 $40 to the midpoint estimate; the 25th percentile takes off about $35. That is a swing of roughly 5.4% to 6.2% of the total, which is useful for judging whether a bid reflects wages or something else, such as scope or margin.

Midland has 122,180 jobs in total (BLS, May 2025), ranking 177th by size among the 300 metros on this site.

Specs and site conditions that change a Midland 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.

Midland against nearby metros and the rest of Texas

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

Out of the 300 metros we cover, Midland ranks #138 for the cost of this job (#1 is the most expensive). Statewide, Midland is 4% above the Texas figure.

Elsewhere in Texas

Metros of a similar size

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

Cost by quality level and size in Midland

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

What nearby projects cost in Midland

Jobs that often go together with storm door are priced below at their usual sizes, using the same Midland wage and price inputs. Compared with national midpoints, front door comes out highest (−5%) and window replacement lowest (−7%); the gap comes from the trades each job uses.