2026 Q3 data
Roof replacement cost in Eau Claire, WI
Eau Claire, WI metro area
How much does a new roof cost in Eau Claire, WI?
$12,000 – $22,600
Typical $17,300 · architectural shingles · 2,000 sq ft home
That is $471 per square (100 sq ft of roof) installed, below the US typical of $500.
How we got this number
An architectural shingle roof in the Eau Claire, WI metro costs $373 to $569 per square installed (typical $471) on the 2026 Q3 Roof Cost Index: -5.7% against the Wisconsin figure of $500 and -5.8% against the US typical of $500. Metro rank 148 of 263 (1 = most expensive).
Material is priced nationally; labor is scaled by the local roofer wage. Roofers here earn a mean $25.47/hour (median $24.70, about 70 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 Eau Claire, WI
| Material, per square | Low | Typical | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architectural shingles | $373 | $471 | $569 |
| 3-tab shingles | $262 | $333 | $403 |
| Standing seam metal | $856 | $1,192 | $1,529 |
| Metal panel | $465 | $847 | $1,229 |
| Tile | $656 | $1,702 | $2,749 |
| Slate | $965 | $1,920 | $2,876 |
| Flat membrane | $232 | $446 | $660 |
This page is generated from the 2026 Q3 Index for the BLS metropolitan statistical area "Eau Claire, WI" (area code 20740). State rank for Wisconsin: 19 of 51. Methodology.
Roofing conditions in Eau Claire
Housing age. The median home in the Eau Claire, WI metro was built in 1978, older than the median metro in the Index (1982). 53.3% of homes were built before 1980 and 23.5% in 2000 or later; 66% of occupied homes are owner-occupied. Roof age, not house age, sets the replacement date.
Hail. NOAA's Storm Events database logged 26 county hail reports across the metro's 2 counties from 2021 to 2025 (8 in 2021, 2 in 2022, 5 in 2023, 4 in 2024, 7 in 2025), rank 113 of 263 metros. From January 2021 to June 2026, 29 reports were stones of 1 inch or larger, and the largest was 4 inches. Most reports came from Chippewa, Wisconsin (18), Eau Claire, Wisconsin (17). After a hail storm, read the roof insurance claim guide and how hail damages a roof.
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 Wisconsin metros
- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington $599/sq
- Duluth $574/sq
- Racine-Mount Pleasant $530/sq
- Janesville-Beloit $527/sq
- Green Bay $510/sq
- Appleton $510/sq
- Madison $509/sq
- Sheboygan $505/sq
- Milwaukee-Waukesha $502/sq
- Oshkosh-Neenah $496/sq
Metros with a similar cost
- Traverse City, MI $473/sq · rank 145
- Walla Walla, WA $472/sq · rank 146
- Eugene-Springfield, OR $472/sq · rank 147
- Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC $471/sq · rank 149
- Salt Lake City-Murray, UT $470/sq · rank 150
- Dover, DE $470/sq · rank 151
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