# ROOF REPLACEMENT COST STATISTICS & DATA TO KNOW IN 2026 REFERENCE > Compare roofing price indexes, replacement and repair estimates, labor-cost survey findings and resale benchmarks with their scope and data years. Canonical: https://commercialroofingadvisors.com/resources/roof-replacement-cost-statistics Last updated: 2026-08-24 Current cost indexes and residential replacement benchmarks, with clear limits for commercial roof budgets. [Talk to an advisor](https://commercialroofingadvisors.com/contact) Resources The [2025 JLC Cost vs Value Report](https://www.jlconline.com/cost-vs-value/2025/) priced its national residential asphalt-shingle replacement benchmark at $31,871 and metal at $51,865. These standardized remodeling scenarios are different from commercial membrane projects or insurance claim payments. For commercial property owners, the distinction matters before any national number reaches a capital budget. A warehouse membrane, a hospital roof and a residential shingle replacement do not share the same scope. This reference brings together current public cost evidence, preserves its original data years and explains where it can help with a commercial roof decision. ## Key roof replacement cost statistics at a glance - The [2025 JLC Cost vs Value Report](https://www.jlconline.com/cost-vs-value/2025/) put its national asphalt-shingle replacement job cost at $31,871. - The [2025 JLC report](https://www.jlconline.com/cost-vs-value/2025/) priced its national metal-roof replacement project at $51,865. - The [2025 JLC report](https://www.jlconline.com/cost-vs-value/2025/) assigned $21,501 in resale value to its asphalt-shingle replacement project. - The [2025 JLC report](https://www.jlconline.com/cost-vs-value/2025/) assigned $25,972 in resale value to its metal-roof replacement project. - [Verisk's 2026 U.S. Roof Report](https://www.verisk.com/49be6d/siteassets/media/campaigns/gated/underwriting/the-state-of-americas-roofs.pdf) reported a $17,631 mean replacement estimate for its 2025 residential claims subset. - [Verisk's 2026 report](https://www.verisk.com/49be6d/siteassets/media/campaigns/gated/underwriting/the-state-of-americas-roofs.pdf) reported a $4,699 mean repair estimate for that 2025 claims subset. - The [BLS roofing-product index distributed by FRED](https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/PCU3241223241222) was 374.281 in September 2026, on a June 1984 equals 100 basis. - The [same BLS series](https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/PCU3241223241222) was 381.952 in August 2026. - [Roofing Contractor's 2026 report](https://www.roofingcontractor.com/articles/101643-2026-state-of-the-roofing-industry-report), using its 2025 contractor survey, said 55% of respondents reported rising labor costs. - The [same contractor survey](https://www.roofingcontractor.com/articles/101643-2026-state-of-the-roofing-industry-report) reported a 14% average labor-cost increase for its 2025 research period. Residential model jobs and Verisk claim-subset estimates are comparisons, not national installed-price quotes. The price index and labor survey measure separate populations and periods. ## What does a standardized residential roof replacement cost? $31,871 for asphalt shingles and $51,865 for metal were the national job-cost benchmarks in the [2025 JLC Cost vs Value Report](https://www.jlconline.com/cost-vs-value/2025/). These are residential remodeling benchmarks, not commercial membrane prices. A standardized project makes material choices easier to compare within the report. It does not make that project identical to every property. Read the stated project specification and local market before matching a proposed job to the national figure. This is different from asking what all owners actually paid. A defined remodeling scenario has a set scope. Completed projects can differ in roof size, concealed conditions, access and the amount of work included. A national report can help test the scale of a quote, but it cannot fill in an incomplete scope. The most useful comparison starts with the work described in the proposal. Identify what is being removed, what is staying, what is being installed and what remains an allowance. A price without those boundaries can look precise and still describe the wrong project. ## How much resale value does a replacement roof add? $21,501 for asphalt shingles and $25,972 for metal were the national resale-value estimates in the [2025 JLC report](https://www.jlconline.com/cost-vs-value/2025/). Resale value is a different measure from job cost. The distinction helps explain why a higher project price does not translate into the same increase in estimated resale value. A material can cost more to install without returning the entire premium in a sale. Resale estimates address one ownership outcome, not every reason to replace a roof. For a commercial asset, value can depend on a different decision. Ownership may be trying to preserve operations, address a known roof defect, support a transaction or control a future capital obligation. A residential resale estimate cannot quantify those outcomes for a commercial building. Keep resale, avoided repair expense, energy performance and service life in separate lines of a decision model. Combining them into one unsupported return figure hides the assumptions an owner needs to review. CRA's [replacement-planning service](https://commercialroofingadvisors.com/services/roof-replacement) describes