2026 Q3 data
Roof replacement cost in Seattle, WA
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro area
How much does a new roof cost in Seattle, WA?
$14,600 – $25,600
Typical $20,000 · architectural shingles · 2,000 sq ft home
That is $584 per square (100 sq ft of roof) installed, above the US typical of $500.
How we got this number
An architectural shingle roof in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro costs $478 to $691 per square installed (typical $584) on the 2026 Q3 Roof Cost Index: +4.4% against the Washington figure of $560 and +16.9% against the US typical of $500. Metro rank 12 of 263 (1 = most expensive).
Material is priced nationally; labor is scaled by the local roofer wage. Roofers here earn a mean $35.21/hour (median $30.81, about 2,970 employed), BLS May 2025. The whole-roof range is for a 2,000 sq ft single-story home (6/12 pitch, one layer torn off, permit and dumpster included). Full methodology.
All materials in Seattle, WA
| Material, per square | Low | Typical | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architectural shingles | $478 | $584 | $691 |
| 3-tab shingles | $332 | $420 | $508 |
| Standing seam metal | $1,030 | $1,419 | $1,808 |
| Metal panel | $604 | $1,056 | $1,508 |
| Tile | $830 | $2,086 | $3,341 |
| Slate | $1,104 | $2,234 | $3,364 |
| Flat membrane | $302 | $559 | $817 |
This page is generated from the 2026 Q3 Index for the BLS metropolitan statistical area "Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA" (area code 42660). State rank for Washington: 6 of 51. Methodology.
Roofing conditions in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue
Housing age. The median home in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro was built in 1985, newer than the median metro in the Index (1982). 42.7% of homes were built before 1980 and 30% in 2000 or later; 60% of occupied homes are owner-occupied. Roof age, not house age, sets the replacement date.
Hail. NOAA's Storm Events database logged no county hail reports across the metro's 3 counties from 2021 to 2025. It is one of 19 metros in the Index with none in that period.
Sources: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database (county hail reports 2021 to June 30, 2026); U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-year estimates 2020-2024, tables B25035, B25034 and B25003; counties per OMB July 2023 metro definitions.
Other Washington metros
- Mount Vernon-Anacortes $563/sq
- Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro $549/sq
- Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard $542/sq
- Spokane-Spokane Valley $542/sq
- Kennewick-Richland $536/sq
- Bellingham $531/sq
- Wenatchee-East Wenatchee $530/sq
- Longview-Kelso $522/sq
- Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater $521/sq
- Yakima $521/sq
- Walla Walla $472/sq
Metros with a similar cost
- Springfield, MA $594/sq · rank 9
- Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ $591/sq · rank 10
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $590/sq · rank 11
- Decatur, IL $581/sq · rank 13
- St. Cloud, MN $576/sq · rank 14
- Duluth, MN-WI $574/sq · rank 15
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