2026 Q3 data
Roof replacement cost in Yakima, WA
Yakima, WA metro area
How much does a new roof cost in Yakima, WA?
$13,200 – $23,900
Typical $18,500 · architectural shingles · 2,000 sq ft home
That is $521 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 Yakima, WA metro costs $420 to $623 per square installed (typical $521) on the 2026 Q3 Roof Cost Index: -6.9% against the Washington figure of $560 and +4.3% against the US typical of $500. Metro rank 64 of 263 (1 = most expensive).
Material is priced nationally; labor is scaled by the local roofer wage. Roofers here earn a mean $29.78/hour (median $27.24, about 160 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 Yakima, WA
| Material, per square | Low | Typical | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architectural shingles | $420 | $521 | $623 |
| 3-tab shingles | $293 | $371 | $450 |
| Standing seam metal | $933 | $1,293 | $1,652 |
| Metal panel | $526 | $939 | $1,352 |
| Tile | $733 | $1,872 | $3,011 |
| Slate | $1,026 | $2,059 | $3,092 |
| Flat membrane | $263 | $496 | $729 |
This page is generated from the 2026 Q3 Index for the BLS metropolitan statistical area "Yakima, WA" (area code 49420). State rank for Washington: 6 of 51. Methodology.
Roofing conditions in Yakima
Housing age. The median home in the Yakima, WA metro was built in 1977, older than the median metro in the Index (1982). 56% of homes were built before 1980 and 20.9% in 2000 or later; 62% 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 1 county 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
- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue $584/sq
- 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
- Walla Walla $472/sq
Metros with a similar cost
- Bozeman, MT $522/sq · rank 61
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV $521/sq · rank 65
- Flint, MI $519/sq · rank 66
- Redding, CA $518/sq · rank 67
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