Vinyl siding cost in the District of Columbia

If you are planning more than one job in the District of Columbia

Each project weights the trades differently, so District of Columbia's wage level does not push every price by the same amount. Compared with the US midpoint, window replacement is +11% and attic insulation +5%.

What carpenters and the other trades earn in the District of Columbia

District of Columbia's labor line is priced from 3 trades, each compared with its US median wage. After weighting by each trade's share of the work, the state comes out at 1.03 times the national level.

Carpenters (47-2031), 60% of the weighting: a median of $29.67 an hour, in line with the US median of $29.12. The middle half of them earn between $27.48 and $36.18 an hour. About 1,540 work in the state. That is 21.9 per 10,000 jobs, compared with 43.1 nationally, so expect fewer local crews to bid.

For construction laborers (47-2061, weighted 30%) the local median is $24.05 an hour, which is 6% above the national $22.66. The middle half of them earn between $20.80 and $28.41 an hour. BLS counts 2,090 of them working in the state, 29.8 for every 10,000 jobs (US: 70.5), so the local bench is thinner than average.

Sheet metal workers (47-2211) carry 10% of the labor weighting. BLS does not publish this trade for District of Columbia, so we used the national median: $29.71 an hour against $29.71 for the US. The middle half of them earn between $22.99 and $39.24 an hour.

A crew paid at the 75th percentile for carpenters ($36.18 an hour) would add about $1,150 to the statewide midpoint; one at the 25th percentile ($27.48) would take off about $380. Use that as a rough guide to how far a bid can sit from our midpoint on wages alone.

BLS counts 701,920 jobs across the District of Columbia (May 2025), which is 0.5% of US employment.

District of Columbia versus the states around it

District of Columbia ranks 12 of 51 (the 50 states plus DC) for vinyl siding, where 1 is the most expensive. The costliest is Hawaii at $21,900 and the cheapest Arkansas at $14,500, both for 2,100 sq ft of wall at the midpoint. District of Columbia sits at $17,600. The five states closest by workforce center are listed below.

Basic, standard or premium: District of Columbia prices

Bands overlap on purpose, since a good standard job can cost as much as a light premium one. Below are the three bands for the default size, then a grid from small house (1,200 sq ft of wall) to large house (3,000 sq ft of wall).

Why two District of Columbia quotes can differ

• Style

  Clapboard vinyl siding runs $4-$7 per sq ft installed; board-and-batten is $5-$9 (HomeGuide).

• Old siding removal

  Taking the old siding off costs $0.70-$2.00 per sq ft. Check that disposal is included.

• Labor and season

  Siding labor is $40-$80 an hour or $2-$6 per sq ft, and it is highest in warm months.

• Wall area is not floor area

  A 2,000 sq ft house usually has more wall area than floor area once you count gables and two stories. Measure the wall, not the floor.

Vinyl siding cost by metro in the District of Columbia

District of Columbia has one metro in our dataset, Washington, so the statewide and metro figures are close. The state figure uses BLS statewide wages, which include rural areas. Each row prices the default size with that metro's own BLS wages and BEA price levels, so the gap between rows is real local variation rather than a flat markup.

When District of Columbia weather lets you install

Weather decides when exterior installation can happen, and District of Columbia is not uniform. The table uses NOAA's 1991-2020 climate normals from the weather station nearest each metro we cover, and counts the months that are neither cold nor hot enough to complicate the job.

Washington has 11 comfortable months (August through June), with about 42 inches of precipitation a year.

We do not adjust prices by month, because we have no reliable published data on seasonal pricing. Timing is still worth raising when you collect bids.