the assembly and project questions that should be settled before bids are compared. ## What is the average roof replacement estimate in insurance data? $17,631 for replacement and $4,699 for repair were the 2025 means in [Verisk's 2026 report](https://www.verisk.com/49be6d/siteassets/media/campaigns/gated/underwriting/the-state-of-americas-roofs.pdf). The report identifies its cost data as Xactimate claim estimates for a market subset, not payments or a complete national census. Those means answer a claims-estimating question. They do not establish the cash price of every roof replacement, and the repair and replacement groups do not represent interchangeable jobs. A repair total and a replacement total should not be compared as if the same roof had been priced under both options. This helps explain the difference between an insurance estimate and a remodeling benchmark. They have different selection rules and different project mixes. Neither number needs to be wrong for the totals to differ. Before using either, ask whether its population and scope match the question being answered. For property teams, record the source of every cost benchmark alongside the value. A budget file should say whether a number came from a contractor proposal, a claims estimate, a standardized model or a completed project. That small amount of context prevents a rough reference from becoming an unexplained budget commitment. ## What do the latest roofing-product price indexes show? 374.281 in September 2026 versus 381.952 in August 2026 were the readings for [BLS series PCU3241223241222, distributed by FRED](https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/PCU3241223241222). The series is monthly and not seasonally adjusted. It covers prepared asphalt and tar roofing and siding products, including saturated felts for nonbuilding use. The index measures producer prices for its defined product category. It is not a dollar-per-square-foot installation quote. Its category includes products outside a particular roof specification and does not price the complete job at a commercial property. A change in a product index cannot establish an identical change in an installed-roof proposal. Labor, tear-off, disposal, equipment, insulation, deck repairs and other scope items belong to the project comparison. Review the index as one market signal, then test the actual proposal against a documented assembly. Do not average an index reading with a dollar benchmark. They are different units. Keep the index's base date and adjustment status visible when charting it, and use the same series and frequency for a trend comparison. FRED notes that published data can be revised. ## What are roofing contractors reporting about labor costs? 55% reported rising labor costs, and the reported average increase was 14% in the 2025 survey summarized by [Roofing Contractor's January 2026 industry report](https://www.roofingcontractor.com/articles/101643-2026-state-of-the-roofing-industry-report). These are contractor responses, not a measured increase in every installed roof price. The report covers residential, commercial and mixed businesses. Its published methodology describes a subscriber and website-registered respondent pool. That is useful trade intelligence, but it should not be recast as a representative price quote for an owner's building. Labor-cost pressure and a proposal's total price answer different questions. The proposal reflects the labor required for its scope, the work sequence, access and scheduling assumptions, and the contractor's pricing. A survey percentage cannot reveal how those items have been handled. When comparing bids, ask for a common scope before explaining a price gap with inflation. An omitted allowance can matter more to the eventual project total than a market index. CRA's article on [why roof replacements run over budget](https://commercialroofingadvisors.com/roof-report/why-roof-replacements-run-over-budget) explains the role of concealed conditions and incomplete project definitions. ## Applying cost statistics to a commercial roof budget Use national evidence to frame questions, then build the budget from the property. Start with a measured roof area and a clear record of the existing assembly. Separate confirmed quantities from quantities that still need investigation. The comparison should identify tear-off or recover assumptions, wet-material removal, deck work, insulation, drainage, penetrations, edge conditions, access and occupied-building phasing. Those items determine what the quoted work actually contains. A low price for a smaller scope is not evidence that an equivalent project has become less expensive. Keep alternates readable. A repair, restoration and replacement comparison should show the work required for each option, the condition assumptions behind it and the items excluded. Record uncertainty as an allowance or an unresolved question rather than burying it in a confident total. A dated [roof condition report](https://commercialroofingadvisors.com/services/roof-condition-reporting) provides the property evidence that national cost statistics cannot. It connects the visible condition and investigation results to a scope, an estimate and the next capital decision. ## Build a budget around the roof in front of you Commercial Roofing Advisors helps owners document roof conditions and compare repair, restoration and replacement scopes. 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