Storm door cost in Wausau, WI

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

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

When to schedule storm door in Wausau

We use NOAA's 1991-2020 climate normals for Wausau Dwtn Ap (5 miles from the city center). These are 30-year monthly averages, not forecasts.

April through October is the stretch where exterior installation runs into the fewest weather problems in Wausau (7 of 12 months). January, February, March, November and December have an average daytime high under 45°F.

In January, February, March, November and December the average high stays below 45°F. Sealants, adhesives and some materials, such as vinyl, are harder to install well in the cold, and short daylight cuts the working day.

Wausau gets about 34 inches of precipitation in a normal year, including roughly 64 inches of snow. The wettest months are June, July and August (4.7 inches in June). Inside the workable window, April and October are the driest, at 3.1 and 3.1 inches. The station averages about 5 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.

Planning more than one job in Wausau?

Because every project leans on different trades, Wausau's wage level does not move all prices equally. Against the US midpoint, window replacement runs −5% and front door −8%.

Specs and site conditions that change a Wausau bid

• 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).

Wausau against nearby metros and the rest of Wisconsin

Of the five closest metros, none is cheaper than Wausau. La Crosse comes closest at about $620.

Across 300 US metros, Wausau comes in at #205 from the top. The priciest is Honolulu, HI at $820; the cheapest is Brownsville, TX at $530 (midpoints, 1 door). Statewide, Wausau is 7% below the Wisconsin figure.

Other Wisconsin metros

Cities with a workforce like Wausau's

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

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 Wausau is 0.88 times the national level.

For carpenters (47-2031, weighted 80%) the local median is $24.03 an hour, which is 17% below the national $29.12. The middle half of them earn between $23.14 and $29.66 an hour. BLS counts 370 of them working in the area, 53.2 for every 10,000 jobs (US: 43.1), so the local bench is deeper than average.

General maintenance and repair workers (49-9071), 20% of the weighting: a median of $26.76 an hour, 12% above the US median of $23.84. The middle half of them earn between $22.61 and $30.68 an hour. About 830 work in the metro. That is 119.4 per 10,000 jobs, compared with 98.4 nationally, which suggests plenty of local crews to bid.

Quotes come from real crews, not medians. If the carpenters on your job are paid at the 75th percentile ($29.66 an hour) instead of the median, the labor line grows by about $40. At the 25th percentile ($23.14) it shrinks by about $5. The total moves by 6.8% or 1.1%, so wages alone rarely explain a quote that is far outside our range.

For context on the local economy, BLS counts 69,530 jobs in the Wausau area. That makes it the 261st largest of the 300 metros we cover, with 0.04% of US employment.