Home project costs by state

National installed prices from public cost guides, with the labor part scaled by each state's median wage for the trade that does the work. Fence and driveway pages stay town-level: statewide wages for those trades were collected only for New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Connecticut.

1Roof, NH $8,250–$12,500
2Siding, NH $6,050–$18,100
3Deck, NH $8,050–$16,050
4Fence, NH $3,050–$7,650

State	Roof	Siding	Deck	Heat pump
Alabama	−17.6%	−20.4%	−20.4%	−20.7%
Alaska	+20.4%	+21.9%	+21.9%	+26.9%
Arizona	−14.6%	−3.3%	−3.3%	−2.6%
Arkansas	−14.4%	−21.2%	−21.2%	−21.1%
California	+14.7%	+25.3%	+25.3%	+18.9%
Colorado	−6.6%	+3.7%	+3.7%	+6.9%
Connecticut	+12.0%	+5.8%	+5.8%	+25.6%
Delaware	+7.2%	−2.3%	−2.3%	+2.1%
Florida	−14.1%	−17.7%	−17.7%	−7.1%
Georgia	−15.3%	−18.5%	−18.5%	−7.6%
Hawaii	+7.5%	+40.8%	+40.8%	+7.3%
Idaho	+4.2%	−14.1%	−14.1%	−7.8%
Illinois	+40.5%	+30.4%	+30.4%	+26.9%
Indiana	+4.6%	+3.8%	+3.8%	−1.0%
Iowa	−12.2%	−4.7%	−4.7%	−0.5%
Kansas	−14.9%	−5.9%	−5.9%	−0.9%
Kentucky	−15.3%	−13.0%	−13.0%	−3.9%
Louisiana	−12.0%	−17.6%	−17.6%	−3.9%
Maine	−9.6%	+2.6%	+2.6%	+3.5%
Maryland	+8.4%	+3.9%	+3.9%	+14.8%
Massachusetts	+31.3%	+24.2%	+24.2%	+26.7%
Michigan	+7.4%	+1.9%	+1.9%	−0.2%
Minnesota	+34.4%	+7.2%	+7.2%	+25.2%
Mississippi	−18.9%	−19.7%	−19.7%	−20.2%
Missouri	−12.4%	+0.4%	+0.4%	−1.7%
Montana	+6.5%	−2.9%	−2.9%	−0.2%
Nebraska	−16.2%	−16.9%	−16.9%	−1.9%
Nevada	−7.8%	+3.0%	+3.0%	−0.8%
New Hampshire	+7.9%	+1.0%	+1.0%	+21.1%
New Jersey	+38.2%	+5.7%	+5.7%	+22.0%
New Mexico	−18.3%	−1.4%	−1.4%	−17.6%
New York	+19.1%	+19.4%	+19.4%	+22.0%
North Carolina	−11.6%	−18.9%	−18.9%	−6.1%
North Dakota	+7.8%	−4.4%	−4.4%	+22.1%
Ohio	−10.9%	+0.4%	+0.4%	+2.5%
Oklahoma	−21.2%	−22.6%	−22.6%	−5.7%
Oregon	+6.4%	+3.8%	+3.8%	+3.2%
Pennsylvania	+0.5%	−2.0%	−2.0%	+2.3%
Rhode Island	+11.2%	+0.4%	+0.4%	+10.4%
South Carolina	−17.4%	−16.3%	−16.3%	−7.2%
South Dakota	−13.9%	−20.5%	−20.5%	+0.6%
Tennessee	−17.6%	−16.1%	−16.1%	−9.0%
Texas	−17.0%	−19.3%	−19.3%	−5.3%
Utah	−12.2%	−13.6%	−13.6%	−3.7%
Vermont	+6.5%	+3.0%	+3.0%	+1.9%
Virginia	−12.6%	−8.1%	−8.1%	−2.1%
Washington	+9.4%	+22.5%	+22.5%	+24.0%
West Virginia	−7.7%	−19.6%	−19.6%	−19.9%
Wisconsin	+7.1%	+1.8%	+1.8%	+1.2%
Wyoming	−17.6%	−6.1%	−6.1%	−10.3%

Each cell is the labor index for that project's trade (roofers; carpenters for siding and decks; HVAC mechanics for heat pumps): the state median hourly wage against the US median, BLS 2025 wage data via O*NET OnLine. Click it for the state page.

Roofers: median hourly wage by state, BLS 2025 wage data via O*NET. Bars to scale from $0.

Towns with a permit schedule

Permit fees are local. Town pages exist where the town's own fee schedule was read: all towns (New Hampshire, plus Boston, Worcester and Hartford).

The methodology lists each source and formula.