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Nashua · Hillsborough County · labor +3.9%
Roof replacement cost in Nashua, NH
A 2,000 sq ft roof in architectural asphalt shingles comes to about $8,100 to $12,250 in Nashua once the national installed price is adjusted for what roofers earn locally. The city's fee schedule has no separate line for it, but its general residential rate puts the permit at $310 for a job at the midpoint.
Figures checked October 21, 2026 · sources
- 1Architectural, 2,000 sq ft $8,100–$12,250
- 2Labor index +3.9% vs US
- 3Nashua permit $310
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Roof replacement prices in Nashua by material
Each row starts from the installed price per square foot of roof published in a national cost guide, then moves only the labor part of that price by Nashua's labor index. For 2,000 sq ft:
| Material | National | Nashua | Midpoint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asphalt 3-tab shingles | $6,000–$10,000 | $6,100–$10,250 | $8,150 |
| Architectural asphalt shingles | $8,000–$12,000 | $8,100–$12,250 | $10,150 |
| Metal roofing | $10,000–$32,000 | $10,100–$32,250 | $21,150 |
By size
| Roof area (sq ft) | Nashua estimate | Permit at midpoint |
|---|---|---|
| 1,200 sq ft | $4,850–$7,350 | $206 |
| 1,500 sq ft | $6,100–$9,150 | $245 |
| 2,000 sq ft | $8,100–$12,250 | $310 |
| 2,500 sq ft | $10,150–$15,300 | $375 |
| 3,000 sq ft | $12,150–$18,350 | $440 |
Architectural asphalt shingles.
Permit fee in Nashua
General rate The fee schedule has no separate line for this work; the town's general residential building-permit rate is shown as what it would charge if the building department requires a permit for it.
“Alterations, repairs, fire damage — Residential (per square foot of area affected): $0.13.”
“Building permit: $50.”
Applied to a 2,000 sq ft roof estimated at $8,100 to $12,250, that gives $310 to $310, about 3.05% of the midpoint price. Among the 16 towns on this site whose schedules cover this work, Nashua ranks 15 from the cheapest; Bow is lowest at $40 and Hartford highest at $352.86 for its own midpoint job. Nashua charges by the square foot of area affected; the roof area is used here.
Schedule: City of Nashua Code, Chapter 105 Building Construction, § 105-28 Fee Schedule (amended 3-9-2021 by Ord. O-21-045). The building department decides whether a permit is required and what valuation it accepts; the national guide puts roof permits at $100–$500.
Why Nashua differs from the national price
Nashua is in Hillsborough County, which the Bureau of Labor Statistics counts in the Manchester-Nashua, NH metropolitan area. The median wage there for roofers is $27.68 an hour against $26.65 nationally, so the labor part of a national price is scaled by 1.039 (+3.9%).
On this job the labor portion is $3,000 to $6,000 at national rates and $3,100 to $6,250 at Nashua rates, so the midpoint rises $170 above the national figure. Against the New Hampshire statewide wage it is $180 lower. Materials are priced at the national figure: shingle, lumber and equipment prices are set by distributors, not by a town.
A second published benchmark points the same way for the region: Remodeling's 2025 Cost vs Value report prices its “Roofing Replacement, Asphalt Shingles” job at $31,850 nationally and $35,700 in New England, and its “Roofing Replacement, Metal” job at $51,850 nationally and $56,300 in New England. Those are fixed specification jobs, not per-square-foot prices, so they are shown for comparison only.
Nashua at a glance
Nashua had 92,892 residents in the state's 2025 estimate, up 7.4% from 86,494 in 2010, about the same pace as New Hampshire as a whole (7.5%). Its density of 3,038 people per square mile puts it 5 of 24 among the towns on this site.
55.8% of Nashua's occupied homes are lived in by their owners, fewer than the 72.8% statewide, and the median owner-occupied home is valued at $403,900 (New Hampshire: $402,500). The midpoint estimate for this roof works out to 2.5% of that median value.
Taking off the old roof
Tear off the old roof adds $1 to $5 per sq ft nationally (“The cost to tear off a roof is $1 to $5 per square foot for labor to remove the old material”). That work is all labor, so at Nashua's index it is $2,100 to $10,400 for 2,000 sq ft, on top of the estimate above.
Before asking for quotes
- The Nashua building department can say for free whether this job needs a permit and what it will cost; the schedule linked above is its own published document.
- Written quotes that list the same scope (area, material line, removal, disposal, permit) can be compared line by line; the quote comparison guide walks through it with these numbers.
- A quote far below $8,100 or above $12,250 is not wrong in itself, but it is worth asking what it includes or leaves out.
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Roof replacement in nearby towns
| Town | Labor area | Estimate | Permit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester | Manchester-Nashua | $8,100–$12,250 | $101.74 |
| Bow | Central NH | $8,350–$12,700 | $40 |
| Derry | Boston-Cambridge-Newton | $8,600–$13,200 | $89.43 |
| Durham | Boston-Cambridge-Newton | $8,600–$13,200 | $126.21 |
| Exeter | Boston-Cambridge-Newton | $8,600–$13,200 | $104.43 |
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Sources
- Installed price: HomeGuide: Roof replacement cost (Nov 7, 2025) — “architectural $4 – $6 (cost to reshingle, per sq ft)”.
- Labor portion: HomeGuide: Roof replacement cost (Nov 7, 2025) — “Roofing labor costs $1.50 to $3.00 per square foot or $150 to $300 per square on average”.
- Labor index: O*NET OnLine, Roofers (47-2181.00), New Hampshire local wages; area definitions: BLS, May 2025 Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Area Definitions.
- Permit: City of Nashua Code, Chapter 105 Building Construction, § 105-28 Fee Schedule.
- Population: NH Office of Planning and Development, 2025 Population Estimates of New Hampshire Cities and Towns (published July 17, 2026); housing: Census QuickFacts, Nashua.
All figures checked October 21, 2026. Estimates are ranges built from published averages, not quotes; a contractor's price depends on the house, access, the season and the scope written into the quote. Cost by Town does not perform or arrange work.